The Washington Wizards are expected to shift their front office search back to Troy Weaver, Danny Ferry and Tommy Sheppard.

The Wizards offered their job to Tim Connelly, but he decided to remain with the Denver Nuggets.

Weaver is currently second in command with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Sheppard is serving as interim general manager following the firing of Ernie Grunfeld.

The Washington Wizards have interviewed Troy Weaver for a second time.

Weaver first met with the Wizards on April 30th.

Weaver is a native of Washington D.C.

The Wizards have also interviewed Tommy Sheppard, Danny Ferry and Gersson Rosas. Rosas has since been hired to run the front office of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

It is believed Ted Leonsis is waiting on the Denver Nuggets to be eliminated from the playoffs in order to gauge the interest Tim Connelly might have in the job.

Weaver has been Sam Presti's right-hand man with the Oklahoma City Thunder for the past 10 years.

Adam Silver was asked by Economic Club President David Rubenstein whether he is okay with teams having three superstars and if that's good for the NBA.

Silver gave an answer that suggested he is more comfortable with the Oklahoma City Thunder model of drafting Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden than he is the model of the Golden State Warriors in which they drafted Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green before signing Durant with cap space.

"You know, it's an interesting question," said Silver. "To me, it depends how that team is developed. I think that most people would agree if you draft those players and you develop them into superstars, that's a good thing. I think that in a situation where a superstar is joining a team that is already a so-called loaded team and a great team, that I think, people in terms of wanting parity in the league, that's not ideal.

"I don't want to take anything away from the Golden State Warriors because that's the team, of course, I'm talking about. But I think that's where the collective bargaining agreement comes in because the collective bargaining agreement isn't just designed to determine how much players make but to create competition throughout the league. Because think about if you're a player being drafted into the NBA, you don't want to be drafted by a team that has no chance of winning either."

The Thunder traded away Harden in 2012 in part due to luxury tax concerns when he was up for a rookie scale contract extension following the extensions signed by Durant and Westbrook.

Both the Warriors and Thunder have exorbitant luxury tax bills this season. 

Russell Westbrook underwent a procedure to repair a torn ligament in a finger on his left hand.

Westbrook played the final six weeks of the season with the injury to the fourth metacarpal of his non-shooting hand.

The injury was never disclosed to the public.

Westbrook also had a minor procedure on his surgically repaired right knee Tuesday, which was described as proactive maintenance.

Westbrook's knee issues originated in 2013 when Patrick Beverley ran into him during the first round of the playoffs.

Paul George underwent rotator cuff surgery to repair a partially torn tendon in his right shoulder Tuesday and will miss at least the start of preseason training camp.

George had been a MVP candidate before the injury.

George is expected to make a full recovery.

The Toronto Raptors and Oklahoma City Thunder reportedly discussed a trade centered on DeMar DeRozan for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis in 2017. The Thunder had acquired Oladipo and Sabonis the previous offseason from the Orlando Magic. 

Oklahoma City eventually traded Oladipo and Sabonis to the Indiana Pacers for Paul George. Oladipo has become an All-Star since his deal to the Pacers.

"When Oklahoma City traded for Paul George, the Thunder could have done the same exact deal at that time for DeMar DeRozan," said Adrian Wojnarowski. "They could have done Sabonis and Oladipo for DeRozan. In some ways, it would have been safer because (DeRozan) was under contract. They felt Paul George was the better player and they said 'let's roll the dice, we're going to convince him to stay.'"

The Raptors traded DeRozan to the San Antonio Spurs in a package for Kawhi Leonard during the 2018 offseason.