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The Chicago Bulls will host the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday at United Center. Josh Giddey is questionable on the team’s injury report due to right flexor carpi ulnaris tendinopathy, inflammation of the tendon at the pinky side of the wrist. Here’s everything we know about Giddey’s injury and playing status vs. the Lakers. *Watch […]

The Toronto Raptors have turned heads across the NBA with their recent fourth-quarter lineup decisions. With the league’s tank race heating up, Darko Rajakovic has benched Scottie Barnes, Jakob Poeltl and Immanuel Quickey down the stretch of several tight games. The Raptors head coach explained his top players’ limited fourth-quarter minutes before Wednesday’s Brooklyn Nets […]

The Denver Nuggets will host the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday at Ball Arena. Nikola Jokic was initially doubtful on the team’s injury report due to a left ankle impingement, but now he has been upgraded to questionable. Here’s everything we know about Jokic’s injury and playing status vs. the Bucks. Nikola Jokic injury status vs. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will visit the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday at Ball Arena. Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out for the matchup due to a left foot sprain. Here’s everything we know about Antetokounmpo’s injury and playing status moving forward. Giannis Antetokounmpo ruled out vs. Nuggets due to left foot injury Antetokounmpo popped up on […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will visit the New York Knicks on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. James Harden is questionable on the team’s injury report due to right foot soreness. Here’s everything we know about Harden’s injury and playing status vs. the Knicks. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* James […]

The Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors will face off at Barclays Center on Wednesday in a game with massive draft lottery implications. Following a four-game losing streak, the Nets are tied with the Philadelphia 76ers for fifth place in the lottery standings. Both teams are two games ahead of the Raptors with 10 remaining. A […]

The Golden State Warriors will visit the Miami Heat on Tuesday night at Kaseya Center. Stephen Curry was originally questionable on the team’s injury report due to a left pelvic contusion. Here’s everything we know about Curry’s final injury and playing status vs. the Heat. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save […]

Vince Carter watched his No. 15 Nets jersey rise to the Barclays Center rafters on Jan. 25. A cohort of former New Jersey Nets players, coaches and executives were in attendance. However, one former colleague was missing, and it was arguably the most influential to Carter’s success: Jason Kidd. Kidd could not attend the ceremony […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder will visit the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night at Golden 1 Center. Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams are questionable on the team’s injury report. Holmgren is dealing with a left hip strain, while Williams has a right hip strain. Here’s everything we know about both players’ injuries and playing statuses vs. […]

Anthony Davis appeared unlikely to return to the Dallas Mavericks’ lineup in 2024-25 after Kyrie Irving’s season-ending knee injury. With the star guard’s torn ACL ending any championship hopes, there was little perceived benefit to bringing Davis back. Many viewed it as illogical, given the team could boost its draft lottery odds by holding him […]

The Dallas Mavericks will visit the Brooklyn Nets on Monday at Barclays Center. Anthony Davis was initially upgraded to questionable and is now expected to play after missing 18 games with a left adductor strain, according to NBA insider Marc Stein. “Anthony Davis is expected to play tonight at Brooklyn after an 18-game absence, sources […]

Domantas Sabonis is trending toward a return from an extended absence due to an ankle injury. The Sacramento Kings upgraded the star center to questionable for Monday’s home matchup with the Boston Celtics. Sabonis has missed Sacramento’s previous three games after spraining his ankle during a Mar. 17 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. That game […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves will visit the Indiana Pacers on Monday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Anthony Edwards is questionable on the team’s injury report due to a right thumb laceration. Here’s everything we know about Edwards’ injury and playing status vs. the Pacers. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* Anthony Edwards injury […]

The Brooklyn Nets will be without their starting point guard when they host the Dallas Mavericks on Monday. D’Angelo Russell has been ruled out for the matchup due to right ankle soreness. It will mark Russell’s second consecutive absence after he missed Saturday’s 108-103 loss to the Indiana Pacers. The veteran floor general missed five […]

The NBA fined Brooklyn Nets forward Trendon Watford and Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner $35,000 each for a fight during Thursday’s game. Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard was also involved in the altercation and fined $20,000. The fight broke out during the fourth quarter of Thursday’s 105-99 Pacers overtime win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. With the Nets […]

The Brooklyn Nets will be without two starters during their rematch with the Indiana Pacers on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. D’Angelo Russell and Ziaire Williams will be sidelined for the matchup. Russell is dealing with right ankle soreness, while Williams has right hamstring tightness. Russell missed five games due to a right ankle sprain in […]

The Denver Nuggets will visit the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday at Moda Center. Nikola Jokic has been ruled out for the matchup with a left ankle impingement, while Jamal Murray is questionable with a right ankle sprain. Here’s everything we know about both players’ injuries and playing statuses vs. the Trail Blazers. *Watch NBA […]

It took a heated altercation to wake up the Indiana Pacers during Thursday’s matchup with the Brooklyn Nets. With the Nets leading 84-79 with 4:48 remaining, Trendon Watford shoved Andrew Nembhard after a Pacers bucket. Myles Turner came to his teammate’s defense, initiating a bench-clearing scuffle, during which Brooklyn head coach Jordi Fernandez got bumped […]

The Indiana Pacers will host the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Tyrese Haliburton is questionable on the team’s injury report due to lower back soreness. Here’s everything we know about Haliburton’s injury and playing status vs. the Nets. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* Tyrese Haliburton injury status […]

As the 2024-25 NBA campaign winds down, the Brooklyn Nets are cemented in a tank race. The rebuilding squad is tied with the Philadelphia 76ers for fifth place in the draft lottery standings and one game ahead of the Toronto Raptors with 13 remaining. As the battle for draft positioning heats up, the Nets are […]

