Blake

David Pagnotta: Re Wild: Quinn Hughes' extension...they're getting there; around 17 [million AAV] if not higher - Hello Hockey (7/11)

Just in: Free agent Rui Hachimura has agreed to a two-year, $28 million deal to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers, sources tell ESPN.

Mikel Brown Jr. on his vision for the Nets: “I was talking to Julius Randle about it the other day and he told me, ‘We’re gonna shock the world.’ That’s what we plan on doing.”

Chris Finch on Naz Ried and Jaden McDaniels having more room to grows “Yeah I think it’s just about creating the opportunities now, I think we’ve seen it, what they can do and there job is to make sure it stays at a consistently high level and a timely one too, when we need it… when you have a lot of great options it’s the usage puzzle… we also learned things we could maybe do different, we’ve figured out Jaden I think this year, I think Naz has room to help us to, I think one thing he can do is get back to being a great playmaker”

I will be incredibly surprised if the Wolves ever utilize the $33 million trade exception that was created tonight. Those things are almost always much ado about nothing and it is clear that money was a factor tonight.