The Charlotte Hornets have made it known they are interested in talking trades for most players on their roster. One young player garnering significant interest is Jalen McDaniels.

The Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors and Utah Jazz are all reportedly monitoring McDaniels and his potential availability. The Hornets value McDaniels, who they drafted and developed as a second-round pick. The Pacers, Spurs and Jazz could opt to pursue McDaniels in free agency vs trading for him now.

Charlotte has also been active in trade discussions involving Mason Plumlee and Kelly Oubre Jr. Both players are on expiring contracts. Plumlee has had a productive season as the Hornets starting center. Oubre is currently out with a left hand injury, but he should return shortly after the All-Star break.

Jakob Poeltl is reportedly looking to receive $20 million per season in his next contract, sources told Marc Stein of Substack.

Poeltl is currently in the final year of a three-year, $26 million deal.

The Spurs are looking to hold onto Poeltl, who has been the target of trade rumors this season. 

The San Antonio Spurs will sign Gorgui Dieng to a second 10-day contract.

The Spurs initially waived Dieng when they completed a trade with the Boston Celtics. 

Dieng has appeared in 14 games this season with the Spurs, averaging 3.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 10.9 minutes.

The San Antonio Spurs are known to be listening to trade offers for Jakob Poeltl. However, San Antonio is asking for a significant return for their prized center.

The Spurs are telling teams they want two first-round picks in any deal that involves Poeltl. San Antonio doesn't feel they are in a position where they have to move Poeltl, as they hold his Bird rights as an unrestricted free agent this summer.

Multiple teams, including the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors, have shown interest in trading for Poeltl. The Spurs are willing to trade him, but would need an offer they can't refuse, per reports.

Last season, San Antonio put a similar asking price on guard Derrick White. He was eventually traded to Boston for a single first-round pick and top-one protected swap rights in a future draft.

The Atlanta Hawks are in serious talks to hire Chris Grant as a senior adviser to Landry Fields, sources tell Shams Charania of the Athletic.

Grant spent nine seasons with the Hawks from 1996 until 2005 before serving as an assistant general manager and general manager for the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2005 to 2014.

Grant is currently a scout for the San Antonio Spurs.

The San Antonio Spurs and Jakob Poeltl have some decisions to make in the near future. The seventh-year center can be an unrestricted free agent this summer, and he's expected to garner lots of interest on the open market.

That interest has already started, as several teams are pursuing Poeltl ahead of next month's trade deadline. Much like happened with Dejounte Murray, San Antonio could get offers that force them to change their plans on keeping Poeltl. It's expected that the Spurs will get significant offers for Poeltl ahead of the trade deadline.

San Antonio can offer Poeltl a four-year, $58 million extension now, but the talented center is expected to get bigger offers in free agency. The Spurs are in position to have top odds in the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery. If they come away with the chance to select Victor Wembanyama, many see Poeltl as the ideal frontcourt partner for the talented young big man.

Before the trade deadline, both the Spurs and Poeltl will have to make an important decision on how long their partnership is likely to continue.

The San Antonio Spurs have sold 63,592 tickets for their Friday night game against the Golden State Warriors at the Alamodome.

The number breaks an NBA regular-season record set between the Hawks and Bulls in 1998.

Including standing room tickets, the Spurs could sell about 68,000 seats to the game.

The biggest crowd in league history was 108,713 for the 2010 All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium. 

The San Antonio Spurs signed Gorgui Dieng to a 10-day deal, reported Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Dieng, who was waived on Thursday to make room for Noah Vonleh's acquisition, has played 13 games for the Spurs this season. 

The San Antonio Spurs are within 5,000 ticket sales of breaking the NBA's all-time attendance record for their January 13 game against the Golden State Warriors at the Alamodome.

The team is also 8,000 seats away from reaching the Alamodome's 65,000 seat capacity.

The current all-time record attendance is 62,046, set between the Hawks and Bulls in 1998 at the Georgia Dome. 

Devin Vassell will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee. The procedure will be performed by Dr. Riley J. Williams III at HSS in New York on Wednesday, Jan. 11. 

The San Antonio Spurs will provide updates on his return to the court as appropriate.

Vassell is averaging 19.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 31.3 minutes over 29 games this season.