Marc Stein
@thesteinline.bsky.social
NBA correspondent since 1994. Publisher: marcstein.substack.com. Inquiries: marcstein@substack.com
The Trade ... One Year Later.
Another lengthy chapter for the e-book on the Mavericks' incomprehensible decision to trade Luka Dončić away when and how they did ... freshly published from 25 different angles: tinyurl.com/2kj6kvx3
Another lengthy chapter for the e-book on the Mavericks' incomprehensible decision to trade Luka Dončić away when and how they did ... freshly published from 25 different angles: tinyurl.com/2kj6kvx3
The Trade ... one year later
And we're still, frankly, trying to make sense of the midseason deal like no other that made Luka Dončić a Laker
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February 1, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The Trade ... One Year Later.
Another lengthy chapter for the e-book on the Mavericks' incomprehensible decision to trade Luka Dončić away when and how they did ... freshly published from 25 different angles: tinyurl.com/2kj6kvx3
Another lengthy chapter for the e-book on the Mavericks' incomprehensible decision to trade Luka Dončić away when and how they did ... freshly published from 25 different angles: tinyurl.com/2kj6kvx3
Reposted by Marc Stein
Saturday Morning Confidential: TONS of the NBA Trade Season Latest from @jakelfischer.bsky.social and me.
Full story: tinyurl.com/yc8etzwc
Full story: tinyurl.com/yc8etzwc
Saturday Morning Confidential: The NBA Trade Season Latest
LOTS new percolating from all over #thisleague
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January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Saturday Morning Confidential: TONS of the NBA Trade Season Latest from @jakelfischer.bsky.social and me.
Full story: tinyurl.com/yc8etzwc
Full story: tinyurl.com/yc8etzwc
Saturday Morning Confidential: TONS of the NBA Trade Season Latest from @jakelfischer.bsky.social and me.
Full story: tinyurl.com/yc8etzwc
Full story: tinyurl.com/yc8etzwc
Saturday Morning Confidential: The NBA Trade Season Latest
LOTS new percolating from all over #thisleague
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January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Saturday Morning Confidential: TONS of the NBA Trade Season Latest from @jakelfischer.bsky.social and me.
Full story: tinyurl.com/yc8etzwc
Full story: tinyurl.com/yc8etzwc
Reposted by Marc Stein
"They’re asking for the moon," one general manager told The Stein Line on Thursday morning. "All of your young players and all of your draft picks."
On Milwaukee’s approach to trading Giannis Antetokounmpo: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
On Milwaukee’s approach to trading Giannis Antetokounmpo: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
January 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"They’re asking for the moon," one general manager told The Stein Line on Thursday morning. "All of your young players and all of your draft picks."
On Milwaukee’s approach to trading Giannis Antetokounmpo: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
On Milwaukee’s approach to trading Giannis Antetokounmpo: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
"They’re asking for the moon," one general manager told The Stein Line on Thursday morning. "All of your young players and all of your draft picks."
On Milwaukee’s approach to trading Giannis Antetokounmpo: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
On Milwaukee’s approach to trading Giannis Antetokounmpo: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
January 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"They’re asking for the moon," one general manager told The Stein Line on Thursday morning. "All of your young players and all of your draft picks."
On Milwaukee’s approach to trading Giannis Antetokounmpo: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
On Milwaukee’s approach to trading Giannis Antetokounmpo: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
The Giannis Antetokounmpo Trade Landscape in the greatest possible team-by-team detail ... just posted from
@jakelfischer.bsky.social and me: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
@jakelfischer.bsky.social and me: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
A Giannis trade has never been more real
So the full Giannis Antetokounmpo Trade Landscape, as we speak, is laid out here
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January 29, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The Giannis Antetokounmpo Trade Landscape in the greatest possible team-by-team detail ... just posted from
@jakelfischer.bsky.social and me: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
@jakelfischer.bsky.social and me: tinyurl.com/5n867znj
And here's @jakelfischer.bsky.social today dishing all of the latest chatter percolating throughout the league with just eight days to go before the NBA's 2026 trade buzzer sounds.
Full coverage with LOTS of new intel here: tinyurl.com/53cz6zvd
Full coverage with LOTS of new intel here: tinyurl.com/53cz6zvd
January 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM
And here's @jakelfischer.bsky.social today dishing all of the latest chatter percolating throughout the league with just eight days to go before the NBA's 2026 trade buzzer sounds.
Full coverage with LOTS of new intel here: tinyurl.com/53cz6zvd
Full coverage with LOTS of new intel here: tinyurl.com/53cz6zvd
From @jakelfischer.bsky.social Saturday:
"All of that feeds ... Milwaukee’s grudging realization ... that pathways to providing Antetokounmpo with the championship contention he craves just aren’t there. And that Antetokounmpo’s exit, painful as it would be, might finally be best for both sides.”
"All of that feeds ... Milwaukee’s grudging realization ... that pathways to providing Antetokounmpo with the championship contention he craves just aren’t there. And that Antetokounmpo’s exit, painful as it would be, might finally be best for both sides.”
