Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder agreed on a record-setting 4-year, $285 million extension that would give him the highest single-season average salary in NBA history, multiple sources reported Tuesday.

News of the deal comes on Canada Day, a fitting coincidence for the 26-year-old from Ontario who is coming off a season like few others in NBA history. Not only did Gilgeous-Alexander lead the Thunder to their first NBA championship and the league’s best record, he swept most major individual awards — winning regular-season and NBA Finals MVP honors and the scoring title.

The supermax extension was not unexpected. It was a question of timing; he could have taken a deal with an even higher total value next summer. Based on the NBA’s most recent salary cap projections — the exact numbers will not be finalized until June 2027 — Gilgeous-Alexander would make somewhere around $63 million in the first season and nearly $79 million during the 2030-31 season. That would put him at an average payout of about $1 million per regular-season game, and would be the highest single-season salary in NBA history.

Myles Turner is about to become teammates with Giannis Antetokounmpo. Damian Lillard now has the chance to pick his next spot.

The first full day of NBA free agency brought surprises.

Turner — the longtime stalwart for the Indiana Pacers — agreed to a four-year deal to join the Milwaukee Bucks, who waived the nine-time All-Star in Lillard to make the acquisition happen, multiple sources reported.

Turner is agreeing to a deal that ends with a player option, after spending the entirety of his first 10 seasons with the Pacers, who went to the NBA Finals this past season. And the remaining $112.6 million owed to Lillard will be paid out over the next five seasons via the NBA’s stretch provision.

ESPN, which first reported the plan by the Pacers and Bucks, said Turner agreed to a contract worth $107 million.

In both cases, Achilles tendon injuries played a role in how things unfolded.

Indiana expects to be without star guard Tyrese Haliburton for the entirety of the coming season because he ruptured his Achilles tendon in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder while playing through what was diagnosed as a calf strain. Earlier, Lillard ruptured his Achilles tendon while playing for Milwaukee in Round 1 against Indiana.

Lillard is likely to miss most, if not all, of the coming season. He will be free to sign with anyone he chooses, and teams could simply sign him now, give him a chance to continue his recovery and do so with hope that the seven-time All-NBA selection is fully ready to go by the start of the 2026-27 season.

Turner has averaged 14.1 points and 6.8 rebounds in his 10 seasons with the Pacers, who had to make a decision this summer about whether to surpass the luxury tax threshold knowing that Haliburton likely cannot play this coming season.

Duncan Robinson, the leading 3-point shooter in Miami Heat history, is headed back to Michigan for the next step of his career.

The Detroit Pistons will land Robinson on a three-year, $48 million contract and the Heat will receive wing Simone Fontecchio in what will be a sign-and-trade, multiple sources reported.

Veteran point guard and German Olympic teamer Dennis Schröder agreed to join the Sacramento Kings on a three-year deal, the third of which is not fully guaranteed. ESPN reported the total value of the deal is $45 million.

He has averaged 13.9 points and 4.9 assists in 849 regular-season games.

Back-up center Drew Eubanks is expected to be waived after playing in just 24 games for the Clippers, according to reports.

The move, which erases $4.75 million in salary, gives the Clippers more space in the first apron.

Eubanks, a mid-season trade acquisition, averaged 4.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.6 blocks off the bench for the Clippers.

With Brook Lopez, headed to the Clippers on a two-year, $18 million free agent deal, Eubanks became expendable. Lopez will now back-up starter Ivica Zubac.

Eubanks plans to sign with the Kings on a one-year deal after he clears waivers, according to ESPN.

Sharpshooting wing Tim Hardaway Jr. will be signing a one-year contract with the Denver Nuggets, multiple sources reported.

Hardaway Jr. spent last season with Detroit — he averaged 11 points in 77 games as a starter for the Pistons — and Denver becomes his fifth club. He also has been with Dallas, New York and Atlanta.

Center Jakob Poeltl gets a raise and some job security in a contract extension that keeps him with the Toronto Raptors, multiple sources reported. Poeltl will be finalizing a four-year deal worth about $26 million per year, or about $7 million more on average than what he was in line to make this coming season. Poeltl is coming off a season in which he averaged career bests of 14.5 points and 9.6 rebounds.

The Charlotte Hornets acquired guard Pat Connaughton and two second-round draft picks from the Bucks in exchange for point guard Vasa Micic, multiple sources reported. The Hornets will get Milwaukee’s second-round picks in 2031 and 2032 in the deal.

The Bucks were looking to shed Connaughton’s $9.4 million salary for this coming season.

OKC’s Williams has wrist surgery

Jalen Williams, the All-Star swingman who helped Oklahoma City win its first NBA title, had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist. Thunder GM Sam Presti said he expects Williams to be ready for the start of the regular season.

Williams averaged 21.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists last season and was named to the All-NBA third team and the NBA All-Defensive second team.