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Barry Jackson: Per Woj, Game 2 is now a possibility for Tyler Herro and if not, there’s confidence he will play in Game 3 next Wednesday.
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Tim Bontemps: Nick Nurse says he’d be “very happy” if James Harden comes back, saying he’s a “great player.” As for Joel Embiid, he says he’s thrown just about everything he could at Embiid over the years and he always immediately adjusts to it, and has always impressed him.
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Jovan Buha: The Lakers are planning their offseason with the mindset that LeBron is going to be back. I pegged it in a mailbag we did around 10 percent that he’s not back due to retirement or playing for another team, but that might even be a little high.
Source: Michael Scotto @ HoopsHype

Michael Scotto: I’ve heard there’s no truth to any reports that Irving has a handshake deal with Dallas on a new max contract for four years with a player option at this time. Not to say he won’t be back in Dallas. They certainly have all the motivation to keep him after trading for him and the financial resources to make him the best offer possible, but nothing’s done as of yet.
Source: Michael Scotto @ HoopsHype

Jovan Buha: I think the Lakers are going to retain him. Obviously, their preference would be to sign him to the four-year, $54 million deal. I’ve heard that there are going to be multiple suitors out there in talking with people around the league. You mentioned Orlando and Houston. I’ve heard San Antonio could be a dark horse team that will try to poach Austin from the Lakers.
Source: Michael Scotto @ HoopsHype

Jovan Buha: Similarly to Reaves, I’ve heard the Lakers plan on matching any contract offer sheet Hachimura signs… I’ve heard different numbers on Rui. Initially, I heard he turned down a contract extension offer from Washington that was in that $14-15 million range (annually)… He stepped up big time in the playoffs. If Austin was their third-best player most nights, I’d say Rui was their fourth-best player most nights… I think his market is anywhere in that $15-18 million range annually. In that range, the Lakers would retain him. Читать дальше...

Chris Forsberg: Brad Stevens: “I can say without a doubt that we want Jaylen Brown to be here. And he’s a big part of us. And we believe in him and I”m thankful for him.”
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Brian Robb: Brad Stevens on injuries: “Jayson Tatum has a pretty decent ankle sprain. Malcolm is going to figure out what he’s doing (re: surgery).” Derrick White also hyperextended his knee in Game 7.
Source: Twitter @BrianTRobb

HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto and The Athletic’s Lakers writer Jovan Buha share new intel surrounding the future of LeBron James, the chances of landing Kyrie Irving, free agency updates for Austin Reaves, D’Angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura, Lonnie Walker, Dennis Schroeder, Malik Beasley, and Mo Bamba on the latest HoopsHype podcast episode.

I haven’t spoken to anyone who thinks LeBron James is retiring. The biggest reasons given to me for his comments after Game 4: fatigue from the season, frustration with getting swept and a reminder to the front office that the Lakers’ title window is closing, keeping a sense of urgency in the foreground.
Source: Dan Woike @ Los Angeles Times

The Lakers’ open stance about matching offers for the two could end up saving the team money, particularly with Reaves. After a terrific postseason debut, teams with cap space don’t have much optimism they’ll be able to pry him free, which means the Lakers’ four-year, $52 million-ish max offer might be the most he gets. People around the league, though, seem to think Reaves is worth more, but the rules prohibit the Lakers from giving it to him unless they’re matching another team’s offer.
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D’Angelo Russell’s future with the Lakers is fair less certain. Sign-and-trade possibilities exist — the Lakers have endlessly been tied with Kyrie Irving, and Fred VanVleet’s name has been mentioned since even before he joined Klutch Sports, though the Lakers could again be in a position where they’d be forced to part with one or more draft picks in a deal. Russell’s postseason struggles were probably a little overblown after a disastrous Western Conference finals, but expect the Lakers to look at upgrade options. Читать дальше...

Just like a hot run of form can lead impending free agents in the NBA to more money than they were previously going to be signed for – and you can look at the Denver Nuggets’ Bruce Brown and the Miami Heat’s Gabe Vincent and Max Strus as examples of that this year – the opposite can be true when a soon-to-be free agent performs poorly in the postseason.

However, if the 32-year-old were to become available, NBA insider Brian Windhorst thinks the Miami Heat would make a lot of sense as a potential landing spot. “It feels strange to me to talk about a team in the Finals, like the Miami Heat, but the Miami Heat make a lot of sense if Dame were to become available,” he said. “They have a number of future first-round picks they can trade. They have a number of interesting young players. It would be a really fascinating opportunity if he were to come to market.”
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“He’s not trying to be something he’s not. He’s not trying to create a narrative other than ‘I’m Nikola Jokic, I play for the Denver Nuggets, I’m gonna do everything I can to help my team win and I’m gonna do it with class, professionalism and I’m never gonna make it about me. That’s the rarity,” Malone said of Jokic. “I often make the comparison, I never coached Tim Duncan, but just from coaching against him and hearing stories about those that have been around him, Tim Duncan was a selfless superstar. Читать дальше...

It was at this point that Larry Brown revealed his biggest regret about his relationship with Iverson. According to the former Sixers shot-caller, AI actually had a real shot of becoming the GOAT: “If I had done a better job of making Allen understand, then we might be talking about the greatest player who ever played the game,” Brown stated.
Source: Paolo Songco @ Clutch Points

“All the extra work that most guys have to put in, which is a lot, I’m having to do three times that much just to be able to play,” Porter Jr. says, adding later: “Basically, my whole life revolves around just trying to be able to stay healthy.”
Source: Mirin Fader @ The Ringer

Clutch Points: “Me being from Chicago growing up watching [Jimmy Butler], It’s kind of crazy that I’m on his team trying to help him win a championship now… He has one of the most highest basketball IQs I’ve ever been a part of and been around.” —Max Strus pic.twitter.com/cMbAHmVYEm
Source: Twitter @ClutchPointsApp

Dan LeBatard Show: “Once Jayson Tatum was injured, was the entire game plan to send Jaylen Brown to his left?” – Dan “That’s always the game plan.” – Caleb Martin
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Dan LeBatard Show: “Getting waived by The Hornets was definitely the biggest slap in the face…at that point I’m thinking I’m going overseas.” – Eastern Conference Champion, Caleb Martin speaks on the ups and downs within his journey as he prepares for the NBA Finals. #HEATCulture
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Anthony Chiang: Jimmy Butler asked if his ankle is 100 percent: “Nobody cares. You don’t, either. I’m still expected to do my job at a high level if I take the floor, which I will. We’re going to be okay. We’re going to get the job done, bum ankle or not.”
Source: Twitter @Anthony_Chiang

Katy Winge: Jimmy Butler clears up something from the Miami/Denver scuffle in 2021. Butler said he didn’t have beef with Jokić. Said the individual he was talking to knew he was talking to him, and then told the media they should write that.
Source: Twitter @katywinge

Marc J. Spears: Spoelstra says Tyler Herro won’t play in Game 1 and “he’s not there yet” in terms of returning.
Source: Twitter @MarcJSpears

Will Manso: Jimmy Butler on fitting in so well with the Heat: “I’ve gotta give a shout-out to D-Wade. He always told me about this culture and how I fit here.” Says it’s a perfect match.
Source: Twitter