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

Windhorst 2 days ago the Lakers and Austin Reaves' camp were pretty far apart in their discussions about where his contract would land Then the Lakers yesterday pivoted increasing their offer somewhere in the neighbourhood of 50 per season

Windhorst LeBron's intention is to play and the focus right now is making a deal with the Lakers They are negotiating I think he's going to try and make a deal with the Lakers The league generally believes the two sides are going to come together

Windhorst The Clippers will have serious demands from the Raptors for Leonard Leonards request to land in Toronto creates an exclusive negotiation but his willingness to sign an extension and eliminate concerns about him being a rental will help LA secure an extra piece or two in a trade

Windhorst Some of the owners who are trying to get LeBron were talking to each other and were like have you heard anything Nope Have you heard anything Nope LeBron is reaching out and talking to players on some of these teams and they report back to their GM or coach Hey LeBron called

Jay Williams I've talked to a couple of different players that could be Supermax this year or next year they're starting to feel a little pressure from team owners by saying 'Yo Jalen Brunson left 113 million dollars on the table What are you going to do'

Rich Paul just plainly laid out Lebron's options on his podcast