NBA NewsThursday, Apr 9, 2026

Wemby is expected to finish in the top five of MVP and DPOY voting on an elite team at age 22. History says he's headed for rarified air.

The Lakers have been left searching for answers in the wake of multi-week injuries to star guards Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, writes Benjamin Royer of The Southern California News Group. Head coach JJ Redick is trying to find a workable rotation with three regular season games remaining before the playoffs, but some of the […]

Embiid just can't catch a break.

Lakers guard Austin Reaves suffered a grade 2 oblique strain—here’s the typical 3-5 week recovery timeline, treatment options, and why returning too soon carries significant re-injury risk.

Draymond Green discussed the Golden State Warriors' upcoming NBA play-in game and why he doesn't believe the tournament works anymore.

Adou Thiero showed flashes of what his potential could be in a blowout loss against OKC.

Lakers coach opens up on the situation with Jarred Vanderbilt following their heated sideline exchange.

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 […]

Realistically, the Lakers have most of their Doncic-, Reaves-less rotation figured out.

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.