NBA rumors

Makur Maker has decided to declare for the 2021 NBA Draft.

Per ESPN, Makur, 20, won’t sign with an agent to keep open the option of returning to Howard for his sophomore year, sources said.

Makur has shown himself to a be highly skilled 6-foot-11 forward with the ability to play on the perimeter. Makur played only two games for the Bison last season because of a groin injury. In those two games, Makur averaged 11.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists.

The university shut down the remainder of the team’s season because of COVID-19 issues in early January.

Jason Kidd hopes to be a head coach again in the NBA.
He has coached the Nets and the Bucks and now he is in his second season as assistant coach for the Lakers.

Per The Undefeated, After a pair stints of varying success with the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks as head coach, Jason Kidd is now in his second season as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers. Kidd would like another opportunity to be a head coach and if given the opportunity to give his prior self advice, he would tell him to “Just relax.”

“Just relax and enjoy the growth of the team,” Kidd said. “The growth of the individual players. And not be so hard, and so wanting them to be perfect. …

“The biggest thing I would say in Milwaukee or Brooklyn is the way the message is delivered could have been different. Not so hard. Not so rough. A little bit more fun to it. As a competitor, you get lost into, ‘What can I do to help them win?’ And that’s all they can hear, is that, ‘He just wants to win.’ Where’s the fun? Let’s build this thing and enjoy it. You play as a player for a championship and you coach for a championship. But there’s also different parts of different environments that you are trying to build in a culture.”

Kidd has interviewed for head coaching opportunities over the past few years.

“I hope I’m close,” said Kidd about getting another job. “I would love to have another opportunity at it. Being here with Frank, understanding his strengths and watching him and how he handles different situations, is a big key that I’ve learned. Patience, communication is really key to understanding where everybody stands. Not just your top players, but the end of the bench.”

Bob Myers on Klay Thompson’s  return by opening night next season: «I don’t know if that will be realistic or not».

Bob Myers also says the club is “pretty confident” on a cotract extension with Steph Curry.

Bob Myers sounds skeptical that Klay Thompson will return by opening night next season: “I don’t know if that will be realistic or not.” Mentioned that it won’t even be a full calendar year since Achilles tear. Plan is to ease him into action.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 24, 2021

Warriors president Bob Myers also says the club is “pretty confident” that it will reach terms on a contract extension this summer with star guard Stephen Curry.

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 24, 2021

Karl-Anthomny Towns hopes to play his entire career with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Per NBA.com, “I hope to have a career like Kobe…with one team,” said Towns. “Like Tim [Duncan] and Kobe, where it’s one team and try to bring as many championships as possible.”

“I just really am happy that I’m able to still be here playing for this amazing city and state and be able to stay here and affect change in the community,” shared Towns. “I’m just so happy that I’ve been given a chance to play here in Minnesota all these years.”

Speaking about his upcoming free agency, Raptors star Kyle Lowry told The Athletic’s Eric Koreen: “We’ll see what happens. No one knows what the future holds. No one knows what comes with the next day. We all just have to live it every day and every moment. And that’s important, to just take it day by day and minute by minute, hour by hour, and live our lives like that. But it’s a cool story to write for people. I just hope they make me look really cool”.

Raptors president Masai Ujiri said that any free agency decision will depend on how Toronto will move forward for the forseeable future.