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Draymond Green Show: Draymond reacts to Danilo Gallinari's comments on Kawhi Leonard "I think wishing the NBA took $50 million from a player is disgusting... that also wasn't his first time being traded, so for him to sit and act as if Kawhi Leonard ruined his career, that's bulls**t... I think Gallinari would choose Paul George over himself and if you won't, that's crazy, that's ridiculous... Kawhi Leonard does not have the power to trade a player, he can request... but he don't have the ability to make that trade."
Shams Charania: New Orleans Pelicans forward Saddiq Bey has agreed on a three-year, $55.5 million contract extension with the franchise, plus a trade kicker, agents James Dunleavy and Jordan Gertler of Excel Sports Management tell ESPN.
FullCourtPass: Steph Curry on if watching LeBron James switch teams is appealing to him "Not at all. I've always stated that I wanna be a lifer with Golden State… My mission is to stay in Golden State and be competitive, the contract stuff will take care of itself"
Oh No He Didn't: "We just saw your buddy LeBron James go through this process. Is that appealing to you at all?" Steph: "Not at all. I've always stated that I wanna be a lifer with Golden State. What we've built there, the fact that I get to run it back this year with Draymond and Coach Kerr. All the contract stuff is this NBA thing from year to year is so crazy things change really fast. But I do know my interest and mission to stay in Golden State and be competitive is there and the contract stuff will take care of itself"
Darko Rajaković to Kawhi Leonard: "I want to tell you a funny story. I was working with San Antonio. I was coaching in Europe and I was their international scout. So the day you got drafted, I was with San Antonio in the draft room. I was part of the trade. I was like seven people. There was Lindsey, RC, coach Pop, I was there with like a couple of scouts. And when we traded George Hill and we got your draft rights, I was there when you got drafted."
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Danilo Gallinari: "That was the first time where I got traded not because of an owner or GM or coach situation or request. It was clearly a player request that didn't like what he saw. He wanted his friend or whatever relationship was there with Paul George, and so that was what I didn't like. I didn't say anything bad."
Ira Winderman: In an interesting twist, the Heat's affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, have acquired the G League rights to center Mo Bamba. As part of the deal, the Heat have traded away their G League rights to Trevor Keels to the Wizards' affiliate.
Ian Begley: All of the veterans - John Konchar, Bruce Brown, Ochai Agbaji, James Wiseman, Drew Eubanks - are on training camp deals. They will compete for open roster spot. Knicks would have to trade player on NBA deal if they wanted to keep two vets. If not, they’ll likely have to choose between a big man and a wing. Knicks have all two-ways open. Liam Robbins will have chance to compete for 2 way. I assume Tyler Nickel gets a two way deal. Kevin McCullar Jr. has been working out with Knick players this month, remains on NYK radar.
After announcing that he would retire after last season, Matt Cord plans to return for his 29th season as the Sixers' public address announcer, he announced on 93.3 WMMR on Wednesday morning. The reasons were quite simple. "They made a trade for Jaylen Brown on July 1," Cord said. "...And then on July 24, LeBron James signed with the Sixers." Cord said the subject of his signature call, Allen Iverson, was one of many people to reach out to him during the summer imploring him to return to the microphone.
In his Bleacher Report NBA insider updates, Jake Fischer revealed that the Sacramento Kings' asking price remains steep and is unwilling to be met by the Hornets and other teams for Sabonis. "Right now, there's going to be continued disconnect between the Kings wanting to get back positive value and draft compensation for Sabonis compared to other teams not so eager to give Sabonis the contract extension he's looking for," Fischer said. "I'm skeptical of this juncture how much market there were for Sabonis at the Kings’ current asking price. I don't think Charlotte is really motivated to meet that Kings' asking price."
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If the situation changes, Fischer noted that the Hornets could once again emerge as a team interested in pursuing the big man. "If that Kings' asking price comes down, I would think that Charlotte is still a team monitor in Sabonis’ ultimate trade landscape," Fischer added. "But I don't think anything is coming to fruition anytime soon."
Whether Green can navigate that contradiction could determine more than Golden State’s early-season record. Warriors insider Marcus Thompson II has suggested a poor start could force the franchise to confront an outcome once considered unthinkable. “Draymond could be traded at the trade deadline,” Thompson said.
In the end, it made too much sense for both teams to move forward, which is why, according to league sources, there was never real consideration to altering the terms of the deal. In addition to simply being in bad form, neither side had the leverage to renegotiate.
League sources say that Clippers general manager Trent Redden connected by phone Monday with Raptors lead decision-maker Bobby Webster to convey that LA was indeed prepared at last to proceed with their deal. The trade, remember, was agreed to in principle on June 30 and then placed on hold by the Raptors on July 9 while they sought to ensure that Leonard would avoid a league suspension or the outright voiding of his contract as part of the salary cap circumvention case against the Clippers.