NBA Today Slater The word Ive heard used from the Kuminga side is pawn' He doesnt want to sign this two-year 45MM deal with a team option where he is clearly just being used to be traded mid-season Thats not something he wants to sign up for and prefers the qualifying offer

Fischer Last Tuesday I said that there were many people around the league who thought that LeBron should take a veteran minimum salary It does not sound like that is actually in the cards at all I wanna be very very clear about that after some text messages and phone calls I received

Bontemps Let's call a spade a spade The Pacers made that trade because they're cheap Ivica Zubac is a good player but they made that trade amp gave up a premium to get him because he's on a very good contract so they could probably stay under the luxury tax which they haven't paid in 20 years

Prime put Jalen Duren Tobias Harris and Kevin Huerter as Notable free agents Reminding the viewers that Duren Eligble for 239M deal 287M if all-NBA

Slater The Timberwolves felt at least four of Victor Wembanyama's 12 blocks were goaltends Chris Finch You know the value of eight points in an NBA game That's 33 percent of his blocks Rudy Gobert joked I want that type of treatment too

Windhorst Hes only worth 30M instead of 50M youre not getting that from LeBron James LeBron James doesnt believe in that and I dont expect him to accept that If youre the Lakers and if you force LeBron to leave hell go somewhere else and play for less money

Amin On cheap owners the former Suns owner wanted to cut the roster to only the 7-8 guys Dantoni played asked why coaches couldn't fill in for 5 on 5 practice Refused 100k to upgrade from Best Buy hard drives to an enterprise server Thinks it was a factor in why Aldridge chose the Spurs in FA