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Maybe 2026 will be kinder to Denver on the injury front, because the end of 2025 was brutal. Including on the last day of the year. Already down four starters — including MVP frontrunner Nikola Jokic — the Nuggets had his replacement at the five, Jonas Valanciunas, leave Wednesday’s game in Toronto with what the team called a calf strain. …

Happy New Year! As we wave goodbye to 2025 and welcome in 2026, fantasy basketball managers are making resolutions for the new year. Unfortunately, there’s no way you can go back and draft Nikola Jokić (though the Nuggets big man is out at least a month due to a knee injury). But you can make plans to be the best …

Big picture, the NBA is in a really good place. We’re seeing record-setting attendance. Viewership is up significantly year-over-year. The league just struck a $76 billion media deal. Franchise values are higher than ever. But it’s not perfect. To steal the HoopIdea motto from my pals Royce Webb and Henry Abbott: Basketball is the best game ever. Now let’s make …

Damian Lillard is out for this season, recovering from a torn Achilles. Don’t forget about him. The seven-time All-NBA guard is working hard on his recovery and mentoring a young Portland Trail Blazers team showing promise. Lillard recently joined Allie Clifton for an episode of the Road Trippin’ Show and said this about his rehab so far (hat tip to …

2025 was filled with seismic NBA stories, many of which will play out into 2026 and beyond. True game-changers in the literal and figurative sense. On New Year’s Eve, let’s take a look back at the 10 biggest NBA stories of 2025. Advertisement 1. Luka Doncic trade On Feb. 1, we all thought Shams Charania had been hacked. No way …

Before the Los Angeles Lakers’ 22-point loss to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday, head coach JJ Redick knew exactly how things would play out. Prior to the contest, Redick warned that, “[The Pistons are] going to foul on every possession, probably three or four times.” After the contest — a 128-106 loss for the Lakers — Redick said his pre-game …

The days after Christmas have been rough for the NBA from an injury standpoint. In addition to the illness-related absences that can happen this time of year, multiple players who are highly impactful in fantasy basketball have been sidelined due to injury. Nuggets center Nikola Jokić is the headliner, as a hyperextended left knee will sideline him for at least …

That the NBA is reckoned in seasons is apt. To measure a legacy this way is as much existential as it is symbolic. Martin Heidegger argued that time is not something we pass through, but the condition of our being – less a pathway than a pressure. Heavy stuff, yes, but the NBA has always operated under similar weight. The …

It sounds strange to say, but it is true: Nikola Jokic missing a month is great news for Denver. Not great that he’s out, but great in the sense that the hypertension of his left knee that will sideline Jokic for at least the next month is the best possible outcome from what looked like a far worse injury when …

LeBron James strolled to the scorer’s table Tuesday night and went through his pregame routine of throwing chalk up in the air, an iconic moment in his NBA-record 23rd season and on his 41st birthday. James still marvels with his abilities to be a force at this stage of his career, leaving teammates and opponents in awe. Advertisement But the …

Josh Giddey’s career season will be put on pause for a significant amount of time. The guard has sustained a left hamstring strain and will miss at least a few weeks, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Even a three-week absence would mean 12 games missed. Advertisement Giddey sustained the injury early in the third quarter of the Bulls’ 136-101 loss …

Draymond Green explains hilarious NSFW chirp at elderly Nets superfan Mr. Whammy originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green rarely turns down a chance to trash talk opposing players. Or sometimes — as was the case in the Warriors’ 120-107 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night — opposing fans. Advertisement In the third quarter, Green was …

Draymond Green responds to Steve Kerr’s claim that Warriors are ‘fading dynasty’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Ahead of the Warriors’ Christmas Day game against the Dallas Mavericks, coach Steve Kerr dubbed his team a “fading dynasty.” Advertisement It seemed like a harsh truth for a team that has won four championships in the last 10-plus years. Warriors star Draymond Green, a …

Subscribe to The Dunker Spot Happy New Year’s Eve-Eve from The Dunker Spot! Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones discuss the hot play of the Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat and surprisingly-plucky Brooklyn Nets. Next, they check in on the San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks. Advertisement Finally, the guys react to the first return of All-Star …

The NBA fined Phoenix Suns guard Jalen Green $25,000 for using profanity while playfully interrupting a live on-court interview after a 115-101 road win over the Washington Wizards on Monday night. Right on cue, as Suns guard Collin Gillespie mentioned how his teammates have been finding him during his third-year breakout, he was flanked by Green and another Phoenix guard, …

Why Kendrick Perkins believes Jonathan Kuminga can fix ‘broken’ Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga has not played in eight of Golden State’s last nine games. Advertisement NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins believes reversing that trend can fix the Warriors. “The Warriors are broken!!!!” Perkins wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, shortly after the Warriors’ 141-127 overtime loss to …

Since the news broke on Christmas Eve that 21-year-old James Nnaji, the 31st pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, had enrolled at Baylor, a collection of high-profile college basketball coaches have expressed their growing frustration toward the lack of appropriate NCAA regulation in the sport and, as a result, the blurred line between pro and college hoops. NCAA president Charlie …

When Denver Nuggets forward Nikola Jokic went down clutching his left knee in the second quarter of Monday night’s loss to the Miami Heat, many NBA fans feared the worst. However, it appears that the three-time MVP avoided the worst-case scenario. Jokic being out for a month is certainly not good news, but the fact that all of his ligaments …

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić is set to miss at least the next four weeks after suffering a hyperextended left knee during Monday night’s game against the Miami Heat, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Jokić exited the game late in the first half after injuring his left knee and did not return. He stepped awkwardly and his left knee buckled …

My New Year’s wish for Cleveland sports fans for 2026 is quite simple: Something, anything, more hopeful and exciting than what we just witnessed. When I began reviewing the year for the top 10 moments of 2025, it was difficult to even find 10 items. The Cavs collapsed in the second round of the playoffs, the Guardians were eliminated quickly …

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 27 points and Jimmy Butler finished with 21 as the Golden State Warriors beat the Brooklyn Nets 120-107 on Monday night. Curry shot 8 for 15 from the field while Butler went 11 for 12 from the free throw line for the Warriors, who bounced back from an overtime loss in Toronto in …

In the year the All-Star Game switches to a USA vs. World three-team format (and returns to NBC while debuting on Peacock), two international players lead the first round of fan voting for the NBA All-Star Game. Luka Dončić received the most votes in the West and Giannis Antetokounmpo in the East, as the NBA released the first All-Star Game …

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić left their 147-123 loss to the Miami Heat early on Monday night with a left knee injury. Jokić stepped awkwardly and his left knee buckled while standing in the paint in the final seconds of the first half at the Kesaya Center on Monday. Teammate Spencer Jones stepped back on Jokić’s foot as he was …

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić left their matchup with the Miami Heat early on Monday night with an apparent left knee injury. Jokić stepped awkwardly and his left knee buckled while standing in the paint in the final seconds of the first half at the Kesaya Center on Monday. Teammate Spencer Jones stepped back on Jokić’s foot as he was …

The NBA trade deadline remains over a month away, but rumors are starting to fly. My colleague Kurt Helin covered a whole slew of them in his recent piece, but the last week has seen one name mentioned far more than the others: Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young. While Young was once thought to be one of the rising young …