Rick Carlisle shares his first comments on the $100,000 fine the NBA gave to the Pacers recently. Calls it shocking and unbelievable after league doesn’t talk to any Pacers team doctors and suggested medicating a player to have him appear in a game.
[Charania]: Utah Jazz guard Vince Williams Jr. has been diagnosed with a season-ending torn left ACL, sources tell ESPN. Williams sustained the injury in a collision with Tari Eason in Houston on Monday night.
Interesting Fact: LeBron has scored more points AFTER winning the 2016 title, 17-present, than Kawhi has his entire career
Hall of Fame Finalist Marques Johnson slams his final dunk at 70 years old, finishing a decades-long tradition of dunking every birth day
Kawakami: “A lot of rumors of the Clippers thing about to come down. I heard it’s gonna be Kawhi-centric…The rumors I’ve heard is that it’s gonna be less about the Clippers and more about what’s gonna happen to Kawhi’s contract.”
Pat Riley reflects on his time with LeBron James in Miami and believes they could’ve had a 8-10 year title window
[Highlight] Replay of Cade Cunningham shoving Stephon Castle to the ground and standing over him. Technical foul assigned to Keldon Johnson & Jalen Duren. None for Cunningham
[Highlight] Stephon Castle putting Cade Cunningham in hell for two-and-a-half minutes
Tyler Herro: “I’m coming off the bench right now and it doesn’t really feel like I’m out of place because we got guys that can start and I’m comfortable in my role…”
The Ringer’s Top 100 NBA Players [Updated February 24, 2026]
Donovan Clingan in his last 32 games is shooting 38% from 3 on 3.5 attempts per game
[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (41-16) defeat the Detroit Pistons (42-14) behind Devin Vassell’s 28 PTS, 114-103.
[Highlight] The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Detroit Pistons 114-103 in Detroit. It’s the 9th straight win for San Antonio, which is their longest streak since the 2018-19 season.
[Highlight] Ausar tickles Wemby
[Amick] The NBA has responded to Carlisle’s comments, calling them ‘inaccurate’: “An independent physician led the medical review. In addition, the Pacers’ General Manager and the team’s Senior Vice President, Sports Medicine and Performance were interviewed as part of the process.”
[Highlight] 2 minutes and 30 seconds of Wemby’s defensive masterclass last night
Cade Cunningham against the San Antonio Spurs put up 16 points 6 rebounds 10 assists 2 steals and 3 blocks on 5-26 FG 2-9 3PT 4-5 FT
Max Kellerman on Luka Doncic: “Luka statue is going to be him complaining to the refs. Every trip down the floor you are complaining to the refs. Every trip down the floor? Even when he hits the shot. No you are not going to get the and 1, it can’t be that the refs blow every call on Luka”
Giannis to Booker: “You make everything look cool, man, but you wear a different jersey than me, you could wear the same jersey as me, I’m like Isaiah Stewart, I’ll fight for you.”
[Highlight] For your viewing pleasure: Wembanyama’s dominant night v. the Detroit Pistons
[Pereira] just unconscionable shit. Vince Williams has a team option next year and if he’s going to be out for 6-12 months because of this, Tari Eason just cost him 3 million bucks.
[Highlight] Cade Cunningham shoved Stephon Castle which results in a chippy confrontation between the two teams:
Collin Gillespie has 172 made 3 pointers at 41.8% made
[Haynes] BREAKING: Utah Jazz starting center Jusuf Nurkić will undergo a surgical procedure on his nose Wednesday that will sideline him for the remainder of the season, league sources tell me.
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama with the unreal block on Cade Cunningham’s floater attempt, as Stephon Castle makes the corner 3 at the other end, to the delight of Wemby (with replays)
[Highlight] Jalen Duren posterizes Wemby!
Steph Curry is no longer eligible for awards selection, this will mark only the 2nd time since the 2013-14 season he does not make an All-NBA team
[Highlight] Castle locks up and blocks Cade on one end, comes down for the and-1 on the other
[Todd] Tari Eason went to the Jazz locker room right after the game to check on Vince. Said there was no malicious intent and wanted to make sure that Vince knew he was never trying to hurt anyone.
Draymond Green on Memphis hotel: “[Anthony Edwards] is pretty blunt about it, but yeah. We stopped staying there because their sprinklers just went off for no reason in the room… Drenched all of [Andrew] Bogut’s stuff, and they didn’t want to do anything about it. So, it’s been an issue.”
[Highlight] Dylan Harper says Cade is his favorite player and he’s been watching him since 8th grade
Victor Wembanyama in the win against the Pistons: 21 points on 6⁄16 shooting, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 blocks, and 1 steal
[Todd] Multiple sources believe that Vince Williams Jr. suffered a significant ACL injury. He’ll have an MRI in Salt Lake tomorrow. Left the arena on crutches.
[Los Angeles Magazine] Grand Jury Clears Former NBA Player Patrick Beverley, Declines to Indict in Texas Assault Case.
Stephon Castle shines on both ends against the Pistons and puts Cade in jail with 16 PTS, 4 REB, 11 AST plus elite defense
91% of all NBA champions have won 40 games before 20 losses. Thunder, Pistons and Spurs have locked it in. Celtics have to win 3 straight.
The 2025-26 San Antonio Spurs Are the First Team Since the 1992-93 Knicks (33 Years) to Record 5 Wins Against the League’s Best Record in a Single Season
Rick Carlisle had very strong words for how the NBA office handled the medical examination, calling it “ridiculous” and “shocking.”
[Highlight] Stephon Castle vs Pistons Feb 23, 2026 Full Play
Zach Lowe on Luka Doncic complaining to refs: “The whining is back to peak Dallas levels. It’s every f*cking play! Just play man! Not everything is a foul. Are you playing to draw a foul or playing basketball? Which one are you doing? Are you playing 1 on 1 with the refs? It’s every possession now.
On this date in 1967, Wilt Chamberlain set a NBA record for most FGs made in a game without a miss (18)
[Lowlights] All the 80 3-pointers Dyson Daniels took this season, so far, with breakdown of his shots in the body text (done by me).. He is 10⁄80 (12.5%) from 3 this season, in 56 GP. 12 air balls out of 80 3PA (15.0%).
[Highlights] Victor Wembanyama blocks Paul Reed with his fingertips, taps the ball to himself, and finishes the alley-oop dunk off a lob by Stephon Castle. Dannis Jenkins with the layup, Victor Wembanyama taps the offensive rebound and castle finds Wemby for the easy slam (with replays)
Bill Simmons on Luka Dončić calling for fouls: “It’s so bad that even LeBron is like, wow.”
[Highlight] Austin Rivers: “Jalen Duren has this thing where it’s like he’s sagging his pants but he’s not - I don’t understand it. It’s like they are on his hip, but they are not on his hip”
[Highlight] Wemby gets up for the block on Reed, then pays it off with the oop finish
Payton Pritchard Highlights vs Los Angeles Lakers (30 pts, 4 reb, 8 ast)
[Injury] Josh Okogie steals the ball and finds Tari Eason, who finishes with the fastbreak dunk after bumping into Vince Williams Jr., who got injured and carried to the locker room (with replays). Rockets and Peacock commentaries