What happened
With the season only starting, contract questions already surround Giannis Antetokounmpo and Karl-Anthony Towns, and neither situation has reached a resolution.
Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving also enter pivotal seasons with extension or option decisions still ahead, shaping each team's long-term plans.
LINEUP CONTEXT
These unresolved deals could influence trade-deadline thinking and whether contenders treat each veteran as a core piece or a movable asset.
Automated brief based on the linked report. Lineup context is analysis; official starting-five labels come separately from our game data provider.
Original reporting: These 7 looming contract decisions could define the NBA season — Yahoo Sports ↗