Jake Fischer
@JakeLFischer
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The People’s Insider. Dark Horse candidate. Subscribe to @TheSteinLine for all your NBA reporting needs. Videos for @bleacherreport. jakelouisfischer@gmail.com
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Joined June 2009
The Clippers have released Jordan Miller, per sources. If he clears waivers, Los Angeles still intends to keep him as part of the organization and play Summer League.
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Yesterday we reported that the Clippers, Lakers, Bucks and Wolves were confirmed suitors for Bradley Beal, and I’m told that the Warriors also should be added to the list:
The Warriors have emerged as a strong contender to bring back De'Anthony Melton in free agency, league sources tell @TheSteinLine, in addition to Golden State's well-chronicled interest in signing Al Horford. More NBA from @JakeLFischer and me:
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As @YossiGozlan noted this morning, the Clippers still have $5.3 million remaining from their non-taxpayer midlevel exception they could offer Beal, compared to other suitors that can only afford his veteran’s minimum:
@JakeLFischer I know money won’t be the biggest factor but Who has the most money to offer Beal?.
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NBA personnel are bracing for Bradley Beal to become an unrestricted free agent. Here’s our update on how Beal’s expected addition to the veteran guard market has changed the current offseason landscape:
The latest on Bradley Beal's future AND the ripple effects it has on the NBA's free agent guard marketplace . ALL from the notebook of @JakeLFischer:
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Stein has been tracking this story all weekend, instead of having a holiday weekend.
As this AM’s story explained, Jonas Valančiūnas is expected to play in Denver next season and he’s scheduled to make a public appearance Tuesday in his native Lithuania. He indeed stopped Saturday in Athens first but the Nuggets made it clear they traded for him to keep him.
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RT @highkin: “Ayton is said to have had another advocate within the Lakers' ranks recommending that L.A. sign him: Former Blazers-turned-La….
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"You guys have become like The Hollywood Reporter for the NBA. Everyone in the industry is reading you.".
Four full years are in the books for @TheSteinLine as an independent publication . longer than I newslettered at @nytimes. Wrote here about Year 5 and @JakeLFischer and our NBA Superstack and, as always, can only ask Coach Dale to sum up my gratitude:
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If you’re not out golfing with your parents, here’s some great reading material….
Happy Fourth of July!. The latest/hottest/freshest NBA free agent and trade talk via @JakeLFischer and me that we published late on July 3rd: 📸: @nypostsports
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Fourth of July fireworks? . Check out the latest/hottest/freshest NBA free agent and trade talk via @JakeLFischer and me: 📷: @ClutchPoints
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Another update on Jonas Valanciunas: Discussions are fluid between the veteran center and Denver, sources say, while he's received a lucrative offer from Panathinaikos in Greece. I'm told, though, that any outcome here won't impact the trade between Sacramento and Denver.
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While we sift through the Jonas Valanciunas developments in Denver, the NBA-record seven-team trade that will send Kevin Durant to Houston has been fully agreed to in principle, sources say. I'm back on @BleacherReport to break it all down now:
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My understanding is this doozy was already developing into a six-team trade back during the second round of last week’s NBA Draft. Atlanta made this a potentially record-setting behemoth when the Hawks agreed to help Clint Capela join the Rockets by way of sign-and-trade.
The Rockets and Suns are working on expanding the Kevin Durant trade into a deal that would involve a league-record seven teams. No trade is imminent, but here’s what we know about negotiations so far:
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Jared Dudley has essentially held up a large portion of the NBA’s assistant coaching movement, having interviewed for Memphis’ staff, and generating interest from Cleveland and Phoenix as well as the Mavericks.
Jason Kidd will now have two former NBA head coaches on his Mavs staff next season: Frank Vogel and Jay Triano. Vogel still has three seasons left on his Suns HC deal. Denver is in advanced talks to hire Dallas' Jared Dudley to be No. 1 assistant to Nuggets coach David Adelman.
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It's a two-year, $16.6 million agreement between Deandre Ayton and Los Angeles, hitting the Lakers' books for 2025-26 and 2026-27. Player option in Year 2.
Deandre Ayton's contract with the Lakers is for two years, per source, starting at $8.1 million for this 2025-26 campaign. He's still due $25.6 million from Portland this season, following his buyout from the Trail Blazers.
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Deandre Ayton's contract with the Lakers is for two years, per source, starting at $8.1 million for this 2025-26 campaign. He's still due $25.6 million from Portland this season, following his buyout from the Trail Blazers.
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Going back on @BleacherReport at the top of the hour to talk everything Ayton, Lakers, Knicks, Pacers, Chris Paul and much more:
Multiple interested teams expect Deandre Ayton to commit to the Lakers after he clears waivers today at 5 PM ET, league sources tell @JakeLFischer and me. More free agency coverage from us:
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Will be writing on this, but my first ☝️ about “free agency is dead” is that plenty of execs and agents are talking behind the scenes about the cap space coming in 2026 FA as part of their current plans. The lack of room teams stalled this summer. Shouldn’t be the case next July.
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Brown has been in the New York this week meeting with top Knicks officials. After the slew of denied head coach interview requests, Brown always appeared to be the leader in this race.
Reported last night alongside @JakeLFischer below that Mike Brown had emerged as the clear favorite to become the Knicks’ new coach and only needed signoff from owner James Dolan to land the job. My pal @ChrisBHaynes just reported Brown has been officially offered the job.
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