[Stein]: The NBA announces that the Lakers’ LeBron James, as we’ve seen in recent years, will not be present for today’s NBA All-Star Media Day and will hold a separate press conference Sunday before participating in the All-Star Game.
Yang Hansen on his idol Nikola Jokic: “I can’t wait to kiss him”
[Highlight] Suns owner Mat Ishbia drains a shot over 7’6 Tacko Fall
#1 Overall Picks by Conference: The gap is insane
[Vardon and Vorkunov] “Wachtell lawyers had access to Rozier and his phone and found that he texted someone that he would come out of a game, according to multiple people briefed on the investigations…”
[Meridian Sport Serbia] Euroleague club Partizan Belgrade rejected four offers from NBA teams to immediately buyout the contract of EuroBasket final MVP Isaac Bonga. According to another outlet, the best offer was from the Pistons, who offered $1,000,0000 for the German wing.
[Highlight] Jeremy Lin knocks down the 8 pointer
The NBA should do a mascot game during all star weekend
[Highlight] Giannis on Charania: “he cannot hoop”
[Charania]: Chris Paul announces he is officially retiring from basketball after 21 seasons, ending a Hall of Fame career.
With the retirement of Chris Paul, LeBron has outlasted everyone from the 2003, 2004, 2005 draft class
[Highlight] Charania flinches at the rebound, and then can’t get away from Suns owner Mat Ishbia to receive the inbound pass
[Haynes] BREAKING: Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine will undergo season-ending surgery on his right hand after the All-Star break, league sources tell me. He averaged 19.2 points, shot 48 percent from the field and 39 percent from beyond the arc.
Empty Seats at Rising Stars
[Post Game Thread] Team Giannis defeats Team Anthony, 65-58, in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.
Is the 1996 NBA Finals game 6 Intro the best ever?
[Highlight] Jason Williams, AKA “White Chocolate”, with the beautiful ball fake and finish in the Celebrity All-Star game
The Houston Rockets were 42-3 when Chris Paul, James Harden, and Clint Capela played together in the 2017-18 regular season.
the 4 participants in this year’s dunk contest have averaged a combined sum of 18.5 points per game
[Charania] Free agent Malik Beasley has signed a deal to play in Puerto Rico for Grammy Award-winning artist Bad Bunny’s team Santurce Crabbers, both parties tell ESPN. The team’s season begins in March. Beasley has been under NBA and FBI investigations for gambling allegations.
[Weiss] Carter Bryant is a GODA (grandchild of deaf adults) who grew up in a household that spoke ASL… Bryant learned defense by playing pick-up with deaf kids, where there was no verbal communication… Bryant explained how deaf players, more than most, understand basketball as a sport of trust
Pelicans rookie Derik Queen on he would play 1-on-1 against if he could pick anyone from history: “Probably Barack [Obama]… I gotta beat him 11-0 but I gotta put some type of wager on it. Like you gotta let me come to the White House whenever.”
Kendrick Perkins: Let’s stop being nice about it and throwing out the word “tanking.” No, it’s actually throwing games. You’re trying to throw games… I would’ve fined they ass more
[Chris Paul]: This is it! After over 21 years I’m stepping away from basketball. As I write this, it’s hard to really know what to feel, but for once - most people would be surprised
[Charania] The Toronto Raptors have waived Chris Paul.
[Highlight] Dylan Harper puts his brother, Ron Harper Jr., on skates, and scores the game-winning jumper for Team Melo (with a replay)
[Highlight] Yang Hansen goes 1v1 against his Blazers teammate, Donovan Clingan, and scores (with a replay)
[Highlight] VJ Edgecombe hits the game-winner for Team Vince. He finishes the game with 10 straight points.
[Tim MacMahon] I know what the ramping speculation is around the league: this summer there’s gonna be a reunion and potentially a retirement tour for the ages back home again with the Cleveland Cavaliers next year
Jared McCain takes shots at the 76ers on his appearance with PlaqueBoyMax: “We better not run into Philly, cause if we do shit gonna get sticky. I can’t believe they gave me up. It’s cool. I’ma show ‘em what’s up.”
[All-Access] A courtside view of Dylan Harper hitting the game-winner over his brother Ron Harper Jr. for Team Melo.
Luka Doncic on what age he wants to retire at: “Definitely not 41”
[Highlight] VJ Edgecombe knocks down both free throws to win the Rising Stars Championship for Team Vince.
[Highlight Tacko Fall goes for the 360 dunk in the Celebrity All-Star game last night
[All-Access] A view from the court as VJ Edgecombe is awarded the Rising Stars MVP award.
The All-Star weekend could really go without Reggie Miller’s commentary for a change
Nearly 5 years ago, the Utah Jazz attached a first-round pick, protected for three years, to salary dump Derrick Favors to the Oklahoma City Thunder in order to avoid paying luxury tax. That first-round pick is now at the center of NBA’s tanking controversy.
[Highlight] Darvin Ham coaches the Bucks to a 110-93 win over the Thunder as interim head coach with Doc Rivers out
[Highlights] VJ Edgecombe goes on a personal 10-0 run to send Team Vince to the Rising Stars championship game (with replays)
Giannis Antetokounmpo at an NBA Cares event for Baby2Baby: “Doing this work makes me want to have more babies.”
All Star Break r/NBA community stats: which team has the most fans active on this subreddit, who gets downvoted the most, who complains about the refs the most, and more!
[Post Game Thread] The Team Vince (0-0) defeat the Team Melo (0-0), 25-24 to win the Rising Stars championship.
[Bobby Marks] “I had a team text me last night after this came out, this is a team not in the lottery and they said they would basically write a blank check if they had the opportunity to pick in the top 3 of this year’s draft based on what the fines could be here”
[All-Access] Dylan Harper is joined by Ace Bailey as he watches back his game-winner in the Rising Stars game against his big brother, Ron Harper Jr.
The Charlotte Hornets have launched a new concession policy called ‘Hugo’s Hive Menu,’ offering hot dogs, pretzel bites, popcorn, bottled Dasani water, and sodas for just $2 each. According to the team’s ownership, this decision was made to make it easier and more accessible for fans to attend games
[Highlight] Giannis negotiates playing time with Keegan-Michael Key and Tacko Fall for the celebrity game
CP3 ends his career with the 3rd highest adjusted on-off across the last 3 decades. One of the most impactful players of all time
[Highlight] Reed Sheppard send Carter Bryant to the other side and scores the 3-pointer