{"id":296707,"date":"2025-11-21T02:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296707\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T02:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:41:13","slug":"is-the-nbas-trade-market-for-point-guards-already-taking-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296707\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the NBA&#8217;s trade market for point guards already taking shape?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!aa1m!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ce30628-86cc-43f0-a09b-195140477217_1100x220.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2 can-restack\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/1ce30628-86cc-43f0-a09b-195140477217_1100.png\" width=\"1100\" height=\"220\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/1ce30628-86cc-43f0-a09b-195140477217_1100.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:220,&quot;width&quot;:1100,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:105351,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/i\/179496932?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ce30628-86cc-43f0-a09b-195140477217_1100x220.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Brunson Bowl was a wild one Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=marcstein.substack.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-20_bbr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> was back in Dallas for the fourth time since leaving the Mavericks for the Knicks in free agency after the 2021-22 season and, amid his forceful 28-point return, missed one of the five late free throws \u2014 with two more misses from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/shamela01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=marcstein.substack.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-20_bbr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Landry Shamet<\/a> soon after Shamet hit two clutch triples \u2014 that opened the door for the hosts to force overtime or even win in the final seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Instead?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=willibr03,willibr01&amp;search=Brandon+Williams&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=marcstein.substack.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-20_bbr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Williams<\/a>&#8216; game-tying layup was ruled out by an offensive foul call that dropped Dallas to 3-9 in clutch games (worst in the league) and enabled the Brunson-led Knicks to secure their first road victory of the season.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!nhcy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd66051f-a1af-4283-9c7a-6c5d34f88706_720x900.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/bd66051f-a1af-4283-9c7a-6c5d34f88706_720x.jpeg\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/bd66051f-a1af-4283-9c7a-6c5d34f88706_720x.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:900,&quot;width&quot;:720,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:148249,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/i\/179496932?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd66051f-a1af-4283-9c7a-6c5d34f88706_720x900.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"   class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, though, we can&#8217;t spend any more time looking back. Thursday&#8217;s flurry of news bulletins won&#8217;t allow it. Sacramento announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sabondo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=marcstein.substack.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-20_bbr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Domantas Sabonis<\/a> will miss a minimum of three-to-four weeks due to a partial meniscus tear in his left knee \u2026 and the Kings&#8217; loss of the historically durable Sabonis was merely one of the afternoon&#8217;s significant developments.<\/p>\n<p>On, then, to my latest around-the-league notes with much more bubbling trade chatter than I would have expected a full week before Thanksgiving:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brunson Bowl was a wild one Wednesday night. 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