Paul George was asked on Friday if he wants to have Lance Stephenson return to the Indiana Pacers next season.

"I don't know," George said after a long pause. "That's for Larry (Bird), Kevin (Pritchard), for them to decide. It would be great. We came into this league together. It would be great for us to continue our journey together.

"But he's played a huge (role) this whole season and in this postseason. So it's definitely put pressure on us to make decisions going forward with Lance."

David West took a more decisive position.

"I think so, I hope so," said David West. "He's a huge part of the progress that we made. He's a great young talent. He fits with this group so hopefully we get him back."

"In our eyes (right now), Lance is still here, still a part of this organization," George Hill said. "We love Lance as a teammate and we hope that the organization brings him back with this group. He's a big part of this team's success."

Lance Stephenson was nearly an Eastern Conference All-Star selection, but his free agency stock has dropped substantially since then.

Stephenson has annoyed his fellow Indiana Pacers' teammates and is now being perceived as an overall distraction after so many ill-conceived attempts to mess with LeBron James during the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Dallas Mavericks have a need for a player of Stephenson's skill-set and have a history of taking gambles on players, but they do not intend to pursue him in free agency.

Phil Jackson advised Carmelo Anthony to wait until 2015 to become a free agent in order to allow the New York Knicks to be in position to pursue two "headline players."

Anthony has widely been expected to become a free agent this offseason, but he told Jackson that he would consider the idea.

Jackson said he is concerned that the Knicks could lose Anthony in free agency.

Anthony has never been a free agent in his career.

Dwyane Wade said that it isn't fair to put his health and ability to play at his highest level as the deciding factor in whether or not LeBron James remains with the Miami Heat beyond the current season.

"Just don't solely put it on me," Wade said, laughing. "That's what I'm saying. Don't put the X on me. ... There's a lot that goes into, so just don't say, 'If Dwyane Wade doesn't have the year that we're accustomed to, it's over.' "

Wade had a system of rest during the regular season in which he sat out games in order to stay healthy for the playoffs.

Chris Bosh can become a free agent this offseason, but he expects to remain with the Miami Heat.

“Yeah, I mean, I don’t want to go anywhere," said Bosh. "I like it here. It’s Miami. Everybody wants to come here. Yeah.”

Bosh was also asked if he would be willing to accept less money to remain with the Miami Heat.

“If that’s what it takes,” Bosh replied.

James Nunnally will leave his Puerto Rican team for pre-free agency workouts for the Golden State Warriors and Utah Jazz, sources tell RealGM.

Nunnally was with the Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks this season on multiple 10-day contracts.

The Memphis Grizzlies and Zach Randolph have begun discussions on a long-term extension, according to sources.

Randolph has until June 30 to trigger a $16.5 million player option for the final season of his contract.

Randolph is extremely popular within the Memphis community and would like to end his career with the franchise.

Randolph has talked directly with Robert Pera in the past week and he and his agent Raymond Brothers sensed a serious commitment to keep Randolph in Memphis with a new deal.

"We have a great level of comfort and trust with Robert Pera and Chris Wallace," Brothers told Yahoo Sports on Monday. "Chris and I have been working together for years. He is a good guy."

Fresh off becoming the Most Valuable Player of the Chinese Basketball Association, Lester Hudson has scheduled mini-camp workouts with NBA teams – including the Indiana Pacers – to compete for a possible free agent deal, league sources told RealGM.

Hudson, a 6-foot-3 combo guard, averaged 26 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game this season and led Xinjiang of China to the championship game. After the season, Hudson was awarded with MVP honors.

Hudson played with the Los Angeles Lakers’ summer league team a year ago in Las Vegas and went to training camp with the Utah Jazz.

Hudson will participate in NBA workouts over the next month, with the Pacers as an intrigued suitor.

After his senior season at the University of Tennessee-Martin, Hudson was selected with the No. 58 pick by the Boston Celtics in the 2009 NBA draft. He allocated to three other franchises in his three NBA seasons – featuring a prominent stretch with the Cleveland Cavaliers when he averaged 12.7 points and 3.5 rebounds in 2012.

The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to hope they have an opportunity to bring LeBron James back to the franchise four summers after he left for the Miami Heat.

The Cavaliers won the lottery on Tuesday and could conceivably turn that asset into a desirable veteran player to coincide with James' timeline for title contention..

David Fizdale is also a head coaching candidate for the Cavaliers, who has worked with James as an assistant coach with the Heat.

The first major decision of Stan Van Gundy's tenure with the Detroit Pistons will be the restricted free agency of Greg Monroe.

Van Gundy is a big fan of Monroe's game and called him once a deal was struck on Tuesday evening.

The Pistons' ownership is also believed to be fond of Monroe.

With Monroe, Andre Drummond and Josh Smith, the Pistons had difficulties spreading the floor with the lack of shooting in the frontcourt.