Veteran shooting guard Kyle Korver is pondering his playing future after spending 17 straight seasons in the NBA, as relayed by Mark Medina of USA Today.
“I’m not sure. I’ve talked to a few teams about it,” Korver said of a potential return. “Coming out of the bubble, I believe in honoring the game. I believe you honor the season with a good offseason. Coming out of the bubble with the quick turnaround, I didn’t feel I really did that. So I don’t want to cheat the game.
“If I want to go play, I want to go play well. I haven’t signed any paperwork. My wife asks me this question every day. It’s one I have a hard time finding my exact words for. So I haven’t signed paperwork yet. I’ve enjoyed being with my family, and it’s been a challenging season across the board for the league and for the players. But we’ll see. I don’t know.”
Korver also discussed multiple other subjects with Medina, including the Bucks’ walkout in the bubble, the Jacob Blake shooting, and the racial justice movement.
Here are some other odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- Ariel Pacheco of Basketball Insiders examines the Executive of the Year watch, taking a detailed look into which executives could be under consideration for the award this season. Naturally, Pacheco mentions Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka, who constructed a championship team last season and is coming off a respectable offseason.
- Joe Vardon of The Athletic explores whether NBA players will be able to represent Team USA at the Summer Olympics. The NBA Finals are set to extend into late July, with a potential Game 7 falling on July 22. Team USA is scheduled to open against France on July 25. “We’d like it if players on the roster could be replaced, even after [the tournament] starts,” managing director Jerry Colangelo said, recognizing the Olympic rules must be changed to allow this. As of right now, it’s unclear who will head to Tokyo on behalf of Team USA.
- The Delaware Blue Coats (the Sixers‘ G League affiliate) have acquired Jordan Bone and a 2021/22 third-round pick from the Lakeland Magic (Orlando’s G League affiliate), the team announced in a press release. In return, the club sent the returning player rights to J.P. Macura, the returning player rights to Doral Moore and a 2021-22 second-round pick. Bone was most recently on a two-way contract with the Magic.
Mark Cuban should be executive of the year regardless of him actually holding the title executive.
Pelinka is Lebron’s errand boy.
EOY voting has had a terrible record in recent years. Electing Pelinka would turn doubts into outright laughter. Sorry all Pelinks did was follow LJ’s lead including personnel and philosophy. The Lakers and Earvin Johnson went for Lebron, won him, did what he said to, won a title, and that’s the FO’s reward.
Aside from being the champions, what accolades have the Lakers received? At some point they need to be rewarded and they’ve already been robbed by Giannis last season. If you haven’t been paying attention, Pelinka has made all of the small moves to make this Lakers run possible. KCP falling from heaven, Caruso from the g league, THT in the 2nd round, the risk of Dwight Howard and flipping Danny Green for Schroder to name a few. Give the Robfather some respect!
EOY- Imo I like the idea of Houston, tho that would never shake out with the voters that way in 2021
Utah has to be strongly considered, theres never any sparkles or glitter to what they do but they use all the meat on the bone year after year with every resource they have. The final product is what we now finally see now
@Cap, the Jazz selling in the offseason relatively quietly & how much of that front office from last season is still there is probably the reasons why Utah isn’t getting a lot of consideration.
If its new people they inherited the hard work of the previous owners’ staff. Utah is really impressive this season 100%. Somebody did a good job!
True, I just look at them like a machine as well as SAS
Korver would be useful on just about every team including the Bucks who let him go. Same with Ersan İlyasova.