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Southwest Notes: Flagg, Bagley, Prosper, Wembanyama After appearing in a pair of games this week, Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg is back on the injury report for Sunday’s contest at Toronto, writes Grant Afseth of Dallas Hoops Journal (subscription required). Flagg, who missed close to a month with a left midfoot sprain, admitted that the foot was bothering him in Friday’s game […]
08.03.2026 05:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Further Testing Set For Sunday On Tyrese Maxey’s Finger Sixers star Tyrese Maxey underwent X-rays after hurting his right hand in a collision with teammate Adem Bona late in Saturday’s game (Twitter video link). Sources told Tony Jones of The Athletic that there was nothing conclusive in the imaging and additional tests on Maxey’s finger will be conducted on Sunday (Twitter link). Jones adds […]
08.03.2026 03:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ja Morant Discusses JJJ Trade, Possible Return This Season Ja Morant was one of the most discussed players in the NBA heading into the trade deadline, but the Grizzlies guard hadn’t made any public comments since January 21, when he suffered a UCL sprain in his left elbow. That changed on Saturday as Morant conducted a pre-game session with reporters, DaMichael Cole of The […]
08.03.2026 02:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Celtics Notes: Tatum, Brown, Walsh, Harper Celtics fans welcomed back Jayson Tatum with a thunderous ovation Friday night, but it took a while for him to look like the player they remembered, writes Jamal Collier of ESPN. Tatum missed his first six shots from the field before scoring his first points of the season on a putback dunk shortly before halftime. […]
08.03.2026 01:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kristaps Porzingis Returning From Illness Warriors big man Kristaps Porzingis has received medical clearance to play in tonight’s game at Oklahoma City, according to Brett Siegel of Clutch Points (Twitter link). It will mark just the second appearance for Porzingis since he was acquired from Atlanta at last month’s trade deadline. More to come …
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Bulls Notes: Sexton, Ivey, Olbrich, Injuries The Bulls are giving Collin Sexton a spotlight that he might not have expected when he was traded to the team last month, Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times writes in a subscriber-only piece. The veteran guard played 38 minutes on Thursday at Phoenix and responded with 30 points as Chicago posted a surprising road […]
07.03.2026 23:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Injury Notes: Murray, Nuggets, Pistons, Kuminga, Black The Nuggets had three rotation forwards back in action on Friday, with Aaron Gordon (right hamstring strain), Cameron Johnson (right ankle inflammation) and Spencer Jones (right shoulder strain) all suiting up against New York. As Bennett Durando of The Denver Post writes, the Nuggets were thrilled to have Gordon, who was on a minutes restriction, […]
07.03.2026 22:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pacers Notes: Carlisle, Mathurin, I. Jackson, Brown, Defense Head coach Rick Carlisle made it clear on February 24 that he didn’t think the Pacers deserved to be fined $100K by the NBA last month for the way they managed their players. Commissioner Adam Silver‘s statement at the time suggested the league thought Indiana (and Utah, which was docked $500K) was prioritizing “draft position […]
07.03.2026 21:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Looking Ahead To The Grizzlies’ Offseason During the 2021/22 season, the Grizzlies tied a franchise record by winning 56 games en route to the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. They also advanced to the second round of the playoffs for just the fourth time in the team's 31-year existence, losing to the eventual champion Warriors in six games. Ja […]
07.03.2026 20:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Darius Bazley Joins Chinese Team Free agent forward/center Darius Bazley has signed a contract with the Ningbo Rockets of the Chinese Basketball Association, according to Sportando. Bazley, a five-year NBA veteran, was selected 23rd overall in the 2019 draft. His last stint in the league came with Utah at the end of the 2023/24 campaign. More to come…
07.03.2026 19:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mavs’ Khris Middleton Fined $25K By NBA Mavericks forward Khris Middleton has been fined $25K for “throwing his mouthpiece in the direction of the spectator stands,” the NBA announced today in a press release (Twitter link). According to the league, the incident occurred with 6:55 remaining in the third quarter of Thursday’s game at Orlando. Middleton received a technical foul at the […]
07.03.2026 18:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pacific Notes: Brooks, Gillespie, Allen, Maluach, Payton II, Porzingis, Curry Suns wing Dillon Brooks was arrested on suspicion of DUI early Friday morning. His teammates says Brooks apologized to the team for his actions, according to Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic. “Just hate to see it for him, but he’s human. We’re all humans,” Collin Gillespie said. “We’re not above anybody else. We all […]
07.03.2026 17:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Los Angeles Notes: Doncic, James, Signature Wins, Lopez The Lakers were shorthanded on Friday but it didn’t matter, thanks to Luka Doncic. He had 44 points during the first three quarters of a 128-117 win over Indiana. He joined Kobe Bryant, Elgin Baylor and Jerry West as the only players in Lakers history to score at least 40 points in a season 10 […]
07.03.2026 17:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mavericks Notes: Flagg, Tatum, Losing Streak, Kidd, Stars Dispute Maine native Cooper Flagg‘s return to the Northeast was overshadowed by the season debut of the Celtics’ Jayson Tatum on Friday. Flagg didn’t mind. He considers Tatum his idol and was thrilled to play against him. “It’s incredible,” Flagg told Christian Clark of The Athletic. “There are so many levels to it. (Tatum) is someone […]
07.03.2026 15:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Knicks Notes: Anunoby, Dadiet, Towns, Road Trip The Nuggets bring out the best in OG Anunoby. The Knicks forward had a career-high 40 points against Denver last season and followed that up with a 34-point outburst on Friday in a 142-103 romp. Anunoby also had seven rebounds, five assists and four steals. “He’s playing powerful,” coach Mike Brown said, per James Edwards […]
