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[@TheSteinLine](/creator/twitter/TheSteinLine)
"Vegas Summer League shopping detour: When @Paul_Skenes El Toro jersey is right next to Michael Jordans Birmingham Barons jersey GOTTA do it"  
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"We reported Saturday on @TheSteinLine that Bradley Beals Phoenix buyout was unlikely to happen until after a July 15th advance payment on his 2025-26 salary. Now on July 16th Beals deal to leave the Suns and join the Clippers has been announced. More:"  
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"Back to the news of the week: Astronomer CEO Andy Byron has resigned"  
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"The Mavericks say team legend Rolando Blackman is Dallas' on-stage representative at the May XX lottery in Chicago. GM Nico Harrison sat on the dais in 2023 when Dallas was last in the lottery . with Michael Finley in the off-camera back room. More:"  
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"UPDATE: Both Phil Handy and Popeye Jones have agreed to join Jason Kidds coaching staff in Dallas league sources tell @TheSteinLine and @DLLS_Sports. Handy and Jones will join Jay Triano as newcomers with Mavs coaching consultant Frank Vogel now Kidds associate head coach"  
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"Longtime NBA assistant coach and former Mavericks fan favorite Popeye Jones is expected to join Jason Kidds Dallas coaching staff league sources tell @TheSteinLine and @DLLS_Sports which would reunite them after they played together during Kidds first two NBA seasons"  
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"Kyrie Irving's new three-year deal with the Mavericks officially totals $XXXXX million and includes a player option for Year X plus a XX% trade kicker and an advance payment provision for half of each season's salary by Oct. X league sources tell @TheSteinLine and @DLLS_Mavs"  
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"@Gambo987 So grateful for the seal of approval. Now perhaps you can amend yesterdays statement about the advance payment having nothing to do with the holdup since the Suns literally cut Beal a check on July 15th and the buyout was announced on July 16th"  
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"Denver's trade to acquire Jonas Valaninas remains on course to be made official later this week but an Excel Sports official tells @TheSteinLine that the Nuggets have not have guaranteed the second season (26-27) left on Valaninas' deal. He is guaranteed $10.4M in 25-26"  
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"Bradley Beal has cleared waivers sources tell @TheSteinLine and can now sign with the Clippers. League sources reiterated today that Beal zeroed in on the Clippers days ago but waited until July XX to formalize the buyout due to a July XX advance payment in his Suns contract"  
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"As this AMs story explained Jonas Valaninas is expected to play in Denver next season and hes 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"  
![@TheSteinLine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::48488561.png) [@TheSteinLine](/creator/x/TheSteinLine) on [X](/post/tweet/1941957815775478061) 2025-07-06 20:29:57 UTC 1.5M followers, 493K engagements


"And this is my response: As we've reported for a week Beal's buyout HAD to wait until after July 15th. And it did. Section F on Page XX of the NBA's CBA explains this; link provided below so you and Ishbia can read it. The buyout could not happen before July XX because it would have terminated the contract that contained the advance payment clause. Beal's representatives obviously weren't going to let that happen. What Ishbia says for public consumption to either be courteous to a departing player and/or to save face because he had to cut a $13-plus million check on Beal's last day as a Sun ."  
![@TheSteinLine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::48488561.png) [@TheSteinLine](/creator/x/TheSteinLine) on [X](/post/tweet/1946583080568836446) 2025-07-19 14:49:06 UTC 1.5M followers, 179.5K engagements


"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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"Saturday is the first possible day this week that Denver's agreed-to acquisition of Jonas Valaninas can go through @TheSteinLine has learned. It's believed that the Nuggets' trade to send Dario Sari to Sacramento for Valaninas is poised to be completed this weekend"  
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"The Pelicans announce that rookie center Derik Queen is out at least XX weeks after undergoing wrist surgery"  
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"@Gambo987 Link to the NBA CBA . Page XX has the explainer:"  
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"More of the NBA free agency and trade latest from the Las Vegas Summer League from @JakeLFischer and me:"  
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"The Mavericks are installing head video coordinator Max Hooper as new head coach of their @TexasLegends G-League affiliate sources say. Jordan Sears who coached the Legends for two seasons is expected to move back onto Dallas' coaching staff. More:"  
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"Multiple interested teams expect Deandre Ayton to commit to the Lakers after he clears waivers today at X PM ET league sources tell @JakeLFischer and me. More free agency coverage from us:"  
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"The Clippers signing of Bradley Beal left them with one more veteran minimum spot. So they have the roster room and financial ability to reunite with Chris Paul and enable CP3 to play close to his LA base as he has hoped for his 21st NBA season. More:"  
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"If you want to believe that Beal didnt know he was going to the Clippers until yesterday and needed until July 16th your call. If you want to believe that a $XX million advance payment doesnt matter when a player is surrendering $XX million in a buyout your call"  
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"The Clippers can still sign one more player to a veteran minimum deal. Beals commitment to LA (upon clearing waivers) is expected to spark movement in the rest of the veteran guard market for the likes of Chris Paul Russell Westbrook Ben Simmons and Malcolm Brogdon"  
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"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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"It is done at last: Denver has officially traded for Jonas Valaninas in a swap with the Sacramento Kings for Dario ari. More NBA from @JakeLFischer and me:"  
![@TheSteinLine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::48488561.png) [@TheSteinLine](/creator/x/TheSteinLine) on [X](/post/tweet/1944511082862882826) 2025-07-13 21:35:44 UTC 1.5M followers, 180.8K engagements


