"The Trail Blazers and Nicolas Batum are on the clock.

The team and its reserve small forward, who have been in contract extension talks for weeks, have until 9 p.m. Wednesday to iron out an agreement or Batum will become a restricted free agent after this season.

Interim GM Chad Buchanan and members of the Blazers' front office met face-to-face with Bouna Ndiaye, Batum's agent, on Monday and the sides continued conversations intermittently Tuesday."