Yang Hansen on his idol Nikola Jokic: “I can’t wait to kiss him”
[Highlight] Suns owner Mat Ishbia drains a shot over 7’6 Tacko Fall
[Charania]: Chris Paul announces he is officially retiring from basketball after 21 seasons, ending a Hall of Fame career.
With the retirement of Chris Paul, LeBron has outlasted everyone from the 2003, 2004, 2005 draft class
[Haynes] BREAKING: Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine will undergo season-ending surgery on his right hand after the All-Star break, league sources tell me. He averaged 19.2 points, shot 48 percent from the field and 39 percent from beyond the arc.
[Highlight] Charania flinches at the rebound, and then can’t get away from Suns owner Mat Ishbia to receive the inbound pass
[Highlight] Giannis on Charania: “he cannot hoop”
[Post Game Thread] Team Giannis defeats Team Anthony, 65-58, in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.
[Charania] Free agent Malik Beasley has signed a deal to play in Puerto Rico for Grammy Award-winning artist Bad Bunny’s team Santurce Crabbers, both parties tell ESPN. The team’s season begins in March. Beasley has been under NBA and FBI investigations for gambling allegations.
[Chris Paul]: This is it! After over 21 years I’m stepping away from basketball. As I write this, it’s hard to really know what to feel, but for once - most people would be surprised
[Charania] The Toronto Raptors have waived Chris Paul.
[Weiss] Carter Bryant is a GODA (grandchild of deaf adults) who grew up in a household that spoke ASL… Bryant learned defense by playing pick-up with deaf kids, where there was no verbal communication… Bryant explained how deaf players, more than most, understand basketball as a sport of trust
Kendrick Perkins: Let’s stop being nice about it and throwing out the word “tanking.” No, it’s actually throwing games. You’re trying to throw games… I would’ve fined they ass more
Empty Seats at Rising Stars
The Houston Rockets were 42-3 when Chris Paul, James Harden, and Clint Capela played together in the 2017-18 regular season.
Pelicans rookie Derik Queen on he would play 1-on-1 against if he could pick anyone from history: “Probably Barack [Obama]… I gotta beat him 11-0 but I gotta put some type of wager on it. Like you gotta let me come to the White House whenever.”
[Tim MacMahon] I know what the ramping speculation is around the league: this summer there’s gonna be a reunion and potentially a retirement tour for the ages back home again with the Cleveland Cavaliers next year
[Highlight] Dylan Harper puts his brother, Ron Harper Jr., on skates, and scores the game-winning jumper for Team Melo (with a replay)
Nearly 5 years ago, the Utah Jazz attached a first-round pick, protected for three years, to salary dump Derrick Favors to the Oklahoma City Thunder in order to avoid paying luxury tax. That first-round pick is now at the center of NBA’s tanking controversy.
[Highlight] VJ Edgecombe hits the game-winner for Team Vince. He finishes the game with 10 straight points.
Jared McCain takes shots at the 76ers on his appearance with PlaqueBoyMax: “We better not run into Philly, cause if we do shit gonna get sticky. I can’t believe they gave me up. It’s cool. I’ma show ‘em what’s up.”
[Highlight] Darvin Ham coaches the Bucks to a 110-93 win over the Thunder as interim head coach with Doc Rivers out
All Star Break r/NBA community stats: which team has the most fans active on this subreddit, who gets downvoted the most, who complains about the refs the most, and more!
[Highlight] Yang Hansen goes 1v1 against his Blazers teammate, Donovan Clingan, and scores (with a replay)
The Charlotte Hornets have launched a new concession policy called ‘Hugo’s Hive Menu,’ offering hot dogs, pretzel bites, popcorn, bottled Dasani water, and sodas for just $2 each. According to the team’s ownership, this decision was made to make it easier and more accessible for fans to attend games
[All-Access] A courtside view of Dylan Harper hitting the game-winner over his brother Ron Harper Jr. for Team Melo.
[Highlight] VJ Edgecombe knocks down both free throws to win the Rising Stars Championship for Team Vince.
[All-Access] A view from the court as VJ Edgecombe is awarded the Rising Stars MVP award.
[Bobby Marks] “I had a team text me last night after this came out, this is a team not in the lottery and they said they would basically write a blank check if they had the opportunity to pick in the top 3 of this year’s draft based on what the fines could be here”
CP3 ends his career with the 3rd highest adjusted on-off across the last 3 decades. One of the most impactful players of all time
[Highlight] Giannis negotiates playing time with Keegan-Michael Key and Tacko Fall for the celebrity game
[Post Game Thread] The Team Vince (0-0) defeat the Team Melo (0-0), 25-24 to win the Rising Stars championship.
Torre on the likelihood of a Clippers punishment: “I would say that the vibe has shifted in the last several weeks, especially with how the Clippers have been behaving [trades, Lawrence Frank extension]… There is now this accumulation of indicators that say it would be crazy if nothing happened.”
[Highlights] VJ Edgecombe goes on a personal 10-0 run to send Team Vince to the Rising Stars championship game (with replays)
[All-Access] Dylan Harper is joined by Ace Bailey as he watches back his game-winner in the Rising Stars game against his big brother, Ron Harper Jr.
My strategy to reduce “How to reduce tanking” posts.
[Highlight] Carter Bryant hits the spin move to get to the basket and finishes with a tough layup to tie it for Team Vince.
After the OKC Thunder’s loss to the Bucks, the Detroit Pistons now have the best overall record in the NBA, with a winning percentage of .755 vs the Thunders’ .750.
LeBron James: “I’m a goofy ass 41-year-old kid. That’s just me. They pay me to play basketball. Why wouldn’t I be happy about that?”
Bobby Marks in 2018 and 2019: “Can we please get rid of the word “Tanking” in the NBA vocabulary. That word means that players/coaching staff are trying to lose on purpose. Now if you want to say management has put together an inferior roster with the focus of player development, that is fine.”
[All-Access] Ahead of Rising Stars, the players were asked who they’re most looking forward to playing with tonight that is not on their NBA team.
Chris Paul saves the game by pointing out Jordan Bell’s untucked jersey
[Highlight] Reed Sheppard send Carter Bryant to the other side and scores the 3-pointer
[Highlight] VJ Edgecombe gets to the bucket for the tough finish, and then immediately shows off the defense as he disrupts the inbound pass.
Team Vince are the 2026 Rising Stars champions! VJ Edgecombe is the MVP! Including interviews with Vince Carter and VJ Edgecombe
[DuBose] The Rockets wouldn’t have brought in Kevin Durant if they had known they wouldn’t have Fred…they knew last June that they needed Fred for a chance at contending with KD.
[NBA.com] MVP Ladder: 1. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2. Nikola Jokić 3. Luka Dončić 4. Cade Cunningham 5. Victor Wembanyama 6. Jaylen Brown
LeBron James with a triple double against the Mavericks: 28 PTS | 10 REB | 12 AST | 1 BLK | 4 TOV | 10-20 FG | 2-7 3P | 6-7 FT