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Austin Rivers: You’re not doing mini camps in Alabama. They’re in like f****** Miami or we’re doing mini camp in Vegas, guys. It’s lock in, focus. Like we’re gonna be in the gym for two hours and the rest of days (…) The off the court is never in question. It’s always good. It’s always centered around one thing: it’s women, women and then more women. So like never have to worry about that because every guy in the league loves that. So I would like to see in the future more guys get in the gym with each other. Читать дальше...

Kyle Neubeck: There was some smoke out there today regarding Dame to the Sixers and that maybe the Sixers involvement in this process has been underplayed. I wouldn’t go quite that far yet. Here’s what I can tell you that I know for sure that the Sixers have certainly talked to the Blazers about Dame at different points throughout this offseason. Talking to someone and saying, “Hey, we would like Dame Lillard on our basketball team “is not “We’re putting together a credible trade package for Dame Lillard.”
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That’s even more so than the ongoing dynamic in Philadelphia, where James Harden still hopes to be moved to the LA Clippers, sources said.
Source: Jake Fischer @ Yahoo! Sports

At this juncture, Toronto and Chicago have been the two possible destinations for Lillard discussed most by league figures. While a collection of NBA personnel expect Portland to engage Miami before finalizing something with another suitor, the Heat have not factored primarily in the Blazers’ recent dialogue surrounding Lillard, league sources said. Additionally, the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz have materialized as peripheral teams that could factor into larger deals that help facilitate Lillard’s departure from the Blazers. Читать дальше...

Toronto has made clear to all inquiring parties that Barnes stands as the Raptors’ franchise focal point, sources said. Any deal with Toronto could include recent first-round selection Gradey Dick, sources said, just like then-rookie wing Ochai Agbaji and then-rookie center Walker Kessler both functioning as additional draft compensation in Utah’s returns for Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, respectively, last offseason.
Source: Jake Fischer @ Yahoo! Sports

Keep an eye on Utah playing a potential role in a three- or four-team outcome of these Lillard conversations. If Portland ultimately does business with Miami, the Jazz — as well as the Bulls, Hornets and Nets — are considered a team interested in landing Tyler Herro from the Heat, sources said.
Source: Jake Fischer @ Yahoo! Sports

Clutch Points: “Portland is refusing to talk to Miami. Miami understands that they don’t have the assets. But they wanna know, ‘Hey Portland, we’ll involve a 3rd or 4th team. But communicate w/ us & let us know what you are looking for.'” Chris Hayes on Damian Lillard. pic.twitter.com/pC10n4NITL
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If the Heat and Blazers don’t have the pieces to satisfy Phoenix’s trade demands, multiple sources cited the Indiana Pacers as a team that’s emerged as a potential fourth party.
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“Gilbert, I respect his game to whatever degree, but when you try to compare that to ‘The Dream,’ Hakeem Olajuwon, big man back in the day, the skill-set and the footwork that Hakeem had, [Arenas] needs to go back and look at some more film because I don’t think he really knows what the hell he’s talking about,” Sampson said on SiriusXM NBA Radio. “You gotta understand that footwork, and the game today, is all about footwork.”
Source: Angelo Guinhawa @ Clutch Points

The NBA luxury tax system has been implemented for 20 seasons now. Every team with the exception of Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Pelicans have been taxpayers for at least one season. In these two decades, teams have paid a combined $2.82 billion in penalties.