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Dillon Brooks Arrested For DUI

[Haynes] Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is making his season debut tonight against the Dallas Mavericks.

How does Wemby sleep on the road?

Drew Hanlen on Carmelo Anthony: “I’m standing on the fact that JT doesn’t need Carmelo’s advice on how to win. JT is an NBA champion & 14-6 in playoff series. Melo is 3-13 in the playoff series.” Melo’s response: “Damn….. my bad y’all I won’t speak on any topics related to Winning anymore”

[Friedell] Gary Payton II says he would request a trade to the Seattle SuperSonics if they come back, and hopes to keep playing long enough to make that happen

[Ganguli] NBPA President Fred VanVleet worries about sports gambling’s effect on players, particularly since money from gaming companies is about 1% of BRI. “It’s not substantial enough to make it worth any of this. For us or for the league.”

Cooper Flagg on Jason Kidd: “I’m not extremely familiar. I know he’s a legend, but no. I didn’t watch J-Kidd a ton”

Van Vleet on the NBA’s relationship with sports gambling: “A nice little campfire makes you feel warm,” … “You got marshmallows and s’mores. But if it turns into a wildfire — that kind of feels like where we are right now. I don’t know how you rein it back in.”

Nikola Jokic gets fouled by Marcus Smart

Rudy Gobert knocks down some corner 3’s in practice

With five blocks yesterday, Victor Wembanyama tied Nikola Jokic in career blocks with 573. Wembanyama has played 165 games to Jokic’s 792

[Highlight] Anthony Edwards with a massive 2 handed poster on RJ Barrett and then screams in his face

Draymond Green reaches for Jabari Smith Jr.’s ankle after the play was over:

Carter Bryant jumps over Marcus Sasser to finish the oop from Fox

[Charania] Just in: North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson broke his right thumb in a non-contact drill in practice Thursday and has undergone season-ending surgery, sources tell ESPN. Wilson is expected to be cleared during the NBA predraft process, where he’ll compete to be the No. 1 pick in June.

Pablo Torre Unveils New Kawhi Leonard Evidence, Live at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference: Five sources who worked with the Clippers while at Aspiration say the law firm investigating on behalf of the NBA (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz) did not mention Ballmer’s name at all in questioning

Udonis Haslem on DeAndre Ayton: “I played with the Big 3, the other 12 of us did not have the role we wanted… And you are no different Deandre Ayton. Play your damn role and get your ring or not.”

[Vorkunov] Adam Silver on tanking: “We are going to make substantial changes for next year. On one hand you can completely divorce the draft from teams’ records…That would be a major shock to the system. Not to completely forecast where we’re going but I am an incrementalist.”

Wemby’s night is done in a DOMINANT win over the Pistons: 38 pts on ¹²⁄₂₄ shooting, 16 boards, 3 assists, and 5 blocks

[Highlight] 41 year old Lebron James is the fastest player on the court as he ties Kareem Abdul Jabbar for All-time FG made

[Highlight] Jayson Tatum is set to return tonight and make his season debut for the Celtics. Take a look at some of his top plays throughout his career.

[Highlight] Carter Bryant gets up for the chase down block in transition

[BasketNews] Nikola Jokic shares rare personal stories: Going to bars at age 10

[Highlight] Down 7 with 10s left, Jake LaRavia decides it’s showtime

[Lowlight] Luka picks up his 15th tech on the season, continues to argue

Former Number 1 Overall Pick Markelle Fultz has been acquired by the Raptors 905 G-League Team.

Tyrese Maxey is averaging 38.3 minutes per game, the most by a player since the 2014-15 season

Scottie Barnes forced a turnover on Anthony Edwards and screamed in his face. Both thought it was funny.

[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (44-17) defeat the Detroit Pistons (45-15), 121-106.

[Charania] BREAKING: Boston Celtics All-NBA star Jayson Tatum will play this season and could make his debut on Friday against the Dallas Mavericks – less than 10 months after surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon.

[NBC Sports Boston] Joe Mazzulla on conspiracy that Tatum could return on ³⁄₁₄ :“I might not even be alive by that day… go to bed questionable, I wake up probable.”

[Slater] The Golden State Warriors were amongst the teams who attempted to trade for Kawhi Leonard at the NBA Trade Deadline.

[Lia Assimakopoulos] Stars’ attorney Frank Carroll: “Who do they say should be in charge? It’s a Vegas corporation that traded Luka for a bag of magic beans.”

Spurs lock down the rim late in the 4th and put the Pistons away with the transition and 1

[Post Game Thread] The Golden State Warriors (32-30) defeat the Houston Rockets (38-23), 115-113 in OT

[Highlight] The Warriors draw up an ATO to attack Sengun and Reed Sheppard, and Draymond gets three the hard way to tie the game late in the 4th

[Highlight] The Detroit Pistons Set A Screen on Steph Castle at the Half Court. He Still Gets the Block on Cade Cunningham.

[Highlight] Trae Young with the no look pass to Bilal Coulibaly for the corner 3. Jazz timeout.

Julian Reese, undrafted out of Maryland and brother of Angel, records 20 rebounds, the most by a rookie in a game this season.

Cade in his last 8 games has a TS% of 50.7 (-7.2% below league average) and a FG% of 42.2%

[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets (39-24) defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (37-25) behind Jokic’s 28/12/13 triple double and Murray’s 28 point performance, 120-113.

[NBA.com] NBA MVP Ladder: 1) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2) Nikola Jokić 3) Cade Cunningham 4) Victor Wembanyama 5) Jaylen Brown

Juju Reese recorded 20 rebounds tonight in just his third career game. He is the first Rookie since Tim Duncan in 1997 to record a 20 board game so quickly.

[Amick] Per team and league sources, Gordon is still on track to return in Friday night’s game against New York. The Nuggets and Gordon are expected to make a final decision after he goes through his pregame routine.

[Highlight] Trae Young with the pump fake, the Rondo pass fake, and the lefty layup finish over Kyle Filipowski (with replays)

Nikola Jokic with a near quadruple-double against Lakers: 28 PTS, 12 REB, 13 AST, 9 TOV

[Vorkunov] Silver cited the WNBA—using the last two seasons’ records for lottery odds—as a possible tweak to the NBA draft. He said pick protections distort incentives and that the league’s current tanking isn’t just rebuilding teams or late-season youth development: “The incentives are off.”

In 2020, Vince Carter became the only player to have played across 4 decades. Will there be another player to accomplish this in 2030?