According to Denver Post’s Bennett Durando, Bruce Brown Jr. had a bunch of teams interested in him during free agency. Obviously, he had the Denver Nuggets, who he signed with, but Brown also had the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers.

Despite gaining interest from other organizations, the 29-year-old decided to reunite with Nikola Jokic and the Denver franchise. This comes after he left them the following free agency after them winning the title. He since played for the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, and New Orleans Pelicans.

Ultimately, his impact with those teams was not even close to the impact he had on the Nuggets. This free agency period, he signed a one-year deal worth $3 million.

“I was like, ‘You know what, I don’t care how much (I get offered). If I get somewhere more, I don’t care. I’m just gonna go back to Denver because I just think it’s a perfect fit for me,’” Brown said. “Playing style, and I mean, I want to win again. So I think it was a pretty quick answer for me once I found out they wanted me back.”

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Sacramento Kings and Russell Westbrook have “strong mutual interest” and a deal could get done in the future. Sacramento has been one of the only legitimate teams of showing any interest in the veteran point guard.

It isn’t clear when a deal could emerge, but there’s an intense feeling of a potential partnership happening sometime this upcoming season.

“Look, I’m told there is strong mutual interest between Russell Westbrook and the Sacramento Kings. And the Kings have a need for a reserve point guard. They were 29th in bench points, 29th in bench assists last season,” Charania said. “Russell Westbrook helps with that, and he’s got relationships across that organization: Domantas Sabonis, he’s close with, played with him. He played with Dennis Schroeder as well, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine. They have LA ties as well. BJ Armstrong, the new assistant general manager there. He knows BJ Armstrong from the agency side, and he does have respect with Scott Perry, their new general manager, and Doug Christie, their new head coach. We’ll see if a deal gets done before the start of the season or during this upcoming year.”

Fans and experts have expressed their disbelief that the former MVP has not been signed by any team in the NBA. It’s unclear what the exact reasons of him not being on a franchise is, however, it is known his market is very small.

During last season’s run with the Denver Nuggets, the 36-year-old averaged 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists, and 1.4 steals coming primarily off the bench. ‘

Westbrook has not hinted at a possible retirement, as it appears he wants to play another season in the National Basketball Association.

According to The Athletic’s Sam Amick, the New York Knicks have made Jalen Brunson “untouchable” in any trade conversations that may or may not include Giannis Antetokounmpo.

New York has made it clear they highly value Brunson, even if it means not being able to land Antetokounmpo as a result of it. The Knicks internally believe having him on a discounted contract will allow them to outlast their competition in their never-ending quest for a championship.

Both Milwaukee and New York have kicked the can around on a potential trade; however, both teams have the common mentality of wanting to keep their franchise player for the foreseeable future.

This has ultimately led to talks settling down and now at a stalemate of what’s next. It’s reportedly believed that the Knicks offered the Bucks a combo of Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, and Mitchell Robinson.

It’s unclear how the organization feels about potentially trading away Mikal Bridges; the reason why he wasn’t apart of this round of trade talks was due to being ineligible in the month of August because of contract restrictions.

Since the ending of last season, beginning this offseason, Antetokounmpo has sent very mixed signals of what he wants do with his career and if that’ll be continued with the Milwaukee Bucks.