Wojnarowski on Beal This was the best offer Washington had in the marketplace They didn't take back long term contracts they cleared their books With this new CBA and lots of teams having to get money off Washington will be there like OKC was to take on bad contracts for picks

John Hollinger Nate Duncan Breaking down how the Clippers clearly circumvented the NBA salary cap with Bradley Beal similar to the Gary Trent situation and lost Ben Mathurin as a result

Krawczynski The Wolves did have real discussions with the Celtics about Jaylen Brown Celtics wanted Rudy and Naz and it was going to be just too high of a price to pay I do think the Wolves are happier with the LaMelo fit

Aaron Turner on the Warriors The weirdest negotiation of all time Hall of fame coach says 'This guy JK doesn't fit the roster' while the front office and owner offer him money in the 20s JK couldn't bet on himself with the QO because Steve wasn't offering an open role

Brian Windhorst with an interesting mention about Domantas Sabonis This last year Mintz executed the trade for Trae Young away from Atlanta Walker Kessler trade away from Utah And Sabonis just hired him He wants to get out of SAC - WindhorstESPN via TheHoopCollective

Windhorst last few years wolves have lost a ton of money target center renovated about 5yrs ago and it went from a bottom 5 arena to a bottom 5 arena they arent in a position to squeeze more money because they just had a public supported renovation So its a challenging economic situation

Pablo Torre says the NBA approached Steve Ballmer told him they found wrongdoing and tried to get him to admit to it and accept the punishment Instead Ballmer chose to fight it so the NBA turned around and found a way to settle the matter with Kawhi and the NBPA