{"id":28636,"date":"2025-07-22T12:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/28636\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:36:13","slug":"the-latest-hottest-and-freshest-nba-free-agency-and-trade-buzz-even-after-leaving-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/28636\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest, hottest and freshest NBA free agency and trade buzz &#8230; even after leaving Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!pxE4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69153ab9-78b3-47fd-adb6-faf7edf6f9de_1100x220.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/69153ab9-78b3-47fd-adb6-faf7edf6f9de_1100.png\" width=\"1100\" height=\"220\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/69153ab9-78b3-47fd-adb6-faf7edf6f9de_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;: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\/168821876?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69153ab9-78b3-47fd-adb6-faf7edf6f9de_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 a Sunday?<\/p>\n<p>Even if by Sunday we really mean Sunday night?<\/p>\n<p>On the first Sunday after my return from Summer League in Las Vegas?<\/p>\n<p>As it should be!<\/p>\n<p>To the latest from my notebook on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/doncilu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=marcstein.substack.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-20_bbr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/a>&#8216;s role and some additional tidbits when it comes to the Lakers&#8217; offseason maneuvering, further details on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bealbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=marcstein.substack.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-20_bbr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bradley Beal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/paulch01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=marcstein.substack.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-20_bbr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Paul<\/a> and the veteran guard market, some Boston Celtics rumblings and a scene or secret (or two) from the desert:<\/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\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/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:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/6a024364-7cfa-43e3-91c4-3ad68c99377a_2912x332.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>Don\u010di\u0107 is not contract extension-eligible until Aug. 2, but his first summer as a Laker has already been a busy one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around-the-league NBA notes on a Sunday? 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