Charania In a unique moment Monday sources told me Josh Harris amp Steve Balmer the 2 owners of the Sixers amp Clippers got on a call and ironed out the trade that sent Harden finally to LA This showed ownership sign-off and impact on a deal negotiated by Daryl Morey amp Lawrence Frank

SI Charania on Doc Rivers' claim that he called the Bucks and yelled at them It never happened Everyone can see what has transpired there They are still being investigated by the NBA because they wanted to shut down their star player It's always about the work it's not personal

Harper There have been rumblings in addition to some recent statements made by Mark Cuban that Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd alongside Nico Harrison played a major role in trading away Luka Doni

Charania I'm not aware of any involvement from Giannis in this search process This was something that the Bucks genuinely ledmy understanding is that there's been zero communication between these two sides since the deadline as far as Giannis and the organization's top brass

Doc Rivers I made a joke before All-Star where I said 'Giannis should trade Charania' Charania took that so personal that he actually called the Bucks and yelled at them to take it down

AD discusses finding out about the trade from Rich Paul man shut up who they gonna trade me for Luka Then Nico called and said I told you I was gonna come get you Then Joel Embiid called me

Russo Lawrence Frank on Kawhi Leonard trade reports and Leonards future with Clippers At the appropriate time well sit down with Kawhi and lay out our plan and if our goals are aligned then wed like to win with Kawhi