Around-the-league NBA notes on a Sunday?
On a Sunday night?
On one of the last two Sundays before the 2026-27 NBA regular season begins?
As it should be!
With only a week and change remaining before the Oct. 20 tripleheader that officially raises the curtain on the new season, we’ve got a double-bylined compilation of the latest Late Night NBA Intel covering a significant twist in the rookie scale extension landscape, pressing Knicks and Sixers matters and more.
Allow us to first point you to Thursday’s piece on the return of the mutual option in the NBA after a 25-year absence. Golden State’s Brandin Podziemski landed the fifth mutual option of the offseason in the contract extension he scored Saturday.
Without further delay let’s proceed to the notes we’ve assembled via conversations with sources throughout the NBA’s player, coach, team executive and agent communities:
Last week we identified four members of the NBA Draft’s Class of 2023 most likely to score rookie scale contract extensions before the looming deadline of 6 PM ET on Oct. 19.
Recent events have necessitated two urgent updates to that list.
