Charania The Nuggets were likely going to fire one or the other of Michael Malone and Calvin Booth this offseason but decided to get over with now Malone likely would have been fired back in 2023 had they not won the championship that year due to the conflict between him and Booth

Ben Wallace says that if the team had drafted Carmelo Anthony Melo and his agent would have disrupted the teams chemistry actually making the team worse and ensuring they never won a championship He says they were better off drafting Darko Milicic instead

Charania The Knicks and Karl-Anthony Towns unlikely to reach contract extension Towns is eligible for a 4-year 276M max extension He has a 61M player option for the 2027-28 season and could become a free agent This is a cloud going into training camp

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

Zach Lowe The Clippers are somewhere beyond fucked As recently as yesterday a front office exec from another team said 'Hey the Clippers are quietly positioning themselves in case Jokic wants to leave Denver with lots of cap space and LA and all that' Forget that This team is dead

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

Zach Lowe Adam should we understand that the Clippers punishment is final or is it still open to some sort of renegotiation in the vein of the Timberwolves with Joe Smith Adam Silver The discipline is final