Charania Chris Paul and the Rockets wanted to meet with Trevor Ariza after he agreed to go to the Suns to try and get him back

Charania The Lakers have made it clear that they want him back but the one thing I do know is that multiple contenders are already circling If LeBron is really going to hit the open market and decide and have a true free agency he's not going to have a shortage of teams

Charania The Lakers held a meeting with Austin Reaves playing his favorite country songs and made him Pillows with AR initials on them in their recruiting pitch

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 I do know a lot of teams are calling LeBron and his camp I spoke to Rich Paul last week and he told me every contender in the NBA has essentially placed a call since the season ended

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

Chris Paul Says Clippers Didnt Want Him Helping Younger Players During training camp I talked to one of my teammates for a while As soon as I went in the meal room somebody came and told me they didnt want me giving players advice