Windhorst Theres mutual interest between the Knicks and Jason Kidd Theres this whole thing about asking for permission you dont ask for permission to hire another teams coach When you ask youre going to hire them The Mavericks have three options one being negotiating a trade

Windhorst The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached out to Milwaukee about Giannis Antetokounmpo Dallas about Anthony Davis and LA about James Harden

Windhorst The Minnesota Timberwolves are actively recruiting third and fourth teams in an attempt to help improve their offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo

Windhorst This deal can get done if Cavs say yes What's holding the Cavs up is I'm sure what they might have to pay James Harden in a new contract but also that they actually want to fracture the core 4 This ball is sitting in the Cavs court right now

Windhorst NBA executives believe the substantial return for Jaren Jackson Jr could reshape the Memphis Grizzlies approach making them more willing to absorb undesirable contracts alongside draft capital in a potential Ja Morant deal

Jason Kidd on if he can wave a magic wand and get Cooper Flagg some help Its just our health Thats the wand we gotta wait till we get healthyHes getting guys some good looks that just havent gone down for us here

Mavs Interim GM Matt Riccardi on the AD trade We had to take an honest look at ourselves and realize where we were and where we wanted to be Sometimes the path is not straightfoward and you gotta go a roundabout way to get where we want to go but our goal here remains the same we want to win