Thunder big man Enes Kanter created a stir on Twitter earlier tonight when he published a photo that showed neighboring lockers featuring Russell Westbrook‘s and Rudy Gay‘s nameplates. While Gay was in Oklahoma City meeting with the Thunder today, Kanter’s tweet doesn’t mean the two sides have an agreement in place, according to Royce Young of ESPN.com (Twitter links). Young says that league sources were confident as of Friday night that OKC was in a strong position with Gay, adding that the Thunder made a “strong impression” during Saturday’s meeting (Twitter link).
With no deal in place yet, Gay continues to draw interest from other teams. Darren Wolfson of 5 Eyewitness News tweets that the Timberwolves remain on the lookout for a free agent who can play power forward and shoot, and gave Gay a call today. Wolfson classifies the contact as “just a check-in call,” however.
Here are more free agent rumors from around the Western Conference:
- Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders (Twitter link) has heard that Rajon Rondo would have interest in joining the Clippers. As Kennedy notes, Rondo has friends on the team and has a history with Doc Rivers from their Boston days.
- In a separate tweet, Alex Kennedy passes along an update on free agent big man Thomas Robinson, reporting that the Timberwolves have expressed some interest in the former lottery pick.
- The Kings are “very interested” in signing Zach Randolph, league sources tell Jason Jones of The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento saw a pair of its free agent targets land elsewhere late on Saturday night, as Andre Iguodala committed to the Warriors and P.J. Tucker agreed to sign in Houston. The Kings had offered Iguodala a two-year deal in the range of $16MM annually, tweets Sam Amick of USA Today.
- With other restricted free agents set to receive larger offers, Suns center Alex Len may be a more attainable target for teams, and is discussing scenarios with a few potential suitors, tweets Shams Charania of The Vertical.
Rondo would fit Houston, the Cavs, Nets, Lakers, Sacramento, and Denver
Alex Len is a 12-18 minute big. I’ve never really been much of a fan of him. Phoenix should prioritize Alan Williams over him. He brings toughness, defense, rebounding, and plays hard.
Rondo does not fit in Sacramento. At all.
Rondo would not fit the kings… he was there once. It didn’t go well from the locker room standpoint. Also he is not the guy you want teaching fox.
Plus the kings will no longer be taking on “head cases” look at the removal of Cousins and others. Then look at the draft. All 4 picks were very high character players as well
I personally think he could give them a good option as a veteam PG around their shooters. Obviously, you want Fox getting as much time and development as possible, but I think he definitely fits that team in that role, if he is willing
Believe me, he’s not willing. After his previous stint in Sacramento, it’s apparent to most that he would not be the best player to tutor young players. He would be my last choice.
I had heard that the real issue was cousins, and that Rondo surprisingly took a leadership role, but guess that report was wrong…
Rondo still believes he’s a number one guy. He won’t take kindly to mentoring a prize number one draft pick and playing a backup role.
Len need more from all he learns to low jokic is so much better