Around-the-league notes on a Sunday?

On a Sunday that delivered a rare November trade in the NBA?

You expected anything less?

Let's get right to the Sunday Best notes and a slew of related topics after Oklahoma City made one of its typically proactive moves to counter its early season injury crisis by suddenly swinging a deal to acquire Sacramento's out-of-favor Nique Clifford.

On Oct. 5, Clifford amassed 23 points and nine rebounds in Sacramento's first game of the preseason.

Then he played just 12 minutes in the Kings' second preseason game and gradually seemed to be de-emphasized thereafter.

It wasn't long after that second game, league sources say, that the Kings began receiving trade interest in the swingman selected No. 24 in the 2025 draft.