NBA rumors

According to Jeremy Woo of Sports Illustrated, the Cleveland Cavaliers have begun to explore the possibility of a trade involving Collin Sexton.

According to Jeremy Woo of Sports Illustrated, the Cleveland Cavaliers have begun to explore the possibility of divesting Collin Sexton.

Thanks to the Draft Lottery, the Cavs will picl at No.3 in the next Draft and could bet on a guard between Jalen Suggs and Jalen Green.

Furthermore, the Cavs would not be convinced to extend Sexton’s contract for the figures he will most likely ask after a season with over 24 points and 4 assists per game.

ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reports that Brooklyn Nets assistant coach Jacque Vaughn is “getting traction” as candidate for the New Orleans Pelicans head coaching job.

Brooklyn already lost one assistant coach this offseason, with Ime Udoka signing for the Boston Celtics

The Washington Wizards are evaluating a pair of assistant coaches for their head coaching job position, reports ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. The names are those of Sam Cassell, a long time assistant coach now with the Philadelphia 76ers, and Wes Unseld jr, assistant to Michael Malone in Denver and son of the former Bullets legend.

Washington is looking to replace Scott Brooks after several seasons with the former Thunder coach.

The Portland Trail Blazers have hired Chauncey Billups as their next head coach, sources told Shams Charania of The Athletic.

The 2004 NBA Finals MVP was offered and accepted the job on Friday night. Billups is in his first season as an assistant coach, working under Ty Lue with the Los Angeles Clippers. Portland considered the candidacies of Spurs’ assistant Becky Hammon and Nets’ assistant Mike D’Antoni

Dallas Mavericks have agreements to hire former pointguard Jason Kidd as their new head coach and longtime Nike executive Nico Harrison in a lead basketball operations role.

Nico Harrison will serve as the Mavs‘ new General Manager and run basketball operations, sources said. https://t.co/WK2pUKtZ6y

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 25, 2021

Jason Kidd will be the next head coach of the Dallas Mavericks.

Per ESPN,The Dallas Mavericks are progressing in talks to make Hall of Fame point guard Jason Kidd the franchise’s new head coach.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is also close to hiring a new general manager, who has signed off on the Kidd candidacy, sources said. Cuban and the soon-to-be hired executive have had in-depth discussions about the coaching candidates and identified Kidd as the target, sources said.

The Mavericks have offered longtime Nike executive Nico Harrison a front-office leadership position and are optimistic that vice president of basketball operations Michael Finley will remain with the franchise, sources said.

He has a strong relationship with Luka Doncic, having played an instrumental role in the Mavs star shifting from Nike to the Jordan brand in the fall of 2019.

Kidd, who had two stints with the Mavericks during his playing career and starred on the 2010-11 championship team, has had the support of Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki and others who have been advising Cuban

The Indiana Pacers will be coached by Rick Carlisle.
The coach, that has left the Dallas Mavericks after more than 10 years and an NBA title, will sign a four-year, $29 million contract with the Pacers.

Sources: The Pacers are hiring Rick Carlisle as head coach. He will sign a 4-year, $29 million contract.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) June 24, 2021

The Boston Celtics are finalizing an agreement to hire Brooklyn Nets assistant Ime Udoka as the franchise’s new coach, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

According to Woj, Udoka separated himself quickly in new team president Brad Stevens’ searching process, including a significant support from Celtics players who were impressed with Udoka after working under him with Team USA in the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China.

Brooklyn Nets assistant coach Ime Udoka is believed to be a front runner in the opening for the next Boston Celtics coach, reports Marc Stein of the New York Times.

Before arriving this season in Brooklyn, Udoka spent one season with the Philadelphia 76ers and several seasons with the San Antonio Spurs.

Mike D’Antoni will have a second interview for Blazers head coaching job.
D’Antoni spent the season as assistant coach in New York.
Becky Hammon and Chauncey Billups too will have second interview for the same role.

The news was reported by Adrian Wojnarowski.

The status for Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul remains unchanged. He is listed as “out” for Game 2 of the Western Conference finals per Monday evening’s NBA injury report.

“There’s no update on Chris,” Williams said after Monday’s practice. “Nothing’s changed.”

The Indiana Pacers are beginning their head coaching interviews this week and the list includes Steve Clifford, Brian Shaw and Terry Stotts as reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Pacers are putting a premium on head coaching experience in their search after the short term of Nate Bjorkgren.

The Phoenix Suns are hopeful Chris Paul will be cleared from the NBA’s COVID-19 health and protocols at some point early in the Western Conference Finals, as reported by Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports.

Paul is quarantining in Los Angeles and has been symptom-free since testing positive for COVID-19 last week.

Clippers assistant Chauncey Billups and Spurs assistant Becky Hammon are among the finalists for the Portland Trail Blazers head coaching job, as reported by ESPN and The Athletic.

Final interviews will be held this week. Hammon becomes the first woman to make it into the final stages of an NBA coaching search.

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie plans to decline the $12.3M player option on his 2021-2022 contract and become an unrestricted free agent, sources tell ESPN. He has a Monday deadline. Dinwiddie missed most of the season with an ACL injury.
The news was reported by Adrian Wojnarowski.

Blake Griffin joined the Brooklyn Nets as a free agent this season, but he was reportedly close to opt for the Boston Celtics. According to The Athletic, Griffin asked a Celtics player if he should join the team and was told not to come to Boston because of the apparent dysfunction.

At season’s end, multiple sources close to the players said several members of the locker room were welcoming a coaching change, noting Stevens did not appear to hold key players accountable, with complaints he was favoring Smart over others.