The Orlando Magic have rebuffed any trade inquiries they have received on Jonathan Isaac.

Isaac is beloved by the Magic front office and has become a standard-bearer for the type of culture Jeff Weltman and John Hammond want to develop for the franchise.

Isaac was the sixth overall pick in 2017.

The NBA has awarded the New Orleans Pelicans a $3.625 million disabled player exception for the projected season-ending injury to Darius Miller.

Miller suffered a torn Achilles this offseason and underwent surgery in August.

Andre Iguodala and the Memphis Grizzlies have agreed for him not to report to camp.

Iguodala will remain on the Grizzlies' roster as they pursue trade scenarios.

Iguodala will work out privately at a location of his choosing.

Players who signed free agent contracts are not eligible to be traded until December 15th, which is the unofficial opening of the trade season. The trade deadline this season is February 6th.

The Miami Heat remain interested in Chris Paul, but no deal is imminent.

The Heat had interest in acquiring Paul from the Houston Rockets before he was eventually traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Paul has three seasons and $124 million remaining on his contract, which would make any deal involving him complicated in terms of matching.

Doc Rivers revealed the position Kawhi Leonard took during their meeting in Malibu as the Los Angeles Clippers pitched him on their franchise.

Lawrence Frank and Steve Ballmer had planned on pursuing Leonard for more than a year.

“I actually tried to speak to him last season a couple times as he was walking by and you get nothing out of him. Nothing,” Rivers said. “He comes into this meeting and he shakes our hands and he’s talking. We were prepared for a meeting where we would have to drag things out of him. Instead, he’s the one talking and finally he tells us exactly what the deal is.

“He said, ‘I want to play for you,’ and he pointed at me. He said, ‘Mr. Ballmer, I love the things you do and what you stand for, but your team is not good enough and if you don’t change your team, I’m not coming.’ ”

Leonard wanted to sign with the Clippers, but they would have to find a way to acquire a second star.

“We actually had a list of guys, which was a mistake, but we got lucky,” Rivers said. “We shouldn’t have had a list, because then he got to choose who he wanted to play with and the assumption was that we could get them. We didn’t know if we could get anybody. We just showed him guys that we thought would match him and when he saw Paul George’s name he said, ‘I want to play with him.’

“We showed him everybody else and he didn’t want to hear it. He just stayed on Paul George, so after the meeting we sat down and I said, ‘We got to get Paul George. I don’t know how we are going to do it, but we have to do it.’ We did know that Oklahoma City wanted to break their team up, so that helped, but we didn’t know if we could get him.”

The Clippers traded five first round picks plus two pick swaps to the Oklahoma City Thunder for George.

“Steve Ballmer was nervous about the picks,” Rivers said. “I said, ‘Steve, you keep saying six picks for Paul George is insane, but you’re saying it wrong. It’s not six for Paul; it’s six for Paul and Kawhi. So three for each. I would do that.’ You have to look at it in those terms.”

The Thunder initially rejected the trade, leading the Clippers to believe he was set to sign elsewhere.

“The day of the trade at 12 noon the deal was off,” Rivers said. “I was at home in Malibu and Lawrence called me and told me, ‘It looks like he’s either going to Toronto or the Lakers.’ The Lakers part just threw me over. I told him that can’t happen. … I remember I kept telling him, ‘We cannot allow that to happen!’

“I actually told Steve jokingly that if that happens, we’re moving the team to Seattle. It was a joke, but I was actually serious about it. I really believed that.”

The Los Angeles Lakers have been granted a disabled player exception from the NBA worth $1.75 million.

The exception stems from the season-ending injury to DeMarcus Cousins.

The exception expires on March 10, 2020.

The NBA has yet to officially approve the contract Nene signed with the Houston Rockets despite it being submitted on Sept. 6.

Multiple sources tell Bobby Marks of ESPN that the NBA is internally discussing whether it should disapprove details in the contract.

While the deal technically falls within the limits of the CBA, it could be seen as violation of the spirit of the rules.

Nene's deal includes more than $7 million in bonuses that have been deemed likely for cap purposes, but it's extremely unlikely he'll hit those criteria this season.

Starting on Jan. 15, Nene's full $10 million cap hit can be used as outgoing salary in a trade, while his contract would count as $2.56 million in incoming salary.

The Milwaukee Bucks plan on offering Giannis Antetokounmpo a supermax contract next offseason. Antetokounmpo could become a free agent in 2021 if he doesn't sign the supermax.

"The Warriors have always been a big threat to go after Giannis," said Ramona Shelburne on The Jump. "One, he's friends with Steph Curry. He has that same agency. It would be a difficult construction to make happen, but that is that one looming threat. And it comes down to what kind of guy is Giannis. What does he want his legacy to be? Is he the guy that stays with one team his entire career and tries to bring a championship Milwaukee, or does he pull a Kevin Durant and go join a group of super friends?"

The Warriors would almost certainly need to make a trade to acquire Antetokounmpo as they don't project to have max cap space in 2021.

The Charlotte Hornets only offered Kemba Walker $160 million over five years, approximately $60 million less than his max after earning All-NBA honors.

Walker didn't demand the full supermax from the Hornets.

“We had great years with him, and we didn’t get into the playoffs,” Mitch Kupchak said. “What makes us think that next year (would) be different?”

“I’ve got to step back and look at where we’ve been and where we’re going. Chart out a course that gives us the best chance to build something that is sustainable for more than a year or two.”

Kupchak also defended the Hornets against criticism that they should have traded Walker rather than letting him leave in free agency as he signed with the Boston Celtics.

“Almost every offer revolved around draft picks. It was always lottery-protected.,” Kupchak said. “When you do something like that, you’re saying you’re going to draft a player in the teens, we don’t know how good he’s going to be, and it’s going to take three or four years (to realize value). We wanted to keep Kemba — under the right conditions.”

The Houston Rockets signed Nene to a creative contract that will give the team flexibility using his contract on the trade market after January 15th.

Nene signed a two-year, $20 million deal, but the base compensation for 19-20 is $2.56 million with $7.44 million in likely bonuses, which brings his cap hit to $10 million this season. The full $10 million cap number can be used in a trade.

The bonuses in his contract are as follows:

1. $2.435 million for playing in at least 50 games with the Rockets winning 52 or more games.

2. $2.5 million for playing at least 25 games and the Rockets winning 52 or more games.

3. $2.5 million for playing at least 40 games and the Rockets winning 52 or more games.

Because Nene played in 42 games last season and the Rockets won 53 games, it is considered a likely bonus.

The $2.69 million in base compensation for the 20-21 season if Nene is not waived by February 15th.