[Highlight] Anthony Black with the dunk-of-the-year candidate as he dunks on 4 guys in transition!
[ESPN] Dillon Brooks: “[Houston] wanted to keep me to build more and more to that franchise. But overall, when you got a guy like Kevin Durant, you cannot pass up on it. And they’re doing well. They haven’t fell off – like Memphis did.”
[Charania] Golden State’s Jonathan Kuminga has demanded a trade away from the Warriors as he becomes eligible to be moved Thursday, sources tell ESPN.
Keldon Johnson and Victor Wembanyama took turns shaving each other’s heads after the loss to OKC.
Darko Rajaković doesn’t even need words to get his point across.
[Amick] Multiple team sources said they suspect Kuminga wasn’t actually hurt. ‘I wouldn’t have played either,’ said one Warriors player, given anonymity in exchange for candor. ‘It’s clear the coach doesn’t believe in him.’”
[Highlight] Anthony Black lays it down on four Grizzlies defenders for the lead!
How is the NBA allowing Utah to tank so egregiously?
Chris Paul: “I’m working out and training every day, right? In all honesty, with the way all that stuff went down and all that, I think for me, I just love this game so much that I don’t want it to end like that.”
[Bane] “I miss Taylor Jenkins. I think that everybody over there does”
Alex Caruso on defending Wemby: “Offensively he’s still really raw…just working early…his length is an issue but he’s not as strong as a Giannis, like a Jokic, Sengun, KD even…that’s something you have to use to your advantage”
[Charania] The Golden State Warriors have never shown real interest in Brooklyn’s Michael Porter Jr.
Ja Morant to Vince Williams Jr. during their exchange at practice: “I don’t f*** with y’all. I’m with whatever.” When Williams Jr. says “Let’s go to the back,” Ja Morant replies with “You’ve been here for 5 minutes! You’re not like that!”
[tippernaughtsports] Ja Morant and Vince Williams Jr. Lip Reading
[Highlight] Zion Williamson steals the ball, dribbles by two defenders at halfcourt and then finishes with a two-handed dunk over another 2 Nets defenders (with replays)
The Denver Nuggets are now 6-3 since losing Nikola Jokic for an extended period due to injury
Franz Wagner receives loud cheers from the local crowd in Berlin, Germany.
[Highlight] Former Kings coach Mike Brown gets a standing ovation from the crowd
[Post Game Thread] The Orlando Magic (23-18) defeat the Memphis Grizzlies (17-23), 118-111 in the NBA Berlin Game.
[Highlight] Zion EXPLODES all over Nic Claxton
The Denver Nuggets have taken control of the #2 seed in the West following their win over Dallas tonight.
Collin Murray-Boyles halfway through the season: 95th percentile in Defensive EPM
[Highlight] The Orlando Magic overcome a 20-point deficit to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 118-111 in Berlin. Orlando outscores Memphis 60-44 in the 2nd half to win back-to-back games for the first time since December 1st.
The Magic have alternated between wins and losses for 14 straight games. The NBA record for longest such streak is 16 games, by the 1977-78 Buffalo Braves
[All-Access] A view from the NBA Berlin Game of Franz Wagner getting the clutch bucket to fall for the Magic as the Berlin crowd reacts.
[Highlight] Clippers announcer Jim Jackson on Trae Young being on the Wizards bench against the Clippers in Los Angeles “I guarantee if this trip was in Utah Trae wouldn’t be on the bench.”
Is Westbrook quietly having a….good season?
Former NBA player Antonio Blakeney is among 17 basketball players charged in a point-shaving scheme to fix games in the NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association and rig bets, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday in Philadelphia
Jamal Murray finishes with his 11th 30+ point game of the season in a Nuggets win: 33/2/5 on 13⁄24 shooting. He has averaged 28.6 PPG following Jokic’s injury.
Bones Hyland is the most underrated story in the NBA right now.
[Lowlight] Karl-Anthony Towns falls down driving to the basket, stays on the ground in the backcourt, and misses the easy loose ball rebound leading to a Kings 3 - Mike Brown heated on the sidelines
[Highlight] Paolo Banchero caught a body in Berlin (with a replay)
[ESPN] Kings, Mavericks among teams to show interest in Jonathan Kuminga
[Amick/Fridell/Thompson II] League and team sources confirmed a report that the Lakers have some interest in Kuminga, though it remains unclear if talks will unfold. The Warriors, the sources said, are aware of the intrigue and waiting to see how that situation evolves.
[All-Access] Ahead of today’s NBA Berlin Game, we asked the players to map out where the game of basketball has taken them across the globe.
[Cole] Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant has recently purchased a $3.2M mansion in Miami— just a 20-minute drive from the Heat’s home arena.
[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets (28-13) defeat the Dallas Mavericks (15-26) behind Jamal Murray’s 33 PTS, 118-109.
Request: Anthony Black dunk WITH replay and bench reaction
[Highlight] Anthony Black dunks on 4 Grizzlies players in transition (with replays). Multi-broadcast - EN1|PT|EN2
[Post Game Thread] The Sacramento Kings (11-30) defeat the New York Knicks (25-15), 112-101.
After escaping the clutches of the dastardly Tom Thibodeau, the Knicks have rocketed off a 25-15 record, with a +4.5 net rating. Last year after 40 games, the Knicks were 26-14 and a +7.2 net rating
Game Thread: Memphis Grizzlies-Orlando Magic (NBA Berlin Game)
Joel Embiid so far in January - 25.3 PPG on 63.5% TS
The photo that Yahoo Sports chose for the article, “What is Ja Morant’s trade value?”
[Giannis] on being booed at home: “I was definitely booing back… I don’t think anybody has the right to tell me what or how I should act on the basketball court after I’ve been here 13 years and I’m basically the all-time leader in everything… Maybe my voice is just a broken record.”
Mike Brown talks KAT laying down on defense w/o getting back vs SAC: “When you fall down you gotta get up, you gotta sprint down the floor. Even if you’re the last guy up the floor, you gotta get down there in case there’s a long rebound… there was no sense of urgency… it was a 5 point swing.”
[Highlight] Wemby walks off the court without shaking hands after loss to the Thunder, He is the only Spurs player to walk off.
[Charania] The Charlotte Hornets are retiring Dell Curry’s No. 30 jersey on March 19, sources tell ESPN. Curry, the 1994 Sixth Man of the Year, ranks second in points in franchise history and spent 10 of his 16 NBA seasons in Charlotte (1988-98). He currently serves as a team ambassador.