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Marc Stein
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NBA correspondent since 1994. Publisher: marcstein.substack.com. Inquiries: marcstein@substack.com
Happy Thanksgiving!

No NBA games today, of course, but we can now dish a piping hot batch of NBA Power Rankings from The Committee (of One) that is here for you today or tomorrow as needed: tinyurl.com/4fsrzmnf
It's a Power Rankings Thanksgiving!
Maybe there are no NBA games on this holiday ... but can we interest you in a special piping hot serving of the most filling 1-to-30 rankings dish in the land?
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November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
LOTS of the NBA's latest around-the-league chatter: tinyurl.com/4yd5t7rk
Sunday Best: The pieces of this season's NBA Trade puzzle are starting to reveal themselves
And on this Sunday we turn to Jake Fischer to walk us through them via The Jake Fischer Latest
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November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Reposted by Marc Stein
Pieces of this season's NBA Trade puzzle are starting to reveal themselves and covered here in this week’s Sunday Best … which is also The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest: tinyurl.com/4yd5t7rk
Sunday Best: The pieces of this season's NBA Trade puzzle are starting to reveal themselves
And on this Sunday we turn to Jake Fischer to walk us through them via The Jake Fischer Latest
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November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Pieces of this season's NBA Trade puzzle are starting to reveal themselves and covered here in this week’s Sunday Best … which is also The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest: tinyurl.com/4yd5t7rk
Sunday Best: The pieces of this season's NBA Trade puzzle are starting to reveal themselves
And on this Sunday we turn to Jake Fischer to walk us through them via The Jake Fischer Latest
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November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Is the NBA's trade market for point guards already taking shape?

We examine in a previously unscheduled Thursday night edition of our around-the-league notes: tinyurl.com/yustb84u
Is the NBA's trade market for point guards already taking shape?
We examine in a previously unscheduled edition of our around-the-league notes on a very newsy Thursday
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November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Is the NBA's trade market for point guards already taking shape?

We examine in a previously unscheduled Thursday night edition of our around-the-league notes: tinyurl.com/yustb84u
Is the NBA's trade market for point guards already taking shape?
We examine in a previously unscheduled edition of our around-the-league notes on a very newsy Thursday
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November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest starts in New Orleans and goes all over the Eastern Conference.

Fresh around-the-league notes ... unexpectedly on a Tuesday: tinyurl.com/4cy5dxsb
The Jake Fischer Latest starts in New Orleans and goes all over the Eastern Conference
Around-the-league notes aplenty ... unexpectedly on a Tuesday
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Another day ... another deep dive: Where do the Mavericks go from here after firing Nico Harrison?

My latest: tinyurl.com/jm2j2xmk
What's next after the firing of Nico Harrison
Let's dig into the latest developments in Dallas from a slew of angles
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November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Mavericks resume their home-heavy start to the season Monday night against Milwaukee.

My Sunday Best notes go deep on Dallas’ 3-7 struggles out of the gate and the mounting pressure on GM Nico Harrison: tinyurl.com/5fchc266
Sunday Best: All my latest Intel on the 3-7 Mavericks and the mounting pressure on GM Nico Harrison
The Clippers are another surprise struggler in the stacked West but Dallas’ start has been the league’s most alarming
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November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The latest on Ja Morant and more around-the-NBA trade and personnel chatter ... all via the @jakelfischer.bsky.social latest: tinyurl.com/3r8yhr4v
The latest on Ja Morant and more around-the-NBA trade and personnel chatter
All via the Jake Fischer Latest
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November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The college basketball season has begun and our @jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest is a deep dive on the many new GMs in the college game who have been recruited from the NBA.

On a trend that "will only continue to accelerate" in the words of Utah GM Wes Wilcox: tinyurl.com/mrxrsmya
The NBA-ification of college basketball continues
The Jake Fischer Latest covers how more and more we are seeing schools turn to the pro game to hire executives to bring a front office structure to their programs
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November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Major changes coming for two Western Conference teams?

The Sunday Best around-the-league NBA notes field that question: tinyurl.com/373vpa8k
Sunday Best: Major changes coming for two Western Conference teams?
We examine those issues and several more via the usual around-the-league NBA latest
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November 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Major changes coming for two Western Conference teams?

