The Golden State Warriors and Charlotte Hornets are expected to pursue Marco Belinelli.

Belinelli was drafted by the Warriors in 2007.

The Hornet can offer the mid-level exception to Belinelli. 

Stephen Curry has passed LeBron James for the most popular jersey in the NBA.

The league based the rankings on overall sales on NBAStore.com from April through June.

James, who held the top spot at the end of the regular season, dropped to second. Chicago's Derrick Rose is third and Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is fourth.

Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Matthew Dellavedova (No. 14) made their debuts on the list. The Lakers' Kobe Bryant was sixth, followed by Houston's James Harden, Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, San Antonio's Tim Duncan, Chris Paul of the Clippers, Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard of the Spurs, and Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook.

The Golden State Warriors have exercised their $3.8 million team option on the contract of Marreese Speights for the 15-16 season.

Speights played minutes at both power forward and center this past season.

Speights averaged 10.4 points per game in 76 regular season appearances.

Draymond Green said he would do his due diligence with all suitors when free agency arrives Wednesday and is open to face-to-face team visits with serious free agent opportunities.

Along with the Golden State Warriors and Detroit Pistons, the Atlanta Hawks and Houston Rockets are also expected to be among the teams interested in Green, according to a source.

"The one thing I've been taught is to go into this thing with no expectations," Green said. "When you do, that's when it gets frustrating. That's when it gets stressful. I just want to have fun and enjoy this process.

"So I'm not going in there with no expectations for this or expectations for that. That would take away the enjoyment. And that's what I want, I want to enjoy this."

Green arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday to meet with his agent, B.J. Armstrong.

"When [Armstrong] talks I just start laughing at him," Green said. "To hear my name mentioned like that [financially], to hear that type of stuff, it brings me back to moments like when I grew up in Saginaw, Michigan where my mom made about $14,000-$15,000 per year. It's surreal. It's like a joke and I can't believe it.

"At some point I will believe it. But it's like, 'Wow.' Who would have imagined this? You have these big goals. You hope this and hope that. You want to believe it, but it seems so far-fetched. To be in this moment, this position, it's like, 'Wow.' "

When asked about his time with the Warriors, Green said, "It was fun. I built relationships that will last a lifetime. They're a first-class organization. I had a great experience, but that probably won't change."

The Golden State Warriors are attempting to trade away David Lee this offseason to save on the luxury tax.

Lee is due $15.5 million in the final season of his contract in 15-16.

The Warriors are prepared to trade away a first round pick to unload Lee, but teams seem to want more assets given his low value and what that level of cap space would be worth in free agency.

The Warriors already owe one future first round pick to the Utah Jazz as part of the Andre Iguodala maneuvering in 2013.

Sources say the Warriors won't sacrifice two draft picks to trade Lee.

The NBA issued a memo to all teams in November that the National Basketball Players Association has officially taken the position that the well-worn "we'll match any offer" reflex strategy and its corresponding intent to discourage interest in a particular RFA is a circumvention of the salary cap.

While the NBA itself doesn't agree with the NBPA's view, league officials see enough potential merit in the union's stance to advise those who persist with match-any-offer chatter that they could be opening themselves up to legal action.

Sources say that agents Rich Paul and Mark Termini of Klutch Sports urged the NBPA to challenge the way teams have historically dropped loud hints about their matching plans in an attempt to chill the market for restricted free agents. Tristan Thompson is represented by Paul and Termini and will be a restricted free agent.

Bob Myers was recently asked about the impending restricted free agency of Draymond Green.

"I can't comment, per league rules, on that specific question," Myers said when pressed about Green.

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Stephen Curry and Draymond Green became the first players to have a plus/minus over 1,000 for a single season since the NBA began counting the stat in 1997.

Curry finished at +1,083 for the regular season and playoffs, while Green's total was +1,031.

LeBron James was the previous record holder at +992 during the 08-09 season ahead of Michael Jordan's +954 in 97-98.

Don Nelson is skeptical that the Golden State Warriors' smallball strategy will create a league-wide shift since it takes a certain collection of players.

"It started with San Antonio (last year) with the ball movement, and Golden State played that way," Nelson said.

"But you've got to have the personnel. Not everybody has Draymond Green" -- a highly skilled power forward -- "and he's the one who made it possible."

Nelson was one of the pioneers of playing small throughout his coaching career.

The 2015 NBA Finals recorded the highest viewership of any Finals since Michael Jordan's last season with the Chicago Bulls in 1998.

The series featured two medium sized markets in the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers, but two of the NBA's marquee players in Stephen Curry and LeBron James.

The six-game series averaged nearly 20 million viewers (19,939,000 P2+) and an 11.6 U.S. household rating, up 30 percent and 26 percent, respectively, from the 2014 NBA Finals (Miami-San Antonio).