NBA NewsSaturday, Feb 7, 2026

The Cavaliers sent out an injured 26-year-old point guard to receive the 36-year-old Harden

Jalen Williams missed the first month of the season recovering from a wrist injury, too.

With the NBA trade deadline now just over a month away, there seems to be an increasing level of interest around the league in the availability of, and potential market for, Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr.

The Celtics star declared himself the best two-way player in the game. Is he right?

Guard Scotty Pippen Jr. made his season debut for the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night after undergoing surgery on his left big toe in October. With his famous father watching from courtside, the younger Pippen started for the Grizzlies against the Portland Trail Blazers. Pippen, 25, had a surgical procedure called a sesamoidectomy to deal with nagging discomfort in his toe.

Scoot Henderson made his season debut for the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night after recovering from a torn left hamstring. Henderson was injured during an offseason workout in September. Henderson entered the game against the Memphis Grizzlies with 7:39 left in the first quarter to cheers from the home crowd.

For the first time since 2015, the NBA's Shooting Stars event is returning to All-Star weekend. The league made that announcement Saturday, revealing the lineups for two of the three events that'll take place at next weekend's All-Star Saturday Night at the Los Angeles Clippers' home in Inglewood, California. Shooting Stars — an event with three players per team — is taking the place of the skills competition, which is being tabled for at least this year.

Per Shams Charania, Anthony Davis sustained ligament damage in his left hand L'articolo Anthony Davis hand injury: real chance he’s sidelined through the trade deadline proviene da Sportando .

The Defensive Player of the Month awards went to centers Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Stewart L'articolo Jalen Brunson, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander named NBA Players of the Month proviene da Sportando .

The Clippers plan to sign free agent guard Dalano Banton to a 10-day contract, according to reports from Jake Fischer of The Stein Line and Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter links). More to come…

After a home blowout loss to OKC, Milwaukee’s star points to poor effort, bad chemistry and selfish play L'articolo Giannis Antetokounmpo blasts Bucks: “We’re not playing to win” proviene da Sportando .