MPJ admits to checking out after not being selected as an All-Star: “I regret that once I didn’t make that game, I let my foot off the gas… I wasn’t in the weight room as much. I wasn’t preparing as much”… MPJ shot just 25.6% from 3 after the All-Star reserves were announced.
Spurs fans trolling Ant with a Raid sign.
Ant saw it and started laughing
[Collier] “I’ve been here before, the pressure’s really not – I don’t really feel it,” (Donovan) Mitchell told ESPN. “This isn’t pressure. Getting your next meal is pressure. Where am I going to live? You know, that’s pressure. This is an opportunity. This is fun.”
[The Athletic] “Gambling was, by far, the reason most often cited by players who said the NBA’s integrity was in danger, or suggested that it could be if changes weren’t made.”
Nick Wright on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander flopping: “Thunder fans can’t accept winning a championship gets you the championship and the bragging rights and the belt. But it does not get you necessarily love and it times it doesn’t get you much respect think you deserve.”
[Highlight] Julian Champagnie alley-oops a three-pointer to Devin Vassell
[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (1-1) Obliterate the Minnesota Timberwolves (1-1), 133-95.
[Fischer] The Cavaliers reportedly contacted the Bucks about a potential trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo, but Milwaukee wanted Evan Mobley and all of their available first-round picks.
After dropping 26 points in a win against the Sixers, Jalen Brunson (1,920) has passed Carmelo Anthony (1,914), Oscar Robertson (1,910) and Dwight Howard (1,909) in career playoff points
[Highlight] Harper scores on McDaniels which gets Tim Duncan very excited.
Anthony Edwards on getting blown out and bouncing back - “My mama used to say a hard head makes a soft ass, and that’s what happened tonight”
[Bhattacharya] Rockets GM Rafael Stone: “With respect to bringing Kevin (Durant) in, that it was championship or bust – I never said that to him… We thought he could be a wonderful example to the young guys on the team on how to work like a professional and really hone your craft”
Karl-Anthony Towns since the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2: 17.7⁄10.9⁄6.4 on 76% TS
[Highlight] The Knick faithful erupt after KAT beats Drummond to the basketball
[Charania] New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby has been diagnosed with right hamstring strain and will be day to day, sources tell ESPN. Anunoby is the Knicks second-leading scorer this postseason at 21.4 points per game. He is listed questionable for Game 3 on Friday against Philadelphia.
[Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks (2-0) edge out the Philadelphia 76ers (0-2), 108-102.
Jaylen Brown on the refs: “I had to say something. There’s an inconsistency and it’s there. You called me for all these offensive fouls and that’s not the reason why we lost, but Shai is about to win his 2nd MVP with the same move.”
[All-Access] “When you win, you’re never as good as you think you are, and when you lose you’re never as bad…” After their Game 2 victory, Victor Wembanyama quotes Coach Popovich and how San Antonio will prepare for Game 3.
[Highlight] Julian Champagnie is positively overcome with joy after hitting his 4th three in 4 minutes
SGA leads the league in free throw attempts over the last two seasons, with 1,552 FTA. Second place has 425 fewer FTA.
Victor ‘Slim Daddy’ Wembanyama checks out in the win: 19⁄15 with 2 blocks
[Highlight] Joe Ingles hits a huge three to cut the lead down to 42
[Cowherd] Watching him (SGA) flop in an NBA game is like inserting one of those Life Alert commercials. I’ve fallen and I can’t get up! into Cirque du Soleil. It tears at the fabric of the creativity of the NBA.︀︀ ︀︀
[Owczarski] Bucks owner says decision to trade or keep Giannis will be made by the draft (6⁄23). Giannis on Jenkins hire: “I don’t think Milwaukee is just getting a good coach, I think they’re getting a good person.” When asked about the prospect of playing for Jenkins, Giannis said, “We’ll see.”
