Despite speculation to the contrary, the Trail Blazers aren’t currently pursuing free agent forward DeMar DeRozan, league sources tell Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Substack link). According to Stein, there’s also no indications that the Trail Blazers would consider a buyout for Jrue Holiday or that the veteran guard is interested in one. There has apparently been speculation about a possible Holiday buyout that would get him back to the Sixers, his original NBA team, but that speculation isn’t credible, per Stein. Holiday is owed $34.8MM in 2026/27, with a $37.2MM player option for the ’27/28 season. Here are a few more highlights from Stein’s latest dispatch of NBA intel: