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• Lakers’ Austin Reaves linked to Pistons after Nets’ $179 million offer

  20-06-2026 02:54 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Lakers have several questions to answer this summer.One of those looming matters is whether to retain guard Austin Reaves, who is coming off a campaign in which he averaged 23.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists. He shot 49% from the field.Reaves is expected to decline his player option for next season but can agree to a deal with the Lakers prior to the start of free agency July 1. If the two can’t reach an agreement, Reaves will test the free agent market.Austin Reaves’ future
  
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• Grizzlies' Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Wizards' Russell pick up player options for next season

  20-06-2026 02:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The big news in the last couple of days has been players turning down their player options to become free agents. Trae Young was the biggest name (though he is expected to re-sign with Washington), and more are on the way, including the Lakers' Austin Reaves.However, not everyone is taking that path. Memphis wing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will pick up his $21.6 million player option, reports Shams Charania of ESPN. This was expected because KCP was not going to find an offer that large on the ope
  
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• Report: Spurs’ Dylan Harper ‘voiced displeasure’ with role, minutes early in rookie season

  20-06-2026 02:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - JUNE 03: Dylan Harper #2 of the San Antonio Spurs reacts during the second quarter against the New York Knicks in Game One of the 2026 NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center on June 03, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) | Getty Images The Spurs had a fantastic 20
  
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• Polarizing Darryn Peterson could be Wizards’ pick at No. 1 as NBA draft buzz builds

  20-06-2026 00:39 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Darryn Peterson will only meet with the Washington Wizards. Darryn Peterson turned some heads when he declared that he’d only meet with the No. 1-picking Washington Wizards ahead of the NBA Draft.Reports are now beginning to trickle out that the interest in Peterson is not one-sided, as one “well-placed insider” told Marc Stein that the Wizards are giving the Kansas guard “increased consideration.”Peterson is a highly polarizing prospect in the NBA Draft, as he cons
  
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• CSR Weekend Warriors: 6/19-6/21

  20-06-2026 00:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Greetings, Panthers fans. Welcome to the weekend.Feel free to use this thread to chat about (almost) anything you want: video games, food, movies, non-football sports, you name it. As long as it’s allowed by the site’s ToS, it’s fair game here.You know the drill.This is now an open thread
  
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