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The world according to Jim:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Welcome to the NBA\u2019s silly season.<\/p>\n

The Finals ended a few days early, and the draft is this coming next Tuesday and Wednesday. Hovering just beyond is the start of the league\u2019s new business year, when talk of free agency, sign-and-trades and the like turns from idle speculation to reality. (In some cases, anyway.) \u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The negotiation period between teams and free agents begins on June 30 at 3 p.m. PDT. After what the NBA calls the \u201ccontract signing moratorium\u201d \u2013 we prefer the NFL\u2019s term, \u201clegal tampering\u201d \u2013 signings can be officially announced beginning on July 5 at 9:01 p.m.<\/p>\n

But we all know that by that point, news of all of the major transactions will have been out there for days. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Meanwhile, the speculation is already in overdrive on that bastion of learned discourse known as social media.<\/p>\n

LeBron James has signaled that he might not have a decision on his future until later in the summer, but the rumor mill is already churning. LeBron to the Golden State Warriors to join forces with Steph Curry? LeBron to Cleveland for a third time? LeBron back to Miami, where he won two titles? Or LeBron staying with the Lakers, and Kevin Love rejoining him here? \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Where will Giannis Antetokounmpo go? Boston? Miami? San Antonio? How about Giannis and LeBron both going to Miami, partially facilitated by a sign-and-trade that would bring Andrew Wiggins to L.A. for LeBron? \u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Or Giannis to the Clippers, maybe? Would Kawhi Leonard be available for the right price to start a change of the franchise\u2019s course? (And where does the disposition of the interminable investigation into Kawhi\u2019s contract and alleged salary cap evasion tactics fall in the timetable?)<\/p>\n

\u2022 What about Austin Reaves? Would he go to Brooklyn as rumored for a max contract? (If so, will the $180 million or so reasons be enough justification to go join that<\/em> franchise?) Detroit and Atlanta will take a shot at him as well, and it\u2019s pretty well assumed that he\u2019ll stay put if he gets max money from the Lakers. (As for a hometown discount? Not likely, says the rumor mill.) \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 As we know, the current ownership of the Lakers has shown no hesitation to open the vault for the Dodgers. But the NBA is a salary cap league, and what will they have to do to create space and stay out of that dreaded second apron? This could be part of the reason why LeBron seems willing to take his time. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Meanwhile, the Lakers are said to have interest in a trade for 7-foot-2 Utah center Walker Kessler \u2013 who played five games last season and not at all after Halloween because of shoulder surgery. Memo to Rob Pelinka: Buy low. \u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2022 But stay tuned. There are a couple of weeks more of such silliness ahead. And Luka Doncic is watching closely \u2013 and, I would presume, offering his input to the front office. Him, Pelinka will listen to. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 A reminder: This column was composed with two hydration breaks added to the workday, as well as a lunch hour. After considering all of those scenarios, I could use a drink. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Has anyone outside of the southeastern quadrant of the United States actually been following the College World Series? I suspect not many, and this would be the consequence of one region of the country dominating the tournament field. A trouble sign, perhaps? \u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2022 But there are 2025-26 champions from our backyard to salute. So here\u2019s a shoutout to the University of Redlands softball and Claremont Mudd-Scripps men\u2019s golf teams, both Division III champions this spring, as well as UCLA beach volleyball, women\u2019s basketball and men\u2019s water polo and USC women\u2019s water polo, all of which brought home NCAA Division I championship plaques this academic year. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 We could, I guess, have a champion in another sport. The California Legion, mashup of the former L.A. and San Diego franchises in Major League Rugby, face the Chicago Hounds for that league\u2019s championship on Sunday in Chicago.<\/p>\n

But when a team plays its home schedule in five different places throughout the season, can it really be considered anybody\u2019s hometown team? I\u2019d say no. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Hockey Hall of Fame\u2019s 2026 inductees will be revealed Monday. They include longtime Ducks captain and Stanley Cup (and Olympic gold-medal) winner Ryan Getzlaf, left wing Justin Williams, who won three Stanley Cups and helped the Kings win in 2012 and \u201914, and Bernie Nicholls, who spent his first nine seasons with the Kings (1981-90), was one of four NHL players all time with 70 goals and 150 points in the same season and has the most points (1,209) of anyone not yet enshrined. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Today\u2019s quiz: Williams\u2019 nickname was \u201cMr. Game 7,\u201d because his teams were 8-1 all time in playoff seventh games over his 12 seasons. What was the loss? Answer below. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Also on that Hockey Hall of Fame list is Rod Brind\u2019Amour, the captain of those 2006 Hurricanes and coach of Carolina\u2019s current champs. As Hall of Fame baseball writer John Lowe pointed out, Brind\u2019Amour followed the pattern of a couple of other notable Carolina coaches. He won a Cup in his fourth trip to the NHL\u2019s Final Four, while North Carolina\u2019s Dean Smith didn\u2019t win his first title until his seventh trip to the NCAA\u2019s Final Four and Mike Krzyzewski won his first in his fifth Final Four visit.<\/p>\n

(Then again, N.C. State\u2019s Jim Valvano struck gold in his only Final Four visit, in 1982-83.) \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Quiz answer: Justin Williams\u2019 only Game 7 loss was in the 2016-17 second round with Washington, a 2-0 defeat to the eventual champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Footnote: Also on that Capitals team was defenseman John Carlson, who finished his 17th NHL season with the Ducks last month and has indicated his intention to relocate back East for his 18th season. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 In Williams\u2019 five seasons with the Kings, L.A. was 4-0 in seventh games and he had a tangible contribution in each one. In 2013, he had two goals in a 2-1 victory over San Jose to close out the conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

And in 2014, the Kings won three Game 7s, all on the road. They defeated San Jose, 5-1, in the first round to complete a comeback from an 0-3 series deficit, with Williams contributing an assist. They beat the Ducks in Anaheim, 6-2, to close out the second round, with Williams adding a goal and an assist in Teemu Selanne\u2019s final game. And they won an overtime thriller in Chicago in the conference final, 4-3, with Williams scoring a goal early and then assisting on Alec Martinez\u2019s knuckle-puck game-winner. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Finally, it\u2019s sad that we\u2019ll no longer hear Lawrence Tanter\u2019s distinctive voice at Lakers home games. But it\u2019s heartening that he will remain a part of the organization as \u201cSpecial Advisor of Game Presentation.\u201d Here\u2019s hoping he\u2019ll still drop by the media dining room once in a while.<\/p>\n

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