Cavs comeback crushes Magic's NBA run | 00:48The NBA rumour mill has hit overdrive as teams crash out of the playoffs, with the futures of a host of superstars up in the air.
“We’d like to be able to bring back and retain Paul and James,” Frank said Monday. “We’re hopeful we can, but also understand and respect the fact that they’re free agents. Paul has a decision with his option. James will be an unrestricted free agent, so our intent is to bring him back, but also realise that they’re elite players and they’ll have choices.”
“So he’s been under contract negotiations with the Clippers for months. No deal, and I think he is likely headed for free agency,” ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said on Get Up. “The question really is this: Will they give him a max contract? I don’t think that they want to. They didn’t give Kawhi a max contract.
“Except for Nick Nurse, Joel and Tyrese and Paul and Ricky , we don’t know for sure who’s gonna be back next year.” The Orlando Magic are set to be a major player this off-season given their ability to create around $60m USD in cap space – one of very few franchises that can do so. “You look at scoring in Game 7, obviously struggled a little bit to score the ball, especially in the second half of the game when the Cavs and Donovan Mitchell kept coming for them.