Gilbert Arenas begins to explain why the Spurs won’t get out of the first round due to a lack of a star, but his WiFi freezes. Nick Young follows up with “Yeah, I’m glad he froze. He needed to shut the f**k up”
LaMelo Ball was being asked about his car accident. He walked out mid interview
Jaylen Brown on what it’s like playing against Horford and Porzingis: “Well those guys helped us win a championship in 2024, so no better way to respect them than giving them the belt tonight.”
[Highlights] Cade Cunningham takes Jeremy Sochan to a dance and scores the step back 3 over him, also having some words with him. And then Jalen Brunson turns the ball over, and Cade finds Daniss Jenkins for the fastbreak alley-oop dunk (with replays)
[Highlight] James Harden with the lob to Donovan Mitchell!
[Highlight] Payton Pritchard and KP won’t let the ball go.
[Smith] I get that tanking is seen as really bad. I get that the league is going to do what they can to fix it.
Saying tanking is worse that gambling scandals is about 20 bridges too far. Waving away gambling scandals like that is insanity.
Cade Cunningham in the WIN vs the Knicks at MSG: 42 points, 8 rebounds, 13 assists on 17-34, 5-11 3 PT shooting
[Joel Lorenzi] Jaden Ivey on his first DNP in his career: I’m not the J.I. I used to be. The old J.I. is dead. I’m alive in Christ no matter what the basketball setting is.
Another angle of LaMelo Ball’s car accident
Draymond Green Tonight: 0 PTS, 0-7 FG, 0-5 3PT, 1 TOV, Game Low -28
[Highlight] Nikola Jokic goes for the halfcourt shot in order to get the shooting foul call, but the foul call on Yanic Konan Niederhäuser is on the floor (with a replay) - no free throws. Clippers fans start chanting: “Flopper”
[Highlight] Cade Cunningham dribbles through the Knicks and finishes with the powerful lefty jam (with replays)
Mark Cuban slams the NBA for focusing on tanking and ignoring the real issue for fans: “It should worry more about pricing fans out of games”
Bennedict Mathurin off the bench in his Clippers home debut: 38 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists on 12-22 shooting, 2-6 from 3, 12-13 from the FT line and a +6 in 34 mins. Helps the clippers complete the double-digit comeback against the Nuggets.
Luka when asked if Reaves ever caught a fish that big “Of course not, that bitch … Fish is bigger than Austin.”
[Cade Cunningham] “The flopping is just too much…3 of the top 5-10 guys do it constantly…. I know I’m better than yada yada yada…but I’m not getting the same calls…People feel like this guy might be better than me & he’s nowhere near better than me!”
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama detonates on the suns
[Highlight] Kawhi knocks Jokic hard to the ground. No call
LaMelo Ball on his car crash: “I seen her get straight out of the car. I’m just alive and blessed. God is great”
[Highlights] Kevin Durant and Jabari Smith Jr. with four straight buckets to give the Rockets the lead
[Charania] Commissioner Adam Silver informed the league’s 30 general managers on Thursday that the NBA plans to make anti-tanking rule changes for next season, sources tell ESPN. Stakeholders have intensified dialogue about combatting tanking.
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Clippers (27-28) defeat the Denver Nuggets (35-21) behind Bennedict Mathurin’s 38 PTS, 115-114.
Jokic is the worst flopper in the NBA right now.
[Highlight] Paul Reed denies Karl-Anthony Towns driving shot attempt (with replays). With the reaction by Jalen Brunson
[Highlight] Jokic with his signature head snap leaves Brook Lopez frustrated
When they were on the Rockets, Melo said Daryl Morey told him his services were no longer needed and the team plane left without him. CP3 said he got a plane for his wife and Melo because he “wasn’t gonna let them embarrass my dawg.”
[Post Game Thread] The Detroit Pistons (41-13) defeat the New York Knicks (35-21), 126-111.
[Highlight] Derrick White with the bounce pass off Moses Moody’s head, finding Neemias Queta for the layup (with a replay)
[Highlight] Down 3, Jamal Murray gets fouled by Derrick Jones Jr. on a 3-point attempt with 0.9 seconds remaining, he scores the first two free throws but misses the one to tie the game - Clippers win
The Cavs have won 11 of their last 12 and are now only 1 game back of the 2 seed in the East
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama with the double block (with a replay)
Lonzo Ball’s reaction to getting cut: “I don’t feel like I’m playing as bad as people are saying…I’m the scapegoat right now.”
A reporter asks Nikola Jokic a question in Spanish during the 2026 All-Star weekend. Jokic: “I don’t know how to speak, it’s Luka”
Draymond Green taking about the Kevin Durant burner account situation: “I personally would address it publicly if it’s a public thing and taking on the life that it’s taken. But to each his own. But I’ll tell you what, if it is I don’t know how you walk back into practice”
In 2015, a Reddit user created a thread called “Write an r/NBA headline that might happen 5 to 10 years from now”
[Charania]: Multiple sources with knowledge of Thursday’s GM meeting as well as a late January Competition Committee meeting told ESPN that the following concepts have been discussed to curb tanking: •First-round picks can be protected only top-4 or top-14+
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama dunks it like a Basketball God over Mark Williams and Jordan Goodwin (with replays). Spurs and Suns commentaries
Mat Ishbia on tanking: “If you are a bad team, you get a good pick. That makes sense. But purposely shutting down players and purposely losing games is a disgrace and impacts the integrity of whole league. This is much worse than any prop bet scandal. This is throwing games strategically. ”
[Highlight] — Cade Cunningham dominates at MSG with 42 points and 13 assists.
[Highlight] Bennedict Mathurin was talking to Jamal Murray, who was at the line, before Murray missed the game-tying free throw.
[highlight] Choosing to face the Wall in the second half, Jamal Murray misses the 3rd free throw to end the game
[Highlight] Cade Cunningham drives to the bucket and gets the lay-up to fall as he finishes the game with 42 points to help Detroit defeat New York 126-111 at Madison Square Garden.
[Highlight] Luke Kornet finishes the oop with a reverse jam, points to the bench, then flashes the hook-em to the Austin crowd
[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (38-16) defeat the Phoenix Suns (32-23), 121-94.
Draymond Green talking about Chris Paul retirement: “A lot of people say because CP3 didn’t win a championship, he is not a winner. When you compete against him what he did with teams, was one of the ultimate winners you just need so much luck and things to go your way in order to win a championship
Jokic is averaging 24/13/9 on 59.9% TS and 4.6 turnovers in 8 games since coming back, compared to his 30/12/11 on 70% TS averages before getting injured
[Highlight] LaMelo Ball hits the step back 3