Christopher Hine: Towns said one reason he was so emoti…
October 25, 2021 | 5:30 pm EDT Update
Chris Paul on Deandre Ayton contract situation: He knows what he has to do
The 23-year-old big man admitted he was not happy with how negotiations went and in turn will become a restricted free agent following the 2021-22 season. “With D.A. and his situation, we talked about it,” Paul told Yahoo Sports. “He knows what he has to do. The goal for everybody is to see everyone getting paid. His situation is what it is, but it’s going to work out for him. We hope it works out for him. The biggest thing we know we can do is go out there and win games.”
“Sometimes it can be an outsider, sometimes it can be family members, it can be homies, it can be friends and a lack of communication,” Paul told Yahoo Sports. “When I played for Doc [Rivers], he used to talk about clutter a lot. Monty [Williams] talks about it, too. When you lose a game and you go home, a lot of times everybody in your family thinks it’s everybody else’s fault that you lost. I’ll never forget Doc saying that. It makes sense.
“But when you mature, you start understanding that if that does happen in your house, you check everybody. You have to be like, ‘Nah, that isn’t the reason we lost.’ That’s maturity. And these are things that I’ve learned and things I’ve been able to pass on to some of the other guys. We talk about everything on this team. I’m not worried about any of that stuff here.”
Rylan Stiles: The Thunder have exercised their options on Darius Bazley, Ty Jerome, Aleksej Pokusevski. pic.twitter.com/FJeaHRUlMo
Gary Washburn: Terry Rozier and PJ Washington are OUT tonight for #Hornets. #Celtics
October 25, 2021 | 4:00 pm EDT Update
76ers have stopped fining Ben Simmons for missing games, practices
Marc Stein: The Sixers have stopped fining Ben Simmons for missed games and practices given that he is now out for personal reasons, one source close to the situation says, confirming a report this afternoon from @Ramona Shelburne on the NBA Today. More from me: marcstein.substack.com
