Smith The Lakers made it a point to get word to me this morning that Jason Kidd is not an option to coach the Lakers.

NBA on ESPN The moment Charles Barkley and the crew found out that Dallas dismissed Jason Kidd as head coach

PatMcAfeeShow Masai Ujiri has full authority to do whatever he wants with the direction of this Mavericks teamMavs sources believe that Jason Kidd had a level of support for the Luka Doncic trade This is a complete restart for the entire organization

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

Stephen A Smith says he does NOT want a championship ring from the Knicks if they win a title

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

Gary Washburn The Boston Celtics are not shopping Jaylen Brown Theyre not dangling him around the league