'Show Me The Money': Gak signs with Wizards

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Australian men's basketball stars Ben Simmons and Patty Mills are yet to sign with NBA teams for the 2025-26 season while 23-year-old Akoldah Gak signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Washington Wizards overnight.

Both Simmons, 29, and Mills, 36, are free agents.

Sydney-born Gak averaged 4.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.7 assists in 16.8 minutes per game across during the 2025 Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Chicago Bulls and Australian Boomers starting point guard Josh Giddey is a restricted free agent, which means the six-time NBA champions can choose to match any offer the 22-year-old is made by another franchise, meaning he would remain in the Windy City. He has been linked to a sign-and-trade deal with the Golden State Warriors.

Giddey made $8.3M in 2024-25 while the last year of his contract is worth $11.1M he is projected to sign his next contract for about four times that whether it’s with the Bulls or another franchise.

Australian centre Duop Reath will remain at the Portland Trail Blazers with his $2.2M USD salary fully guaranteed by the Rip City franchise.

Reath, 29, has averaged 7.1 points and three boards in 15 minutes in two seasons at Portland.

Australian Jock Landale has signed with the Memphis Grizzlies.

Landale, 29, had two years remaining on his Rockets contract: 2025-26 worth $8M; and $8M team option in 2026-27 but was waived before signing with the Memphis Grizzlies.

Australian Lachlan Olbrich has signed a two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls. Olbrich, selected with the 55th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, signed his first NBA contract on Friday, July 4, 2025.

Matisse Thybulle opted into his $11.5M contract at the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

The 16 Australians in the NBA in 2024-25 earned a combined $149.1M USD — a cool $223.6M AUD.

Aussies in the NBA Contract Statuses

• Kyrie Irving: Declines $42.9M player option, intends to sign 3-year $119M deal to stay with Mavericks
• Matisse Thybulle: Opts in to $11.5M extension on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
• Dyson Daniels: Two years remaining; 2025-26 worth $7.7M; and restricted free agent in 2026-27
• Joe Ingles: Signed a one-year, veteran minimum $3.6M with Minnesota Timberwolves
• Jock Landale: Signed with the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, July 6, 2025. Terms TBA.
• Johnny Furphy: Three years remaining; 2025-26 worth $1.95M; 2026-27 worth $2.2M; and 2027-28 team option worth $2.4M
• Josh Green: Two years remaining; 2025-26 worth $13.6M; $14.6M in 2026-27
• Duop Reath: One year remaining worth $2.2M, fully guaranteed by the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday, August 2, 2025.
• Josh Giddey: Restricted Free Agent (Chicago Bulls)
• Tyrese Proctor: The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed No.49 overall pick Tyrese Proctor to a four-year, $8.69 million deal. The first two seasons are fully guaranteed, third-year significant partial guarantee, and a fourth-year team option.
• Luke Travers: Restricted Free Agent (Two-way contract with Cleveland)
• Dante Exum: Signed a one-year $3.3M (USD) deal on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
• Taran Armstrong: Restricted Free Agent (two-way contract with Golden State)
• Lachlan Olbrich: Drafted by the Chicago Bulls. Signed a two-way contract on Friday, July 4, 2025
• Ben Simmons: Free agent, out of contract‍
• Patty Mills: Free agent, out of contract
• Alex Toohey: Drafted by the Golden State Warriors
• Rocco Zikarsky: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves, signed a two-way contract for two years worth $1.2M USD
• Akoldah Gak: Signed a Exhibit 10 deal with the Washington Wizards on August 9, 2025.

No Longer in the NBA

• Jack McVeigh: Waived by the Houston Rockets, signed with the Cairns Taipans
• Alex Ducas: Signed with the Brisbane Bullets.‍

What is an Exhibit 10 deal

Exhibit 10 was introduced as part of the the NBA's 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Exhibit 10 contracts are one-year deals worth the minimum salary. These contracts come without compensation protection but can include an optional bonus worth as little as $5K and – in 2025-26 – as much as $85,300 (USD).