Brett Siegel

in his current contract.

So we'll see if the Charlotte Hornets are going to discuss any type of situation to where they give him some money at the end of the training camp and going into the first games of the season, right? According to Brett Siegel, who talked on the podcast with Tamir Azar, he says around the time of the 2026 NBA draft, of course, the Hornets' front office, Brandon Miller's camp, was a ready discussion what a contract extension could look like and what each side wanted in the future of the franchise from that point on.

He then goes on to say, then they go out and make moves that basically say Brandon Miller is our face of our franchise making forwards.

You trade LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota T-Wolves.

Let's get into it.

This is from Hoops Rumors, but it originally came from Brett Siegel in a video.

Free agent big man Kelly Olenek has spent some time in San Antonio and has worked out with his former Spurs teammates this offseason.

And we saw that, right? We didn't need a report to tell us that because remember that video I made? I didn't think I'd be talking about this.

It's a Kelly Olenek in the background of the Spurs in Paris.

And I was like, what is he doing where did he come from is he coming back part of me was like I've been kind of pining for biz to be that kind of last guy on the roster but anyway um what ends up being said here is that noting that Olenek was a positive locker room presence Brett Siegel says he wouldn't be surprised if the veteran forward slash Center ends up re-signing with the Spurs as their 15th man though he may have to be willing to wait until during the regular season if that's the plan i'll be honest i don't really know salary cap stuff and the implications of it that well as to why he would have to wait but i think that's fine it's probably to do with you know what kind of contract they can give him or something um and maybe it's like roster space in the offseason this kind of thing but let me know down below yes or no would you be willing to bring kelly olenek back as the 15th man on this team because taylon peter even though he's shown here he's not he's going to be in the g league uh probably if he's on i think an exhibit 10 so he might not even be part of the team but i think he will be Quaintance, of course, injured.

And guys like Jacoby Gillespie and Malik Brown, they're going to be down in the G League too.

So, having extra insurance behind Wemby and Cornette and Terrace Reed is something I'm never mad at.

Mine with Dean Wade on Clutch Points.

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But two great exclusives that we had at Clutch Points.

Now, the Detroit Pistons and...

Jalen Duren are still negotiating apparently Jalen Duren is looking for 40 plus million dollars a year and the Pistons are offering him 35 so it's not a massive gap per year but overall 25 million dollars over the course of five years is pretty significant apparently Jalen Duren and his camp don't necessarily want to be in Detroit long term because they don't feel valued that's a report according to Brett Siegel of Clutch Points Could that lead to him being willing to sign the qualifying offer and take the risk in order to become a unrestricted free agent next summer and get that bag from the Kings or the LA Clippers? Hey, maybe.

I can tell you right now, if it was like a schoolyard pick-em, Scott Perry, I think, would definitely choose Jalen Duren over DeMondis Sabonis for a multitude of reasons, whether it's defense, easier to build around, same age range as Darius Acuff Jr.

I don't think that's disrespectful to DeMondis Sabonis to say whatsoever.