NBA Communications: Other nominees...

NBA Communications: Other nominees... West: Zach Edey (MEM), Anthony Edwards (MIN), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC), Jamal Murray (DEN) and Austin Reaves (LAL) East: Desmond Bane (ORL), Jaylen Brown ...

Luka Doncic, Jalen Brunson named Players of the Week

NBA Communications: Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 6 ...

Law Murray: Deandre Ayton came into the locker room

Law Murray: Deandre Ayton came into the locker room like Winning Time lol “I’m back and rejuvenated! Sexiest seven footer in the world!” Sounds like the knee injury is nbd lol ...

Derek Bodner: Paul George on Tyrese Maxey's inspiring

Derek Bodner: Paul George on Tyrese Maxey's inspiring play. "When he's out there, I play for him. I do everything I can to make the game easier for him. He's our guy. It's inspiring. Me as a vet, it's ...

With James in his 23rd NBA campaign at age 40, it

With James in his 23rd NBA campaign at age 40, it remains to be seen how many back-to-back games he will play this season. The Lakers have 10 sets left after Monday. "No, we're going to build him up, ...

Derek Bodner: VJ Edgecombe on returning after missing

Derek Bodner: VJ Edgecombe on returning after missing the last three games with calf tightness: "Calf is great. I feel great. I was able to run up and down with no pain, I'm not sore or anything right ...

Deandre Ayton expected back soon after clean MRI

Lakers coach JJ Redick said that Deandre Ayton got an MRI exam on his knee that “was clean other than just some swelling, a ...

Michael Scotto: Keon Johnson has been claimed by the

Michael Scotto: Keon Johnson has been claimed by the Boston Celtics’ G League affiliate, the Maine Celtics, sources told @hoopshype. Johnson is now fully healthy. He averaged 10.6 points, 3.8 rebounds ...

Frank Kaminsky Japan-bound

NBA veteran center Frank Kaminsky is nearing a move to Japan, sources tell BasketNews. The 32-year-old, 2.15-meter-tall big ...

Richard Jefferson on Draymond Green: He's not gonna disrespect Kenyon Martin and his ability

I will not disrespect Draymond Green and all of his accomplishments, but I'm sure he's not gonna disrespect Kenyon Martin and ...

Sam Presti is far from alone in his admiration for

Sam Presti is far from alone in his admiration for Robert Caro. Caro's four-volume series on Johnson has sold more than 1 million copies, and there are museum exhibits devoted to the writer and his ...

Tim MacMahon: Trading AD is a real possibility—and I

Trading AD is a real possibility—and I would even say likelihood—this season. Trading Kyrie is not something that's on the Mavericks' priority list, or it's just straight up not something that they ...