Brian Windhorst on The Hoop Collective flying a little too close to the sun while discussing Lauri Markkanen potentially asking for a max contract

Brian Windhorst on Luka He is not close There is a whole ramp up thats required when you are coming back from a hamstring He has not started that contact ramp up yet

Inside the NBA Chuck on Jalen Brunson targeting James Harden This dude out here like Karl Malone he going hunting

Windhorst Hes only worth 30M instead of 50M youre not getting that from LeBron James LeBron James doesnt believe in that and I dont expect him to accept that If youre the Lakers and if you force LeBron to leave hell go somewhere else and play for less money

Sam Presti comments on what Cason Wallace said about the contract thing he praises Wallace and says there are a lot of options and different paths but it will be discussed with Wallace at the appropriate time

Bobby Portis says Bucks players cant even have conversations right now with each other because the future of Giannis is so blurry Its hard for us right now to have a conversation when the future is so blurry The owner said by the draft theyre going to do something with Giannis

Josh Hart responding to Kelly Oubres comments on Jalen Brunsons big head - Its well documented