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We could say that it’s definitively over. But, the “all but,” according to league sources, comes from Utah’s desire to retain the top-eight protected 2026 first-round pick it owes the Oklahoma City Thunder. So, there is still a bit of losing business that needs to happen as we continue into the second half of this season.
Bobby Marks: Memphis now has 12 firsts in the next 7 years. They are trail only Brooklyn and OKC.
According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, "Golden State is aware of recent rumblings that Antetokounmpo can't be assumed to be as eager as he was once perceived to be to relocate to Stephen Curry's town and team." Fischer added that some "suspect Antetokounmpo could be turned off by" the prospect of playing on an older team, as well as "facing the same sort of criticism" Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant received when he left Oklahoma City for Golden State in 2016. Fischer noted that one source said the one-time champion "wants to win," but also cares "about the arc of his professional story."
Clemente Almanza: Lu Dort has signed with Klutch Sports
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NBA Communications: Other nominees… West: Luka Dončić (LAL), Kevin Durant (HOU), Anthony Edwards (MIN), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) and Kawhi Leonard (LAC) East: Jarrett Allen (CLE), OG Anunoby and Josh Hart (NYK), Cade Cunningham (DET), Joel Embiid (PHI) and Aaron Nesmith (IND)
The Heat at Tuesday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks at Kaseya Center will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise’s first championship, won in 2006. Expected in attendance for the night, which will offer a halftime presentation and other game elements of commemoration, are 2006 Heat champions Earl Barron, Michael Doleac, Udonis Haslem, Jason Kapono, Alonzo Mourning, Shaquille O’Neal, Gary Payton, Wayne Simien, Dwyane Wade, Antoine Walker, and Dorell Wright. Fellow Heat 2006 champions Jason Williams, James Posey, Derek Anderson and Shandon Anderson will not be in attendance.
Brandon Rahbar: Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are good to go tonight vs OKC. Thunder missing Jalen Williams, Alex Caruso and Ajay Mitchell. Nuggets missing Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun and Cam Johnson. Neither team is close to full strength. But both teams have an MVP and 1st time All Star.
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Shams Charania: 2026 NBA West All-Star reserves: Anthony Edwards, Jamal Murray, Chet Holmgren, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Deni Avdija, LeBron James.
NBA Courtside: Dillon Brooks on which team hacks the most in the NBA. “OKC. 100%. Lu Dort if you’re watching, Lu Dort you’re a hack. He’s one of my team Canada teammates.” (Via @N3onOnYT)
Dillon Brooks on which team hacks the most in the NBA 😬
— NBA Courtside (@NBA__Courtside) February 1, 2026
“OKC. 100%. Lu Dort if you’re watching, Lu Dort you’re a hack”
(Via @N3onOnYT) pic.twitter.com/9GyIeIiMNX
Caitlin Clark is headed to the NBA, at least for a couple of nights. NBC announced Tuesday that Clark — the Indiana Fever star with an enormous following within the game — is joining the network’s pregame coverage for its debut of “Sunday Night Basketball” this weekend when the Los Angeles Lakers play the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. It’s set to be a two-night gig for Clark, who plans to return to NBC in another pregame role on March 29 when the Knicks visit the Oklahoma City Thunder. “There’s no more iconic figure in basketball in the women’s game right now, or the game in general,” Sam Flood, executive producer for NBC Sports, told The Associated Press. “So, we said, ‘let’s have a bigger conversation.’”
“Do you have any—someone in the chat asked—do you have any regrets in your NBA career?” Dillon Brooks: “I would say, uh, not working as hard as I did now. Like before, like I wish I worked this hard now before when I was on Memphis.” “’Cause that squad that we had in Memphis, we could have been already like on the OKC wave.” “Like actually OKC was on our wave. Like all that stuff they were doing, like that’s what we were doing from time. “They just—they just copied it. Damn flow. Try to steal our whole—our whole s***. “Like, you know, like all the—you know, after the game when you’re doing like your walk-off thing and the whole team will come and like, you know, big you up. And then like even like before like the beginning of the game when we would all like dance in the like dance in the middle and like do all different different s***.”
