Brakes or wheel bearing?

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Vehicle: 2019 Chevy Malibu LT

Under partial braking I get a groaning noise. When I come to a completely stop I hear a clunk. Coming from drivers front. No idea how long it's been going on because I usually listen to music. But I did notice some odd less loud noises a couple months ago. I could also feel the wheel wobbling on my way home from a store half a mile away tonight.
Google is going the wheel bearing route and I can't get my car into my mechanic to diagnose until Monday. Any ideas? I'm leaning towards wheel bearing.

Secondary question would be: Would you guys personally pay 189 dollars for an AC Delco unit or go with SKF for 99 bucks?
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I’ve given up trying to figure out what wheel bearings are best anymore, so I buy based off of weight lol. My latest purchase yielded a GSP bearing weighing 8lbs, skf was 7.09 and BCA is 7.69. Detroit axle for comparison isn’t even 5lbs. I’m truly going with “you get what you pay for”. TBD if this theory plays out to my benefit.
 
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