Lakers guard Austin Reaves, who entered the NBA undrafted in 2021, is now making his mark on the international stage as a member of Team USA at the FIBA World Cup. In his debut appearance for the national team in an official game against New Zealand, the 25-year-old came off the bench to contribute 12
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Photo: Milwaukee Bucks/Twitter The Milwaukee Bucks veteran forward Khris Middleton declined his $40 million option with the team last week, which will make him an unrestricted free agent. “All signs are pointing” to Middleton and the Bucks quickly agreeing to a new contract, reports Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports.
Via the Salt Lake Tribune: When the Utah Jazz traded Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Royce O’Neale this offseason for a collection of mostly young players and a haul of future draft picks, it was presumed the team would be pretty bad this season. Some fans were fine with that, viewing the strategy
Photo: AP/Michael Dwyer The new Los Angeles Lakers point guard Dennis Schroder will reportedly join the team this weekend, via Dave McMenamin of ESPN: “Point guard Dennis Schroder is scheduled to fly from Germany to Los Angeles and report to the Lakers this weekend after missing the first week and a half of training camp,
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is a huge fan of the NBA allowing coaches to dress down on the sideline rather than forcing them to wear suits in NBA games. Spoelstra infamously had to borrow suits from the great Pat Riley when he became Miami’s head coach since he didn’t own a suit himself.
Photo: Getty Images The Knicks are continuing to prepare for their hunt to land Jalen Brunson in the Big Apple. New York is reportedly trying to clear a cap space worth $25 million to go for the 25-year-old guard this summer (h/t Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer). As such, they are also expected to ship away
Photo: Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman In this VladTV clip, former NBA guard Iman Shumpert discussed how it took him a while to realize the depths of the heartache New York Knicks fans have endured for years until playing for the team and leaving and playing for an eventual championship team in the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers:
Milwaukee Bucks’ forward Khris Middleton is now expected to miss the team’s second-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. On Thursday morning, the 10th-year veteran was diagnosed with a Grade 2 left MCL sprain. Typically, a Grade 2 MCL injury can take between two to four weeks to heal. Furthermore, in a total of 66
Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images Fresh off a breakout 41-point performance in the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 2 win over the Utah Jazz, Jalen Brunson’s free-agency stock is rising. Marc Stein reported the Indiana Pacers are expected to be among the teams to pursue the impending free agent this summer. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle was instrumental
For the second straight spring, the Knicks are losing one of their assistant coaches to the NCAA. Louisville is expected to name alumnus Kenny Payne as the team’s next head coach on Friday, according to multiple reports. He came to the Knicks to join Tom Thibodeau’s staff last year after spending a decade as John
Paul George has been out with a torn ligament in his elbow since December. Reports indicate that his return to action may be further in the future than initially anticipated. On Tuesday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that George would be out longer than initially thought as he continues to recover from a torn ulnar collateral
We have been waiting for the Klay Thompson return for quite some time. In fact, this Sunday would mark 941 days since he last played in an NBA game. However, the wait is finally expected to come to an end, as reports believe Thompson will play for the Golden State Warriors on Sunday against the
Houston Rockets are on rebuilding mode, but, they will only trade their veteran players for valuable assets, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. The NBA insider appeared on the latest Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective podcast to talk on NBA rumors, and what he expects to see heading to the NBA trade deadline. (via Rocketswire) “I
Nets head coach Steve Nash told assembled media that Kyrie Irving is expected to play heavy minutes in his season debut against the Pacers on Wednesday. While it remains to be seen if Irving will play his typical workload of minutes, 34.9 minutes per game last season, Nash doesn’t think Irving’s conditioning is at a