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In the 10 games since Paolo Banchero went down with a torn oblique, Franz Wagner is averaging 25.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.1 threes per game. Here are the players that have averaged those marks over the course of a full season: James Harden (3x) Luka Doncic (3x, including this season) Russell Westbrook (MVP season) Nikola …

It’s no secret the Brooklyn Nets are expected to be sellers at the trade deadline. Before the season even started, the Brooklyn Nets got their own section in our story about the players most likely to be traded during the season. That talk has only increased as the season has gotten rolling, something Sam Amick reported on at The Athletic. …

Draymond shares great story to explain Steph’s league-wide respect originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “Warriors Now” with Bonta Hill and Dalton Johnson at 4 p.m. PT today, streaming live on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later on YouTube and Facebook. Draymond Green shared a great story about how the rest of the NBA …

NBA states Fox wasn’t fouled on final play in Kings’ loss to Hawks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The NBA disagrees with De’Aaron Fox’s account of events from Monday night. In the next-day Last Two-Minute Report released Tuesday, the league declared that Fox wasn’t fouled by Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels on the final play of the Kings’ …

Joe Pompliano and Yahoo Sports contributor Ross Dellenger react to TNT receiving the rights to Big 12 football and basketball games as a part of their settlement with the NBA. Make sure to tune in to Joe Pompliano’s Yahoo Finance Sports Report on Thursdays at 5:00 PM wherever you get your podcasts. View more Video Transcript The NBA and Warner …

Jalen Brunson made headlines this summer by signing a four-year, $156.5 million sweetheart extension to stay with the Knicks — leaving as much as $113 million on the table. Flying under the radar this summer, Knicks assistant coach Rick Brunson — Jalen’s father — got a promotion and raise within the Knicks organization. That led to the NBA league office …

It was an hour after Monday night’s game ended before Nick Nurse walked out of the 76ers locker room to discuss maybe the ugliest 76ers losses of a young season with a lot of them — Philly blew a 19-point first-half lead and lost to Miami 106-89. That drops the 76ers to 2-11 on the season, tied with the tanking …

Star players issuing ominous warnings on one side, team meetings on the other. Critical vets being counted on to hit the floor running on one side, MVPs being unreliable on the other. A coach being fined for criticizing refs after they missed game-turning calls in Milwaukee, a player putting his hands on a media member in the locker room in …

Tale of the tape: How Celtics, Cavs stack up ahead of NBA Cup showdown originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston All eyes in the NBA world will be fixated on TD Garden on Tuesday night when the defending champion Boston Celtics host the undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s a historic matchup the likes we haven’t seen in almost 30 years — …

Why Perk believes Draymond should be suspended for Edey play originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “Warriors Now” with Bonta Hill and Dalton Johnson at 4 p.m. PT today, streaming live on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later on YouTube and Facebook. The last thing the Warriors need is another Draymond Green suspension. And …

Star players issuing ominous warnings on one side, team meetings on the other. Critical vets being counted on to hit the floor running on one side, MVPs being unreliable on the other. A coach being fined for criticizing refs after they missed game-turning calls in Milwaukee, a player putting his hands on a media member in the locker room in …

The Philadelphia 76ers have been off to a rough start this season, falling to 2-11 after a loss to the Miami Heat on Monday. And things in the locker room are reportedly a bit shaky as well, with tension arising between guard Tyrese Maxey and center Joel Embiid. The 76ers called a team meeting following the loss to the Heat, …

Report: Maxey challenged Embiid in Sixers’ postgame team meeting originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The 2-11 Sixers held an extended team meeting Monday night following their loss to the Heat. On Tuesday, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that 38-year-old guard Kyle Lowry called the meeting. Charania described it as “a much-needed heart-to-heart and a call to action and urgency” and …

Here’s the stat that should make Cavaliers’ fans the most optimistic: Each of the other three teams that started at least 15-0 made the NBA Finals that season. Only one team in NBA history — the 73-win 2015-16 Golden State Warriors — started a season with a longer win streak than these Cavaliers. Tonight, that streak may well get snapped …

These crazy stats explain why Celtics-Cavaliers matchup is so historic originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The most anticipated game of the early 2024-25 season will take place Tuesday night when the Boston Celtics host the Cleveland Cavaliers in an NBA Cup group stage game at TD Garden. This wasn’t labeled a “must-watch game” at the start of the campaign, …

Chicago Bulls Inaugural Ring Of Honor Gala CHICAGO — Former Chicago Bulls forward Bob Love, a three-time All-Star who spent 11 years in the NBA, died Monday. He was 81. The Bulls said Love died after a long battle with cancer. Love averaged 21.3 points and 6.8 rebounds during his nine seasons with the team. “With his No. 10 jersey …

Warriors’ glaring free-throw problem dooms them in loss to Clippers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “Warriors Now” with Bonta Hill and Dalton Johnson at 4 p.m. PT today, streaming live on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later on YouTube and Facebook. INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Like a college atmosphere full of unruly students distracting …

Welcome to the Fantasy Vibe Check, your place to vent about the highs, lows and head-scratchers from the NBA and fantasy basketball. Check out who I’m vibing with, and let me know in the comments or @DanTitus about what’s got you feeling a type-of-way about fantasy basketball. 🙌 I’m hyped about Jalen Williams getting four-position eligibility Last week, I was …

Darius Garland cocked his head to the side, took a second, considered. A statement had been presented to him and discussed with several of his teammates earlier in the day, at morning shootaround ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ season opener one year ago — a binary proposition capping a conversation about the growth of Garland’s game: True or false: DG’s …

Darius Garland cocked his head to the side, took a second, considered. A statement had been presented to him and discussed with several of his teammates earlier in the day, at morning shootaround ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ season opener one year ago — a binary proposition capping a conversation about the growth of Garland’s game: True or false: DG’s …

Celtics Mailbag: Porzingis nearing return, scouting the Cavs and more originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston In the midst of a rare break early in the 2024-25 regular season — just one game in five nights — the Boston Celtics delivered a surprise jolt of off-day news with word that Kristaps Porzingis has progressed to the next phase of his …

Houston Rockets v Milwaukee Bucks Milwaukee picked up a couple of wins this past week as it tries to get its season turned around by building momentum against a soft part of the schedule — but Houston coming to town was the big test against a good team in the middle of this stretch. While the game was close the …

Orlando has needed different players to step up during Paolo Banchero’s absence, and it was Anthony Black’s (5% rostered in Yahoo leagues) turn on Monday. He finished with 20 points, four rebounds, nine assists, three steals and three triples in Orlando’s win over the Suns. He logged 33 minutes, which was only surpassed by Franz Wagner and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Black …

Damian Lillard (left) made six of his seven free throws [Getty Images] Damian Lillard scored with 3.9 seconds left as the Milwaukee Bucks completed a thrilling late comeback to beat the Houston Rockets 101-100 in the NBA. The Rockets led 100-94 with one minute 59 seconds remaining before Lillard sank two free throws, set up AJ Green for a three-pointer …

Draymond blames himself for Warriors’ turnover-heavy loss to Clippers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Sitting down at the podium, Draymond Green looked at the box score from the Warriors’ 102-99 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night at Intuit Dome and muttered two words under his breath: Six turnovers. That’s how many times …