Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol (33) is one of the better players in the NBA. (Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports)
The Memphis Grizzlies and All-Star center Marc Gasol reportedly have agreed to a five-year contract worth $110 million.
The deal includes a player option after the fourth year, ESPN.com and CBSSports.com reported Monday.
Gasol, 30, never entertained offers from other teams, preferring to return to the city where he has played his entire seven-year career.
Gasol was named first-team All-NBA this year after averaging a career-high 17.4 points along with 7.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists.
Gasol can sign his contract Thursday, when the NBA signing moratorium ends.
— Veteran guard Manu Ginobili will play another season with the San Antonio Spurs, he announced via Twitter.
The Spurs also reportedly will sign forward David West to a one-year deal worth the veteran minimum of $1.4 million.
Ginobili’s decision to return for a 14th season in San Antonio and the addition of West follow the Spurs’ contract agreement with forward LaMarcus Aldridge and the return of forwards Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard and guard Danny Green.
— Guard J.J. Barea reportedly has agreed to terms of a two-year, $5.6 million contract to remain with the Dallas Mavericks.
The deal includes a player option for a third year, Puerto Rican newspaper El Nueva Dia reported.
The Mavericks also are close to a deal that would bring point guard Jeremy Lin to Dallas.
Lin played with the Los Angeles Lakers this past season and is a free agent open to a sign-and-trade move to join the Mavericks.
–Guard Cory Joseph reportedly is going home, leaving the San Antonio Spurs to sign with the Toronto Raptors.
Joseph — who was born in Pickering, Ontario, just east of Toronto — agreed to a four-year, $30 million contract, ESPN reported.
–The Brooklyn Nets signed rookie forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson to a multi-year contract.
The 6-foot-7, 220-pound Hollis-Jefferson, selected with the 23rd pick in the 2015 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, was acquired by Brooklyn in a draft-night trade along with guard Steve Blake in exchange for center Mason Plumlee and the rights to the 41st overall selection, Pat Connaughton.
