While speaking to NBA on ESPN, Shams Charania shared that the Heat potentially had a window to go after Durant. They offered Jimmy Butler and Josh Richardson, which was not enough to get a deal done. The Suns were interested in trading for Butler this summer but could not engineer a suitable trade. Durant stayed put in Phoenix.

Kevin Durant is still with the Phoenix Suns and ready to get back on the court after last week's eventful trade deadline full of speculation that the franchise was open to dealing the 15-time All-Star.

Doncic's Los Angeles debut has been delayed because of a calf injury, but he is finally expected to see action for the first time since Christmas Day. Doncic was upgraded from questionable to probable on Monday. LeBron James (left ankle soreness) also was upgraded to probable.

It's a bit rarer, however, for somebody else's legend to come to your building to do so, and it's nearly unheard of for someone else's legend to come to your building to do so when he was a major rival of yours during his own playing days and remains employed by his former team.

T he Luka Doncic era with the Los Angeles Lakers is officially underway after the NBA star was traded by the Dallas Mavericks earlier this month. Doncic made his debut in purple a