[McMenamin] The Lakers training staff reportedly wraps Deandre Ayton’s water bottle in tape and writes “DA’s Crunk Juice — Drink this to unleash the beast” on it to keep him motivated
Bobby Portis plays a young fan in the longest game of Rock Paper Scissors you will ever see
Pablo Torres - New video posting later about gambling scandal involving previously unnamed player
[McMenamin] Deandre Ayton: “They’re trying to make me Clint Capela, I’m not no Clint Capela!”
[Highlight] Trayce Jackson-Davis subbed in with 8.7 seconds remaining during the clutch, grabs the missed free throw by Victor Wembanyama, and then subbed out with 8.4 seconds remaining. Yes, he played 0.3 seconds last night, that’s 7,200 rebounds per 36 minutes, by linearity
No reporters seemed to be at Tim Hardaway Jr.’s postgame media availability as he jokingly says, “Ya’ll have a great evening!” before leaving
[Charania] 7-footer Mo Bamba is signing a 10-day contract with the Utah Jazz, Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports and Greer Love tell ESPN. Bamba spent time earlier this season with the Raptors and has averaged 17 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks for the Jazz’s NBA G League affiliate.
[Hoop Collective] Tim MacMahon: “J-Kidd’s acting skills have drastically improved in the many years since then. He convinced millions of people that he was absolutely shocked that Luka Doncic got traded in the middle of the night.”
DeAndre Ayton currently has an EPM of negative-1.5, which ranks #29 in the NBA among starting centers
NBA will send independent doctors to verify Lauri Markkanen’s MRI on Thursday
Jason Williams on whether he and Randy Moss could beat iconic NBA Duos
[Highlight] Wemby with his signature ‘peek-a-boo’ block on Scottie Barnes
[Lowman] Silver is creating the Jazz’s villain arc. Utah should just start diagnosing their players with insane things just so Adam Silver has to send NBA doctors to confirm that Keyonte George has leprosy or Kyle Filipowski has been stricken with phthiriasis.
Red Panda halftime performance - Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics - 2/25/26
Al Horford has reached 15,000 career points. He joins KD and Conley as the only players from the 2007 draft class to reach that milestone
Nikola Jokić on Nikola Topić:
“He’s the future of Serbian basketball.”
“He’s fighting something that is probably more important — most important — and he won it.
[NBA Recap] How the Warriors salary cap was impacted by the Kuminga trade
At 45-15, Oklahoma City can no longer match last year’s record of 68-14.
The NBA once forced the Jazz to give up 3 picks (1 of which turned in to Magic Johnson) for signing Gail Goodrich as a free agent.
[Post Game Thread] The Detroit Pistons (42-14) defeat the Oklahoma City Blue (45-14), 124-116.
Grant Willams talking about Kemba Walker being his vet when he got drafted to Boston Celtics, how he helped him, a lot.
The Atlanta Hawks are having a Magic City collaboration
In a YouTube video posted today, Chris Bosh reveals he was covered with his own blood, without warning, in a serious medical condition
Depressing fact: It has been 13 years since Orlando has had an Offensive rating better than the league average for that year.
[Highlight] The San Antonio Spurs erase a 15-point deficit to defeat the Toronto Raptors 110-107 and win their 10th straight game. It’s the longest win streak for San Antonio since 2015-16.
[Highlight] Wemby and Scottie show why they’re two of the best defenders in the league with under 1 minute left in the game
[Highlight] The Detroit Pistons defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 124-116. Detroit is now 19-7 against teams that are .500 or better this season, which leads the NBA.
With the Celtics’ loss, the final list of “Phil Jackson Contenders” is Detroit, OKC, and San Antonio
[Hine] Anthony Edwards fined $25,000 by the league for “throwing the game ball with force into the spectator stands” at halftime against Portland, the league says.
Grant Williams says LeBron James had his own house in the NBA bubble: “He had a house on the campus. They had their own set up. Their team was taken care of”
SVG: “LeBron really was carrying that team in Cleveland. In fact, the guy we had the most trouble with, other than LeBron, was Wally Szczerbiak. No knock on Wally Szczerbiak, but he is not Pau Gasol… It wasn’t because Kobe was necessarily better than LeBron; he just had more around him.”
The Milwaukee Bucks have won 8 of their last 10 games and could still be a dangerous play-in team when Giannis comes back.
Iman Shumphert tells story of what LeBron told the team on the bus when down 3-1 to Golden State
Assuming Demar DeRozan plays a few more seasons, he’ll be a top 15 scorer in NBA history
[Lowlight] For some reason, Demar DeRozan helps off Kevin Durant to double team Jeff Green, who is posting up 1 on 1, leading to a WIDE open 3 for KD
[Reynolds] Source: Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen injured in practice, to get MRI
[Highlight] The Spurs have won 10 straight. With 25 games left to go, they are only 2 games behind OKC for first place in the West and nearly 6 games ahead of 3rd place.
[Charania] Cleveland Cavaliers star James Harden sustained a fracture in his right thumb during Tuesday’s win over the New York Knicks. Harden is undergoing further evaluations and treatment.
Russell Westbrook 17 Pts 8-14, 1-1 FT in the first quarter vs the rockets
Jeff Teague “If Kon Knueppel isn’t ROTY, he got robbed.”
[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets (37-22) defeat the Boston Celtics (38-20) behind Jokic’s 30/12/6, 103-84.
Zion Williamson on his 3-point shooting: “My teammates are always telling me to shoot them but I’m stuck in my own mental… I’m gonna look for it more I just hate when I miss… I don’t want to feel like I wasted a team possession”
[Highlight] Nikola Jokic hits a crazy one legged 3 to beat the shot clock!
Jaylin Williams tonight: Career high 30 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 assists on 9-14 shooting
[PTFO] We Investigated the Unnamed Player in the NBA Gambling Scandal
In the NBA’s 80 year history, only two teams that were not a top three seed in their conference have ever won a championship. It hasn’t happened in 31 years, and both exceptions were defending champs. 2⁄3 of the time, one seeds win it all. Currently, one seeds have won the chip three years in a row
Despite the loss, Oklahoma’s Jaylin Williams has 30 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST on 87.8% TS
Iman Shumpert asked if he was surprised Kyrie wanted to leave LeBron in Cleveland: “Hell nah. Kyrie is a Kobe guy, Kyrie wanted to beat LeBron”