As a wild NBA offseason reached its conclusion, difficult contract negotiations took center stage across the league.
Most notably, the Pistons stood firm on their final offer to All-Star center Jalen Duren and the defending champion Knicks remain apart from big man Karl-Anthony Towns’s wishes for a new deal. At the start of the offseason, Walker Kessler signed a four-year, $129.5 million contract to join the Lakers through a sign-and-trade with the Jazz after negotiations broke down with Utah in restricted free agency.
