Sam Amick: The sense I had gotten was that the Kings and Scott (Perry) have a lot of affinity for Russ, without question. But the backcourt is already pretty crowded, and there was concern about making it even worse. So I’ve certainly been leaning in the direction of thinking that’s not going to happen. Nothing has changed roster-wise to alter the logjam that a move like that would create. I mean, we know they’ve been active, but it’s obviously been pretty quiet recently.”
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According to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, the Clippers could be a potential destination for Beal if the Suns decide to copy the Bucks by waiving and stretching the remaining hundreds of millions on the 32-year-old guard’s contract. “If Bradley Beal were to be bought out of his contract, perhaps the Clippers would be a player [for him]. The Clippers have always been advantageous about getting stars on the cheap. In the past, they’ve gotten point guards like John Wall, Rajon Rondo, Russell Westbrook. They could be very advantageous if something like that unforeseen [would happen],” Youngmisuk said on ESPN’s NBA Today. -via Clutch Points / July 2, 2025
Marc Stein: After exploring potential sign-and-trades to seal its long-anticipated addition of Dennis Schröder, Sacramento is signing Schröder direct. This affects the likelihood of Russell Westbrook-to-Sacramento since Malik Monk did not go to Detroit and remains in the Kings’ backcourt. -via Twitter @TheSteinLine / July 1, 2025
“Since we reached the finals, you’re supposed to upgrade and fine-tune and make changes around,” Durant said. “You can’t just pull one of the key figures off the team and expect us to continue what we was doing. So I think they were kind of shocked at how fast, how good we got so fast and sometimes you get confused. On top of that, Sam Presti was probably what, 30-something years old? He was young. Everybody was young, trying to figure stuff out, trying to understand what this landscape was.” -via Houston Chronicle / July 1, 2025