re: NBA Free Agency Thread: Day 21

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Update: 12:20 a.m. ET

• Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey reportedly traveled to Philadelphia to meet with Kyle Lowry.

• The Lakers are reportedly interested in Chris Bosh.

• The Knicks "are confident they will get the final sales pitch" with Carmelo Anthony, according to Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears.

• The Mavericks are busy. Their first face-to-face meeting is reportedly with Devin Harris, and owner Mark Cuban is also reportedly "calling Dirk Nowitzki, Vince Carter, Shawn Marion and many others." Luol Deng is one of the many others, as the first call his reps received was reportedly from Dallas.

• The Heat are reportedly after Carter, Marion and Steve Blake.

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Do y'all think it looks better with the team names bolded or without?

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Bold is better my man.

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They getting it in Letting these bills fall all over your skin They got money to blow, oh, they got money to blow

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Born rich. Born uptown. Born to win

Yeah it looks good man

He's having a rough night.

Meanwhile real Woj:

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@WojYahooNBA
Miami's Pat Riley has called Luol Deng's reps and registered his significant interest, source tells Yahoo.

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Not sure how well he fits there.

Every damn year

Could be a sign that Beasley could be out. Probably way off on that though.

Update: 12:56 a.m.

• Carmelo Anthony will, as expected, meet with the Knicks on Tuesday, as reported by CBSSports.com's Ken Berger. He will then meet with the Mavericks and Rockets on Wednesday, and the Lakers on Thursday. The Knicks are still seen as the favorites.

• Kyle Lowry will only actually meet with the Raptors during the day on Tuesday, according to ESPN's Marc Stein.

• The Clippers, Mavs and Hawks "led the charge" in reaching out to Luol Deng's reps, according to CBSSports.com's Ken Berger.

• Brooklyn immediately reached out to Paul Pierce, Shaun Livingston and Alan Anderson when free agency began, Ken Berger of CBSSports.com reports.

• Phoenix plans to make an offer to restricted free agent Eric Bledsoe in the "next day or two," according to Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski. Same with the Jazz and Gordon Hayward.

• The Bulls and Mavs are interested in Chandler Parsons, according to Marc Stein of ESPN, who adds that Minnesota "continues to monitor" him. Dallas will "be aggressive in pursuit of Parsons" if it doesn't get Carmelo Anthony, according to Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski. The Lakers and Suns are also interested, according to ESPN's Jeff Goodman.

• David Blatt is reportedly in the Cavs' meeting with Kyrie Irving in New Jersey. Kevin McHale will reportedly be in the Rockets' meeting with Kyle Lowry.

• Pau Gasol is not taking any midnight meetings, according to ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. Rather, he's taking calls from Los Angeles.

• Cleveland is reportedly among the teams courting Trevor Ariza. The Wizards will reportedly meet with him at noon on Tuesday. His reported list of potential destinations is as follows: the Suns, Clippers, Lakers, Heat, Mavericks, Jazz, Cavs and Wizards.

• Boston and Philadelphia have reportedly called Avery Bradley.

• The Clippers are reportedly interested in Ed Davis.

• The Blazers, Clippers, Rockets and Mavs are all reportedly interested in Spencer Hawes, as are the Cavs.

• Trevor Booker "has attracted interest" from Miami, Minnesota, Utah, Brooklyn, New York, Orlando and Washington, according to the Washington Post's Michael Lee.

• Houston will talk to James Johnson, according to NBA.com's David Aldridge.

• Rashard Lewis is "expecting interest" from Miami, Indiana, Toronto, Oklahoma City and San Antonio, according to Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears.

• Kent Bazemore has reportedly been contacted by Boston, Dallas and Atlanta. The Lakers have reportedly not reached out to him yet.