Wojnarowski On Harden trade We saw Daryl Morey go the distance with Simmons went through the whole next season I don't think it'll go that long but I'm afraid that this one may go a while before they figure out where that trade destination might be and what's the best package they can get

Fischer The Cleveland Cavaliers may wind up backing out of sign-and-trade talks for Jonathan Kuminga and Peyton Watson as James Harden and his camp grow impatient awaiting his contract

Marc Spears on James Harden and the Cavaliers And to James' credit they're saying that he's been patient his people has been patient and I hear that they expect aresolution to come soon for him to re-sign

Bill Simmons I've kind of talked myself into the Paul George trade August 23rd took over 50 days it happened this week Paul George Hugo Ron Harper Baylor Scheiermanwe can replace Jaylen with bulk

Bill Simmons on Adam Silver and Portland Last couple years it seems revenue money finance driven is the job and I don't know if that's the job In this case you should care about Portland This would be a really bad one

Bill Simmons I dont know if this is the best situation for him Jaylen Brown in Philly but Ill guess well find out But he went from Its time for me to have my own team to him being the 4th most important person on this team Hes basically going to have to be their Derrick White

Windhorst In the last few days I dont think Philly really loved their position in the running Their big pitch was trading for Jaylen Brown but LeBron kept making it a point to reach out to the 76ers players and give them hope that they were still involved