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The People’s Insider. Subscribe to @TheSteinLine for your NBA reporting needs. Video for @BleacherReport. Radio for @SiriusXMNBA. [email protected]

Brooklyn via Philly
Joined June 2009
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Our comprehensive breakdown of the Warriors' trade pursuits with Kristaps Porzingis' $20 million salary, including two realistic options, is here: tinyurl.com/ycynwwn6
How close are the Warriors to trading Kristaps Porziņģis? The @JakeLFischer Latest breaks it down from every angle: tinyurl.com/ycynwwn6
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We've got a full story on the Warriors withholding payment from Kristaps Porzingis about to publish at @TheSteinLine. Stay tuned.
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My main advice to young folks hoping to enter sports media has never changed. You have to find some way to differentiate yourself from the pack and replicate it. That can be reporting or that can be comedy. But you need to do it well and do it often. These dudes routinely come up with standout spoof songs and it's wonderful stuff amid a losing season.
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Source: The LA Clippers are picking up Yanic Konan Niederhauser’s third year team option.
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It’ll be $1.7 million granted to the Sixers, per source.
Amid the NBA’s string of early-season injuries, the Philadelphia 76ers have applied for a disabled player exception, per source, in respect of Ariel Hukporti’s torn Achilles.
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Amid the NBA’s string of early-season injuries, the Philadelphia 76ers have applied for a disabled player exception, per source, in respect of Ariel Hukporti’s torn Achilles.
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The latest Late Night NBA Intel from @JakeLFischer and me is here. Lots to share from the NBA grapevine. Dive in with us. Full story: tinyurl.com/mpvk3p83
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The analogy is great. But the “he has a great PR team,” is gold.
Jaylen Brown on Jayson Tatum: “It’s no beef, but it might be little lamb chops and some gravy, you know what I mean? “He should stay ready at all times.”
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Really smart piece, again, from Jake
How many second-rounders would your team need to absorb $7.5 million in salary? Did our best to explore a wrinkle of the NBA’s trade market, after learning of talks on Monday that fell short of completion. Full story here: tinyurl.com/ykm3nar5
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How many second-rounders would your team need to absorb $7.5 million in salary? Did our best to explore a wrinkle of the NBA’s trade market, after learning of talks on Monday that fell short of completion. Full story here: tinyurl.com/ykm3nar5
The @JakeLFischer Latest takes you inside some recent trade discussions on a deal you haven't heard about and which ultimately collapsed earlier this week ... and what those talks and the outcome tell us about the NBA's spending landscape. LIVE NOW: tinyurl.com/ykm3nar5
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Never fails to not-deliver.
The season has legit started: Who He Play For is on soon. Have a feeling Ernie will STILL ask Chuck about Garrett Temple ... who's now a Mavericks assistant coach.
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Deals & Dunks with @DarthAmin & @JakeLFischer is LIVE on the air! 🏀Latest on Kristaps Porzingis 🏀Waiver Wire Free Agency 🏀Opening Week Reactions 📻Listen Live: sxm.app.link/DealsAndDunks ☎️Join the conversation: 855-NBA-JUMP
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Sean Pedulla is also in the mix for Sacramento’s open two-way spot, along with Dalton Knecht, as we reported on today’s @BleacherReport stream. Sounds like Micah Peavy, Knecht and Pedulla are under consideration for several overlapping teams, including Toronto for all three.
I’m told former Rockets two-way guard Sean Pedulla has also cleared waivers and is fielding fresh interest on a two-way pact elsewhere.
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The Jazz are signing Kobe Bufkin, per source, to Utah’s newly-opened two-way slot.
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Another name I've heard the Kings have called about acquiring before today's roster cut-down deadline: Milwaukee guard Kevin Porter Jr.
The Kings are considering point guard reinforcements, sources say, after the sudden loss of Ben Simmons to a season-ending Achilles tear during practice on Sunday.
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The Kings are considering point guard reinforcements, sources say, after the sudden loss of Ben Simmons to a season-ending Achilles tear during practice on Sunday.
The Grizzlies are actively trying to find a new home via trade for Walter Clayton Jr. before today's 5 PM ET roster cutdown deadline, league sources tell @JakeLFischer and me, with Sacramento emerging as a possible destination. More NBA from us: tinyurl.com/4d74y3tc
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We almost went the whole week in the NBA without a single rookie scale extension. Then Oklahoma City and Cason Wallace got their deal done just now AND gave us the perfect spark for the latest Late Night NBA Intel. My Sunday Best notes are all here: tinyurl.com/4d74y3tc
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The CBA has a little rule that prohibits any team from waiving a player with a guaranteed salary north of the full Exhibit 10 amount (91K for 2026-27) and re-signing on a two-way. That player can’t even join said team’s G League affiliate. This would prohibit Kris Murray, in theory, from being waived and re-joining Twitter’s beloved Grizzlies, as another example, on a 2W.
UPDATE: A much smarter salary cap expert just corrected me. Moussa Cissé's $2.2 million contract for this season is not only guaranteed but too high a figure for Dallas to waive him and re-sign him to a two-way. So Cissé is ONLY two-way eligible this season with other teams.
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