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Kristaps Porzingis is back with the Golden State Warriors, but when he’ll be back playing in an NBA game remains a mystery. The Warriors confirmed in a statement that Porzingis returned to the team’s practice facility on Tuesday, Oct. 13, and remains out indefinitely after he missed all of the team’s training camp and preseason games. Officials offered no indication …

Kristaps Porziņģis returned to the Warriors’ practice facility on Tuesday, spoke with team doctors and management, but nothing else has changed. With him being away from the team and no details on his health issue or when he might return, speculation has run rampant among Warriors fans. Porziņģis tried to cool things down on Wednesday with a social media post. …

The Utah Jazz are having a really interesting NBA preseason, and we’ve seen a variety of lineups with different centers. They started with Jusuf Nurkic, who later went down with an injury. The variations have included Nurkic and Jaxson Hayes starting at center, but they’ve also played lineups with Jaren Jackson Jr. at center. The question is, what should the …

It’s unwise to read too much into preseason results. Rotations aren’t set, guys are asked to do things they won’t do during the season, and teams experiment with sets and lineups we won’t see when the games count. But it’s been a rough preseason for Bronny James. In nearly 70 minutes across four games, he has scored just 11 points …

The Kristaps Porziņģis mystery continued on Wednesday when the Golden State Warriors announced that the 31-year-old Latvian frontcourt standout will remain out indefinitely due to a “health-related matter” but will be around the team. It’s still unclear what exactly Porziņģis is dealing with, a week away from Golden State’s regular-season opener in Los Angeles against the Lakers. Advertisement Porziņģis, the …

The Kristaps Porziņģis mystery continued on Wednesday when the Golden State Warriors announced that the 31-year-old Latvian center will remain out indefinitely due to a “health-related matter” but will be around the team. It’s still unclear what exactly Porziņģis is dealing with, a week away from Golden State’s regular-season opener in Los Angeles against the Lakers. Advertisement Porziņģis, the 2015 …

The Los Angeles Lakers are expecting big things of Walker Kessler this season. They love both his skill-set and how it fits alongside their star duo of Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves. It’s why they were willing to send a pair of first-round picks and first-round pick swaps to the Utah Jazz while inking Kessler to a four-year, $130 million …

The way the Sixers’ practice facility in Camden is designed, the media only gets to interact with players on the practice floor — by design, of course. The players have their own parking lot (with a roof for their super nice cars) and entrance on the far end of the building. The media members park amongst the regular people outside …

Through four preseason appearances, the initial in-game returns for Bronny James Jr. aren’t ideal. He’s gone 4-of-15 from the floor (1-of-7 beyond the arc) and dished out 13 assists to 12 turnovers. While Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick acknowledged James’s struggles, he added some context to help explain the slow start. “I thought he had a really nice …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockets fans and fans across the country. This is to piggyback off of James’ post. Y’all know how I feel about KD. Great one-on-one scorer, horrible leader and teammate, negative locker room presence, and I’d rather have just …

Many people expected both the Pistons and Timberwolves’ rosters to look drastically different after ending their season at the same point in the Playoffs. Both teams are led by young stars in Cade Cunningham and Anthony Edwards that are still looking to break through to the NBA Finals. For the Pistons, the clock isn’t ticking as much with their young …

In Minneapolis on Monday night, Timberwolves coach Chris Finish made a veiled criticism that seemed to be directed at Julius Randle. He said that Minny had traded “moodiness for giddiness.” Although Finch didn’t name names, the general belief was he was talking about exchanging Randle (moodiness) for LaMelo Ball (giddiness.) The two were not traded directly for one another. The …

Last year’s Toronto Raptors exceeded expectations, as the young and athletic squad racked up 46 wins, their most since the 2021-22 season, and finished fifth in the Eastern Conference before pushing the fourth-seed Cleveland Cavaliers to the brink in the first round of the playoffs. The Cavs’ second-half surge in Game 7 highlighted the importance of homecourt advantage (and experience) …

We know the headliners in Philadelphia: LeBron James, Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid. What too often gets overlooked is that Mike Gansey didn’t just recruit stars, he brought in talent around them for a quality bench, guys such as Anfernee Simons, Dean Wade and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. That’s a lot of mouths for coach Nick Nurse to feed. What is …

The headline on Brian Windhorst’s latest column for ESPN reads: “Why Cooper Flagg’s ascension is starting to feel inevitable.” In it, Windhorst argues that the NBA media ecosystem has been a little slow in recognizing Flagg’s ascension, stopping just short of declaring the second-year stud ready to “take the NBA by storm.” Advertisement That he penned a column to that …

Since we last experienced NBA basketball games that count, we have seen: 34 trades involving more than 90 players, including 11 All-Stars, plus a frankly ludicrous number of future draft picks; The leading scorer in NBA history choosing to go to — and commute to — Philadelphia. That’s a ton of business to sift through as we get set for …

Four of the five Knicks starters didn’t board a plane north of the border, the fifth one didn’t play basketball on Tuesday, and it all showed badly. New York will host a preseason game for one final time on Thursday before dressing in gold for Tuesday’s banner night. Advertisement Here’s the latest from Mike, James, and Miles. On the Knicks’ …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Wizards fans and fans across the country. Yesterday, I wrote about the Washington Wizards considering a rebrand. No, the Washington Bullets are NOT returning. Instead, the logo may change. The uniforms may change. The colors too. Monumental Sports …

The NBA season tips off on Tuesday, which means there is still to draft your Yahoo Fantasy Basketball squad. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league for the 2026-27 NBA season In preparation for tip-off, NBC Sports and RotoWorld are holding a live expert mock draft, hosted by Noah Rubin, Raphielle Johnson and Zak Hanshew of RotoWorld and taking …

BOSTON — Four years ago, Payton Pritchard wanted out of Boston. He had fallen out of the Celtics’ rotation and grew frustrated at his lack of playing time, eager to show what he was capable of as a pro. But despite wanting out, he wasn’t traded at that midseason deadline. Advertisement And the rest is history. The following season, the …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mavericks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys: Advertisement I have to be honest, I’ve not seen a single live game minute of NBA pre-season so far and that …

The NBA released each of the new 30 team court designs for the NBA Cup. The annual in-season tournament will begin on Friday, Oct. 30. The tournament is divided into six groups of five teams each. Each team will play four group-stage games. The knockout games begin on Friday, Dec. 4. Advertisement The championship will be played Friday, Dec. 11 …

Adem Bona’s possible outlook for the 2026-27 season has changed before we’ve even reached the start of the regular season. Just days after the Sixers held their media day and hype for the new year really started to ramp up, one of their few centers, Ariel Hukporti, was ruled out for the season with an Achilles tear. Yet again, the …

The Milwaukee Bucks are back home tonight to play the Chicago Bulls in game four of the preseason. The Bucks fell to the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday in an all-around clunker. Almost as soon as Milwaukee’s starters began to sub out, it looked like the offense was playing in mud, highlighted by a stellar 0/8 performance by the man the …

Seeing Kawhi Leonard in a Raptors jersey again is naturally going to bring back memories of 2019. That season, there was no question who Toronto’s best player was. When a possession broke down or a playoff game tightened up, the answer was usually simple: get Kawhi the ball and let him figure it out. Seven years later, Leonard is back, …