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the gazette
League wire · updated November 9, 2026

Around The League

Week 3 is final. 26 Points. Class Dismissed. Eleven written stories cover all fourteen teams, JUST BALL receipts, actual transactions, owner-mapped news and November 9–15 matchups. Read the new Gazette →

November 9 · Week 3

11 stories · full edition →
The Gavel
John brought a syllabus. Mike brought the dismissal slip.
Hoops 1315, Professors 1289
Harlan Hott
The Luka liquidation sale has been cancelled for excessive winning.
NYC 1392, Jamel 1073
The Wire
Monday check: the injury flag is part of your lineup.
Dated NBA and ESPN sources

Final totals, current rosters, chat receipts and availability checked November 9. Gazette and First Rate Take are separately authored productions. Listen to the independent Week 3 First Rate Take show →

November 2 · Week 2

11 stories · full edition →
The Gavel
Wemby brought 245. TONE brought the wrong opponent.
Hoops 1355, MuTONEbo 1298
The Gavel
Janise requests immunity from a newspaper. Motion denied.
Actual league banter
The Wire
Holmgren, Morant and Flemings: the report, the owner and the next lineup.
Dated NBA sources

Final weekly totals, current rosters, transactions and availability checked November 2. The written Gazette and First Rate Take are separate productions. Listen to the independent Week 2 First Rate Take show →

October 26 · Week 1

15 stories · full edition →
The Broker
Lateef wants three “decent” players for Luka. The adjective is doing a lot of work.
Actual chat asking price
Harlan Hott
Dwayne hired Jokic. Ty Jerome is running the company.
Glass Factory 1278
The Wire
Williams, Suggs, Banchero and the difference between a report and a group-chat diagnosis.
Current injury reporting

Scores, roster moves and available players checked October 26. NBA sources appear beside the stories. Draft-night issue and all 182 picks → · Listen to the separate First Rate Take show →

September · The Receipts Are Back

15 posts · full edition →
Harlan Hott
John's first-pick declarations meet ESPN's draft board.
Draft debate
The Wire
Phoenix's rotation, a rising draft price, and the Knicks' camp list: three things to watch before October 18.
Watchlist
The Broker
An update to July's Kawhi file, the NBA's penalty paperwork, and John's separate-league proposal.
Read the terms

The September issue links ESPN, official NBA releases, and NBC Sports / Rotoworld beside the relevant posts. League chat and fantasy opinions are labeled. Read the August 22 issue for the prior news cycle.

Archive · July 26, 2026

The remaining news cards preserve the July snapshot. Pending transactions and projections below describe that date, not the current roster. See the September issue above for the Kawhi update.

The Two That Redraw The Board

verified · two+ sources each
Blockbuster
Giannis Antetokounmpo traded to Miami — Bucks get Herro, Jaquez, Ware and Jakučionis; Heat also land Bobby Portis
Draft pool
Free agency
LeBron James leaves the Lakers after eight seasons, signs with Philadelphia for a fraction of his $52.7M salary
Draft pool
Blockbuster
Celtics send Jaylen Brown to Philadelphia for Paul George, two firsts and two seconds
Draft pool
Roster math
The Sixers now run Embiid · Brown · Maxey · LeBron · Edgecombe · Simons — one basketball, six mouths
All 14 beware

Stars In New Uniforms

Trade
Kawhi Leonard to Toronto; Clippers get Brandon Ingram plus picks — reportedly on hold pending an NBA investigation
Unsettled
Trade
Ja Morant to Portland for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray — reportedly with no draft compensation attached
Draft pool
Trade
LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to Minnesota; Naz Reid goes back the other way to Charlotte
Draft pool
Trade
Julius Randle to Brooklyn in a three-teamer that sends Nic Claxton to Chicago
Draft pool
Trade
Miles Bridges to Phoenix for Grayson Allen and Royce O'Neale — plus an unprotected first
Draft pool
Trade
Anthony Davis lands in Washington next to Alex Sarr — and the Wizards say they're shunning offers for him
Draft pool
Trade
Walker Kessler to the Lakers for two unprotected firsts and swaps; signs 4yr / $130M
Draft pool
Trade
Deandre Ayton to Washington after one season in LA — now third in line behind Davis and Sarr
Fade

Money That Tells You The Role

Extension
Trae Young re-ups with Washington: four years, $212M. The offense is his
Draft pool
Extension
Victor Wembanyama signs the rookie max in San Antonio
Top-3 pick
Read the settings
Tari Eason — 5yr / $81.5M in Houston. Steals and blocks pay four apiece in this league
Sleeper
Signings
Reaves (LAL, 4yr) · Coby White (CHA, 3yr) · Wiggins (MIA, 3yr) · Porziņģis (GSW, 2yr) · Dosunmu (MIN, 4yr) · Nurkić (UTA, 2yr)
Draft pool
Signings
Norman Powell (CHI, 2yr/$45M) · John Collins (DET, 3yr/$51M) · Mitchell Robinson (BOS, 3yr/$47M) · Queta (BOS, 4yr/$56M) · Drummond (NYK)
Draft pool
Waived
DeMar DeRozan cut loose at 36 — still unsigned, and where he lands decides whether he's startable
Free agent
Unsigned
Bennedict Mathurin drawing sign-and-trade interest; the Clippers want him back
Free agent

