The New Orleans Pelicans have scoured Brandon Ingram’s trade market and sources tell Marc Stein that his camp has also joined the efforts to find a solution. Ingram is seeking a four-year extension worth nearly $210 million. Ingram is represented by Jeff Schwartz and Jordan Gertler. The Pelicans have made it clear they’re not interested in an extension at that price tag, and no other team has emerged with that type of appetite either. Ingram is on a $36 million expiring contract. The Pelicans would prefer not to have Ingram play out the final season of his contract on their team…

LAS VEGAS — LAS VEGAS — The Nets have always liked Keon Johnson, even before he became a first-round draft pick. Now it’s Johnson’s mission to make them love him. Enough to keep him. After being with Brooklyn on a two-way contract last season, Johnson now is an unrestricted free agent. Keon Johnson is now an unrestricted free agent. Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports The raw-but-athletic wing is in Las Vegas with the Nets’ summer league squad, trying to earn a new deal to stay in Brooklyn. “It’s really their interest that they’ve shown to me at the beginning,” Johnson, 22,…

I’m a big proponent of setting markers and then revisiting them at a later time period. Too often we get carried away by recent results or events and don’t put the whole picture in context. The past years I usually do my minutes projection closer to the season, once we’ve had months of summer workouts and practices to inform our estimates. But with a less established roster than last season, I am very curious to crowdsource what everyone thinks the minutes might look like before we get real data. Just gut level projections. So I built a quick form to…