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One more time for the Sunday Best around-the-league NBA notes co-scribed with Jake Fischer: tinyurl.com/4338hurk

Plenty of info on Milwaukee, Phoenix, Denver, Atlanta, Sacramento and more:

On the Haynes Briefs show, inside the most overwhelming month of Damian Lillard's career. Subscribe. #haynesbriefs youtube.com/watch?v=Jyvp3p…

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Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard has suffered a torn Achilles, league sources tell me.

It would seem today's column which assessed the NBA's Club of Considerable Woe was wise to include Miami ... as the Heat began the final quarter of a Game 4 at home to keep the season going down by (gulp) 48 to Cleveland. This Week In Basketball is back: tinyurl.com/27y9h73f

Cavaliers stretch lead to 59. Pat Riley's annual end-of-season news conference is going to be -- how do the kids say it? -- ABSOLUTE CINEMA.

Heat are the first team in NBA history to lose back-to-back playoff games by 30 or more points. They played both games at home. 37-point loss in Game 3, 55-point loss in Game 4.

The NBA, more and more, is talking about international formats for its All-Star Game — possibly even USA vs. Rest of the World — citing the 2026 edition in LA moving to NBC in the middle of the Winter Olympics as one of the factors. ESPN summary: africa.espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

It also appears that the 2026 NBA All-Star Game at Intuit Dome will be played in the afternoon rather than its usual evening slot so as not to conflict with Winter Olympics coverage. More NBA from me: marcstein.substack.com

BREAKING: Marc Stein has learned that two-time MVP Steve Nash is joining Amazon Prime's NBA studio and game coverage starting next season. Full story: marcstein.substack.com/p/sources-hall…

Steve Nash recently began podcasting alongside LeBron James and will now expand his basketball broadcasting profile by joining Taylor Rooks, Dirk Nowitzki and Blake Griffin on Amazon's NBA coverage team starting next season. Full story from Marc Stein: tinyurl.com/6a9sbdn3

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Now I have to carry this guy again like i did over 25 years ago…

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I’m told an emerging option in Phoenix, rather than a splashy hire outside hire, is promoting VP of player programming Brian Gregory to a more prominent front office role. Gregory already has a significant voice in Suns draft strategy and is highly regarded by owner Mat Ishbia.

Revamping his front office from within, rather than dragging out a Bob Myers pursuit, accelerates Ishbia’s stated first step. Then Phoenix can ramp up its coach search. As Jake Fischer and I wrote Sunday, TBD what Suns role James Jones retains. More: tinyurl.com/4338hurk

Twenty-seven and twenty-one for No. 27 Rudy Gobert. With 5:36 still to play in LA.

LeBron James says that playing alongside his son Bronny ranks as the “No. 1” accomplishment on his career scorecard. “For sure,” James said at tonight’s postgame press conference. More NBA from me: marcstein.substack.com