07.03.2026 14:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Heat Notes: Ware, Herro, Wiggins, Powell, Fontecchio Kel’el Ware was thrust into a significant role on Thursday with Bam Adebayo in foul trouble, and the second-year Heat center delivered in impressive fashion, writes Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. Ware, who had 11 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high five steals in 29 minutes during Tuesday’s blowout win over Brooklyn, one-upped […]
07.03.2026 05:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bucks Notes: Losing Streak, Rivers, Kuzma The Bucks have made the playoffs each of the past nine years, but they’re running out of games to do so again in 2025/26, writes Eric Nehm of The Athletic. The team was up 13 points after the first quarter on Wednesday vs. Atlanta, but was outscored by 31 for the rest of the game, […]
07.03.2026 04:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nets Notes: Fernandez, Dëmin, Thomas, Carrino Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez was critical of his starters and a pair of young point guards after Tuesday’s lopsided loss at Miami, per Bridget Reilly of The New York Post. As Reilly writes, Tuesday was “easily” Michael Porter Jr.‘s worst game of 2025/26 — he finished with nine points on 3-of-17 shooting, including going […]
07.03.2026 02:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Celtics’ Nikola Vucevic Suffers Broken Right Ring Finger Veteran center Nikola Vucevic fractured the ring finger on his right (shooting) hand and will miss the remainder of Friday’s game vs. Dallas, the Celtics announced (via Twitter). According to Brian Robb of MassLive, Vucevic sustained the injury in the first quarter of Friday’s contest. The 35-year-old played under two minutes prior to exiting the […]
07.03.2026 01:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Two-Way Trends And Recapping The Buyout Market In the wake of Wednesday's deadline for two-way signings, all 90 two-way contract slots around the NBA are now filled, with each team carrying three two-way players into the home stretch of the regular season. Of those 90 players who are on two-way contracts, more than a third are on two-year contracts (the maximum allowable), […]
07.03.2026 00:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Celtics Notes: Tatum, Scheierman, Brown, Walsh Celtics forward Jayson Tatum is making his season debut on Friday vs. Dallas after tearing his Achilles tendon in the playoffs last May. Head coach Joe Mazzulla discussed Tatum prior to the game. “We always knew he was going to come back this year,” Mazzulla said (Twitter link via Jared Weiss of The Athletic). “I […]
07.03.2026 00:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pistons Notes: Thompson, Holland, Cunningham, Huerter The Pistons, who hold the top seed in the Eastern Conference, lost their second straight game on Thursday at San Antonio. They also lost their best perimeter defensive player — third-year wing Ausar Thompson — to a right ankle sprain just two minutes into the contest, writes Michael C. Wright of ESPN.com. “Ausar obviously means […]
06.03.2026 23:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kings Notes: Monk, Achiuwa, Westbrook, Christie Speaking to Sean Cunningham of KCRA News after Thursday’s loss to New Orleans (Twitter video link), Kings guard Malik Monk admitted 2025/26 has been “probably the craziest year of my career.” Like several veterans on the roster, Monk’s name came up in several trade rumors leading up to last month’s deadline, but he ultimately stayed […]
06.03.2026 22:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Adam Silver: ‘Substantial Changes’ Coming To Deter Tanking Addressing the issue of tanking during a panel appearance at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, NBA commissioner Adam Silver reiterated that the league intends to adjust its rules in a major way ahead of the 2026/27 season, per Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic. “We are going to make substantial changes for next year,” […]
06.03.2026 21:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Warriors Notes: Curry, Green, Porzingis, Kawhi, Moody The Warriors entered Thursday’s game in Houston having gone 23-16 with Stephen Curry available and just 8-14 in games he has missed. However, the shorthanded club, playing without Curry for a 12th straight game due to his knee injury, pulled out a surprising overtime win over the Rockets, as ESPN’s Anthony Slater writes, after the […]
06.03.2026 20:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UNC’s Caleb Wilson Undergoes Season-Ending Thumb Surgery Caleb Wilson‘s freshman season has come to a premature end, according to Shams Charania of ESPN, who reports (via Twitter) that the UNC forward broke his right thumb during a non-contact drill in Thursday’s practice and has undergone surgery to repair the fracture. Confirming the news, the school said in a press release that the […]
06.03.2026 19:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Raptors 905 Claim Markelle Fultz Toronto’s G League affiliate – the Raptors 905 – has claimed guard Markelle Fultz off the waiver wire after the former No. 1 overall pick signed an NBAGL contract, as Michael Grange of Sportsnet tweets. Fultz, who was selected with the first pick in the 2017 NBA draft, had his career derailed by injuries and […]
06.03.2026 18:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sixers Rule Out Joel Embiid For Another Week Sixers center Joel Embiid, who has missed the past three games due to a strained right oblique, will likely miss at least four more contests as a result of the injury, as Adam Aaronson of PhillyVoice relays. According to Aaronson, the 76ers announced today that Embiid didn’t participate in Friday’s practice and has yet to […]
06.03.2026 18:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Suns’ Dillon Brooks Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI Suns forward Dillon Brooks was pulled over for traffic violations at about 1:00 am in Scottsdale, Arizona on Friday morning and was charged about a half-hour later on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to local police. TMZ first broke the news that Brooks had been arrested on DUI charges, while The Arizona Republic […]
06.03.2026 17:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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And-Ones: Beasley, FIBA, 2026 Draft, More A federal judge in New York has found former NBA sharpshooter Malik Beasley liable for $1MM in damages (plus interest) to be paid to Hazan Sports Management, the agency that previously represented him, according to David Purdum of ESPN. The agency filed a lawsuit earlier this year seeking $2.25MM in damages and legal fees for […]
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