Who’s Playing Old Dominion @ Georgia State Current Records: Old Dominion 14-10; Georgia State 10-14 What to Know After a two-game homestand, the Old Dominion Monarchs will be on the road. Old Dominion and the Georgia State Panthers will face off in a Sun Belt battle at 7 p.m. ET Thursday at Georgia State Convocation Center. The Monarchs will be …

The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to trade Josh Richardson to the New Orleans Pelicans for Devonte’ Graham and four future second-round picks, according to Shams Charania. Per Jeff McDonald, the Spurs will get the Pelicans’ second-round picks in 2024, 2026, 2028 and 2029.  This is the fifth consecutive year that Richardson has been traded, though only one of those …

Who’s Playing Rice @ Florida Atlantic Current Records: Rice 15-8; Florida Atlantic 22-2 What to Know After two games on the road, the Florida Atlantic Owls are heading back home. Florida Atlantic and the Rice Owls will face off in a Conference USA battle at 7 p.m. ET Thursday at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena. Florida Atlantic is out to keep …

The Philadelphia 76ers only made one deal before the 3 p.m. EST trade deadline on Thursday when they acquired Jalen McDaniels from the Charlotte Hornets in a 3-team deal that sent Matisse Thybulle to the Portland Trail Blazers. The Sixers also acquired a 2024 second-round pick via the New York Knicks and a 2029 second-round pick via the Trail Blazers. …

Who’s Playing New Orleans @ Nicholls State Current Records: New Orleans 6-16; Nicholls State 11-11 What to Know After four games on the road, the Nicholls State Colonels are heading back home. Nicholls State and the New Orleans Privateers will face off in a Southland battle at 8 p.m. ET Thursday at David R. Stopher Gym. The teams split their …

On Thursday evening, the Chicago Bulls and Brooklyn Nets face off for the third time during the 2022-23 season. The Bulls won the first two matchups, and Chicago will bring a 26-28 overall record into a road game at Barclays Center. Brooklyn is 32-22 overall and 16-10 at home. Seth Curry (adductor) remains out for Brooklyn, with Day’Ron Sharpe (foot) …

Who’s Playing Houston Christian @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Current Records: Houston Christian 7-17; Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 15-9 What to Know After two games on the road, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders are heading back home. The Islanders and the Houston Christian Huskies will face off in a Southland battle at 8:30 p.m. ET Thursday at American Bank Center. Texas A&M-Corpus …

The Golden State Warriors emerged from the NBA’s trade deadline pretty much as they were before it began, minus their most infamous lottery whiff in a generation while adding a role player who has helped their bench before and will do so once again. But is it enough? It doesn’t feel like enough. The West got better. The Warriors more …

I don’t have any NBA picks for you tonight. The NBA is already difficult to bet during the regular season, and it’s a lot more difficult on the day of the trade deadline, when seemingly half the league is being traded. As you already know, Kevin Durant was traded from Brooklyn to Phoenix last night, but while that’s been the …

Getty Images One of Kobe Bryant’s most iconic jerseys has sold for a record amount at auction. An autographed jersey that Bryant wore for 25 games during his MVP season in 2007-08 has sold for more than $5.8 million at Sotheby’s. That set a new record for the most valuable piece of Bryant memorabilia ever sold at auction, and it …

In the middle of watching another one of Wake Forest guard Tyree Appleby’s scoring bonanzas — this one a 27-point effort in a narrow 75-73 loss at Duke last month — I sent out a half-joking tweet. “If Tyree Appleby doesn’t have an NIL deal with @Applebees, what is the point of NIL?” I asked rhetorically on Twitter.  Little did …

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James reportedly won’t add to his all-time scoring record Thursday. James will sit out against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday due to an ankle injury, according to Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes. James has dealt with an ankle injury throughout the season and has occasionally missed games to rest the injury. James has typically returned to …

