Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 7/1/18

- Free Agency Deal Tracking/Grading/Analysis:

From Gerald Bourguet, Hoops Habit:  https://hoopshabit.com/2018/06/30/2018-nba-free-agency-tracker-grades-every-deal-far/

From Kevin Pelton, ESPN:  http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23958184/nba-free-agency-best-worst-surprising-moves

From Olgun Uluc, Fox Sports:  https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/nba/nba-free-agency-every-deal-graded-and-analysed/news-story/f7820a1c7a68aa0bfb3f7be30bacc0af

From Marc Stein/Benjamin Hoffman, NY Times:  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/sports/nba-free-agency-lebron-james-updates.html

From Tim Bontemps, Washington Post:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2018/07/01/assessing-all-of-the-madness-from-the-opening-hours-of-nba-free-agency/

- The Warriors Have Already Won Free Agency  (from Brad Botkin, CBS Sports):

Read it here:  https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/the-warriors-have-already-won-free-agency-lakers-strike-out-on-paul-george-rockets-lose-ariza/

From Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/01/nba-free-agency-2018-kevin-durant-contract-chris-paul-news-updates-reports-golden-state-warriors-targets-interested/

- Denver & OKC Highlight First Night Of Free Agency (from Jeff Siegel, Early Bird Rights):

Read it here:  https://earlybirdrights.com/2018/07/01/denver-and-oklahoma-city-highlight-the-first-night-of-free-agency/

- How OKC's Wild PG-13 Gamble Paid Off (from Royce Young, SPN):

Read it here:  http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23958937/paul-george-return-oklahoma-city-thunder-franchise-changing-win-nba

From Berry Tramel, newsok.com:  https://newsok.com/article/5599963/georges-contract-length-keeps-thunder-elite

- Sunday Basketball Notes (from Gary Washburn, Boston Globe):

Read it here:  https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2018/06/30/lebron-james-and-league-wide-effect-his-free-agency/twLw6O2QSbpmgGhTpT2LvL/story.html

- Wolves' Free Agency Primer (from Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic):

Read it here:  https://theathletic.com/413622/2018/06/30/wolves-free-agency-primer-target-timeline-andrew-wiggins-tom-thibodeau-karl-anthony-towns/

- Summer League Rule Experiments Include Coaches' Challenge (from Associated Press):

Read it here:  http://www.tampabay.com/nba-adding-challenge-the-call-option-to-summer-league-games-ap_sports782bc1f13c344d32ba6fff8388e875e9