Vlade Divac and the Sacramento Kings are finalizing a multi-year contract extension to remain vice president of basketball operations.

Divac became the Kings' primary basketball decision-maker last year, replacing Pete D'Alessandro.

Divac's first moves with the Kings include drafting Willie Cauley-Stein, signing Rajon Rondo and a controversial trade with the Philadelphia 76ers to free up cap space.

The Sacramento Kings are close to hiring a veteran front office executive and David Morway has emerged as the leading candidate.

The Kings have been looking to hire an executive that can assist Vlade Divac.

Morway has previous front office experience with the Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks.

Kurt Rambis is high on Rajon Rondo and what he might be able to accomplish in the triangle offense, according to an NBA source.

Steve Mills met with agent Bill Duffy for approximately 30 minutes during the New York Knicks' trip to Oakland.

Rondo and Derek Fisher both publicly questioned his viability in the triangle offense.

The triangle offense typically needs a point guard who is a high quality perimeter shooter.

With the Sacramento Kings moving into a new arena and likely to undergo a coaching change in the offseason, DeMarcus Cousins is unlikely to be traded in the offseason.

Cousins still has two seasons remaining on his contract.

The Kings are unlikely to make Cousins truly available until the February 2017 trade deadline.

When the Kings and Los Angeles Lakers engaged on trade talks last June, Sacramento was seeking the No. 2 overall pick, Julius Randle, Jordan Clarkson and future draft considerations for Cousins.

Nancy Lieberman was identified by George Karl as a confidante of Vivek Ranadive and was unofficially exiled by Karl months ago.

Lieberman is in her first season with the Sacramento Kings as an assistant coach.

The Kings are expected to fire Karl in the offseason.

The Sacramento Kings are likely to fire George Karl in this offseason.

Karl has had a difficult relationship with DeMarcus Cousins during his entire tenure with the Kings.

Karl was nearly fired in February.

DeMarcus Cousins talked about his one-game suspension following his outburst against George Karl.

"That wasn't a suspension from the organization. That was a suspension from the head coach," said Cousins.

Cousins also said Karl hasn't spoken to him since their incident.

Cousins and Karl have been at odds since the end of last season.

George Karl has been reluctant to play Willie-Cauley Stein consistently, especially since he is so versatile on defense.

Karl addressed Cauley-Stein’s inconsistent minutes after the loss to the Cavaliers.

“My whole feeling is, don’t overreact to the last three or four games,” Karl said. “One, I think was matchup, two, I think was just the personality of the game. Willie’s going to be fine, he’s going to get plenty of minutes over these next 20 games.”

Cauley-Stein responded to the comments.

“That’s funny, that’s funny, kind of flimsy, cus’ I can guard five positions, so that’s redundant otherwise I wouldn’t be here,” Cauley-Stein said. “There should be no matchup problems ever. So that’s just an excuse I think. However, I’m not the coach.”

George Karl will undergo a cancer-related procedure in his throat on Thursday and will miss practice. Karl is a two-time cancer survivor.

“I’m having a procedure for a cancer in my throat,” Karl said.

When asked if the procedure was serious, Karl said “no” twice.

The Sacramento Kings will give Karl all of the time he needs.

“Coach told me the other day,” Divac said. “I told him to take as much time as he needs. … We probably won’t know the results for a couple days.”

Karl has missed just one game this season. He did not coach the Kings’ loss at New Orleans on Jan. 28 due to food poisoning.

Carmelo Anthony would like to take a more active role in the New York Knicks' free agency meetings this offseason.

“Put me at the head of the (meeting) table,” Anthony said. “And let’s go to work.”

Anthony would like the Knicks to pursue Rajon Rondo, who doesn't view himself as a good fit in the triangle offense.

“I think Rondo — just me personally, I don’t want to be tampering — but I’ve heard he said he wouldn’t thrive in a system like this,” Anthony said. “I think he’d be perfect in a system like this.”

Anthony refuted the notion that Rondo's penetration and lack of shooting would be a bad fit in the triangle.

“It is a misconception about that. Some of the keys of our offense is penetration, getting in the paint,” Anthony said. “Pushing the pace, transition. Creating in the paint for bigs, for yourself, everybody else. I think a point guard would love that. Especially a point guard who can penetrate, create for yourself, create for others. I think it’s a perfect opportunity for him.”

The Knicks will have significant cap space.

“I don’t really have a choice. If we want this team to be better, if we want more pieces of this team, I don’t have a choice but to go out there and do my job and try to get people to come,” he said. “And for them to see it from my perspective than anybody else’s perspective. See it from a player’s perspective.”