08-22-2022, 12:00 PM
Marc Stein:
Quote:The Brooklyn Nets are waiting, with fingers crossed, in hopes that their patient approach leads to a change of heart from the disgruntled Kevin Durant about continuing his career as a Net.
The Utah Jazz are waiting for the New York Knicks to succumb to their long-held desire to acquire Donovan Mitchell and sweeten their Mitchell offer, which is said to feature five future first-round picks. That's right: Utah, specifically Danny Ainge, wants more.
The Los Angeles Lakers are waiting, as anxiously as the Nets, to see if some semblance of a Russell Westbrook trade market can still materialize … or if bringing Westbrook to camp, for all the tension it is likely to invite, is really their only short-term option.