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Soooo… Has the Kawhi Aspiration Thing Been Swept Under the Rug?

[Highlight] Eric Collins on Luka Doncic: “This guy is a whiner.”

[Highlight] The Lakers foul Kon Knueppel multiple times. No whistle is blown for any of them.

[Highlight] The refs miss a blatant backcourt violation leading to the OKC jam. Udoka asks the ref about the no-call

[Highlight] Anthony Black with the dunk-of-the-year candidate as he dunks on 4 guys in transition!

Jayson Tatum to Bam Adebayo after the game: “You lost without me”

CJ McCollum arrives in Atlanta and hijacks the offense: 52 FGA including ²⁄₁₈ (11%) from 3. Hawks are 1-2. Quinn Snyder looks checked out, as does Jalen Johnson.

Tonight will feature a battle of the two teams with the worst records in the NBA, the 9-32 Pacers and the 10-33 Pelicans. Seven months ago, the Pelicans had the rights to both of those picks - now they have neither

[Post Game Thread] The Charlotte Hornets (14-26) defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (24-14), 135-117 as Lamelo Ball goes off in the second half of the game

[Highlight] Bynum got his get back on Shaq 20 years ago (Jan 16, 2006).

[Highlight] Giannis and Wemby talking shop after the game, after a Spurs 20 point blowout win

[Highlight] Lamelo makes BBQ Chicken out of Ayton and drills the 3 on his head

[Highlight] The audio on the Kings broadcast malfunctions and picks up a “startling” message from a technician

At the beginning of 2025, Ant promised a young fan who was battling cancer that he would wear an orange bracelet. More than a year has passed, and Edwards still wears that bracelet.

[Highlight] Wemby nails the catch and shoot turnaround fadeaway three to beat the shotclock. Brings him to ⁵⁄₆ from beyond the arch tonight

[Highlight] Draymond Green grabs the opposing head coach while KAT shoots a free throw

Draymond Green on the Kuminga drama: “He’s dealing with it better than probably I would. The way he’s dealt with this at 23 years old I tip my hat to him because he’s staying engaged, he’s in here working out everyday his attitude is the same everyday. He comes in with a smile.

[Highlight] Anthony Black dunks on 4 Grizzlies players in transition (with replays). Multi-broadcast - EN1|PT|EN2

Kia MVP Ladder: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reasserts his place at top, Jokic and Doncic round out the top-3

[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.”

The Lakers have played only 1 team over .500 in the last 8 games. They are 4-4 in that stretch.

[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.

SGA is now 15 games away from breaking Wilt’s record for consecutive 20 point games.

[Highlight] SGA somehow hits the circus shot while spinning and tripping

Klay: “I’m grateful to have a father who had a great career. Who brought me around the game my whole childhood. I learned to respect the game & respect the greats who came before us. I wouldn’t be here without Reggie & Ray…[they] were the standard for me & just to be on a list w/them is surreal.”

[Post Game Thread] The Golden State Warriors (23-19) defeat the New York Knicks (25-16), 126-113 behind Jimmy Butler’s 32/8/4

[Highlight] Draymond Green falls to the floor and grabs Karl-Anthony Towns’ foot, tripping him (with replays). A flagrant-1 upon review.

[Highlight] LaMelo Ball takes Deandre Ayton to a dance and scores the step back 3 off the dribble over him (with a replay)

Anfernee Simons off the bench in the win against the Heat: 39/4/4 on 7-16 from 3PT and 6-6 FT with 1 steal, +18

[ESPN] Several sources didn’t see much of a market [for Ja Morant] with Milwaukee repeatedly surfacing as a possible option.

[Amick] Team sources confirmed that some in the organization, including Kerr, wanted Franz Wagner. In a push to inject the Warriors’ roster with much-needed athleticism and potential starpower, Kuminga was drafted as part of the foundation of the post-Curry era along with Wiseman

[Highlight] Anthony Black watches back his dunk from today

[Post Game Thread] The Oklahoma City Thunder (35-7) defeat the Houston Rockets (23-15), 111-91.

Keldon Johnson and Victor Wembanyama took turns shaving each other’s heads after the loss to OKC.

Jayson Tatum at the end of the Celtics vs. Heat game tonight: “I’m ready”

Victor Wembanyama is done for the night: 22 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK, +27, 22 MIN

LaMelo Ball 30/6/11/1 and Brandon Miller 26/2/5/1/2 as Hornets blowout Lakers

[Highlight] Anthony Black lays it down on four Grizzlies defenders for the lead!

Viva la Heavolución: A record-tying 16 heaves last night

[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.’”

[All-Access] A courtside look at Victor Wembanyama going up for the two-handed block and then proceeding to drain a 3-pointer.

[Garcia] The Bucks lose back-to-back games by a combined margin of 54 points. This is the largest margin over two games in franchise history. The previous high was 48, last done in 1983

[Highlight] Wemby Rises up for the textbook two-hand rejection. Runs the floor and Sinks the triple.

When asked about ‘Playoff Kawhi’, Klaw responds with ‘I don’t even know who that is’

[Highlight] Kevin Durant and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are doing something interesting in midcourt and Alex Caruso blocks Amen Thompson

Lamelo Ball Tonight: 30/6/11 (27 in the 2nd half)

Darko Rajaković doesn’t even need words to get his point across.

Cade Cunningham could not hit water if he fell out of a boat tonight going 3-16 from the field, 0-7 from 3, 4-9 from the line, and 25% TS 10/4/11