The 24 players selected for the 2025 All-Star Game were drafted on a Thursday pre-game TNT show by coaches Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith, and later announced by the NBA (Twitter link). The players were previously sorted into groups of starters and reserves, but that had no bearing on their team placement for the new mini-tournament in this year’s game. Below … [Read more...] about NBA Announces 2025 All-Star Game Rosters
Suns Trade Jusuf Nurkic To Hornets In Three-Player Deal
10:05 pm: The trade is official, according to a press release from the Hornets. 12:28 pm: The Suns will send Jusuf Nurkic and a 2026 first-round pick to the Hornets in exchange for Cody Martin, Vasilije Micic and a second-rounder in 2026, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). Phoenix has been searching for a taker for Nurkic, who was removed from the starting … [Read more...] about Suns Trade Jusuf Nurkic To Hornets In Three-Player Deal
Community Shootaround: Trade Deadline Winners, Losers
This year’s NBA trade deadline will go down in the history books as one of the wildest in North American sports history, if not the most chaotic. This is, of course, mostly due to the shocking late Saturday transaction that saw Luka Doncic join the Lakers. Still, we saw an NBA record 63 players moved ahead of the deadline, with players like De’Aaron Fox, Jimmy Butler, Khris … [Read more...] about Community Shootaround: Trade Deadline Winners, Losers
Kyrie Irving, LeBron James Talk Doncic/Davis Mega-Deal
Following Tuesday’s loss two-point loss in Philadelphia, Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving talked at length about the blockbuster trade that saw Luka Doncic become a member of the Lakers and Anthony Davis head to Dallas. “Just really shocked, and you just don’t imagine that you’re going to get ready to go to sleep, and then you find out news like that. It’s still a grieving process … [Read more...] about Kyrie Irving, LeBron James Talk Doncic/Davis Mega-Deal
Kevin Durant ‘Highly Unlikely’ To Be Traded To Warriors
2:08 pm: ESPN’s Shams Charania confirmed during an appearance on NBA Today that Durant has no desire to rejoin the Warriors (Twitter video link). According to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (Twitter link), it’s now “highly unlikely” that Durant will be traded to Golden State. Confirming that Durant wants to stay in Phoenix, Gambadoro says there was momentum toward a … [Read more...] about Kevin Durant ‘Highly Unlikely’ To Be Traded To Warriors