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Dwyane Wade has been hindered for most of the season due to his bad knees and he was forced to miss the start of the second half of Game 6 after he knocked his left knee against Manu Ginobili's knee in the first half.

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Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman did a Q&A on Tuesday and he was asked about the possibility of the Oklahoma City Thunder moving up in the draft or trading their picks for a veteran player.

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There has been some talk that Mark Jackson might want to renegotiate his contract, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

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New Mexico small forward Tony Snell sparked a lot of interest due to his stellar play late in the season and during the team workouts he has helped himself. At this time there is a good chance one team with a pick in the latter part of the first round will take him, according to ESPN.com's Chad Ford.

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As expected, Sacramento Kings new general manager Pete D'Alessandro is not keeping the old basketball operations staff, reports The Sacramento Bee.

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Monta Ellis will be a free agent after opting out of his contract that would have paid him $11 million next season. The teams linked with Ellis include the Atlanta Hawks, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings.

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The Dallas Mavericks own the No. 13 selection in the 2013 NBA draft and ESPN.com's Chad Ford has been reporting for several weeks that they are looking to trade the pick as a way to increase their salary cap room this summer and that is still the case, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPNDallas.com.

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The Memphis Grizzlies could be close to naming a new head coach as they are likely to conclude their interviews this week.

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The Phoenix Suns currently own the Nos. 5 and 30 selections in the 2013 NBA draft and it sound like they're not going try to move up or down from the lottery pick.

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The Atlanta Hawks have enough salary cap room to bring in Chris Paul and Dwight Howard, however they probably won't sign with the team and Jeff Schultz of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution agrees with that premise.

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Jeff Teague and Ivan Johnson will be restricted free agents if Atlanta Hawks general manager Danny Ferry tenders them qualifying offers by June 30. Ferry was asked about Teague and Johnson, but wouldn't say how he's leaning.

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It remains to be seen whether Doc Rivers will remain in Boston as the Celtics' head coach next season, but expect a resolution to come quickly.

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For a time, there was legitimate thought that Kansas freshman swingman Ben McLemore could be the No. 1 pick in this year's NBA draft. Now, there is question whether he'll even remain in the top five.

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UPDATE: Earlier this month, we speculated that Michael Carter-Williams may be the perfect fit for Sacramento franchise trying to establish a new identity under a) a new ownership group, b) a new general manager, c) a new head coach, and d) a new coaching staff. With defensive guru Mike Malone selected as the man to lead the Kings from the bench, drafting a long 6-foot-6 point guard like Carter-Williams would seem to be a great place to start.

Today, ESPN's NBA draft expert Chad Ford agreed with this line of thinking, projecting Carter-Williams to go to the Kings in his updated Mock Draft. Here's Ford with more on why it'd make so much sense.

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With trade rumors centered around Sacramento's tiny point guard Isaiah Thomas in recent days, the question must be asked: Who is the Kings' point guard of the future?

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