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 I had one executive tell me last night that the Clippers were essentially acting like a power agent brokering deals for Kawhi Leonard That's millions and millions of cash flow coming into Kawhi By mid-2021 Kawhi had pocketed tens of millions of dollars in no-show endorsement deals

Charania The Knicks and Karl-Anthony Towns unlikely to reach contract extension Towns is eligible for a 4-year 276M max extension He has a 61M player option for the 2027-28 season and could become a free agent This is a cloud going into training camp

Charles Barkley on LeBron James I'm dealing with these fools in the media Lakers didn't want LeBron You think if the Lakers really want LeBron he would have left there C'mon man stop it

Tyrese Haliburton says hes confused how people poorer than him are flying private when its expensive even for him even though hes currently on a 244 million contract with the Pacers Boardroom

Carmelo Anthony says he still doesnt understand how he suddenly became a player that no team in the league wanted to sign

Draymond on Kuminga deal He's been promised the starting 4 spot now Here's where those things get dicey 65 million salary in the NBA is a bench role salary Your salary determines how a team treats you My only worry for JK is that if it's not working you're the first plug that gets pulled