Marc Stein

Not sure @kobebryant collectors will get too excited about this one ... but there’s pretty much nothing I’d rather show 10-year-old me if I had a time machine. You are too much, @PaniniAmerica!!!

Outgoing City boss Pep Guardiola gets a congratulatory message from Michael Jordan at a celebratory parade today in Manchester ... after two more trophies took his haul to 20 in 10 seasons. PS -- The same building will host Victor Wembanyama and Spurs vs. Pelicans next January.

Bob Myers conducted meetings for the Sixers’ first phase of their lead executive search while out in Los Angeles. Sources say the final step in this process will be select candidates interviewing with Joshua Harris’ ownership group in person. More below: tinyurl.com/enxyn49d

The Monday Best notes are LIVE with the latest around-the-league Intel from an offseason that's heating up. Full coverage: tinyurl.com/enxyn49d

🚨LIVE After SAS vs. OKC🚨 @Adam_Mares and @TheSteinLine breaking down: ▫️Is this the Knicks year?? ▫️Draft Lottery reform proposal ▫️Stakes for the Cavaliers Join us to talk some hoops!! 🔗youtube.com/watch?v=k0d8zi…

Chet Holmgren's extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder did NOT include All-NBA escalators. So, Holmgren's contract will stay at 25% of the cap, despite him being named to the All-NBA Third Team. Holmgren's extension projects to be $239.3M over five years.

By making All-NBA, Jalen Duren is now eligible to sign a five-year max deal with the Detroit Pistons worth a projected $287.1M (30% of the cap): 26-27: $49.5M 27-28: $53.5M 28-29: $57.4M 29-30: $61.4M 30-31: $65.3M Duren's max with the Pistons was previously 5/$239.3M Max with another team is 4/$177.4M

All-NBA second and third teams:

Here are the All-NBA point totals from 100 voters via the league office:

Luka Dončić and Cade Cunningham join Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić and Victor Wembanyama on the All-NBA first team:

Cavs have been outscored in almost every hustle stat this postseason. -123 in fast break points -72 in points off turnovers +4 in second chance points

Ten consecutive wins for Jalen Brunson and the Knicks since those two one-point losses in a row to Atlanta in Round 1. The NBA Finals start June 3 and New York can clinch its first Finals trip since 1999 on Monday with one more win in Cleveland ... and a bonus eight-day rest.

33rd overall pick ...

The Mavericks have 31 days to decide who they’ll take with the No. 9 pick in this year’s NBA Draft! Who should they take? Burries? Brown? Flemings? Philon? NBA Draft analyst @Sam_Vecenie joined the show to break down his Mavs draft thoughts! 📺: youtu.be/dy4yNLv44O0?si…

Join J.A. Adande & Howard Beck for a FREE LIVE WEBINAR on building a career in modern sports media. 📅 May 25 ⏰ 1PM ET / 10AM PT 🎙️ Career advice 📱 Sports media insights 🏀 Live Q&A + more Register Link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #SportsBusiness #NBA #SportsMedia

Full coverage of the Portland coaching search AND Jeff Van Gundy’s candidacy in Orlando on top of the Trail Blazers’ interest in Tyronn Lue’s defensive coordinator with the Clippers: tinyurl.com/mr2ht5ed And thanks to Jason for the tweet below!

There’s a lot to untangle about the Blazers’ winding process here. Sources say that Celtics assistant coach Tyler Lashbrook has also advanced to an in-person interview with Portland for the team’s head coaching vacancy. More inside: tinyurl.com/mr2ht5ed

A big show starts soon from the downtown @DLLS_Sports studios with @KevinGraySports back in the host chair and a visit from ESPN’s @BobbyMarks42. Join us on YouTube! Details ⬇️

Portland has one of four current coaching vacancies in the NBA and there is some candidate overlap with Orlando in particular and possibly Chicago. The other vacancy is in Dallas. Full coverage here: tinyurl.com/mr2ht5ed

Story just went live: An in-depth look at the Portland Trail Blazers' coaching search. Full coverage: tinyurl.com/mr2ht5ed