Marcus Smart speaking at his camp about the uncertainty of free agency: Im 24 years old, the first one in my family to graduate from college and were sitting here talking about possible teams thats gonna pay me. Thats a good thing to have.

Marcus Smart on playing with Kevin Durant I get to be on the other side of him taking the shots and not taking the shots over mehis ability to make shots it doesn't matter who's there And it also doesn't help that he's close to seven foot and I'm close to six foot

Tyrese Haliburton The Kings were telling me after my rookie year Hey man youre gonna be here awhile you should look into buying a house I was like Im good Im good I dont gotta worry bout nothin

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

Marc Spears on Jalen Duren The Pistons they're focused on bringing him back I just hear that Jalen it's not about money right now He feels disrespectedthere's a black cloud going into campthey gotta try to fix it and I don't know if they can in time

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

Aaron Turner Next year for Jonathan Kuminga is a way better free agency A lot of teams with money In JK's recruiting saga the teams that have been trying to trade for him - Sacramento Chicago - have a lot of money next year The game board is set very well for 2027