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LOS ANGELES – After a solid run at backup point guard and his first career start, the Los Angeles Lakers made the decision to assign Bronny James to the G League with South Bay. James is no stranger to the G League having spent a good portion of his rookie season with South Bay. James’ […]

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro is about to make his first appearance on the court in the 2025-26 NBA season, with Shams Charania of ESPN reporting that the former Kentucky Wildcats star is set to make his much-awaited return to action this Monday versus the Dallas Mavericks at the Kaseya Center in Miami. “Miami Heat […]

SAN FRANCISCO– The Golden State Warriors have caught the bit of the injury bug right as they start their important extended homestand. Veteran center Al Horford, who left midway through the narrow loss to the Portland Trail Blazers with a right hamstring injury, will miss at least the next three games with a sciatic-related injury, […]

PHOENIX– One of the Phoenix Suns’ main defensive pieces in Ryan Dunn, will miss Sunday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to a right wrist sprain. Dunn picked up the injury during Friday’s thriller against the Minnesota Timberwolves after he attempted to dunk over Rudy Gobert. It nearly took the roof off the Mortgage […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault set the record straight on whether his team’s success and depth delay specific timetables for his players’ return from injuries. As the defending champion Thunder entered Sunday’s matchup with a list of injuries, including All-Star Jalen Williams, Aaron Wiggins, and Kenrich Williams, on an eight-game […]

Get the Three Six Mafia mix ready. Something worth sampling is finally brewing on Beale Street, even as the Memphis Grizzlies navigate some early-season absences. After stumbling to a 4-11 record, Tuomas Iisalo has strung together back-to-back victories while developing something that can’t be drawn up on a whiteboard: attitude. Not recklessness. Not immaturity. Just […]

Whether the Washington Wizards (1-15) get crushed or fall in a heartbreaker, they keep finding ways to lose this season. However, second-year wing Kyshawn George once again showed why he’s one of the most important pieces of their rebuild in Saturday’s 121-120 loss to the Chicago Bulls (9-7), per Wizards PR. “Kyshawn George is the […]

The NBA fined Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks $35,000 after the league ruled that he confronted and used inappropriate language toward game officials following Phoenix’s 114–113 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, at Mortgage Matchup Center. The league’s Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations, James Jones, formally announced the penalty. The incident […]

On Sunday, the Los Angeles Clippers will hit the road to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers, looking to build off Saturday’s road win against the Charlotte Hornets. The Clippers have been without Kawhi Leonard for the last few weeks due to an injury; however, there was hope that Leonard would be able to return on […]

While former Miami Heat veteran Udonis Haslem mentors second-year center Kel’el Ware, he’s telling revealing stories about head coach Erik Spoelstra while facing Hall of Fame forward Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks. Nowitzki, now a fellow co-worker to Haslem on the NBA on Prime Video broadcast, remembered who was late to contend his game-winning […]

In the wake of Chris Paul’s retirement announcement from the LA Clippers, Jason Kidd offered a heartfelt tribute to one of basketball’s most cerebral floor generals. Speaking with ClutchPoints just hours before the Dallas Mavericks got dealt a low blow by Ja Morant’s trash-talking Memphis Grizzlies, Kidd’s reflections underscore what the NBA loses when one […]

The Houston Rockets have two highly anticipated games on the schedule coming up, but Kevin Durant will not be playing against two of his former teams. Durant will miss Monday’s game against the Phoenix Suns and Wednesday’s NBA Cup game against the Golden State Warriors as he attends to a family matter, according to ESPN’s […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are signing former first-round pick Kobe Bufkin via a 10-day hardship exception, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The move comes as the Grizzlies battle injuries to numerous key contributors — including Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., Scotty Pippen Jr., Brandon Clarke and Ty Jerome — amid a 6-11 start. The Atlanta Hawks […]

The Detroit Pistons are off to a strong start to the NBA season. An NBA insider and former player is teasing that the Pistons have interest in trading for a big name, to bolster the club. Kendrick Perkins says that Detroit wants to trade for Anthony Davis, per a Hoops Hype report. “My sources are […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been living life without Trae Young for the month of November, and other players have had to step up in his absence. Jalen Johnson has answered the call and was rewarded with Eastern Conference Player of the Week recently, but this week, someone else picked up the phone: Nickeil Alexander-Walker. In […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers will host the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night. Darius Garland is not listed on the injury report for the first time since Nov. 7, meaning he will play in his second straight game since returning from a reaggravated left great toe injury on Friday. Several other Cavs will not be available […]

As Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis continues to get injury updates, he’s also currently in the midst of a plethora of rumors surrounding him regarding being traded this season. While the rumors around Davis will continue, one team that could check in on his status is the New York Knicks. In SNY’s Ian Begley and […]

On Sunday night, the Atlanta Hawks will hit the floor at home to take on the Charlotte Hornets for the first time this season. Both teams will be on the second night of a back to back in this one, and for Atlanta, the injury report is a rather crowded one, with names like Kristaps […]

The Sacramento Kings have not had a particularly strong start to the new campaign. The front office could look to move key players ahead of the trade deadline, but it does not appear as though Domantas Sabonis will be leaving any time soon. According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, it is unlikely that Sabonis will […]

As the Miami Heat deal with a plethora of injuries, one update that is sure to excite any fan is the incoming return of star Tyler Herro, who has missed the start of the season thus far. After the Heat star in Herro returned to practice last week, he set a timeline of about a […]

Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine made a strong offseason push to convince the Kings to pursue a trade for Atlanta star Trae Young, according to NBA insider Marc Stein. The attempt never gained real traction. But it added another layer to Sacramento’s ongoing search for long-term direction during a season defined by frustration and uncertainty. […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s bench production helped complete an 18-point comeback while improving to 16-1 in a 144-112 NBA Cup win against the Utah Jazz. After a 30-2 run, the Thunder’s bench scoring production reached a historic 71 points, which is the second-highest in franchise history. Jaylin Williams’ 15 points off a career-high five threes set […]

The Portland Trail Blazers recently picked up a nice road win over the Golden State Warriors, helping shake off some of the bad vibes of their recent losing ways. The Blazers now sit at 7-9 on the young 2025-26 season, about where most pundits thought they would be at this juncture of the campaign. Up […]

It’s been a disastrous season thus far for the Sacramento Kings, but they did pick up one of the most surprising wins of the 2025-26 NBA campaign on Saturday night when they went on the road and knocked off the Denver Nuggets. Still, that likely won’t change anyone’s long-term view of the Kings, who have […]

On Saturday evening, the Memphis Grizzlies picked up a narrow road win over the Dallas Mavericks to push their record to 6-11 on the young 2025-26 NBA season. The Grizzlies did it without point guard Ja Morant, who sat this game out due to injury but was still in attendance on the bench. At one […]

Philadelphia 76ers rookie guard VJ Edgecombe is set to miss his first game of the season, against the Miami Heat, due to a knee injury. Edgecombe had appeared on the 76ers’ injury report earlier this season, but he ultimately didn’t need to miss any games. But as VJ Edgecombe is now ruled out on the […]

After the Denver Nuggets lost to the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, 128-123, there was still concern regarding the injury to Aaron Gordon in the game prior. With Gordon leaving in the Nuggets’ NBA Cup group play matchup against the Houston Rockets, there is now a timeline of how much time the two-way player will miss. […]

The new NBA season is just over a month old, and there is already trade chatter regarding Sacramento Kings All-Star Zach LaVine. According to insider Jake Fischer, while the Golden State Warriors were interested in LaVine before acquiring Jimmy Butler last season, they are not currently expected to pursue the Sacramento guard again. “Establishing a […]

The Detroit Pistons have surged into the Eastern Conference picture with a start that has stunned the league, yet their early rise has done little to accelerate the possibility of a major trade for Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen. The forward is widely viewed as a dream target for Detroit. But multiple obstacles stand in […]

The Detroit Pistons got a major boost Saturday night as shooting guard Jaden Ivey made his highly-anticipated regular season debut. He made a useful impact in his first game back, a 129-116 Pistons victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. This win marks the team’s 12th straight for Detroit, adding to their 14-2 record as the current […]

The San Antonio Spurs started the regular season without De’Aaron Fox for eight games. Second overall draft pick Dylan Harper, who impressed from the get-go, hasn’t played since early November. The Spurs are now missing Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle. In between, key players like Luke Kornet, Kelly Olynyk and Jeremy Sochan have spent time […]

When it comes to NBA trade rumors, there was a bit of a buzz caused this past week when a report came out that Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball might be open to a trade amid the team’s poor start to the season. Following the report, Ball took to social media to essentially deem […]

The New York Knicks might be considered one of the most talented teams in the Eastern Conference, but even powerhouses can be stifled on any given night. Following the Knicks’ 133-121 loss to the Orlando Magic on Saturday night, veteran Josh Hart offered a blunt assessment of the squad’s performance. “That’s just a bad job […]

The Denver Nuggets had just gotten a big-time win against the Houston Rockets on NBA Cup night, and they were able to come back home the next day and face the Sacramento Kings. So far this season, the Kings have not played well, and they had just taken a 40-point loss earlier in the week […]

Malik Monk attacked the rim with a marvelous dunking highlight in the Sacramento Kings’ matchup against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night. Monk is going through his ninth year in the NBA, his fourth with the Kings. He transformed his career into being one of the best sixth men off the bench in the league, […]

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks were defeated by the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night, losing by a final score of 102-96. With the defeat, they fell to 5-13 on the campaign as the Mavs’ difficult season continued. For Dallas, Klay Thompson led the way with 22 points on 7-17 shooting from the field and 6-12 […]

Ja Morant did not touch the floor against the Dallas Mavericks, but he still managed to light the fuse. As Memphis wrapped up a 102-96 win in Dallas, Morant crashed Cam Spencer’s postgame interview and pointed at the rookie sharpshooter: “Tell ’em who the best shooter in the house was, it wasn’t bro from Golden […]

It was a festive Saturday night for the Chicago Bulls. On the one hand, they honored six legendary members of the organization in their second annual Ring of Honor Ceremony. At the same time, they managed to eek by with a 121-120 victory over the lowly Washington Wizards.  Even though the general rule of thumb […]

Cooper Flagg didn’t wait for help. He grabbed a defensive rebound, put his head down, and went the full length of the floor, slicing through two Memphis Grizzlies defenders before hammering home a coast-to-coast dunk that had the Dallas Mavericks bench up and the visitors looking around for answers. COOPER FLAGG GOES COAST-TO-COAST FOR THE […]