The Sunday Best around-the-league NBA notes field that question: tinyurl.com/373vpa8k
Sunday Best: Major changes coming for two Western Conference teams?
We examine those issues and several more via the usual around-the-league NBA latest
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November 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
In today's NBA? Size matters like never before.

@jakelfischer.bsky.social takes an extensive Friday look at one of the league's most pertinent trends: tinyurl.com/bddjwh8f
In today's NBA? Size matters like never before
A look at one of the league's most pertinent trends
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October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My full interview with Carmelo Anthony on everything happening in his basketball life and the new House of Melo exhibit at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore: tinyurl.com/357mer4d
One-on-one with Carmelo Anthony
A chat with the recent Hall of Fame inductee about life as an HOFer, his fledgling TV career with NBC, how he sees the Knicks' prospects this season and his new library exhibit in his native Baltimore
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October 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Sunday Best column dispensing the NBA's around-the-league latest personnel rumbles and whispers: tinyurl.com/yc4w9we6
Sunday Best: The NBA's latest around-the-league personnel rumblings and whispers
No let up here even amid Opening Week chaos
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October 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The NBA's 80th regular season starts in an hour and The Committee (of One) has reconvened for the first time since April to dish a fresh batch of Power Rankings.

The original: tinyurl.com/2wjwuvnx
It's an NBA Power Rankings Tuesday!
Because it's also Opening Night for the 2025-26 season
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October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Monday Best: One more burst of around-the-league trade talk, coaching carousel chatter, roster rumbles and more from the NBA grapevine before the 2025-26 season tips off.

Full story: marcstein.substack.com/p/monday-bes...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Lots and lots of the NBA's latest contractual negotiations buzz as Monday's annual rookie scale extension deadline closes in ... plus plenty of Kings analysis ... all via the @jakelfischer.bsky.social latest: tinyurl.com/nk9npuun
Lots and lots of the NBA's latest contractual negotiations buzz as the Monday's annual rookie scale extension deadline closes in
All via a weekend dose of the Jake Fischer Latest
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October 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Quite a stat from my pals at @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social … who note that LeBron James was 22-for-22 in playing on Opening Night until this season.

The Lakers say LeBron will be out for at least 3-to-4 weeks with sciatica on his right side.
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Game 3 of the WNBA Finals is tonight in Phoenix and the
@jakelfischer.bsky.social Latest covers some significant crossover WNBA/NBA coaching buzz and how it connects to Mercury coach Nate Tibbets: tinyurl.com/2nf8bxsx
Some crossover WNBA/NBA buzz
The Jake Fischer Latest details the growing belief that teams in The W, having watched Nate Tibbets lead the Mercury to the Finals against Las Vegas, will keep making coaching hires from the NBA
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October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Monday Best! The latest NBA trade talk, free agency buzz and more ... with LOTS of @eurobasket.bsky.social coverage sprinkled in: tinyurl.com/mr2hc539
Monday Best: The latest NBA trade talk, free agency buzz and more
With LOTS of EuroBasket coverage sprinkled in
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September 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's September and that means that the NBA's 80th season begins later this month.

And we tip it off now with our Sunday Best around-the-league NBA notes that we moved to this holiday Monday and feature lots of Giannis and @eurobasket.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/m734sfa5
Monday Best: What happens now with Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo reunited in Milwaukee
Plus all the latest from around the league in the one-day-delayed Sunday Best notes
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September 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Sunday Best around-the-league NBA notes because, yes, Sunday night is still Sunday ... with the latest from me on late-summer NBA contract extensions, trade possibilities and more: tinyurl.com/ty6tnur3
Sunday Best: The latest on late-summer NBA contract extensions, trade possibilities and more
Around the league we go because — yeah — it’s still Sunday
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August 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Jonathan Kuminga updates, new trade scenarios to share and how the league's remaining roster openings will be filled ... all via the latest @jakelfischer.bsky.social around-the-league notebook that just published: tinyurl.com/2fs88k69
Jake Fischer Latest: Jonathan Kuminga updates, new trade scenarios to share and how the league's remaining roster openings will be filled
LOTS new for you, in other words, on this not-sleepy-at-all Friday in August
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August 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM