NBA NewsSunday, Feb 22, 2026

New York Knicks (36-21, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (24-33, 12th in the Eastern Conference) Chicago; Sunday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Knicks -10.5; over/under is 232.5 BOTTOM LINE: Chicago looks to end its eight-game skid when the Bulls take on New York. The Bulls are 16-24 in conference matchups. Chicago is sixth in the league with 52.0 points in the paint led by Josh Giddey averaging 8.6. The Knicks have gone 24-14 against Eastern Conference opponents. New Y...

Tatum has gone through a couple of 5-on-5 full practice workouts, but says there is no schedule for his return.

Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija is averaging 26.2 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 6.9 assists per game this season, joining Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic as the only players posting 25-7-6 averages. The 25-year-old Israeli has emerged as a frontrunner for Most Improved Player and finished fifth in Western Conference All-Star fan voting with over 2.2 million votes. Avdija attributes his breakout to empowerment from former coach Chauncey Billups, chemistry with teammates who celebrate his s...

Gilgeous-Alexander would be the 11th player to win two MVPs through their age-27 season

The Knicks owner spoke publicly for the first time in three years on Monday

The Denver Nuggets will be without Tamar Bates, Aaron Gordon, Jalen Pickett, and Peyton Watson when they face the Golden State Warriors on Sunday at Chase Center. Jamal Murray is listed as questionable with a right hamstring tightness. Denver has won five of its last ten games, including a 157-103 rout of the Portland Trail […] The post Nuggets vs Warriors injury report: key absences could reshape Sunday clash appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Jalen Brunson was kept under wraps by the Houston Rockets for most of the game but he came alive in the fourth to lead the New York Knicks to an unlikely victory on Saturday night.

Shaquille O'Neal got upset with how Karl-Anthony Towns responded to his challenge.

San Antonio appears to be getting closer to having Victor Wembanyama back on the floor. The Spurs have listed the big man as questionable for Tuesday’s matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies after he took part in full 5-on-5 action during Monday’s practice, according to Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News. Wembanyama has missed the […] The post Spurs list Victor Wembanyama as questionable appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

KJ Simpson attended the championship parade in 2023 as the Nuggets celebrated their first NBA title, and now he’s on the roster with a chance to help them win another one, writes Bennett Durando of The Denver Post. Simpson was playing at the University of Colorado at the time and had a high school rivalry […]

Jayson Tatum emphasized that he still hasn’t made a decision on whether to return this season as he met with reporters before the Celtics practiced on Saturday, writes Souichi Terada of MassLive. However, Tatum did discuss a workout he took part in this week in San Francisco with teammates and assistant coaches. “There was a […]

Jaren Jackson Jr. shares his memories of nearly eight seasons with the Grizzlies and expresses his love to Memphis fans in a first-person piece for The Players Tribune. Jackson also relays the experience of finding out he had been traded to the Jazz, saying he knew right away that’s why he was called into general […]