The latest on Giannis Antetokounmpo's future
After a wild roller-coaster of a week marked by trade whispers and then another injury setback, The Jake Fischer Latest breaks it down layer by layer
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January 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
From @jakelfischer.bsky.social Saturday:
"All of that feeds ... Milwaukee’s grudging realization ... that pathways to providing Antetokounmpo with the championship contention he craves just aren’t there. And that Antetokounmpo’s exit, painful as it would be, might finally be best for both sides.”
"All of that feeds ... Milwaukee’s grudging realization ... that pathways to providing Antetokounmpo with the championship contention he craves just aren’t there. And that Antetokounmpo’s exit, painful as it would be, might finally be best for both sides.”
My latest around-the-league notes from NBA Trade Season via the Tuesday Night Confidential: tinyurl.com/4ecjjjn2
Tuesday Night Confidential: My NBA Trade Season latest
We published a batch Monday night, couldn't resist again Tuesday night and should have another fresh helping of around-the-league notes out Wednesday morning as well
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January 28, 2026 at 5:04 AM
My latest around-the-league notes from NBA Trade Season via the Tuesday Night Confidential: tinyurl.com/4ecjjjn2
Reposted by Marc Stein
Monday Night Confidential: Heard too much new Trade Season Intel over the course of the day to wait until tomorrow to publish.
Full story: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Full story: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Monday Night Confidential: LOTS more of the NBA Trade Season Latest
Heard too much today to wait until tomorrow to publish
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January 27, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Monday Night Confidential: Heard too much new Trade Season Intel over the course of the day to wait until tomorrow to publish.
Full story: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Full story: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
We got into a LOT last night with this new compilation of the NBA Trade Season Latest.
Full story for the AM audience: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Full story for the AM audience: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Monday Night Confidential: LOTS more of the NBA Trade Season Latest
Heard too much today to wait until tomorrow to publish
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January 27, 2026 at 2:19 PM
We got into a LOT last night with this new compilation of the NBA Trade Season Latest.
Full story for the AM audience: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Full story for the AM audience: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Monday Night Confidential: Heard too much new Trade Season Intel over the course of the day to wait until tomorrow to publish.
Full story: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Full story: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Monday Night Confidential: LOTS more of the NBA Trade Season Latest
Heard too much today to wait until tomorrow to publish
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January 27, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Monday Night Confidential: Heard too much new Trade Season Intel over the course of the day to wait until tomorrow to publish.
Full story: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Full story: tinyurl.com/36xdadap
Reposted by Marc Stein
One source close to the process tells @thesteinline.bsky.social that there are no discussions between the Pelicans and the Grizzlies on a potential Ja Morant deal ... despite persistent speculation to the contrary.
More of the latest from NBA Trade Season is here: tinyurl.com/3r7pff2n
More of the latest from NBA Trade Season is here: tinyurl.com/3r7pff2n
Sunday Best: LOTS of updates from NBA Trade Season
With the trade deadline itself less than two weeks away now
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January 26, 2026 at 7:21 PM
One source close to the process tells @thesteinline.bsky.social that there are no discussions between the Pelicans and the Grizzlies on a potential Ja Morant deal ... despite persistent speculation to the contrary.
More of the latest from NBA Trade Season is here: tinyurl.com/3r7pff2n
More of the latest from NBA Trade Season is here: tinyurl.com/3r7pff2n
One source close to the process tells @thesteinline.bsky.social that there are no discussions between the Pelicans and the Grizzlies on a potential Ja Morant deal ... despite persistent speculation to the contrary.
More of the latest from NBA Trade Season is here: tinyurl.com/3r7pff2n
More of the latest from NBA Trade Season is here: tinyurl.com/3r7pff2n
Sunday Best: LOTS of updates from NBA Trade Season
With the trade deadline itself less than two weeks away now
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January 26, 2026 at 7:21 PM
One source close to the process tells @thesteinline.bsky.social that there are no discussions between the Pelicans and the Grizzlies on a potential Ja Morant deal ... despite persistent speculation to the contrary.
More of the latest from NBA Trade Season is here: tinyurl.com/3r7pff2n
More of the latest from NBA Trade Season is here: tinyurl.com/3r7pff2n
Sunday Best around-the-league notes were weather-affected, like so much else in the NBA this weekend, but they are here now with LOTS of the latest Trade Season Intel: tinyurl.com/3r7pff2n
Sunday Best: LOTS of updates from NBA Trade Season
With the trade deadline itself less than two weeks away now
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January 26, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Sunday Best around-the-league notes were weather-affected, like so much else in the NBA this weekend, but they are here now with LOTS of the latest Trade Season Intel: tinyurl.com/3r7pff2n
A column from my evening with the Warriors that looks at everything this team is facing and pursuing after the crushing loss of Jimmy Butler ... an evening which did include some unexpected but welcome smiles at the end: tinyurl.com/ye5ja959
My evening with the Warriors
And a lengthy look at all of the emotions (and trade considerations) Golden State is working through after the season-ending loss of Jimmy Butler
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January 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
A column from my evening with the Warriors that looks at everything this team is facing and pursuing after the crushing loss of Jimmy Butler ... an evening which did include some unexpected but welcome smiles at the end: tinyurl.com/ye5ja959
3 PM ET on Feb. 5 is the NBA Trade Deadline.
The 3 PM ET hour on this Thursday delivers the @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest from Trade Season with less than two weeks now to go until the buzzer.
