Shams Charania: The Charlotte Hornets are interviewing JJ Redick for their head coaching job, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The 15-year NBA veteran and former Duke star has shown an interest in making a coaching jump in recent years. Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania What’s the buzz on Twitter? Kurt Helin @basketballtalk Charlotte Hornets reportedly to interview J.J. Redick for its head coaching job. You have to love that he’s on ABC’s No. 1 broadcast team and has a couple of successful podcasts yet is still willing to at least entertain taking this job. nbcsports.com/nba/news/charl… – 8 ..read more

Shams Charania: The Charlotte Hornets are interviewing JJ Redick for their head coaching job, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The 15-year NBA veteran and former Duke star has shown an interest in making a coaching jump in recent years ..read more

Casey Holdahl: The Blazers lost the tiebreaker to the Hornets –both finished with 21-61 records, tied for third-worst — which means Charlotte has a 13.3 percent chance of getting the top pick while Portland has a 13.2 percent chance ..read more

Tre Mann has watched plenty of OKC Thunder home games from the bench throughout his three-year career. But as OKC earned a 94-92 playoff win over New Orleans at Paycom Center on Sunday, Mann sat in a different seat. He was in Section 105, a few rows behind the court and surrounded by a sea of frenzied Thunder fans ..read more

While the soft-spoken sharpshooter didn’t participate in any of the crowd celebrations, he silently supported his former teammates as they earned a nail-biting victory in Game 1 of the first-round series. “It’s been cool,” Mann said. “Great atmosphere. It’s definitely something I want to experience. Hopefully I can get to a playoff soon, but it’s been good seeing everybody and seeing what Oklahoma City playoff basketball is like ..read more

Michael Scotto: Looking ahead to the offseason, Detroit could have up to $60 million in cap space if they decline Evan Fournier’s team option and let go of Troy Brown. Everyone is looking for them to do what the Houston Rockets did a summer ago and spend all their cap space available. From what I’ve heard, plan A is not to go the Houston route and spend all the cap space money they have in free agency. There’s a possibility Detroit will look to sign a free agent like Tobias Harris or Miles Bridges, two guys that will certainly be on their radar heading into the offseason, and then use the rem ..read more

Michael Scotto: Looking ahead to the offseason, Detroit could have up to $60 million in cap space if they decline Evan Fournier’s team option and let go of Troy Brown. Everyone is looking for them to do what the Houston Rockets did a summer ago and spend all their cap space available. From what I’ve heard, plan A is not to go the Houston route and spend all the cap space money they have in free agency. There’s a possibility Detroit will look to sign a free agent like Tobias Harris or Miles Bridges, two guys that will certainly be on their radar heading into the offseason, and then use the rema ..read more

ClutchPoints: 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year finalists: Chet Holmgren (Thunder) Brandon Miller (Hornets) Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) pic.twitter.com/5sCBonR62E ..read more

Adrian Wojnarowski: Steve Hetzel will be joining Jordi Fernandez’s new Brooklyn Nets coaching staff as an assistant, sources tell ESPN. Hetzel spent the past three seasons in Portland with Chauncey Billups after stops under Steve Clifford with Orlando and Charlotte ..read more

Brian Lewis: It was a wide search. Mike Budenholzer was part of that, but from what I’m led to believe, his contract demands were rather high. A lot of money for a lot of years. The numbers I’ve heard that I can’t share are probably beyond even my wildest expectations. Michael Scotto: Mike Budenholzer was the best-known name for his accolades. I heard Joe Tsai liked Budenholzer as a potential candidate because of his championship pedigree. Sources close to Budenholzer told me he’s open to coaching in a big market, and Brooklyn was within a big market, so it fit that and made sense from that pe ..read more