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[Charania] NBA suspensions for the Pistons-Hornets fight, sources tell ESPN: Isaiah Stewart: 7 games Miles Bridges: 4 games Moussa Diabate: 4 games Jalen Duren: 2 games

Nick Wright on fixing the All Star game: “if your guy Kon Knueppel continues on this trajectory… PC headlines be damned. White guys vs. black guys. Luka/Joker/Flagg/Reaves/Knueppel against Wemby+whomever. I’m telling you right now, guys would play f*cking hard.

[Slater] On Dec. 10, Kuminga knew management wanted to ding him for missing a team event, and alert him that someone around him was taking too much food from the family room. The gripes had become “petty”. Inside Kerr’s office, the meeting ended with Kerr slamming his white board in frustration.

NBA really is the worst major sport to attend

Evan Turner: “I remember one time my coach said he viewed me as Richard Jefferson and that was the first time i truly understood Latrell Spreewell. P.s. I’d trade the career i had for Richard Jefferson so it ain’t no shade. I just thought I was Kobe”

The Pacers will sit their entire starting lineup tonight

Victor Wembanyama in the first 8min of the game against the Lakers so far: 25 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK

[TMZ] The performer of the Washington Wizards mascot, G-Wiz, has hired an attorney in preparation to sue Lakers center Jaxson Hayes, who shoved the mascot during warmups. He has hired the same lawyer that represented Hayes’ ex-girlfriend, Sofia Jamora, in her domestic violence lawsuit against Hayes.

[Highlight] Bronny James blocks Kelly Olynyk at the rim and then shoots a 3 over him

Victor Wembanyama at the half against the Lakers: 37 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK, ¹²⁄₁₇ FG, ³⁄₅ 3P, ¹⁰⁄₁₂ FT in just 18min

[NBA Recap] Cleveland Cavaliers post trade deadline salary cap

Victor Wembanyama has more 40 point games than Tim Duncan despite playing 1,236 fewer games.

[Charania] NBA suspensions for the Pistons-Hornets fight, sources tell ESPN:

[ESPN] - John Tesh to perform ‘Roundball Rock’ live at All-Star Game

[Highlight] Madison Square Garden is absolutely silent as KAT hits two must-have free throws to send the game to OT

[Haynes] Detroit Pistons star Jalen Duren will be allowed to participate in both the Slam Dunk Contest and All-Star Game this weekend if he’s hit with a multiple-games suspension, sources say.

Wemby is done for the night: 40 PTS, 12 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK on 13-20 FG in 26 MIN!

[Highlight] Cooper Flagg bumps Dillon Brooks out of the way and viciously throws it down!

despite high expectations, the Orlando Magic have ranked in the bottom 10 in offensive rating for the 14th straight season

Victor Wembanyama is currently on pace to score 181 points against the Lakers with 17 points scored in the first 4 minutes and 13 seconds of the game

Over 60 members of the Thunder attended Jalen Williams’ high school jersey retirement in Arizona.

[Post Game Thread] The Indiana Pacers (13-40) defeat the New York Knicks (34-19), 137-134.

[Bobby Marks] I think what Utah is doing right now is messing around with the integrity of the NBA.

[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (36-16) utterly demolish the Los Angeles Lakers (32-20), 136-108.

Miles Bridges was sentenced to 3 years of probation for DV. Did thos fight just violate that?

[Highlight] Wemby scoring 17 straight points for the Spurs

[Slater] ‘Everyone’s to blame. Nobody won’: Inside the messy Kuminga-Warriors divorce

[Engelmann] I would say that Knueppel is the 4th-best rookie of the past 30 years, based on his performance so far… predict Knueppel to rank squarely among the NBA’s top 20 players — maybe even the top 10 — for about the next decade. He’s already playing at an All-Star level.

Draymond Green: “Guys who score at an elite level but doesn’t quite compete on the defensive end, they’re just really losing value in this league of guys where everything is fast, trying to get downhill, everybody is playing off close outs.”

[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama scores 25 points in the 1st quarter against the Lakers, including 17 straight from 11:08 to 7:47 in the frame. It’s the most points scored by a Spur in any quarter since tracking began in the play-by-play era (1997-98).

Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Austin Reaves, Marcus Smart all OUT for the Lakers vs. Spurs tonight

[PTFO]Exclusive: Ballmer and Kawhi’s Hidden Trail of Clippers Deals, Unearthed

The Lakers just gave up the most points in a first half in franchise history (84) to the Spurs

[Charania] Toronto’s Brandon Ingram has replaced Stephen Curry in the 2026 NBA All-Star Game.

In Tomorrow’s masterclass tank off between the Utah Jazz and the Sacramento Kings, the Kings announce they will be sitting out 6 players, including 4 of their 5 starters.

TJ “Mitch” McConnell comes off the bench and uses 13 PTS and 3 AST to filibuster Brunson’s 40 point performance as the Pacers upset the Knicks at MSG.

[Highlight] Stephon Castle puts his body on the line to reject Hachimura at the rim (replays)

[NBA.com] Kia Rookie Ladder: Maxime Raynaud enters Top 5

Payton Pritchard is having the most efficient season scoring on ISOs in the last decade

[Almanza] Jared McCain to participate in NBA’s celebrity 3-point shooting contest

The moment Brandon Ingram found out he was named an NBA All-Star

Wembanyama about facing a depleted Lakers team : “No pity. […] No matter who’s on the floor, there’s always someone in the other team who wanna hurt you, so we should never take our foot off the gas.”

[Highlights] Bronny James full highlights vs. San Antonio Spurs (108-136 L): A season-high 12 Points on ⁵⁄₁₀ FG, ²⁄₂ from 3, 3 Rebounds, 6 Assists (2 TOV), 1 Block, 3 PF, and a +/- of -6 in 25:22 minutes played

Are the Pacers sandbagging? They play competitive basketball against specifically the two teams that they’d be motivated against the most (Knicks and Thunder) while being horrific against everyone else.

[Hine] Naz Reid and Mouhamed Gueye each fined $35,000 for their little scuffle the other night, the NBA announced

[Highlight] Clyde Frazier not mincing words after KAT fouls out

JJ Redick on Victor Wembanyama: “He is one of the 5 best players in the world”

[Slater] In preseason practice, Warriors assistant Stotts was instructing: to the 1st unit, get the ball to Curry/Butler. 2nd unit was nebulous: If neither Butler/Curry was on, they didn’t have much creation, so get the ball up to Spencer and run some PnR. No mention of Kuminga. He steamed about it.