The Rookies — 2026 Draft, Top 15

No. 1
AJ Dybantsa (BYU) → Washington — where he lands next to Trae Young and Anthony Davis
Draft pool
2–3
Darryn Peterson (Kansas) → Utah · Cameron Boozer (Duke) → Memphis
Draft pool
4–7
Caleb Wilson (UNC) → Chicago · Keaton Wagler (Illinois) → Clippers · Mikel Brown (Louisville) → Brooklyn · Darius Acuff (Arkansas) → Sacramento
Draft pool
8–11
Kingston Flemings → Atlanta · Morez Johnson → Dallas · Brayden Burries → Milwaukee · Yaxel Lendeborg → Golden State
Draft pool
12–15
Aday Mara → OKC · Nate Ament → Milwaukee · Hannes Steinbach → Charlotte · Dailyn Swain → Chicago
Draft pool
Rebuild
Milwaukee took two first-rounders — 10 and 13. That's the whole post-Giannis plan in one line
Fade the Bucks

Opportunity Watch — Jobs Just Handed Out

the draft-day edge
Riser
Walker Kessler (LAL) — nobody behind him at center. Projected north of 15 / 10 / 2 blk, top-50 range
Target
Riser
Derrick White (BOS) — usage up 4.0 points to 23.5%. He's averaged 18.1 / 4.2 / 5.5 in 50 games without Brown since '21–22
Target
Riser
Naz Reid (CHA) — a starter at last. 18.5 / 8.5 in his 30-plus minute games
Target
Riser
Day'Ron Sharpe (BKN) — five years a backup, now the starting five. Career 1.23 fantasy pts per minute, 38th overall
Sleeper
Riser
Keegan Murray (SAC) — DeRozan's touches are lying on the floor. ADP around 110–120
Value
Riser
Brandon Ingram (LAC) — inherits Kawhi's shot diet, next to Darius Garland (who came over in the Harden deal)
Target
Faller
VJ Edgecombe and Anfernee Simons (PHI) — LeBron and Jaylen Brown just ate their runway
Fade
Faller
Kevin Porter Jr. (MIL) — Herro plus two rookies in front of him
Fade
Faller
RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley (TOR) — if the Kawhi trade clears, both slide down the pecking order
Fade
Faller
Tobias Harris (SAS) — starting, sure, but Wemby and Castle eat first
Fade

The Early Board — Points Format

our exact scoring
Top 10
ESPN's way-too-early H2H points top ten: 1. Jokić 2. Wembanyama 3. Gilgeous-Alexander 4. Dončić 5. Maxey 6. Cunningham 7. Giannis 8. Jalen Johnson 9. Mitchell 10. Anthony Edwards
Same format as us
No. 11
Cooper Flagg ranks 11th on that points board — meaning he can plausibly still be sitting there at the tenth pick
Professors, pick 10
Second board
NBA.com's early first round (Titus): Jokić, Wembanyama, SGA, Dončić, Cunningham, Maxey, Jalen Johnson, Edwards, Tatum, Giannis — Flagg does not appear
Sources disagree
⚠ Stale
Both boards list Giannis as a Buck. They were published before the Miami trade — discount every printed ranking accordingly
Read carefully

League Business

New mgr
Gimmie The Loot joins Omega — a rookie manager makes his debut
On Point
Roster
Greek Freak re-joins — Aris Karapidakis and Dan Dapelo co-govern the returning franchise
Back
New rule
The league votes to allow draft-pick trading for the first time — picks are now tradeable assets, before the season and during it
Approved
Storyline
Can anyone stop Astoria Hoops from a third straight 16–4 — and will it finally count for something?
Petridis
Title defense
Reigning champ Jamel tries to prove worst-to-first wasn't a fluke
Wilkins
On the clock
Sunday Oct 18, 6:15pm — snake draft, fourteen chairs. Season tips Tuesday Oct 20
All 14
Draft order
Order set for Oct 18 — 1 Glass Factory · 2 Brooklyn MuTONEbo · 3 Greek Freak · 4 NYC Above The Rim · 5 Brooklyn Kings · 6 Pulling From Deep · 7 Jermaine's Finest · 8 Jamel's Scary Team · 9 Antonios's Angry Team · 10 Astoria Professors · 11 Gimmie The Loot · 12 Astoria Hoops · 13 Hiawatha's Heated · 14 The Babycakes
Full board
Stakes
Buy-in set at $325 a manager — the pot fourteen teams spend the winter chasing
$325 ea

How this feed works. Every headline above was pulled from live reporting on July 26, 2026 and cross-checked before it printed. Two items died in verification — including a widely repeated line that Tyler Herro went to Milwaukee to play alongside Giannis. He did not. He went to Milwaukee in the trade that sent Giannis away. Once the Oct 18 draft is in the books, the owner tag on the right goes live: which manager rosters that player, or "Free agent" if he's sitting there for the taking.