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As the Feb. 5 NBA Trade Deadline nears, the buzz around Trae Young’s potential departure from Atlanta continues to heat up. But this isn’t your typical superstar-on-the-move story driven by contract disputes or locker room unrest. This time, the Hawks have a legitimate basketball reason to consider moving their franchise cornerstone: they’ve been better without him. Jalen Johnson’s leap as …

The NBA announced on Monday that it will be returning to China for the 2026-27 preseason. Dallas and Houston will be featured in a pair of preseason games at The Venetian Arena in Macao. The Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns played at The Venetian in October during the preseason. Mavericks team governor Patrick Dumont is the owner of Sands Corp., …

Smart roster management can be the difference between winning and losing in fantasy basketball, and it all starts with understanding the weekly schedule. In this article, we break down the upcoming Week 12 slate to help you fly up the fantasy basketball rankings by identifying ideal streaming days and prioritizing the teams worth targeting. We’ll highlight light-schedule dates to exploit, …

Welcome to 2026! We’re back with the first High Score perfect lineup of the New Year. We hope you all made resolutions that you plan on carrying out in 2026. Perhaps one of those resolutions is to win your fantasy basketball league. If that’s in High Score and you’re a Joel Embiid manager, you’re happy the Sixers big man finally …

Call it deja vu. For the second time in three days, the Lakers played the Memphis Grizzlies at Crypto.com Arena, took a close game into the fourth quarter and pulled away late behind the scoring punch of the same three players. Advertisement Again fueled by LeBron James (26 points, 10 assists), Luka Doncic (36 points, nine rebounds, eight assists) and …

The Knicks looked like they were marching towards the East’s first seed a week ago, but have since dropped three games in uncharacteristic fashion. It’s only their second losing streak of the young season, but it’s putting them in danger of slipping to the third seed or beyond with a tough opponent and travel sled ahead. There’s plenty of causes …

They met two days prior to Sunday night’s encounter at Crypto.com Arena, a two-game set between the Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies reminiscent of a playoff series. The Lakers won the first game Friday night and knew the Grizzlies were going to bring more intensity and a stronger effort even with star guard Ja Morant (right calf contusion) not playing. Advertisement …

Jimmy Butler gets ‘brutally honest’ with heartfelt Buddy Hield description originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area One thing you always can count on is Jimmy Butler keeping it real — no matter the cost. Advertisement The always honest Warriors star was asked how Buddy Hield continues to bring good vibes to the team despite not playing consistent minutes on …

In November, the Celtics’ Jaylen Brown collided with Derrick Jones Jr. and left the Clippers wing with a Grade 2 sprain of his right MCL, which ended up costing him 17 games. Saturday night, four games after Jones’ return, the Celtics’ Payton Pritchard collided with Jones’ same right knee going for a loose ball, causing an injury that forced Jones …

The Knicks had another abysmal defensive performance on Saturday. They allowed the Sixers to hit 47 percent of their three-point shots (36 three-point FGAs). They put up little resistance against Philadelphia’s starters. The trio of VJ Edgecombe, Tyrese Maxey, and Joel Embiid combined for 88 points on 62 percent shooting (53 FGAs). Advertisement It was another game in a growing …

Draymond Green was unhappy with a non-call Saturday. Thirty seconds later, he was out of the game. The Golden State Warriors star was ejected from a game against the Utah Jazz in the second quarter, when he took issue with the officials not calling three seconds on Jazz big man Kyle Filipowski. He was so incensed he walked out of …

The Houston Rockets got 64 seconds from Alperen Şengün on Saturday. They can only hope they don’t get even less in their next several games. The All-Star center exited Saturday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks after rolling his right ankle while rebounding, roughly one minute into the first quarter. He soon limped to the bench then left for the locker …

The East leading Detroit Pistons will be without two key starters for at least the next week. Center Jalen Duren, who is playing at an All-Star level this season, has suffered a right ankle sprain and will be re-evaluated in one week, the team announced. Duren has taken a big step forward this season, averaging 17.9 points per game on …

Victor Wembanyama will miss his second straight game after suffering a hyperextended left knee against the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. The San Antonio Spurs star didn’t travel with the team to Indianapolis for Friday’s 123-113 win over the Indianapolis Pacers. He was reportedly expected to be questionable for Saturday night’s home meeting with the Portland Trail Blazers, but …

After missing five games due to a sprained ankle, Clippers center Ivica Zubac is off the injury report and is expected to return Saturday night when Boston comes to Los Angeles. Zubac limped off the court during the Clippers’ game on Dec. 20 against the Lakers with what turned out to be a Grade 2 sprained ankle. Zubac is averaging …

Kings rookie Maxime Raynaud leaves game vs. Suns with apparent knee injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Kings had to deal with injury on top of insult in their 129-102 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday at Mortgage Matchup Center, when rookie Maxime Raynaud went down and had to be helped to the locker room in …

The Knicks have now learned the hard way that both superb and pitiful shooting displays from three-point range can be found in losing streaks. Just two days after draining a monstrous 22 threes in a New Year’s Eve road loss to the Spurs, the Knicks posed no threat from beyond the arc on Friday, missing a ghastly 33 of 42 …

Ex-Grizzlie De’Anthony Melton says Warriors had no business winning 2022 title originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – As an opponent in May 2022, De’Anthony Melton had a microscopic view of the Warriors’ last championship team. Now that he is on their payroll, he’s comfortable going public with what many have whispered for 3.5 years. Advertisement “In …

Happy New Year from The Dunker Spot! Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones dissect two of the most interesting teams in the league to this point: the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers. How good are they/ What are the growth areas? How seriously should we take them come playoff time? Advertisement Then, the guys discuss the breakout campaign Jaylen Brown is …

Welcome to the Fantasy Basketball Minutes Report. Every week, I will review each team’s updated minutes per game to see which players are seeing the court more or less than in previous weeks. With this information in hand, I’ll try to discuss any relevant fantasy risers or fallers; players who we should be adding off waivers or removing from our …

How Garza’s resurgence is bolstering Celtics’ bench in several ways originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Maybe the most surprising recent storyline as the Boston Celtics flip the calendar to 2026: The Luka Garza resurgence. Advertisement There was a point in mid-December where it felt like Garza might stay glued to the Boston bench. The team had struggled so mightily …

Victor Wembanyama will not be on the court Friday night against Indiana, but, in very good news for the Spurs, he will not be out long. The MRI on Wembanyama’s hyperextended knee came back clean and he is now day-to-day, reports Michael C. Wright of ESPN. The report said he will be questionable for the second half of a back-to-back …

Since the unofficial start of the NBA’s trade season on Dec. 15, much of the discussion surrounding which players might be on the move has focused on perennial All-Star and All-NBA-caliber performers with marquee names: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis, Trae Young, Ja Morant, et al. But with the Feb. 5 trade deadline now just over a month away, it seems …

Observations after Maxey nearly posts triple-double in Sixers’ win over Mavs originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Tyrese Maxey was just two rebounds shy of his second career triple-double Thursday night in Dallas. Advertisement He led the Sixers to a 123-108 victory at American Airlines Center by tallying 34 points, 10 assists, eight rebeounds and two steals. The Sixers improved …

Depth has not been the Knicks’ calling card over the past few years. But over the past month, it’s become more common to expect head coach Mike Brown to go to a 10-man rotation. In New York’s last two games against the San Antonio Spurs and New Orleans Pelicans, 11 Knicks have played in close games. Not much was expected …