{"id":693225,"date":"2026-05-25T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693225\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:24:10","slug":"monday-best-the-latest-around-the-nba-intel-from-an-offseason-thats-heating-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693225\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Best: The latest around-the-NBA Intel from an offseason that&#8217;s heating up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!chQT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2de5eb80-4067-4bc6-ab2b-a6bf6a54975a_1100x220.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 can-restack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/2de5eb80-4067-4bc6-ab2b-a6bf6a54975a_1100.png\" width=\"1100\" height=\"220\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/2de5eb80-4067-4bc6-ab2b-a6bf6a54975a_1100x220.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:220,&quot;width&quot;:1100,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:105351,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/i\/199117042?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2de5eb80-4067-4bc6-ab2b-a6bf6a54975a_1100x220.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around-the-league NBA notes on a Monday?<\/p>\n<p>Moved from Sunday to Monday on Memorial Day weekend?<\/p>\n<p>With the Knicks on the verge of their first NBA Finals berth this century?<\/p>\n<p>As it should be!<\/p>\n<p>We went long Friday on the Portland coaching search below (with a key update on Orlando&#8217;s as well) and proceed now to a look at the latest on Giannis Antetokounmpo&#8217;s future, Philadelphia&#8217;s front office machinations and more:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!e8kB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdccfd35-e988-45c8-9972-c7f1c1cdd5dd_1384x280.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 can-restack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/cdccfd35-e988-45c8-9972-c7f1c1cdd5dd_1384.png\" width=\"252\" height=\"50.982658959537574\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/cdccfd35-e988-45c8-9972-c7f1c1cdd5dd_1384x280.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:280,&quot;width&quot;:1384,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:252,&quot;bytes&quot;:53185,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/post.substack.com\/i\/194570960?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdccfd35-e988-45c8-9972-c7f1c1cdd5dd_1384x280.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The league&#8217;s dominant player movement topic last week?<\/p>\n<p>Giannis. For sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around-the-league NBA notes on a Monday? Moved from Sunday to Monday on Memorial Day weekend? 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