The Toronto Raptors have discussed playing at the Prudential Center in Newark next season, sources told Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News.

The league prefers Newark as the Raptors' temporary home next season due to its proximity to their division rivals and a desire to limit traveling. 

The Knicks, Nets, 76ers, Celtics, and Wizards are all within 225 miles of the Prudential Center. 

The Raptors have also discussed playing in Tampa Bay and Nashville, according to sources.

Bob Beyer will join Stan Van Gundy's coaching staff with the New Orleans Pelicans, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Beyer was with the Kings last season.

Beyer has previously worked with Van Gundy with the Magic and Pistons.

The Toronto Raptors announced that they will fully cooperate with the NBA's investigation of Terence Davis.

Davis was arrested in New York on several charges, including assaulting his girlfriend.

"Incidents of this kind are addressed and managed by the league through the joint NBA-NBPA policy on domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse.

"The Toronto Raptors take these issues very seriously, and we will fully cooperate and support the League in its investigation of this matter as we work to determine the appropriate next steps for our team," announced the team in a statement.

Davis' lawyer says that his client denies all charges. 

Davis' court date is set for December 11th. 

The Cleveland Cavaliers are looking to start competing in the near future, sources told Brian Windhorst of ESPN.

"The Cavs, who have sort of been at the bottom, from what I have understand, intend to move up. They intend to hit the gas a little bit," reported Windhorst (h/t to Pro Basketball Talk). 

The team currently has the fifth pick in the upcoming draft.

J.B. Bickerstaff recently said that he plans on having Andre Drummond for the future. 

Drummond has a $28.7 million player option for next season.

Some agents were unhappy with the Rich Paul-inspired Pro Day that was televised Thursday night on ESPN2, sources told Marc Berman of the New York Post.

The event featured workouts with two Paul clients in Tyrese Maxey and Anthony Edwards, which agents thought was "unwarranted exposure" for Paul's clients.

“I was able to show I can knock down my outside shot consistently — catch-and-shoot, off the move — and I was able to show my conditioning because nobody has seen me because of COVID-19,’’ said Maxey of his Pro Day.

The Knicks were watching the Pro Day, sources told Berman.

“If anyone passes on him in a certain range, it’s going to be like the Jamal thing, the Tyler (Herro) thing,’’ said John Calipari of Maxey.

NBA insiders reportedly fear that the Knicks could be a pipeline team for Kentucky players. 

Colorado's Tyler Bey reportedly set an NBA combine record for forwards with a 43.5" max vertical, sources told Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report.

Bey also measured 6'6" without shoes, with a 7'1.25" wingspan.

Bey is currently ranked the No. 28 Best Available player by ESPN, and No. 7 overall at power forward.

Bey averaged 13.8 points and 9.0 rebounds last season at Colorado.

The NBA is estimating that there would be "significant financial turmoil" if the season competed with the Summer Olympics for television ratings, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

A potential mid-January start would take the season into July, thereby competing with the Olympics. A January start could also cost the league up to $1 billion in revenue. 

The league would also then have to readjust the 2020-21 schedule, according the sources.

The NBA prefers a December 22nd start date, while the NBPA have pushed for mid-January to begin the season. 

Negotiations will continue through the weekend and into next week.

The NBA fears that starting the league in January instead of December could cost the league between $500 million and $1 billion in revenue, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

The financial consequences would result in a steep drop in salaries.

There remains "significant gaps" between the NBA and NBPA on how to account for financial losses for last season and steeper projected declines for next season.  

The NBA and NBPA recently agreed to push back the deadline of potentially terminating the CBA until next Friday. 

The union is pushing back against the league's plan to play a 72-game season starting on December 22nd, with the NBA Finals ending before the start of the Olympics.

The union has countered with a mid-January start, but will continue discussing options with players.

Both sides will continue discussions into the weekend.

The NBA and NBPA have extended today's deadline for either side to serve notice on terminating the collective bargaining agreement until Friday, November 6th.

Both sides are continuing to negotiate a number of issues ahead of the 20-21 season and are expected to maintain a dialogue over the weekend.

The main issues for the sides to come agreement on are when the season will start and the percentage of salary that will be withheld to players in escrow.

The NBA would like to begin the season on December 22nd, while the players have pushed for a January 18th start date.

The NBA and union have essentially agreed to a salary cap of $109 million for the 20-21 season.

Sam Hinkie ruled out the possibility of ever working within the NBA again during an interview with Pablo Torre of ESPN.

Hinkie was first asked about rejoining the Philadelphia 76ers, which on the face seems like a better chance than previously considering Daryl Morey was just hired by the team.

"Oh, zero," said Hinkie. "Zero. I've turned that chapter for sure. That part of my life. I very much like what I'm doing now. I like surrounding myself with people who think in sort of the timeframes I do, which is often longer. That are quite comfortable with long feedback loops. That want to do the kinds of things I do, which is bet on young people and watch them flourish."

Torre then asked Hinkie about working in any capacity within the NBA.

"Zero. Zero. The same," said Hinkie. 

Hinkie now runs a venture capital firm called Eighty-Seven Capital that raised $50 million earlier this year.

"Nominally, I stated a company. Practically, it's a venture capital firm that allows me to be an investor in early stage companies," said Hinkie. "It allows me to sort of ride the rollercoaster with young, ambitious principled people trying to make a dent in the universe. One way or the other. Sort of commercial universe. They have some dream they want to see come to fruition and a path to get there. What they need is capital, encouragement and advice. And a bunch of amazing colleagues around them to really help them get there. That's what I do."