Shaquille O’Neal arrived in Cleveland on Wednesday and will be introduced on Thursday.

Sharp-shooting Bulls guard Ben Gordon and his ex-Connecticut teammate, Charlie Villanueva, were in Michigan on Wednesday for talks with the Detroit Pistons about joining the team.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan is flying to Orlando to have a Wednesday night dinner with the Blazers’ top free-agent target, Hedo Turkoglu.

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey showed up at center Marcin Gortat’s home in Orlando just after midnight Wednesday, virtually the minute teams were officially allowed to begin negotiating with free agents

Sources say Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is going to meet with free agent Jason Kidd in New York.