[Thamel] Sources: North Carolina intends to hire longtime NBA coach Michael Malone as the school’s next basketball coach. He’s an NBA Championship coach with the Denver Nuggets in 2023 and won 510 games as an NBA head coach.
[Charania] BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls have dismissed executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley, sources tell ESPN.
[Highlight] Steph crosses KD and shimmies
Luka could be back within 3-4 weeks using advanced STEM cell technology in Europe
[Highlight] Jokic’s brother comes to his defense after a fan is caught trash talking in the bleachers.
Charlotte Hornets are 27-8 in last 35 games. Last year, they went 7-28 in a 35-game stretch between November 2024 and February 2025.
Clinched Seeds After Yesterday
[Charania] After consultation with Lakers doctors and his own medical team, Luka Doncic will seek specialized medical treatment in Europe on his Grade 2 left hamstring in an attempt to expedite his return to play, agent Bill Duffy of WME Basketball tells me and @mcten.
[Highlight] Dillon Brooks and Benny the Bull staring each other down.
[Highlight] A kid splashes a 3 from the NBA range during the halftime intermission - Warriors-Rockets.
LeBron “Father Time” James despite the loss vs Mavs: 30 PTS, 9 REB, 15 AST | 12-22 FG 5-9 FT
Zion hit 4 threes in his first game in the NBA. His game-high since is 2 threes. What happened?
Cam Johnson is shooting 51% from the field and 45.5% from three since February
[Guedes] Carmelo Anthony changes his ROTY pick: “My pick for Rookie of the Year was [Kon] Knueppel, only for what they are doing in Charlotte, his role in Charlotte, his impact… I don’t see too many young players that have what Cooper Flagg has. I’m going to go with Cooper”
Naturalization ceremony during the halftime break in Fiserv Forum - Milwaukee Bucks vs Memphis Grizzlies - 4/5/26.
Directed by U.S District Court Judge Brett Ludwig.
18 people took their oaths and officially became US citizens..
Cooper Flagg “ROTY” against the Lakers in a win: 45 PTS, 8 REBS, 9 ASTS
Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki on the “fake coughing” incident during the 2011 NBA Finals: Dirk: “I didn’t appreciate it…to me it felt a little disrespectful, I felt like I never had to fake an injury, I never had to fake an illness, I thought it was childish” [WyNetwork]
[Marks] Billy Donovan has already begun discussing his potential staff were he to accept a head coaching offer from the University of North Carolina.
Luke Kennard despite the loss: 15 pts, 16 rebounds, 11 assists.
Alex Antetokounmpo is probably actually in the running for the worst/least qualified NBA player of all time
NBC Broadcast: Lakers-Mavericks is the first game in NBA history where a player under 20 and a player over 40 have both scored 20+ points. Both Flagg and LeBron did it in the just the first half
[Highlight] LeBron James goes around Cooper Flagg and dunks it, and then he outruns Flagg for the fastbreak dunk (with replays)
Steph off the bench in his return vs the Rockets: 29 points (led team in scoring), 2 reb, and 4 assists on 10-19 shooting, 5-9 from 3, 2-3 FT, 1 steal, and some massive buckets down the stretch. He missed 27 consecutive games (2 months) and just played 26 minutes and was a +12!
LeBron, Curry, and Durant tonight with an average age of ~39 years old: 90/19/27 on 55/41/71 splits
The 2026 Made Up NBA Awards from Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe
Giannis on Joe Mazzulla : “Everything about my decision is based on winning— look at Joe Mazzulla. He had so many opportunities this season to make excuses but never did. He realized what he had in his players.”
The Warriors are officially locked in to the 10th seed, they will be on the road to face either the Blazers or Clippers in the 9⁄10 seed matchup
[Thamel] Sources: North Carolina intends to hire longtime NBA coach Michael Malone as the school’s next basketball coach. He’s an NBA Championship coach with the Denver Nuggets from the 2022-23 season and has won 510 games as an NBA head coach.
SGA is four games away from being the only guard in history to shoot 60% from 2 on at least 15 2 point attempts per game.
[Highlight] Alperen Sengun hits the game-winner in the paint over Brandin Podziemski, as Steph Curry misses the potential game-winning deep 3 (with replays).
Rockets win.
The Los Angeles Lakers have given up 41 and 44 points in back-to-back first quarters to two juggernauts: The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks.
Was Joel Embiid on pace for one of the best seasons of all time in 2023-24?
LeBron James on the Lakers injury news in the last 48 hours: “It was a shot to the heart and the chest and the mainframe with Luka … I woke up from my nap and saw that [Reaves] news and was like, ‘Shit.’”
LeBron (41-096) becomes the oldest player to score 30+ points and 15+ assists in a game.
[Post Game Thread] The Houston Rockets (48-29) defeat the Golden State Warriors (36-41), 117-116.
[Mavs PR] Cooper Flagg has produced his fifth career 30-5-5 game tonight vs. LAL. He has passed Luka Dončić (4) for the 2nd-most 30-5-5 games by a teenager in NBA history. LeBron James (11) has the most. Flagg has more 30-5-5 games than the rest of this year’s rookie class combined (3).
[Highlight] - Cooper Flagg passes LeBron James and now has the most 40+ point games by a teenager in NBA history.
Kon (265) and LaMelo (255) are the first teammates to hold the #1 and #2 spots in total 3PM since Steph and Klay — LaMelo goes 7⁄14 today to pass Luka (out for season) and take 2nd place
[Charania] The Chicago Bulls want to keep Billy Donovan as the head coach for as long as he wants to remain there.
Crowd for Nets vs Wizards at the Barclays Center today.
These team are a combined 35-119, but the arena is still filled up.
Cooper Flagg is the first rookie with back to back 40+ point games since Allen Iverson in 1997
[Highlight] Ime Udoka is upset after Alperen Sengun attempted a wide open 3, benched him after the timeout.
SGA, Jokic, and Luka’s averages when they have 5 or fewer free throw attempts this season: Luka 27/7/5 on 57.3% TS in 9 games, SGA 27/4/7 on 65.3% TS in 17 games, Jokic 22/11/11 on 65.0% TS in 22 games
[Highlight] Tobias Harris to Philadelphia: “Get ready for the fucking Play-In”
Nick Wright on Wemby’s MVP case: “You have one of the candidates who is far and away the least impactful passer and scorer. He has played by far the fewest games/minutes. Also, he doesn’t even have the best record. I know he’s the best defender but that alone isn’t enough to close the gap for me.”
[Highlight] - LaMelo “Heartbeat Of The Hornets” Ball with another team-leading performance last night : 35 points, 8 assists, 7 made threes- Full Highlights
[Highlight] - Duel between the two best teenagers to ever play in the NBA (22 years apart)
[Highlight] Steph Curry hits a big clutch deep 3 Alperen Sengun to cut the Rockets lead down to 1, with less than a minute remaining (with a replay)