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VJ Edgecombe missed the Philadelphia 76ers' 106-102 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night with a lower back bruise. Edgecombe suffered the injury on Tuesday night against the Spurs. Edgecombe is averaging 15.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.9 assists on the year. Joel Embiid also sat out the last game of a scheduled three-game rest on Wednesday with a strained right oblique.
It’s Wednesday, March 4, which means today is the last day that teams can sign players to two-way contracts for the 2025/26 season, as we outlined earlier this week. As the day begins, 87 of the 90 two-way slots around the NBA are currently occupied, with two more set to be filled shortly. The Hawks […]
Two important roster-related dates for the 2025/26 NBA season are now behind us — teams can no longer sign players to two-way contracts and players who are waived by their current clubs from here on out won’t be playoff-eligible for a new team. That certainly doesn’t mean there won’t be any players signed or waived […]
John Hollinger and Nate Duncan do their annual coach rankings based on all the criteria that go into making a great (or terrible) coach. It's a clear group of four at the top for both of them, but then it gets murkier with a lot of solid veteran coaches. How do they rate vs impressive young coaches like Mitch Johnson, Jordan Ott, Charles Lee, Will Hardy, JJ Redick, and more? Dunc'd On Prime is the only place to get every episode with Nate & Danny, plus every pod with John Hollinger & Nate as ...
The 2026 NBA Draft freshman class is historically deep, with the group on pace to challenge or surpass the record 11 freshmen selected among the 14 lottery picks in 2017. All nine prospects atop ESPN's current rankings are first-year college players, with five additional freshmen inside the top 20 within striking distance of lottery consideration. The 2017 draft class was headlined by freshmen Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball, Jayson Tatum, Josh Jackson, De'Aaron Fox, Jonathan Isaac and Lauri Markk...
The Orlando Magic enter the March 5 matchup with a clear objective: solidifying their postseason positioning within a hyper-competitive Eastern Conference. Currently sitting at seventh in the conference and first in the Southeast Division, the Magic have leveraged a top-ten defensive rating (114.0) to remain a threat against elite opposition. The team's identity, forged under head coach Jamahl Mosley, emphasizes physical interior play and disruptive perimeter defense, a strategy that has yiel...
Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg, who has been out since February 10 due to a left midfoot sprain, is expected to return to action on Thursday in Orlando after missing the club’s past eight games. Co-interim general manager Michael Finley first suggested during a Wednesday radio appearance on 105.3 The Fan that Flagg’s return was imminent, […]
Jalen Duren and Anthony Edwards have been named the NBA's Players of the Week for week 19. Duren averaged 25.8 points and 13.8 rebounds as the Detroit Pistons went 3-1. Edwards averaged 28.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists as the Minnesota Timberwolves went 3-0.
Jonathan Kuminga and the Golden State Warriors once seemed on track to finally resolve their long-running, mutual interest in moving on from one another ahead of the trade deadline. However, multiple team sources told ESPN that a deal is now considered far less likely in the wake of Jimmy Butler’s season-ending ACL tear. Before Butler […] The post Jonathan Kuminga trade less likely after Jimmy Butler injury appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
Here’s San Antonio Spurs rookie Dylan Harper on his mentality when the season started/fellow 2025 draft class members VJ Edgecombe (Philadelphia 76ers) and Cooper Flagg (Dallas Mavericks) getting significant early minutes. (via San Antonio Spurs): “Day by day was definitely my biggest mentality. I think, props to those guys. I mean, they came out right […] The post Dylan Harper not comparing himself to other rookies because ‘we’re all in different situations’ appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
Watford will start Wednesday versus Utah, Adam Aaronson of PhillyVoice.com reports. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.
