Charania Multiple teams reached out to Blazers GM Joe Cronin after Aytons buyout and received great reviews of him as a teammate

Charania Deals involving Giannis Antetokounmpo are not expected to involve a third or fourth team Bostons offer includes additional pieces on top of Jaylen Brown

Charania I'm told over the last 24-48 hours the Lakers came to the understanding that Austin Reaves had multiple max contracts available to him in free agency The Detroit Pistons were coming aggressively for him So that's why today the Lakers stepped up to give him this deal

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

Charania The Portland Trail Blazers arent actively pursuing Jaylen Brown and view Ja Morant as their big move

Charania The big domino with the Warriors is trying to get a player like an Anthony Davis you can bring in LeBron James and Anthony Davis as a package deal Short of that theyre not really looked at right now at the top of this list

CharaniaMy understanding the Celtics were unwilling to include young players like Hugo Gonzalez Baylor Scheierman I had a few people tell me last night you gotta get a deal done if youre the Celtics when you put a player like Jaylen Brown on the table