The Los Angeles Lakers are projected to make $100.1 million in profit for the 13-14 NBA season, comfortably the best in the NBA.

The Chicago Bulls are second at $61 million, followed by the Houston Rockets ($40.7 million), Boston Celtics ($33.1 million) and Oklahoma City Thunder ($29 million).

The Lakers have a huge profit despite contributing a league-high $49 million to revenue-sharing.

The New York Knicks are expected to take a net loss of $3.5 million due to $27 million in revenue-sharing contribution and paying a large luxury tax bill.

The San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets finished sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively, in net profits.

The Brooklyn Nets will post a loss of $144 million for the season.

The Brooklyn Nets are projected to have a loss of $144 million for the 13-14 season, according to a confidential memo the NBA sent to all 30 teams in early June.

The NBA expects nine teams will end up having lost money once luxury-tax distribution and revenue-sharing payments are finalized.

The Washington Wizards are second in projected loss of about $13 million.

The Nets' loss is only from basketball activities and does not include benefits from their ownership stake in Barclays Center.

Bruce Ratner is open to selling his minority stake in the team and Mikhail Prokhorov would like to scale back spending to make that minority stake more appealing.

Lionel Hollins, George Karl, Mark Jackson and Ettore Messina are possible head coaching candidates for the Brooklyn Nets.

The Nets traded Kidd to the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.

Kidd sought more power within the Nets' organization, which Mikhail Prokhorov rejected in support of Billy King.

The Milwaukee Bucks will send two future second round picks to the Brooklyn Nets to secure the coaching rights to Jason Kidd.

Kidd will become head coach of the Bucks, replacing Larry Drew.

The Bucks' front office was previously unaware of ownership's interest in hiring Kidd. While Kidd will be hired strictly as head coach, Adrian Wojnarowski has reported that the expectation is that he'll eventually control basketball operations.

Howard Beck of Bleacher Report indicates that Kidd and the Bucks are working on a contract that will pay him $4 million to $5 million per season and no less than three seasons. Kidd's contract is not expected to include any clause that gives him final authority over personnel.

The Milwaukee Bucks have yet to interview any candidates for the positions currently held by John Hammond and David Morway, according to sources. The jobs of those two members of the Bucks' front office are not in danger.

The Bucks are only offering a head coaching position to Jason Kidd.

A source indicated that the Bucks met with Kidd on Friday in New York.

The situation should also be resolved within the next 24 hours.

The Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks have begun discussing compensation for Jason Kidd's expected move, which will likely include second round picks, according to sources.

"The Russians are done with Kidd," one high-ranking league source said.

Lionel Hollins is considered a strong candidate to replace Kidd.

ESPN reported that Mark Jackson and George Karl have also been mentioned internally as candidates.

Jason Kidd has received permission to speak with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Kidd approached ownership with a series of demands, including the role of overseeing the Brooklyn Nets’ basketball operations department in addition to his head coaching responsibilities.

The source said Kidd didn’t want general manager Billy King to be dismissed, but wanted to be given a title and placed above him in the organizational hierarchy.

Sam Amick of the USA Today reports that the Bucks' front office was unaware of the franchise's interest in Kidd, which suggests it came from ownership.

Wes Edens and Marc Lasry, the Bucks' new owners, are friends with Kidd.

As an interested aside, a message board poster on RealGM broke news of the developing situation with Kidd two days before it surfaced in the media.

Andrei Kirilenko has opted into his $3.3 million deal for the 14-15 season with the Brooklyn Nets.

Kirilenko signed a two-year, $6.5 million contract with the Nets last offseason after opting out of his $10 million option with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 13-14 season.

Kirilenko averaged 5.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 19.0 minutes over 45 games last season with the Nets.

The Brooklyn Nets are optimistic that Kevin Garnett will want to play for one more season.

Garnett has one season remaining on his current contract at $12 million.

Garnett has been quiet since the Nets were eliminated in the playoffs.

The odds of Paul Pierce re-signing with the Nets surely would be bolstered by Garnett's return.

The Brooklyn Nets are in talks to swap Marcus Thornton for Jarrett Jack of the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to sources.

The Nets have targeted Jack to improve their depth at point guard. Thornton has one season left on his contract while Jack has two guaranteed years remaining plus a partially guaranteed deal for the 2016-17 season.

The Nets are fearful that Shaun Livingston will receive a too rich contract from another team in free agency. Brooklyn can offer Livingston as much as a three-year, $10 million contract.