NBA NewsFriday, Feb 20, 2026

The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed guard Darius Brown II to a Two-Way contract. In 34 games and 30 starts with the Cleveland Charge of the G League, Brown is averaging 12.4 points, 9.7 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 steals in 33.5 minutes per game. Brown went undrafted in 2024 following collegiate stops at Utah State, Montana State and California State Northridge. Across 165 college games and 161 starts, he averaged 9.8 points, 5.0 assists and 4.8 rebounds. His final season at Utah State saw ...

The Pistons have issued updates on a trio of injured players, making the following announcements on Saturday (Twitter link): Forward Tobias Harris has been diagnosed with a left hip sprain and will be reevaluated in two weeks. Center Jalen Duren has a sprained right ankle and will be reevaluated in one week. Guard/forward Caris LeVert […]

The Golden State Warriors have not made any substantial progress in trade conversations on a deal involving Jonathan Kuminga. Kuminga becomes trade eligible on January 15th and the Sacramento Kings remain the most interested team. Sources from the Warriors have said the team is prepared to keep Kuminga past the trade deadline if no deal to their liking materializes. However, Kuminga has played only 10 minutes over the past month as he remains firmly out of Steve Kerr's rotation. Kuminga has a...

Although rival executives have been expecting new Wizards point guard Trae Young to exercise his $49MM player option for 2026/27, he has yet to make a decision on that option, according to David Aldridge, Sam Amick, and Josh Robbins of The Athletic, who say the four-time All-Star is also open to discussing a contract extension […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo responded to boos from his home fans in kind, giving two thumbs down to the crowd following an and-1 layup during Tuesday's blowout loss to the Wolves.

The Knicks lost their three meetings with Detroit this season by an average of 28 points.

Jokić will miss at least four weeks, but avoided a season-ending injury

Brown will attempt to record his 10th consecutive 30-point game Tuesday night, which would break Bird's record

SportsLine's model simulated Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Indiana Pacers 10,000 times and revealed its NBA picks today

Flagg remains the favorite, but the former Duke teammates are both having standout rookie years

As teams hit the 41-game mark, we're picking who's been the best of the best so far this season

We're handing out grades for every team in the East as the NBA season hits the halfway mark this week