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The NBA's up-to-the-minute latest trade and free agency Intel

It's yet another joint notes-fest from Stein and Fischer

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Back to the Late Night Intel flow ...

We served up a breakfast posting Friday morning (also enclosed here), but there was no waiting until Saturday with this stacked around-the-league notes compilation.

The NBA's latest trade and free agency Intel

The NBA's latest trade and free agency Intel

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Jun 26
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Not with what we've collected from the league's personnel grapevine as Tuesday's official start to free agency at 6 PM ET draws near.

To the latest reporting from the two of us on Jaylen Brown, restricted free agency, Atlanta's acquisition ambitions and more:

There is one team leaguewide, sources say, most frequently described as actively pursuing Boston's Jaylen Brown.

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