{"id":820331,"date":"2026-07-23T07:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820331\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:03:25","slug":"yup-yet-again-late-night-nba-intel-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820331\/","title":{"rendered":"Yup &#8230; yet again: Late Night NBA Intel NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!5bIM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F48d02963-6005-4d88-aa4f-ab21e28d08c5_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\/07\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/48d02963-6005-4d88-aa4f-ab21e28d08c5_1100.png\" width=\"1100\" height=\"220\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/48d02963-6005-4d88-aa4f-ab21e28d08c5_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\/208153688?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F48d02963-6005-4d88-aa4f-ab21e28d08c5_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>Thursday is Day 3 in Week 4 of LeBron Watch 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Would it surprise you at this point if LeBron James decides to take his fourth career foray into free agency and the deliberations that go with it into Week 5?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/2080140695315030392?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-component-name=\"Twitter2ToDOM\" class=\"pencraft pc-display-contents pc-reset\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/pbs.substack.com\/profile_images\/2041513436300075008\/VdVRkPKT.jpg\" alt=\"X avatar for @BleacherReport\"  width=\"40\" height=\"40\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"img-OACg1c object-fit-cover-u4ReeV pencraft pc-reset\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Report@BleacherReport<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 LeBron did not make his decision today, extending his free agency to 23 days and counting <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HN4k4cPXkAACeIv.jpg\" class=\"image-c_FmAR\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3:59 AM \u00b7 Jul 23, 2026 \u00b7 116K Views<\/p>\n<p>169 Replies \u00b7 107 Reposts \u00b7 2.63K Likes<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a presumably more appetizing question: Want to put a bow on your Wednesday evening by digging into some trade and free agency matters involving players other than James?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s do it. The doubles team of Fischer and Stein is back with a fresh compilation of Late Night NBA Intel &#8230; filled with the latest developments in a league bracing for one more summer flurry of moves once LeBron finally picks his next team:<\/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\/07\/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>We&#8217;ve been writing for some time that the Pelicans continue to swat away trade interest in swingmen Trey Murphy III and Herb Jones. No change on those fronts.<\/p>\n<p>However &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The Stein Line has learned that the Pelicans are indeed in active trade discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday is Day 3 in Week 4 of LeBron Watch 2026. 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