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Sunday Best: All of the NBA's latest personnel matters, coaching chatter and roster-building rumbles

The usual around-the-league notes compilation on a day made for reading

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May 04, 2025
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LOS ANGELES — Around-the-league NBA notes on a Sunday?

At the end of a wildly newsy week in the NBA?

As it should be!

The People's Insider Jake Fischer and I have joined forces again to deliver the latest from our notebooks on the Lakers, Magic, Suns, Hawks and more.

To the Intel …

Luka Dončić is not extension-eligible with the Lakers until Aug. 2, but an illustration of the level of collaboration between the Dončić camp and his new team that is already underway unexpectedly emerged Saturday.

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