There are 60 college basketball games on Thursday that the SportsLine Projection system has modeled. It looked through expected blowouts like the 19 points that the California Golden Bears are getting against the Arizona Wildcats and tight contests like the pick’em between the N. Arizona Lumberjacks and the Sacramento State Hornets. After going through those games and more, we’ve found …

Getty Images The 2023 NBA trade deadline has come and gone and Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook, D’Angelo Russell, Mike Conley, Mikal Bridges, James Wiseman and Jae Crowder (among others) have new teams. It was a crazy deadline that saw 28 of the NBA’s 30 teams make at least one move.  The Brooklyn Nets were involved in the two …

There are 363 Division I teams in college basketball. Only 68 of them will get into the NCAA Tournament field this year. And only a fraction of those 68, if I’m being truthful, are legitimate contenders fit to wear the crown. So who are they? By my count, only seven teams have the goods to be the last team standing …

The clock is ticking for NBA front offices as we rapidly approach Thursday’s trade deadline. For fantasy basketball managers, this means uncertainty around who will join a new team and what impact a move could have. With NBA teams jockeying to make final moves to bolster their playoff chances, lower their tax burden or punch a ticket to the Victor …

USATSI The Big Ten is an enigma covered in mystery wrapped in a riddle tucked inside a paradox.  The league ranks second this season in overall strength, according to multiple metrics, and yet there is no drama at the top. Purdue (22-2, 11-2) has a three-game cushion on the rest of the conference.  It’s everything stirring below the Boilermakers that …

The Golden State Warriors have agreed to send James Wiseman to the Detroit Pistons as part of a four-team trade that also involves the Portland Trail Blazers and Atlanta Hawks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski. Here’s a quick breakdown of all the moving parts: Warriors receive: Gary Payton II (via Blazers)Pistons receive: James Wiseman (via Warriors)Trail Blazers receive: Kevin Knox (via …

No. 7 UCLA (19-4) dropped two of three games on its last road swing, and the Oregon State Beavers (9-15) hope to hang another away loss on them when they host the Bruins on Thursday night. That might be easier said than done, as the Beavers have only beat the Bruins twice in seven games since the 2018-19 season. UCLA …

Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns shook up the sports world shortly after midnight Thursday, making the biggest splash before the NBA trade deadline during Super Bowl week. Durant, one of the NBA’s best players, will join the Suns after four seasons with the Brooklyn Nets. The move surely will shake the balance in the NBA’s Western Conference. While Durant …

NEWARK, N.J. — Creighton coach Greg McDermott did not need to peruse the box score or ponder some intellectual response. Standing outside the visiting locker room Wednesday night at the Prudential Center after his team’s seventh straight victory — a 75-62 win at Seton Hall — the Bluejays’ coach instantly identified the key to his team’s dominant run with the …

USATSI The Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers have completed a trade involving Eric Gordon, Luke Kennard, John Wall and Danny Green, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Tim MacMahon and The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Here’s the breakdown: Grizzlies receive: Luke Kennard (from Clippers) Clippers receive: Eric Gordon (from Rockets), three second-round picks (from Grizzlies) Rockets receive: John …

The Oregon Ducks (14-10) are set to host the USC Trojans (17-6) in a Pac-12 matchup on Thursday, Feb. 9 at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene. The Ducks are 10-4 at home, while USC is 3-3 on the road. The Trojans are riding a four-game winning streak after defeating Washington 80-74 in their last outing. The Ducks will be looking …

Ever since the Rockets traded James Harden to Brooklyn in January 2021, veteran guard Eric Gordon hasn’t been in age alignment with the ongoing rebuilding movement in Houston. Now, after years of rumors, a trade has finally reached the finish line. Gordon, now 34 years old, is headed to the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-team deal also involving the …

Getty Images A couple of bubble teams lost at home Wednesday, but one team contending for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament picked up a big win on its home floor. In a “double-bubble” game, Wisconsin completed a season sweep of Penn State with a 79-74 victory in Happy Valley. It was a big win for the Badgers, who …