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After picking up a road win over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers returned home and hosted the Phoenix Suns in the second night of a back-to-back in their penultimate regular season game. Both teams were missing key pieces in this one, but it was an important game for the Lakers […]
At this point in the season, tanking isn’t reserved just for the NBA’s worst teams, writes Bennett Durando of The Denver Post. The Nuggets hosted the Thunder on Friday in a matchup of Western Conference powers, but most of the stars were in street clothes. Oklahoma City, which has already clinched the league’s best record, […]
This week’s return to Madison Square Garden, the site where he suffered an Achilles tear last May, was a huge milestone for Celtics star Jayson Tatum, writes Tim Bontemps of ESPN. After posting 24 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists in 40 minutes in a loss to New York, Tatum talked about the feeling of […]
The Heat’s frustrating season, which will end with a fourth straight trip to the play-in tournament, is a result of being too patient with the current roster, Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald writes in a subscriber-only piece. Big changes were expected after Miami was embarrassed by Cleveland in the first round of last year’s playoffs, […]
The Utah Jazz are signing guard Hayden Gray to a two-year contract. Gray spent this season playing for the Maine Celtics of the G League. Gray appeared in 48 games for Maine with 23 starts. The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 9.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.1 steals in 27.9 minutes per game. This signing will bring the Jazz back to the maximum of 15 players on standard contracts. Kennedy Chandler's second 10 Day contract with Utah expired after Friday's game.
The Jazz are signing guard Hayden Gray to a two-year contract, agent George S. Langberg tells Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). The deal will cover the last game of the 2025/26 season and all of ’26/27, though next season is unlikely to feature any guaranteed money. Gray, who went undrafted out of UC San […]
On the heels of a strong freshman season, Baylor wing Tounde Yessoufou has declared for the 2026 NBA draft, he announced on social media (Instagram link). While Yessoufou could test the waters while maintaining his NCAA eligibility, his statement doesn’t say anything about that, so we’re assuming for now that he’s focused on going pro. […]
Early entrants who wish to declare for the 2026 NBA draft tentatively have until the end of the day on Saturday, April 25 to make that decision official. That deadline is based on a presumed draft date of June 24-25, which would line up with the league’s typical calendar in recent years but has not […]
The Toronto Raptors are converting wing A.J. Lawson from his two-way contract to a standard contract for the remainder of the season. This will make Lawson eligible for the postseason for Toronto. Lawson has appeared in 23 games for Toronto this season. The 6-foot-6 wing has averaged 4.0 points in 9.4 minutes per game for the Raptors. Lawson has shot 41.5% from behind the arc in his limited minutes in the NBA this season. Toronto now has a full roster as they head into the postseason. If the ...
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