{"id":94853,"date":"2025-08-25T02:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/94853\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T02:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T02:49:11","slug":"the-latest-on-late-summer-nba-contract-extensions-trade-possibilities-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/94853\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest on late-summer NBA contract extensions, trade possibilities and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!2EA7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0aaaf7-9b17-4de3-8909-39c357329bb6_1100x220.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/3b0aaaf7-9b17-4de3-8909-39c357329bb6_1100.png\" width=\"1100\" height=\"220\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/3b0aaaf7-9b17-4de3-8909-39c357329bb6_1100.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:220,&quot;width&quot;:1100,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:105351,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/i\/171753881?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b0aaaf7-9b17-4de3-8909-39c357329bb6_1100x220.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around-the-league NBA notes on Sunday?<\/p>\n<p>Later than I wanted on this Sunday in late August but published regardless as opposed to waiting for Monday?<\/p>\n<p>As it should be!<\/p>\n<p>To the latest from my notebook on the most pressing extension chatter for both players and coaches, insight into Sacramento&#8217;s and Atlanta&#8217;s trade thinking, some international intrigue via the FIBA AfroBasket tournament and more:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!obuC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a024364-7cfa-43e3-91c4-3ad68c99377a_2912x332.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/6a024364-7cfa-43e3-91c4-3ad68c99377a_2912.png\" width=\"1456\" height=\"166\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/6a024364-7cfa-43e3-91c4-3ad68c99377a_2912.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:166,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:10350,&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:\/\/mollyknight.substack.com\/i\/166174626?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a024364-7cfa-43e3-91c4-3ad68c99377a_2912x332.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 speak often in the modern NBA about veteran players increasingly opting to sign extensions rather than test free agency.<\/p>\n<p>According to the enclosed chart assembled by ESPN&#8217;s Bobby Marks, 53 players have already signed veteran extensions during the first three summers of the NBA&#8217;s new Collective Bargaining Agreement. There were 74 such extensions across six seasons in the previous labor deal, per Marks&#8217; math, but 44 of those 74 extensions took place during the final two seasons of that deal (2021-22 and 2022-23).<\/p>\n<p>So make it 87 veteran extensions over the past half-decade.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!rdXX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb84099a-d6d6-4048-8a5f-4eb51ec09a08_960x540.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/bb84099a-d6d6-4048-8a5f-4eb51ec09a08_960x.jpeg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/bb84099a-d6d6-4048-8a5f-4eb51ec09a08_960x.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:540,&quot;width&quot;:960,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:42525,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/i\/171753881?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb84099a-d6d6-4048-8a5f-4eb51ec09a08_960x540.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See? Counterintuitive as it sounds: Free agency, as one wise veteran agent so often likes to remind me, is no longer a desired status. Which is pretty wild to say out loud.<\/p>\n<p>However \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around-the-league NBA notes on Sunday? 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