Kevin Durant on his CeraVe ad: “I got paid $2 million for 2 hours of work… what am I gonna say, no?”
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”
Russell Westbrook’s wife shared an email showing a death threat she received on Instagram
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.”
[Haynes] BREAKING: Sacramento Kings forward De’Andre Hunter will undergo season-ending eye surgery, league sources tell @TheSteinLine and me.
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”
[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.
LaMelo Ball was being asked about his car accident. He walked out mid interview
Hugo González with a nasty behind the back dribble and drive
[Highlight] Jokic with his signature head snap leaves Brook Lopez frustrated
[Wembanyama] “I remember the All-Star game, last year, was the worst I had ever felt on a basketball court in my life. Because I had 5% maybe of blood flow in my right arm…”
Kawhi Leonard on what the Clippers need to become contenders: “I think it’s over now. It’s a fourth of the season left. But every day is a day to grow. A day to learn and get better. So just gotta keep looking over time and see in two weeks if we’re getting better and see what happens from there.”
[Highlight] Payton Pritchard and KP won’t let the ball go.
[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!
[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.
[Narsu] On Jaylen Brown: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a guy get pushed as an MVP candidate who has below avg efficiency, below average playmaking for a lead creator, one of the highest turnover rates for a lead creator AND whose team is ~ 9-10 points per 100 possessions better with him off the court
Draymond Green Tonight: 0 PTS, 0-7 FG, 0-5 3PT, 1 TOV, Game Low -28
Cade Cunningham in the WIN vs the Knicks at MSG: 42 points, 8 rebounds, 13 assists on 17-34, 5-11 3 PT shooting
[Wright] Wemby reflecting on the Spurs’ turnaround a year after his blood clot diagnosis: “Not hard to believe, no. Because I’ve seen everybody put in the work. I’ve seen everybody sacrifice things. [It’s] very believable but doesn’t mean it was easy by any means.”
LaMelo Ball on his car crash: “I seen her get straight out of the car. I’m just alive and blessed. God is great”
Another angle of LaMelo Ball’s car accident
[Winfield] Karl-Anthony Towns on not being the focal point of the offense against the Pistons despite Detroit being down its top two centers: “Our offense is our offense. It’s been that way all year.”
[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”
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.
[Highlight] Cade Cunningham dribbles through the Knicks and finishes with the powerful lefty jam (with replays)
[Charania] The Portland Trail Blazers are signing two-way guard Sidy Cissoko on a new two-year deal, agents Max Wiepking and Nicolas Dos Santos of Gersh Sports tell ESPN. Cissoko used up his two-way days while averaging 6.5 points and 2.6 rebounds and starting 24 of 50 games for Portland.
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama detonates on the suns
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!”
Jokic is the worst flopper in the NBA right now.
[Highlights] Kevin Durant and Jabari Smith Jr. with four straight buckets to give the Rockets the lead
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Clippers (27-28) defeat the Denver Nuggets (35-21) behind Bennedict Mathurin’s 38 PTS, 115-114.
[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.
[Highlight] Paul Reed denies Karl-Anthony Towns driving shot attempt (with replays). With the reaction by Jalen Brunson
[Highlight] Derrick White with the bounce pass off Moses Moody’s head, finding Neemias Queta for the layup (with a replay)
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] 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
Lauri Markannen went from off injury report yesterday, to Questionable (Illness) to Doubtful (Illness) in the matter of 3 hours
The Cavs have won 11 of their last 12 and are now only 1 game back of the 2 seed in the East
[OC] A statistical look into the Pistons so far, and why they’re a serious contender.
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama with the double block (with a replay)
[Highlight] — Cade Cunningham dominates at MSG with 42 points and 13 assists.
[Highlight] Bennedict Mathurin makes a statement with 38 points in his Clippers home debut.
[Highlight] Bennedict Mathurin was talking to Jamal Murray, who was at the line, before Murray missed the game-tying free throw.
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”
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.”