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Lakers head coach JJ Redick and center Anthony DavisAdam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images The NBA is doing what it can to raise the stakes on the regular season. It added the play-in tournament a few years ago and debuted what’s now known as the NBA Cup last year. But we still need to view the […]

Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The NBA fined the Philadelphia 76ers $100,000 for comments they made about star center Joel Embiid and his lingering knee trouble. The league said the Sixers didn’t violate the player participation policy but that president of basketball operations Daryl Morey and head coach Nick Nurse made remarks “that were inconsistent with Joel Embiid’s health […]

Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images After exploding for 50 points in Monday night’s win over the Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic rising star Paolo Banchero compared the feeling to being in a video game. When asked during an appearance on ESPN’s NBA Today about receiving “MVP!” chants from the home crowd at the Kia Center, Banchero said, “It’s […]

Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Utah Jazz second-year forward Taylor Hendricks reportedly will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season after suffering a fractured right fibula and dislocated ankle during Monday’s 110-102 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. Hendricks will undergo surgery in the next day or two, per that report. Hendricks was jogging […]

Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The Chicago Bulls announced guard Lonzo Ball suffered a right wrist sprain in Monday’s 126-123 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Ball will get re-evaluated in 10 days, so he’ll be sidelined for at least the next five games for Chicago. The wrist injury is particularly cruel because the 27-year-old is just coming back after […]