Charania Reporting for ABC NBA Countdown on the present and future impact of Myles Turner on the Indiana Pacers and the franchise's determination to enter the luxury tax for the first time in 20 years

Charania LeBron James is taking the Sixers free agency pitch really seriously I look at it when I talk to teams now as kind of a hierarchy of Cleveland Miami Philadelphia

Charania If you are a NBA team that has contending aspirations LeBron James according to my sources it is not a financially driven decision That means if you want to slot him in if you want to pitch him on a minimum pitch him on an exception pitch him on a non-max contract

Charania Its decision time for LeBron James because all the information for the most part is in

Charania Rich Paul has met with multiple teams and has given LeBron all the information needed to make a decision but there is no timeline for the coming weeks Miami Cleveland and Philadelphia seem to be the likeliest options with Golden State and Minnesota still in the mix

Charania Those talks are continuing they're serious between the Clippers and the Raptors all signs point to these two sides being motivated and the future is nearing it's end Kawhi Leonard's tenure is nearing it's end in Los Angeles

CharaniaThose talks are continuing they're serious between the Clippers and the Raptorsall signs point to these two sides being motivated andKawhi Leonard's tenure is nearing it's end in Los Angeles He has not been given any indication that the Clippers want to give him a contract extension