18:38: Utah has staked its claim on Bradley (Link to Twitter).
4:11 p.m.: The Jazz demanded the veteran center Tony Bradley sources tell ESPN’s Shams Charanya (Link to Twitter).
Bradley was waived by the Knicks on Thursday. He was one of five veteran players under Annex 9 contracts to compete for a spot on New York’s regular season roster.
As ESPN’s Bobby Marks points out (via Twitter), Bradley’s non-guaranteed training camp deal will be converted to a standard non-guaranteed contract. His salary will increase every day he’s on Utah’s roster until January, when the league-wide guarantee date hits — if he stays beyond that date, his full minimum salary will become guaranteed.
Bradley spent his first three NBA seasons with the Jazz after being selected 28th overall in the 2017 draft. He played 234 regular season games in eight years in the league, including 41 games in the 2025/26 season with Indiana and Atlanta.
Bradley, 28, has career averages of 4.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in 10.9 minutes per contest and has recorded 5.3 ppg and 1.7 rpg on 7.5 mpg in three preseason games for the Knicks this month.
with Yusuf Nurkich to open the season due to a toe injuryUtah was looking for reinforcements in the middle and found it in Bradley, who will take the 15th spot on the Jazz’s standard roster. Other Utah centers include Jackson Hayes, Mo Bamba and Kyle Filipowskiwho made his preseason debut Friday after coming through offseason back surgery.
Bradley will receive $3.51 million this season if he stays with the Jazz until the January guarantee date, while the team will receive a cap hit of $2.45 million.