[Inside the NBA] Charles Barkley on players sitting out: “You rest Wemby… maybe. You rest Joker, Jamal Murray, and Aaron Gordon…You rest LeBron because he’s 102 years old. All these dudes sitting out though, it’s just disrespectful.”
With Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ruled out for the final game of the season, Luka Dončić will finish the season leading the NBA in both PPG and total points
[Aaronson] Doc Rivers on Joel Embiid’s appendicitis: “It’s this time of year, right?” Rivers mentioned never having Embiid healthy in the playoffs and said none of Embiid’s late-season ailments haven’t been his fault. “Appendicitis. I mean, you can’t make it up. You really can’t.”
The Spurs have missed the playoffs 9 times since the lottery was introduced in 1985. They have gotten the #1 overall pick 33% of the time they enter the lottery. 66% of the time they jump up in draft position.
Victor Wembanyama after being asked about the environment
Xavier Tillman is what 41 year old LeBron should play like.
Spurs will be the first team in NBA history to have 8 players average 10+ PPG if Harrison Barnes scores 17 points tonight vs Denver
Luka Doncic joins Russell Westbrook and Stephen Curry as the only point guards to ever win multiple scoring titles
[Highlight] Mikal Bridges gets subbed 23 seconds into the game vs. the Hornets, keeping his Iron streak on.
Not missing a game… 638 straight games
Kevin Durant is the only 37+ year-old player to score 2,000 points in a season.
Cooper Flagg will end the season with more points, rebounds, assists, and steals than any other player on his team.
Tyrese Haliburton addresses the home crowd before the Pacers’ final game of the season: “And don’t get used to the Pacers not playing in April, May and June.”
Nikola Jokic has a chance to become the 3rd player in NBA history to finish top 2 in MVP for 6 straight years
[Inside the NBA] Charles Barkley on the 65-game rule: “Y’all vote in the collective bargaining, and now you want to complain. If Y’all wasn’t sitting on your ass half the time sipping margaritas and stuff, they wouldn’t put the 65 games in there…”
Here’s A List Of The Players Who Have Drawn The Most Fouls This Season!
The headshot previews for today’s slate of games on the NBA website are incredible and need to be shared
90% of the NBA out tonight due to “rest” and “headaches”
Kevin Durant ends his 18th season playing 78 games averaging 26 PPG on 52/41/87 splits — 90% of his field goal attempts were jump shots.
[Charania] The Los Angeles Lakers are signing two-way guard Nick Smith Jr. on a new two-year contract, Lucas Newton of Klutch Sports tells ESPN. With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves sidelined, the Lakers add guard depth for the playoffs. Smith has averaged 6 points and 40% from 3 this season.
Gabe Vincent on Pat Riley flying out to meet him for his free agent meeting:
“Pat flying out to meet with me and I’m like ‘flying out to meet with me? I’m not Magic, I’m not Kobe or Shaq, or D Wade. What you meeting with Gabe Vincent for?’ I was blown away by that”
[Amick] Sacramento Kings expected to retain head coach Doug Christie: Sources
Nikola Jokic ends the season with his 6th straight top 10 BPMs of all time, beating his previous 2 records with 14.1
[Scotto] Instead, there’s a belief that Rivers could pivot to an undetermined role in Milwaukee’s front office… As for potential coaching candidates, the Bucks have an internal candidate in Darvin Ham who will also be sought after by the Pelicans, according to league sources, this summer.
A look at the NBA playoff seeding scenarios entering the regular-season finale.
[Highlights] AJ Green with back to back 3s to break Ray Allen’s franchise record for most 3s made in a single season (with replays)
230 threes and the game is still going
If the blazers were able to get Arvydas Sabonis to the NBA, the bulls wouldn’t have 6 rings
Jalen Brunson briefly thanks the fans before the last game of the season:
“We’ll see you guys in the playoffs”
If you clone every player to create their own 12 man roster, which player would make the best team?
Ty Jerome stats for Memphis this season in 22.6 minutes per game over 15 games: 19.7 points per game, 5.7 assists. 47.4-42-87.5 shooting splits. 31.3 points and 9 assists per 36
Wemby is currently having the 27th best BPM season ever. He’s the youngest player in the top 30 and only one of two to do so within their first three seasons, Jordan is the other.
Who were the best players in the league when the NBA’s best players were 13 years old?
[Charania] The Los Angeles Lakers are signing two-way guard Nick Smith Jr. on a new two-year contract, Lucas Newton of Klutch Sports tells ESPN. With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves sidelined, the Lakers add guard depth for the playoffs. Smith has averaged 6 points and 40% from 3 this season.
[Highlight] A middle school band performs the national anthem as you’d expect while Duncan Robinson struggles to keep a straight face
In 59 games played, 41 y/o LeBron has dunked 97 times this season, the most he’s had since 2017-2018 where he played 82 games
Teams With The Best Defensive Rating In The Clutch In The 2025-26 NBA Regular Season
FYI if Portland make the playoffs then Chicago will get their pick, which will be somewhere between the 15th-18th spot
Kon Knueppel has made more threes in his rookie season than Ray Allen made in any single season of his career.
A dancing Jared McCain greets OKC fans at the airport (via Jalen Williams IG Story)
[Highlight] Scottie Barnes with the beautiful touch pass to Jakob Poeltl for the easy 2 under the rim (with a replay)
[Scotto] Borrego will be a candidate to retain the [Pelicans] job going forward, but others are also expected to be in the mix, including Darvin Ham and Kevin Ollie, league sources told HoopsHype.
[Highlight] Ben Saraf with the ankle breaker on Jakob Poeltl and the layup (with replays)
[Charania] Illinois freshman guard Keaton Wagler – ranked No. 5 in ESPN’s Top 100 – has declared for the 2026 NBA draft, his agency ProMondo Sports tells me and @JeremyWoo. Wagler led the 28-9 Fighting Illini to the Final Four for the first time since 2005.
If there was an award for “Best Player That Is The 3rd Best Player On Their Team”, who would be some of your candidates and your overall pick? Since top teams usually have a clear #1 and #2, this is the next guy after the that, the best player who is AWESOME but NOT one of the 2 best on his team.
What players drafted in the 2020s are you selecting over Cooper Flagg over to build a team
[Highlights] Jon Konchar with the layup to give him a triple double, and Bez Mbeng with a rebound seconds later, also getting a triple-double of his own, as the crowd cheers and the Jazz bench goes frenzy (with replay). The local crowd starts chanting “Kevin Love”, who trolls them a bit, laughing
Wemby lineups this year have been more dominant than any regular season from LeBron, Shaq, Kobe, or Jokic. He is 22 years old
Nuggets Injury Report for Tomorrow: Murray, Gordon, Braun, Johnson, Hardaway, Watson, Jones are OUT. Jokic is QUESTIONABLE.
[Highlight] The Knicks fail to score on a 4v1 fastbreak, and LaMelo Ball swishes the 3-pointer over Jose Alvarado at the other end (with a replay)