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Warriors Notes: Porzingis, Curry, Santos, Richard Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he made a “stupid mistake” while discussing Kristaps Porzingis‘ health issues during an appearance Friday on a radio show, writes Evan Webeck of The California Post. Kerr explained that Porzingis, who missed his fourth straight game tonight, is suffering from a contagious illness that’s causing him to lose “a lot” […]
01.03.2026 05:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wizards Notes: Young, Davis, T. Johnson, Reese The Wizards‘ rebuilding effort took an unexpected turn with trades for Trae Young in January and Anthony Davis in February. Injuries have kept both players on the sidelines so far, but the presence of two multi-time All-Stars has raised expectations for next season, writes Josh Robbins of The Athletic. “We’re already talking about the playoffs, […]
01.03.2026 03:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Darius Garland Expects To Play Monday Darius Garland is targeting Monday night’s game at Golden State to make his Clippers debut, according to NBA on Prime insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link). Garland hasn’t played since January 14 due to left toe injury management and a right great toe sprain. He appeared in 26 total games with the Cavaliers before being traded […]
01.03.2026 02:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Khris Middleton To Finish Season With Mavericks Khris Middleton has decided not to pursue a buyout and will remain with the Mavericks for the rest of the season, sources tell Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Twitter link). More to come …
01.03.2026 01:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Johni Broome Undergoes Partial Meniscectomy, Will Be Reevaluated In Four Weeks Sixers rookie Johni Broome underwent a partial meniscectomy on Saturday to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee, the team announced in a press release. His condition will be reevaluated in four weeks. Broome, the 35th pick in the 2025 draft, suffered the injury last Saturday while playing for the Delaware Blue Coats in […]
01.03.2026 00:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Two-Way Player Jules Bernard Waived By Timberwolves The Timberwolves have waived two-way guard Jules Bernard, the team announced in a press release. The 26-year-old just signed with Minnesota on Wednesday. Bernard has spent the season with the Wolves’ G League affiliate in Iowa, averaging 22.6 points on 42.5% shooting, including 34.6% from three-point range, and 80.4% from the free throw line. He’s […]
28.02.2026 23:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Joel Embiid Out At Least Three Games With Oblique Strain Sixers center Joel Embiid will miss the next three games with a strained right oblique, relays Derek Bodner of PHLY Sports (Twitter link). The team issued a statement saying Embiid underwent an MRI Saturday morning that revealed the injury. Philadelphia will play Sunday night at Boston before hosting San Antonio on Tuesday and Utah on […]
28.02.2026 22:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Johnny Juzang Signs With Zenit BC Fourth-year wing Johnny Juzang, who was waived by the Timberwolves 10 days ago, has signed a contract with Zenit BC, the Russian team announced (via Twitter). Juzang’s deal with the Saint Petersburg-based club covers the rest of the 2025/26 season (hat tip to Sportando). A Los Angeles native who played three years of college ball […]
28.02.2026 22:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Southwest Notes: Middleton, Mavs, Spurs, J. Smith Prior to Friday’s loss vs. Memphis, Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd confirmed that Khris Middleton is a buyout candidate ahead of Sunday’s deadline to be waived by one team and remain eligible to appear in the postseason for another club, per Ron Harrod Jr. of DLLS Mavs (Twitter video link). “That’s up to Khris,” Kidd said. […]
28.02.2026 21:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wizards Sign Julian Reese To Two-Way Contract The Wizards have signed free agent forward Julian Reese to a two-way contract, the team announced on Saturday (via Twitter). Aryan of The Consensus first reported that the Wizards planned to sign Reese (Twitter link). A Baltimore native who played four years of college ball at Maryland, Reese went undrafted in 2025 after a solid […]
28.02.2026 19:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Warriors Sign Gui Santos To Multiyear Extension Third-year forward Gui Santos has signed a multiyear contract extension with the Warriors, the team announced in a press release (Twitter link). More to come…
28.02.2026 18:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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And-Ones: Peterson, 2024 Draft, East Race, Yurtseven, Richardson Controversy surrounding Darryn Peterson, who has been in and out of the Kansas lineup, won’t significantly impact his draft stock, Brian Lewis of the New York Post reports. The projected high lottery pick, perhaps the top pick, Peterson has missed 11 games and departed early in some others. “I don’t think Peterson — or (Cameron) […]
28.02.2026 17:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cavaliers Notes: Overtime Loss, Mitchell, Harden, Ellis, Mobley The Cavaliers lost in overtime at Detroit on Friday and came away unimpressed with the Eastern Conference-leading Pistons, Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com reports (subscription required). Playing without their starting backcourt of Donovan Mitchell and James Harden, the Cavaliers had the Pistons on the ropes. But Cleveland missed two key free throws late in regulation and […]
28.02.2026 16:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mavs To Promote Ryan Nembhard On Two-Way Deal The Mavericks are promoting two-way guard Ryan Nembhard to a two-year standard contract, his representatives Todd Ramasar and Jaafar Choufani of Life Sports Agency told ESPN’s Shams Charania (Twitter link). Nembhard is averaging 6.7 points and 4.9 assists in 38 appearances with the NBA club, including 17 starts. In those starts, he’s averaging 9.9 points […]
28.02.2026 15:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pistons Notes: Cunningham, Duren, Sasser, Huerter, Stewart, Jenkins Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff detailed during his pre-game press conference on Friday his reasons why Cade Cunningham should receive the Most Valuable Player award. “I wish I could do it [state Cade’s case MVP] with a better, stronger voice…I mean, he deserves it,” Bickerstaff said. “Right now, again, if the season were to end today, […]