Full story: tinyurl.com/bdxrna64
The 3 PM ET hour on this Thursday delivers the @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest from Trade Season with less than two weeks now to go until the buzzer.
Full story: tinyurl.com/bdxrna64
The Jake Fischer Latest = The NBA Trade Season Latest
With exactly two weeks to go until the 2026 in-season trade buzzer sounds
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January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
3 PM ET on Feb. 5 is the NBA Trade Deadline.
The 3 PM ET hour on this Thursday delivers the @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest from Trade Season with less than two weeks now to go until the buzzer.
Full story: tinyurl.com/bdxrna64
The 3 PM ET hour on this Thursday delivers the @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest from Trade Season with less than two weeks now to go until the buzzer.
Full story: tinyurl.com/bdxrna64
Golden State, Memphis, New York ... let's dive into the NBA Trade Season Latest.
Full story: tinyurl.com/rxbjsyh7
Full story: tinyurl.com/rxbjsyh7
The NBA Trade Season Latest
From Golden State, Memphis, New York and more ...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Golden State, Memphis, New York ... let's dive into the NBA Trade Season Latest.
Full story: tinyurl.com/rxbjsyh7
Full story: tinyurl.com/rxbjsyh7
It’s January 15th!
The NBA Trade Deadline is just three Thursdays from now.
The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest thus brings you the NBA Trade Season Latest touching on too many teams to count: tinyurl.com/5bhtc3pf
The NBA Trade Deadline is just three Thursdays from now.
The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest thus brings you the NBA Trade Season Latest touching on too many teams to count: tinyurl.com/5bhtc3pf
The Jake Fischer Latest is the NBA Trade Season Latest
With 20 or so teams covered
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January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
It’s January 15th!
The NBA Trade Deadline is just three Thursdays from now.
The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest thus brings you the NBA Trade Season Latest touching on too many teams to count: tinyurl.com/5bhtc3pf
The NBA Trade Deadline is just three Thursdays from now.
The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest thus brings you the NBA Trade Season Latest touching on too many teams to count: tinyurl.com/5bhtc3pf
The Anthony Davis Trade Outlook Latest
From numerous angles even from abroad
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January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The Jonathan Kuminga Trade Landscape Latest … broken down in detail via The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest: tinyurl.com/mv8p9t9p
The Jonathan Kuminga Trade Landscape Latest
Broken down in deep detail via The Jake Fischer Latest
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January 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The Jonathan Kuminga Trade Landscape Latest … broken down in detail via The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest: tinyurl.com/mv8p9t9p
Now that the Josh Allen Latest (televised live in England!) is over …. we proceed to the Sunday Best around-the-league notes and the latest from NBA Trade Season: tinyurl.com/5p89j8bm
Sunday Best: The NBA Trade Season Latest
On Ja Morant, Anthony Davis, Michael Porter Jr. and MUCH more
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January 11, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Now that the Josh Allen Latest (televised live in England!) is over …. we proceed to the Sunday Best around-the-league notes and the latest from NBA Trade Season: tinyurl.com/5p89j8bm
The Ja Morant Trade Landscape Latest … covered from every angle in The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest: tinyurl.com/msy7cyer
The latest on Ja Morant’s sudden availability on the NBA Trade Market
The Jake Fischer Latest brings you a detailed look at the Morant landscape and how realistic a deal actually is
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January 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The Ja Morant Trade Landscape Latest … covered from every angle in The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest: tinyurl.com/msy7cyer
The specific draft compensation that would be added to the trade construction is not yet known, but it’s increasingly believed that CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert would be the primary outgoing Wizards if a Trae Young-to-Washington deal reaches completion.
More: tinyurl.com/mrxkkeda
More: tinyurl.com/mrxkkeda
The Trae Young Trade Latest
The Jake Fischer Latest covers the league's hottest topic (and the various teams it touches) from every angle
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January 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The specific draft compensation that would be added to the trade construction is not yet known, but it’s increasingly believed that CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert would be the primary outgoing Wizards if a Trae Young-to-Washington deal reaches completion.
More: tinyurl.com/mrxkkeda
More: tinyurl.com/mrxkkeda
The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest is The Trae Young Trade Latest … from all angles: tinyurl.com/mrxkkeda
The Trae Young Trade Latest
The Jake Fischer Latest covers the league's hottest topic (and the various teams it touches) from every angle
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January 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest is The Trae Young Trade Latest … from all angles: tinyurl.com/mrxkkeda