Basketball News · LatestSunday, Feb 8, 2026

Cooper Flagg has been a great phenomenon during the early stages of his professional basketball career with the Dallas Mavericks. After dominating college basketball while playing at Duke last year, the Mavericks made him the No. 1 pick in last year’s NBA draft. Flagg had demonstrated at Duke that he was skilled at scoring, rebounding, […] The post Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg tells Dirk Nowitzki how he really feels about Jason Kidd’s point guard experiment appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Jordan Clarkson has been a high-volume super sub scorer for most of his long career. But it hasn’t worked out that way with the Knicks.

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles ClippersDate: February 8th, 2026Time: 2:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: ESPN, FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio And we can add another page to the 2025-26 Timberwolves scrapbook titled “Games We Somehow Found a Way to Lose.” Sunday’s loss to the New Orleans Pelicans […]

While exciting, the score-first guard would hinder the team’s chemistry.

Coop and Wemby on Prime

The New York Knicks’ newest member will be available for their massive Eastern Conference matchup with the Boston Celtics. Three days after being traded from the New Orleans Pelicans, Jose Alvarado will be active for the Knicks’ pivotal Sunday morning tilt. The Knicks acquired Alvarado at the deadline for Dalen Terry, whom they obtained in […] The post Jose Alvarado available for Knicks debut vs. Celtics appeared first on ClutchPoints .

With the Miami Heat’s recent collapse coming on a 98-96 loss to the Boston Celtics on Friday night, there is some positive upside that the team has taken away from the disappointing result. As the Heat and Celtics clash mostly saw Miami in control, Boston would come back in the second half to win the […] The post Heat’s Erik Spoelstra reveals upside of ‘painful’ loss to Celtics appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The WNBA's newest proposal to the players' union that was delivered Friday made small increases to its revenue sharing offer and concessions on housing according to two people familiar with the negotiations. The major sticking point continues to be revenue sharing. Union president Nneka Ogwumike told the AP on Friday — before the league's proposal was submitted to the union — that the two sides weren't close on that topic in their effort to strike a new collective bargaining agreement.

For the Beantowners, it’s a pre-Super Bowl showdown against the Knicks, who eliminated the Celtics from the playoffs last year

Tari Eason scored a season-high 26 points, and the Houston Rockets beat the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder 112-106 on Saturday. Alperen Sengun had 17 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for his second triple-double of the season and No. 10 for his career. Jabari Smith Jr. had 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, and Kevin Durant added 20 points.

Here are the top 10 plays from around the National Basketball Association from yesterday's action.

Dirk Nowitzki said he was disappointed with the Mavericks’ return for Anthony Davis and praised the AD-Cooper Flagg fit.

Michael Porter Jr. scored 23 points and the Brooklyn Nets used an 80-point first half to beat the short-handed Washington Wizards 127-113 on Saturday. With the Wizards having only eight players available, the Nets led by 34 points in the second quarter and went on to snap a three-game losing streak. Day'Ron Sharpe added 19 points and Noah Clowney had 18 for the Nets, who won for just the second time in 12 games.

Luke Kennard, who was acquired by the Lakers in a deal at the NBA trade deadline, is being encouraged by coach JJ Redick to shoot more 3-pointers and "not turn down shots."

Jared McCain was excited to play in front of the Oklahoma City Thunder home crowd after being traded to the defending NBA champions, and he was not disappointed. The second-year guard received a big ovation when he stepped onto the court at the end of the first quarter of Saturday’s matchup versus the Houston Rockets. […] The post Jared McCain gets huge crowd reaction in Thunder debut appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Luke Kennard is available to make his Los Angeles Lakers' debut against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night, the team announced. The Lakers acquired Kennard at Thursday's trade deadline. Kennard is averaging 7.9 points and 2.1 rebounds on the year.

Luke Kennard said he is excited to benefit from the Lakers’ playmaking and expects some of the most open shots of his career.

Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert called out his after a loss to the Pelicans and challenged the coaching staff to bench players not giving enough effort.

The Atlanta Hawks' newly acquired forward Jonathan Kuminga will miss at least one week while recovering from a left knee bone bruise.

Brad Stevens confirmed that Jayson Tatum "still has a ways to go" in his recovery from a torn Achilles and that the Boston Celtics are not rushing his return. "He's hit a lot of the thresholds, he's doing more and more and will continue to do more and more," Stevens said on Friday. "There's no pressure from us. But there's also not going to be any of us saying, 'Well, why don't you just take another week?' It's going to be: When he's ready, he's ready." Tatum said last month that he thinks ab...

The Warriors are signing two-way guard Pat Spencer to a contract for the rest of the season.

The Toronto Raptors provided key injury updates Saturday afternoon ahead of their matchup against the Indiana Pacers, as the team continues a five-game homestand. Toronto (31–22) is set to host Indiana (13–39) on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. ET. The Raptors’ latest injury report lists center Jakob Poeltl as questionable while he continues return-to-competition reconditioning, while […] The post Raptors’ Jakob Poeltl, Immanuel Quickley get big injury updates for Pacers clash appeared first on ClutchP...

Looking to end a three-game skid, the Denver Nuggets head east to take on the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. Denver is praying Nikola Jokic will remain in the lineup, with the three-time MVP remaining on the injury report five games after returning from a month-long hiatus. Here is everything we know about Nikola Jokic’s […] The post Is Nikola Jokic playing tonight? Nuggets vs. Bulls injury report appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Spurs’ Carter Bryant, the Lakers’ Jaxson Hayes, the Heat’s Keshad Johnson and the Magic’s Jase Richardson have been named the participants in the All-Star Slam Dunk competition, the league announced in a press release. It will be held next Saturday at the Clippers’ new Intuit Dome. All four players will be making their event […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have underwent some major changes over the last year with Jeanie and the Buss family selling their majority ownership stake to Mark Walter, who also owns the Los Angeles Dodgers. Walter has had a lot of success with the Dodgers, winning three of the last six World Series’, and now will […]

Golden State is working to convert Pat Spencer’s two-way contract into a standard NBA deal. L'articolo Warriors Set Sights on Lonzo Ball as Guard Hits the Market proviene da Sportando .

Saturday’s Tank Bowl made two things clear.