28.02.2026 14:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mavericks To Waive Tyus Jones The Mavericks intend to waive point guard Tyus Jones, reports Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Twitter link). Because the move will happen before the end of the day on Sunday, Jones will retain his playoff eligibility for his next team. Jones, 29, is an 11th-year NBA veteran known for his ability to set up […]
28.02.2026 11:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cooper Flagg (Foot Sprain) Likely Out At Least Two More Games Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg continues to deal with a left midfoot sprain. Last year’s No. 1 overall pick missed his sixth consecutive game on Friday due to the injury and is expected to be sidelined for at least two more, writes Grant Afseth of Dallas Hoops Journal. “Probably not that he will play,” head coach […]
28.02.2026 05:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cam Thomas On Nets: ‘They Don’t Believe In Nobody’ Speaking to Stefan Bondy of The New York Post (subscriber link) prior to Milwaukee’s lopsided loss to New York on Friday, Bucks guard Cam Thomas said his departure from the Nets was “absolutely” because the team didn’t believe in him. However, Thomas said that lack of belief wasn’t exclusive to him. “That’s just who they […]
28.02.2026 03:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Heat Notes: Bam, Balance, Jaquez, Riley, LeBron Thursday’s game at Philadelphia was an important one for the Heat and for the 76ers, who are both looking to avoid the play-in tournament, writes Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. The No. 8 Heat lost to the No. 6 Sixers and are now 2.5 games behind Philadelphia for the Eastern Conference’s final […]
28.02.2026 02:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Keegan Murray (Ankle Sprain) To Be Reevaluated In Two Weeks Kings forward Keegan Murray has been diagnosed with a mild left ankle sprain and will be reevaluated in two weeks, the team announced in a press release (Twitter link via James Ham of The Kings Beat). While it’s a little unusual to see a team refer to an injury as “mild” and then say a […]
28.02.2026 00:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pacers, Jalen Slawson Agree To Two-Way Contract The Pacers plan to sign free agent forward Jalen Slawson to the two-way contract spot previously held by Quenton Jackson, a league source tells Tony Forbes of Forbes and Circle City Spin (Twitter link). Jackson is being converted to a three-year standard deal. More to come…
28.02.2026 00:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pacers Promoting Quenton Jackson To Three-Year Standard Deal The Pacers are giving Quenton Jackson a promotion, according to Shams Charania of ESPN, who reports (via Twitter) that the fourth-year guard will be converted to a three-year standard contract. Jackson’s agents at Klutch Sports informed Charania of the deal. More to come…
27.02.2026 23:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Heat’s Norman Powell Week-To-Week With Grade 1 Groin Strain All-Star wing Norman Powell has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 right groin strain after undergoing an MRI, the Heat announced on Friday (Twitter link). According to the team, Powell is considered week-to-week with the injury. More to come…
27.02.2026 22:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bulls Notes: Losing Streak, Williams, Smith, Simons The Bulls entered the month of February with a 24-25 record and a relatively firm grip on a play-in spot in the Eastern Conference. Eleven games later, Chicago is still stuck on 24 wins and is five games out of the play-in picture, having just endured the worst month in franchise history at 0-11, writes […]
27.02.2026 21:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Suns Waive Cole Anthony As expected, the Suns have waived guard Cole Anthony, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). Reporting shortly after the trade deadline indicated that Phoenix was expected to cut Anthony after acquiring him in a salary-dump deal. According to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (Twitter link), the Suns didn’t make the move right away […]
27.02.2026 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Southwest Notes: J. Smith, Borrego, Marshall, Ingram The Rockets pulled off a comeback victory in Orlando on Thursday night, their fourth win in five games since the All-Star break, but they lost forward Jabari Smith Jr. late in the game. Smith suffered an ankle injury with less than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter (NBA.com video link), though head coach Ime […]
27.02.2026 20:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Buyout Market Rumors: Anthony, Middleton, Ball, D-Lo, Boucher Veteran guard Cole Anthony has remained in limbo since being acquired by the Suns at this month’s trade deadline, having continued to hold a spot on Phoenix’s 15-man roster despite being away from the team. Reporting prior to the All-Star break indicated Anthony would likely be waived, but that still hasn’t happened. According to Duane […]
27.02.2026 19:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Spurs To Sign Mason Plumlee For Rest Of Season The Spurs are re-signing veteran center Mason Plumlee for the rest of the season, agent Mark Bartelstein tells Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). Plumlee’s initial 10-day contract with San Antonio expired on Thursday night, but it always seemed likely that his stay with the team would extend beyond those 10 days. He wasn’t ready […]
27.02.2026 18:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Northwest Notes: S. Jones, Jay. Williams, Anderson, Henderson The Nuggets would have liked to sign two-way standout Spencer Jones to a team-friendly multiyear deal when they promoted him to the standard roster from his two-way contract earlier this month, writes Bennett Durando of The Denver Post (subscription required). However, Denver’s ability to make it worth Jones’ while was limited due to the team’s […]
27.02.2026 17:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lakers Notes: Ayton, Bennett, Front Office, Reaves While Deandre Ayton has had some big games for the Lakers this season, including a 21-point, 13-rebound outing in Tuesday’s 110-109 loss to Orlando, there are still questions about whether he’s fully committed to the role the team wants him to play, writes Dave McMenamin of ESPN. That disconnect between what the former No. 1 […]
27.02.2026 16:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0