Keeping him around will be complicated. Ingram, who turns 27 in September, is eligible for a four-year, $208 million extension this summer. Considering their current and future financial situation, the Pelicans are unlikely to offer him that maximum deal this offseason, league sources tell The Athletic.
Source: New York Times
Shaquille O’Neal: “Jealousy motivates me. I’m jealous of Steph Curry. I wish I could shoot like that. I’m jealous of Klay. I wish my jump shot was that pretty. I’m jealous of LeBron. He’s almost a billionaire, I’m not. Instead of taking that jealousy and turning into hate it turns into motivation.”
Source: YouTube
Jovan Buha on JJ Redick: “The Lakers have made it known, as well as Klutch Sports CEO and Davis’s agent Rich Paul, that this should be more of a Davis hire than a LeBron James hire, given that LeBron may only play another year, two years, three years max in the NBA and Davis is signed for another four years with the Lakers.”
Source: YouTube
According to ESPN NBA Draft analyst Jonathan Givony, the Spurs are in “win-now” mode and are willing to do anything—except trade Wembanyama and Devin Vassell—to make that happen. “Everything I hear is that they want to be competitive next year, they want to be in the playoffs. They’re not looking to make this a 2-3 year process, where they’re in the lottery again next year. For right now, they want to be competitive next year and that’s why I think they’re going to be aggressive with those picks,” Givony said on The Ringer’s NBA Draft Show. Читать дальше...
Evan Sidery: The Suns will likely offer Royce O’Neale a three or four-year deal, per @Gambo987 (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…). There is mutual interest between Phoenix and O’Neale on making a new deal happen. pic.twitter.com/BxnyhV5ITf
Source: Twitter @esidery
“That’s why I don’t watch a lot of that,” Doncic said. “Because people don’t know. I talked to Chandler Parsons probably twice in my life. I don’t know how he would know that. But me and KP (Porzingis) have a good relationship. I don’t know why people say otherwise.”
Source: Clutch Points
Federal prosecutors allege that Porter had racked up large gambling debts in the beginning of the year to co-conspirators, and was encouraged to clear those debts by throwing games in order for certain bets to hit.
Source: New York Post
Evan Sidery: The Suns will likely offer Royce O’Neale a three or four-year deal, per @Gambo987 (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…). There is mutual interest between Phoenix and O’Neale on making a new deal happen. pic.twitter.com/BxnyhV5ITf
Source: Twitter @esidery
The Los Angeles Lakers are zeroing in on JJ Redick as the front-runner to be the franchise’s next head coach, league and media industry sources told The Athletic. No final decision has been made yet, and the Lakers still have steps remaining in their head-coaching search process, league sources said. But the indications are strong that Redick is their leading choice at this stage.
Source: New York Times
Udonis Haslem revealed that he was almost traded for Allen Iverson so Miami could pair him with Dwyane Wade: “I remember my name was in the hat one time. We was talking about making a move for Iverson and my name got thrown in the hat a little bit. I was all shook up and (expletive), but D-Wade was like ‘Man, that’s Allen Iverson’.”
Source: Sixers Wire
