Charania Out of the 5 rejections some of the scenarios that I heard was you know Teams would just hang up They would say noand hang up Teams would have maybe some profanity maybe there is some 'F no'

Charania The Raptors and Clippers were set to have a trade call to finalize the deal But Im told the league ended up delaying that call and has now decided that the teams will not be moving forward unless the Raptors assume the risk of any potential outcomes stemming from that investigation

Charania Over the last 3-4 weeks teams were calling the Celtics on Jayson Tatum Their answer was hard stop No we're not trading Tatum Untouchable Jaylen Brown different story Open for business Give us your best offer That's the dichotomy They treated Brown different than Tatum

Charania on LeBron James I dont know if Im holding my breath for an announcement this week LeBron has had multiple ownersGMs about 3-5 that have sent voice memos to him via Rich Paul

Charania The absolute worst case scenario that no one is expecting is Kawhi Leonards contract being voided or him being suspended for a significant period of time Whether its 40 or 20 games or the entire season It all comes down to the evidence and whats found in the investigation

Charania Around the league my phone is being flooded with people texting me Paul George and picks Once it was out there Jaylen Brown was available for trade you saw his value for whatever reason start to diminish as the last week went on

Charania Philadelphia was not in the picture for LeBron until after the Jaylen Brown trade and within 24 hours LeBron was taking their pitch very seriously It's currently a hierarchy of Cleveland Miami and Philadelphia and then teams on the periphery