It’s been over a decade since a draft has held as much stake for the Brooklyn Nets as next June’s. After trading Mikal Bridges and pivoting to a rebuild this summer, general manager Sean Marks paid a steep price to reacquire his 2025 and 2026 first-round picks from the Houston Rockets. Many Nets fans have […]

Josh Giddey saw his injury status upgraded on the Chicago Bulls’ injury report ahead of Wednesday night’s road game against the Phoenix Suns, suggesting that he was nearing a return from an ankle injury. The Bulls have since announced that Giddey will play after missing each of the last three games with this ankle sprain. […]

The Denver Nuggets will visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are questionable on the team’s injury report. Jokic is tending to a right elbow contusion and a left ankle impingement, while Murray has a right ankle sprain. Here’s everything we know about both players’ injuries and […]

The Boston Celtics will host the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum was initially questionable on the team’s injury report due to right knee tendinopathy. Here’s everything we know about Tatum’s injury and playing status vs. the Nets. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* Jayson Tatum injury […]

Maxwell Lewis’ Brooklyn Nets debut was over before it even began. After joining the team in a Dec. 29 trade from the Los Angeles Lakers, the 22-year-old fractured his tibia in the opening minute of a Jan. 1 matchup with the Toronto Raptors. Two months later, he’s back on the court and making a strong […]

The New Orleans Pelicans will host the Detroit Pistons on Monday at Smoothie King Center. Zion Williamson is questionable on the team’s status report due to personal reasons. Here’s everything we know about Williamson’s playing status versus the Pistons. Zion Williamson playing status vs. Pistons Williamson missed Saturday’s 119-115 loss to the San Antonio Spurs […]

The Chicago Bulls will visit the Utah Jazz on Monday at Delta Center. Josh Giddey is doubtful on the team’s injury report due to a right ankle sprain. Here’s everything we know about Giddey’s injury and playing status vs. the Jazz. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* Josh Giddey injury […]

Cam Thomas’ season ended abruptly on Thursday after he suffered his third hamstring strain of the 2024-25 campaign. All eyes now shift to the Brooklyn Nets guard’s upcoming restricted free agency. Speaking for the first time since his season-ending injury, Thomas said he wants to re-sign with Brooklyn. “I feel like I built a lot […]

The Brooklyn Nets will have a severe ball-handling deficit during Sunday’s matchup with the Atlanta Hawks. With Cam Thomas sidelined by a hamstring injury, the team ruled out starting point guard D’Angelo Russell due to right ankle injury management. Brooklyn will be on the second night of a back-to-back after Saturday’s 115-113 loss to the […]

The Brooklyn Nets have been a thorn in the side of the NBA’s top teams at various points throughout the season. That remained the case when the Boston Celtics visited Barclays Center on Saturday night. Playing without Cam Thomas, Nic Claxton, Trendon Watford and Noah Clowney, Brooklyn fell behind by 21 points against a Celtics […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas is expected to miss the remainder of the season due to a left hamstring strain, the team announced Saturday. Thomas sustained the injury on the final play of Thursday’s 116-110 loss to the Chicago Bulls. It marks his third left hamstring strain of 2024-25. The fourth-year guard appeared in just […]

The Memphis Grizzlies will host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday at FedEx Forum. Jaren Jackson Jr. is questionable on the team’s injury report due to a left ankle sprain. Here’s everything we know about Jackson Jr.’s injury and playing status vs. the Cavs. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* Jaren […]

The Denver Nuggets will host the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday at Ball Arena. Aaron Gordon is questionable on the team’s injury report due to right calf injury management and a left ankle sprain. Here’s everything we know about Gordon’s injuries and playing status vs. the Lakers. Aaron Gordon injury status vs. Lakers Gordon exited […]

Ben Simmons is trending toward a return from an extended absence. The Los Angeles Clippers upgraded the point guard to questionable for Friday’s matchup with the Atlanta Hawks after he missed the last seven games due to a left knee injury. Simmons injured his knee during a Feb. 28 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. […]

The Boston Celtics will visit the Miami Heat on Friday at Kaseya Center. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are questionable on the team’s injury report. Tatum is dealing with right knee tendinopathy, while Brown is tending to a right knee posterior impingement. Here’s everything we know about Tatum and Brown’s injuries and playing statuses vs. […]

The fourth quarter has been the Brooklyn Nets’ kryptonite lately. Thursday’s road matchup with the Chicago Bulls was no different. Jordi Fernandez’s squad led 92-82 at the start of the final frame but coughed up a 25-9 run over the next nine minutes en route to a 116-110 loss. The Nets shot 8-of-27 (29.6 percent) […]

Noah Clowney has battled ankle injuries throughout his second NBA season. Those struggles persisted following his return from a recent six-week absence. The Brooklyn Nets forward will be sidelined for Thursday’s matchup with the Chicago Bulls after spraining his right ankle during Tuesday’s 109-104 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers The game marked Clowney’s third back […]

Domantas Sabonis is trending toward a return from an extended absence due to a hamstring injury. The Sacramento Kings upgraded the star center to questionable for Thursday’s road matchup with the Golden State Warriors. Sabonis has missed the Kings’ last five games but was a full participant in practice on Wednesday. His return to the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday at Fiserv Forum. Luka Doncic is questionable on the team’s injury report due to right ankle soreness. Here’s everything we know about Doncic’s injury and playing status vs. the Bucks. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* Luka Doncic injury […]