• The Grizzlies probably would ask for
Domantas Sabonis, and the Pacers don't appear ready to go there. I do think Indiana will eventually have to choose between Sabonis and
Myles Turner. I'm not sure they will ever mesh quite well enough for Indiana to play them the sort of heavy minutes together -- like, say, 20-plus per game -- that would justify paying them something like $40 million combined per season. (Sabonis will be up for an extension this summer, and you can bet he wants -- and deserves -- a monster deal.)
Both should remain positive trade assets. Turner's four-year, $72 million extension already looks like a tidy deal. I don't expect a deal at the deadline, but you can never rule it out. Teams sometimes sell high before we expect it.
• Detroit remains my favorite Conley team, though Memphis would likely have to swallow
Reggie Jackson's contract -- or reroute him to a third team -- to snare one or two nice assets from the Pistons (perhaps a lightly-protected first-round pick and one of Detroit's young wings.)
The teams have talked, but not gotten far, sources say. It's unclear if there are any other serious bidders. Everyone around the Conley sweepstakes expects it to heat up over the weekend.