"The latest hottest and freshest NBA free agency and trade buzz from the scalding Las Vegas Summer League just posted from @JakeLFischer and me: 📸: @Bucks"  
![@TheSteinLine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::48488561.png) [@TheSteinLine](/creator/x/TheSteinLine) on [X](/post/tweet/1944094478458925494) 2025-07-12 18:00:17 UTC 1.5M followers, 185.3K engagements


"Bradley Beal is actively exploring his options with other teams in anticipation of a Suns buyout league sources tell @TheSteinLine. There will be considerable interest in Beal once he becomes an unrestricted free agent. More NBA from me earlier today:"  
![@TheSteinLine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::48488561.png) [@TheSteinLine](/creator/x/TheSteinLine) on [X](/post/tweet/1942010813801246992) 2025-07-07 00:00:33 UTC 1.5M followers, 1.1M engagements


"League sources tell @TheSteinLine that Phoenix also has interest in Smart once he becomes an unrestricted free agent but the expectation is that Smart will choose to join the Lakers as L.A.s third marquee offseason acquisition along with Deandre Ayton and Jake LaRavia"  
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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"  
![@TheSteinLine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::48488561.png) [@TheSteinLine](/creator/x/TheSteinLine) on [X](/post/tweet/1940976601325572105) 2025-07-04 03:30:58 UTC 1.5M followers, 1.1M engagements


"BREAKING: The Wizards and Marcus Smart are nearing a buyout @TheSteinLine has learned and its believed that the Lakers will be strong favorites to sign Smart once he he clears waivers"  
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"With eight years of NBA service time and four years already banked as a Blazer AND because this will be a new contract and not an extension Lillard is eligible for a full no-trade clause. Only the Lakers' LeBron James currently has one"  
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"Larry Nance Jr. is signing with the Cleveland Cavaliers league sources tell @TheSteinLine"  
![@TheSteinLine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::48488561.png) [@TheSteinLine](/creator/x/TheSteinLine) on [X](/post/tweet/1940158421556502754) 2025-07-01 21:19:48 UTC 1.5M followers, 707.3K engagements


"Sunday Best: LOTS of fresh NBA free agency and trade Intel with the league's annual moratorium on signings and trades to be lifted at 12:01 PM ET . including the latest on a tale laden with international intrigue. Full coverage: 📷: @BasketNews_com"  
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"Ex-NBA big man Donta Hall has a new deal with Olympiacos after longstanding interest from the Greek power. @urbodo reports a three-year deal to reunite Hall with former Magic teammate Evan Fournier. Im told Panathinaikos was among the teams to express recent interest in Hall"  
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"We certainly agree on two things: Jake is a monster and Austria is a tremendous vacation spot. You have always been an ace Suns reporter who we have always treated with respect. What we dont like is you telling people a report is wrong when the incorrect info is yours"  
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"Jonas Valaninas is traveling to Greece per numerous reports and hopes to be released from his NBA contract after Denver acquires him Sunday from Sacramento to join Panathinaikos. The Nuggets consolation: They would gain access to their full MLE. More:"  
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"Lakers star Luka Doni made a direct recruiting pitch to Marcus Smart this week that resonated with the veteran guard league sources tell @TheSteinLine after Smart's agent Jason Glushon was granted permission by the Wizards to explore potential post-buyout landing spots"  
![@TheSteinLine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::48488561.png) [@TheSteinLine](/creator/x/TheSteinLine) on [X](/post/tweet/1946684099697004791) 2025-07-19 21:30:31 UTC 1.5M followers, 493.8K engagements


"Im told that for sequencing reasons Denver needed additional time this week for all aspects of its Michael Porter Jr. deal to be finalized before going ahead with the Valaninas acquisition all of which is expected to proceed at last this weekend"  
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"The Mavericks are indeed without warning trading Luka Doni to the Lakers in a three-team deal that will bring Anthony Davis to Dallas two sources close to the talks confirm. More NBA from me:"  
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"You are incorrect. The payment date very much DID matter because the payment scheduled for July X could not be made until after the NBAs new salary cap year started July X. So the payment had to be moved from July X to July XX. And Beal got his buyout on July 16"  
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"@NoahSuns @Gambo987 No Noah. Not right. If the contract was terminated via buyout before July XX Beal cant get his $XX mil advance. If you had a $XX mil payment coming would you forfeit it or wait XX days Especially when the buyout means giving up $XX that no player would want to surrender"  
![@TheSteinLine Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::48488561.png) [@TheSteinLine](/creator/x/TheSteinLine) on [X](/post/tweet/1946586580711285226) 2025-07-19 15:03:01 UTC 1.5M followers, 12.3K engagements