Monday Best: The latest NBA free agency, trade and roster talk with training camp almost here

For five teams, in fact, training camp IS here

MANCHESTER, England — Around-the-league NBA notes on a Monday?

Written on the train from London to Manchester after attending a wild 1-1 draw at the Emirates between City and Arsenal?

That's me on the left in the hat and laser blue City jacket at the Emirates, feverishly tapping pre-match notes and thoughts into one of my phones, as captured by my pal @thegingerwig.

Monday Best notes to tip off a week that features five NBA teams — New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Phoenix and New Orleans — holding their first training camp practices ahead of the rest of the league because their first preseason games are abroad?

As it should be!

To the latest from my notebook on Jonathan Kuminga and the Warriors' roster machinations, some interesting Wizards chatter, updates from Dallas and more:

A few newsy items to bear in mind as the Kuminga restricted free agency saga drags past the first day of Fall: