How tall is Victor Wembanyama really? Google that question, and the answer processes and spits back quick and easy: 7-foot-2. Use your eyes, though, and it seems like it's closer to 7-4 or 7-5 . . . or 7-6 are all very realistic figures.Just...
The Brooklyn Nets are off to a disappointing 6-9 start to the season, with their latest loss coming at the hands of the Sacramento Kings, who blew them out on national television, 153-121, Tuesday night. It was just the most recent...
Whenever Shai Gilgeous-Alexander fails to get around a screen, his best friend is on his case. And he doesn't want to hear it anymore.Gilgeous-Alexander cannot, however, credibly tell his buddy to keep his mouth shut. Luguentz Dort,...
One NBA rule of thumb is that it takes about 25 games for a front office or coaching staff to properly evaluate its team.That's enough of a sample size to know what you have, what you don't, and what that means going forward.But in...
Julius Randle organized a players-only dinner for the New York Knicks on Monday night in Salt Lake City ahead of their matchup with the Utah Jazz on Tuesday. RJ Barrett confirmed the event when speaking to reporters after shootaround,...
The Golden State Warriors are in a sticky spot with James Wiseman. First and foremost, they're trying to win a championship, but they're also deep in the Business of trying to develop Wiseman, whom they drafted No. 2 overall in 2020....
The Golden State Warriors honored their Run TMC era on Monday night during their 132-95 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. Unfortunately, the special broadcast featuring franchise legends Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond...
The Memphis Grizzlies will be without Desmond Bane for the next 2-3 weeks due to a toe sprain, the team announced on Tuesday. Bane will be reevaluated at that time and his status will be updated accordingly. Bane suffered the injury...
Jimmy Butler was having the type of game we've come to expect from him against the Phoenix Suns Monday night, which really just means he was doing a little bit of everything. He finished with 16 points, a team-high 13 rebounds and...
The Memphis Grizzlies are getting some frontcourt reinforcements soon, as big man Jaren Jackson Jr. is expected to make his season debut on Tuesday against the New Orleans Pelicans, per Bleacher Report's Chris Haynes.Jackson had surgery...
The 3-10 Los Angeles Lakers have been perpetual trade candidates since this offseason, but given all of the injuries they have dealt with thus far this season, a more immediate option would have always been a free-agent addition. The...
"You can't be small and miss 3s," Jose Alvarado said to himself. The 6-foot-nothing guard had biffed a couple consecutively in a shooting drill with the Birmingham Squadron, the New Orleans Pelicans' G League affiliate, and this was...
Darvin Ham used Sunday's post-game press conference to settle a debate that has been raging between him and the media throughout the season. "Irregardless is a word," Ham joked after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Brooklyn Nets...
With a performance like something out of video game, Joel Embiid single-handedly led the Philadelphia 76ers past the visiting Utah Jazz on Sunday night, 105-98. Embiid finished with a career-high 59 points to go along with 11 rebounds,...
PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid has come a long way in his NBA career. It was just a few years ago that Embiid was cleared to play in back-to-backs for the first time. Fast forward to the present, and the Sixers...
Is it too soon to start talking NBA MVP? I don't think so. We're basically a quarter of the way into the season. It's still early, but it's not that early. We know, for instance, that the Cleveland Cavaliers made a dynamite decision...
You know you're doing something right any time you're mentioned in the same sentence as Wilt Chamberlain when it comes to on-court production, so props to Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey. On Sunday, Giddey became just the second...
After a meandering first couple of weeks of the NBA season, it's about time things started to look more like we expected. The Brooklyn Nets are moving up in the standings with Kevin Durant as unstoppable as ever. The Boston Celtics...
Welcome back to NBA Star Power Index: A weekly gauge of the players getting the most buzz around the league. Inclusion on this list isn't necessarily a good thing -- it simply means you're capturing the NBA world's attention. This...
We've almost reached the one-month mark of the NBA season, and already some rookies are separating themselves from the rest of the pack. What's been interesting to watch is how many rookies there are on playoff-contending teams who...
You could build an All-Star Team around the players the Lakers have leaked their interest in over the past few months. In August, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Lakers would give up two first-round picks for Kyrie Irving....