Dylan Harper continues to shine with spectacular plays on both ends of the floor: 11 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL, +24
Chris Finch: “I just told them [Timberwolves] we just got punked”
Jaylen Brown: “I hate that our president of basketball operations even had to respond to this. Me and Brad have a great relationship. I love Boston. If it was up to me I could play here for the next 10 years. This was my favorite season of my career.”
[Highlight] Kelly Olynyk goes ISO against Joe Ingles and scores the driving layup on him
In 2014, Raptors GM Ujiri went viral by yelling “Fuck Brooklyn!” at a rally before a TOR-BKN playoff game. The Nets coach at the time was Jason Kidd. Postgame, Kidd said, “I don’t even know who that is, so I could [not] care less what they think about Brooklyn.” Ujiri is now Kidd’s boss in Dallas.
[Charania] New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby has been diagnosed with right hamstring strain and will be day to day, sources tell ESPN. Anunoby is the Knicks second-leading scorer this postseason at 21.4 points per game. He is listed questionable for Game 3 on Friday against Philadelphia.
[Fischer] The Portland Trail Blazers are unlikely to hire Tiago Splitter as their full-time head coach.
[Highlights] Paul George goes unconscious to start game 2, with an assist, a jumper and then hits four straight shots, three 3s in the defender’s face. 11 quick points
Jaylen Brown reacts to the fine he got: “They fined me $50K. Season is over. Embiid cooked us. I’m moving on.”
(Basketnews) [The Athletic] NBA players voted Houston Rockets All-Star Alperen Sengun the most overrated player in the league.
[Cowherd] “KD is like buying a boat. The first day you have it and the first day you sell it are the two happiest days.”
[Charania] Just in: Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid has been ruled out for Game 2 tonight against the New York Knicks due to ankle and hip injuries, sources tell ESPN.
KAT postgame - “[Maxey] walked up to me and I was like I went to Kentucky longer than you so I have a little more experience with the geometry and all that, getting the ball off. Shoutout to Cal and the amazing teachers we had at Kentucky.”
MPJ on why Cam Thomas didn’t last in the NBA: “For Cam, I think it was a mixture of him being frustrated with a lot of things and also his personality. He doesn’t really socialize, He’ll say like two words all day, all practice. He doesn’t really talk to anybody.”
Lowest FG% by a Laker in a playoff game this century (min. 15 attempts): 18.8% - Austin Reaves (2026), 20.0% - Kobe Bryant (2000), 20.8% - Kobe Bryant (2009), 21.1% - Kobe Bryant (2004), 23.8% - Kobe Bryant (2002), 25.0% - Kobe Bryant (2010), 25.0% - Austin Reaves (2026)
OG “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Anunobi in Game 2: 24 Pts/ 2 Assists /5 Rebounds, 4 Steals and 1 Block on 53/29/100 Splits (67% TS) for a +12
Ajay Mitchell, Thunder’s breakout player, carries the dreams of his late father | Joel Lorenzi
Victor Wembanyama 19/15/2/1/2 and Stephon Castle 21/4/4/2 bounce back in game 2 to blowout Minnesota
Stephon Castle checks out in a blowout win in Game 2 with: 21 PTS (6⁄10 FG), 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL, +17
Julian “Danny Green from TEMU” Champagnie in the Spurs game 2 win against the Timberwolves: 12 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, 1 BLK, Zero turnover, 1 Foul, 4⁄6 FG, 4⁄6 3PT, +19 in 22 min
[Highlight] Carter Bryant commits elder abuse and shoves Mike Conley to the ground
Luka Doncic: “I’m just doing everything I can… The doctor said 8 weeks at the beginning of the first MRI, so I’m just going day-by-day and I feel better every day”
Tracy McGrady, mentor to Jaylen Brown, says that Jaylen is “frustrated” with the Celtics organization
[Lowlight] Paul George air balls a 3-pointer late in the 4th, and the Knicks are closer to win game 2. He is having some words with Quinten Grimes.