Jaxson Hayes’ Potential Injury Raises Concerns; Should Lakers Trigger Trade For Backup Center?
With Jaxson Hayes potentially sustaining a serious injury, the Lakers may be forced to shop for replacements to address his absence.
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NBA Fans Go Wild As Victor Wembanyama Targets Chet Holmgren Less Than 60 Seconds Into Spurs vs. Thunder
NBAUpdated Jan 15, 11:15 PM ETNBA fans react to Victor Wembanyama posterizing Chet Holmgren less than one minute into the Spurs vs. Thunder game.
The Lakers Decided To Cancel Shootarounds Before Games Partly Because Of 41-Year-Old LeBron James
Lakers scrap shootarounds to preserve LeBron James during brutal January stretch.
Thunder outgun the Heat for third straight win
The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Miami Heat 124-112 to obtain their third straight win on Sunday night. Despite a slow start, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dropped 29 points, Jalen Williams scored 19, while Chet Holmgren and Ajay Mitchel added 16 for the Thunder. On the other hand, Andrew Wiggins scored 23 points, including seven three-pointers, to […] The post Thunder outgun the Heat for third straight win appeared first on TalkBasket.net .
Anthony Edwards scores 55 points, Victor Wembanyama counters with 39 in Spurs' 126-123 win over Timberwolves
Edwards made an explosive return after missing Minnesota's past two games with a right foot injury.
11 NBA Players Most Likely To Be Traded Before The 2026 February Deadline
Here are the 11 NBA players most likely to be traded before the deadline, with Trae Young atop the list as the league’s next potential move.
Southwest Notes: Eason, Finney-Smith, Rockets Trip, Bey, Morant
The Rockets are missing two key regulars for tonight’s game against Chicago. Tari Eason (right ankle sprain) and Dorian Finney-Smith (left ankle injury management) are sitting out, Will Guillory of The Athletic tweets. Eason also missed Houston’s loss to Sacramento on Sunday after suffering the sprain against Portland on Friday. Finney-Smith has been eased back […]
Community Shootaround: 65-Game Eligibility Rule
Imagine All-NBA teams without Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Anthony Edwards, Victor Wembanyama and Stephen Curry. No need to tax your brain. There’s a real possibility that each of those superstars, as well as several others, won’t be eligible for postseason awards this season. The 65-game rule built into the most recent Collective Bargaining […]
Checking In On Open NBA Roster Spots
With the NBA’s league-wide salary guarantee date for 2025/26 behind us, it’s worth checking in once again on which teams have open spots on their 18-man rosters. As our roster count tracker shows, these are the teams that don’t currently have full rosters consisting of 15 players on standard rest-of-season contracts and three on two-way […]
Nuggets Notes: Watson, Braun, Jokic, Tax, Jones
Fourth-year forward Peyton Watson has been boosting his value ahead of restricted free agency in the summer and it will be tricky for the Nuggets to match a potential offer sheet, observes Troy Renck of The Denver Post. As Renck writes, Denver’s front office prioritized a rookie scale extension for Christian Braun last offseason over […]
NBA PER (Week 11): Zion Williamson Moves Into Top-10
Zion Williamson has moved into the top-10 in the NBA in PER with a mark of 24.5. Williamson had a PER of 29.0 in December over nine games after 20.0 in November. NBA PER (Week 11): 1. Nikola Jokic: 35.0 2. Giannis Antetokounmpo: 34.3 3. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 31.4 4. Victor Wembanyama: 27.4 5. Luka Doncic: 26.8 6. Kawhi Leonard: 26.7 7. Zion Williamson: 24.5 8. Jaylen Brown: 24.2 9. Donovan Mitchell: 23.6 10. Mark Williams: 23.4 11. Jalen Duren: 23.2 12. Anthony Edwards: 23.1 13. Tyrese Max...