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 James defends Jason Kidd’s decision to move Cooper Flagg from forward to point guard this season, even though the learning curve for an NBA point guard is incredibly difficult for a 19-year-old to master. James credits this move for Cooper’s rapid development as an NBA player.
[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] Jokic’s brother comes to his defense after a fan is caught trash talking in the bleachers.
Kon Knueppel is on track to hit 275 3 pointers made this season, which would put him top 25 all time. He already holds the rookie record ahead of 2nd place (206)
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.”
Paolo Banchero last 5 games: 14.4/9/5 on 36/15/66 shooting splits
Luka could be back within 3-4 weeks using advanced STEM cell technology in Europe
[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”
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.
[Highlight] Steph crosses KD and shimmies
Nickeil Alexander-Walker drops 20 points in the first half vs. the Knicks shooting 7⁄8 and 3⁄4 from three
Clinched Seeds After Yesterday
[Charania] The Chicago Bulls want to keep Billy Donovan as the head coach for as long as he wants to remain there.
Cam Johnson is shooting 51% from the field and 45.5% from three since February
[Injury] Stephon Castle crosses Joel Embiid, continues with the behind the back dribble and scores the jumper.
Embiid gets injured during the play and heads to the bench.
[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] A kid splashes a 3 from the NBA range during the halftime intermission - Warriors-Rockets.
[Highlight] Dillon Brooks and Benny the Bull staring each other down.
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?
[Charania] Giannis is trying to ramp up this week from my understanding… he wants to play with his brothers before the regular season ends, he’s making it very clear behind the scenes that’s his goal.
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..
Paolo Banchero at the half: 21/3/3 on 7⁄9 shooting and 6⁄6 from the line
[Marks] Billy Donovan has already begun discussing his potential staff were he to accept a head coaching offer from the University of North Carolina.
[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.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jaylen Brown named NBA Players of the Week
The 2026 Made Up NBA Awards from Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe
Cooper Flagg “ROTY” against the Lakers in a win: 45 PTS, 8 REBS, 9 ASTS
Today’s Pistons/Magic game now has four former Michigan Wolverines ruled out on the same night the team plays for the national championship
[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).
Watching Hawks Vs. Knicks. I do not know how anyone could like the college game more than the NBA.
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]
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
[Highlight] LeBron James goes around Cooper Flagg and dunks it, and then he outruns Flagg for the fastbreak dunk (with replays)
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
NBA Career Scoring Leaders By Age (18-42 years old), video by HoopsHype.
[Injury] Stephon Castle lobs it to Victor Wembanyama for the lefty alley-oop dunk and gets injured (with replays). Castle went to the locker room on his own, have yet to return.
If Kareem played for one more year his career would have spanned from the 1960s-1990s
[Highlight] Nickeli Alexander-Walker swishes the 3-pointer off the give and go with Dyson Daniels.
18 points for NAW.
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
[Highlight] Nickeli Alexander-Walker banks in the lefty layup high off the glass, over Mitchell Robinson, off behind the back dribble (with a replay)
Was Joel Embiid on pace for one of the best seasons of all time in 2023-24?
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
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama spins on Tyrese Maxey and dunks it, and Stephon Castle with the crossover on Kelly Oubre Jr., the drive, and the dunk