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This is a management plan to optimize Zach's long-term health in consultation with the Grizzlies and medical experts,

In a recent article from Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes, CJ McCollum was listed as the Wizards' most likely trade candidate. \"It's not easy to pick out destinations for a defensively challenged combo guard, even one that has scored as reliably as McCollum has throughout his career,"Hughes said. "But if he keeps up his current levels of production, efficiency and health, he might be moveable to a contender that sends back longer-term money with a draft asset attached."

The Raptors 905 have set the record for the best start in G League history. A 115-108 victory against the Delaware Blue Coats on Wednesday night at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre improved the 905's record to 11-0, marking the most consecutive wins to start a season ever. In the deciding game Wednesday night, forward Jonathan Mogbo stuffed the stat sheet, finishing with 20 points, five rebounds, and five stocks, while shooting 8-for-11 from the field.

Larsson, one of the Heat's most important reserves, left Tuesday's game in the second quarter after incidentally stepping on Andrew Wiggins' ankle. The injury occurred after a made basket from Wendell Carter Jr., where Larsson was helped off the court by his teammates. He was unable to put weight on his ankle. Thankfully, for Larsson and the Heat, they will be getting plenty of rest over the next two weeks.

Ja Morant will be traded - let's get that out of the way. If it's not during this season, it will be in the offseason. There's too much blood flowing in Memphis. It started flowing a season ago, and it will continue to flow until the wound is stitched. Why are the Miami Heat a hot topic as it relates to Morant? Because the Heat - a team worthy of having a superstar repping South Beach at all times - need to replace Jimmy Butler.

The Washington Wizards have made it clear since their rebuild began that a major part of the process would be bringing in veteran leaders that could play a pivotal role in the development of their young core. Washington tried their hand at finding veteran mentors by trading for Malcolm Brogdon, signing Jonas Valanciunas, taking on the contracts of veterans like Khris Middleton

The Raptors have struggled without Barrett this season. He appeared in the team's first 17 games, a stretch in which Toronto went 12-5 and took down a number of playoff teams. Without Barrett, the results have been the polar opposite: a 3-6 record, losing twice to the Charlotte Hornets, and a blowout loss to the New York Knicks in the NBA Cup Quarterfinals on Tuesday night.

A less-redacted court filing in a lawsuit against Mat Ishbia includes new financial details that two Phoenix Suns minority owners say could threaten Ishbia's majority ownership of the team. The filing, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN on Tuesday, is from a lawsuit filed Nov. 24 in Delaware State Court by attorneys representing Scott Seldin and Andy Kohlberg, two Suns minority owners.

"I really appreciate the Lakers and the league," Doncic said after the court swap was put in place. "They did us a favor. I was talking about it, so I really appreciate both of them, just changing the court and giving us [a chance to] stay healthy."

It's difficult to ring any type of alarm for a team that became only the third in history to open the regular season 23-1. The Thunder's league-best 104.1 defensive rating is more than six points per 100 possessions better than the Rockets' (110.7) in the second slot. That gap is equivalent to the canyon between second and 23rd. So there's nothing to complain about on the defensive end.

Just last season, he made All NBA Second Team while averaging more than 40 combined points, rebounds and assists per game for the ninth straight season (post 2015-16). Fast-forward to this season and during the month that LeBron missed, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves both broke out to amazing starts built on shared high-usage opportunities. With Doncic and Reaves combining to average more than 63 points and almost 16 assists, there's no way LeBron could get anywhere near his normal

"The Nets have $15 million in cap space and can create more, which has led to increased trade talks about using their room to absorb salary while receiving assets, sources said. The Nets, Pistons ($14.1 million trade exception) and Utah Jazz ($18.4 million trade exception) are the only teams with significant room that can take in larger deals and not be impacted by the apron," Charania wrote.

I will give credit where it's due first before coming down with the hammer. Last season showed, and in a small sample the year prior also, that Jakob Poeltl proved absolutely fundamental to this Raptors core flourishing. Why? Because since they got him at the 2023 deadline, he's largely been Toronto's only center and anchoring presence in the paint.

BYU ultimately focused on retaining and recruiting players who could play off Dybantsa in a dynamic offense -- clear the lane and create opportunities for the Cougars star but also take shots when needed -- and ended up with a balanced mix of stars and role players. Now the Cougars are developing the chemistry they'll need to make another deep NCAA tournament run a year after a trip to the Sweet 16.

The rookie put up 26 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game during a perfect three-game week that saw Toronto collect three victories for the 905. The former Florida Gator recently made his NBA debut for the big boy Toronto Raptors during Toronto's most recent loss at home against the Boston Celtics, when he only featured in four minutes.

Post-ups were once a staple of plodding, inside-out offenses across the league, but by 2019, they'd been declining in frequency for years. Yet that didn't stop the TV commentators that night from wondering why Kristaps Porzingis wasn't playing with his back to the basket more, in the long tradition of elite NBA big men.

"Father [Pat] Cahill was our athletic director," Musselman said. "So before they named our new coach [in 1984], I went in there and told him, 'Hey I think I can coach these guys and be a student athlete and a coach, and it'd be great publicity, the first time ever and all that.' 'And Father Cahill told me to get back to class.'"

We move into the second week of December with a big event on the horizon. The NBA Cup is in the knockout rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday, then the semifinal is Saturday and the Final is the following Tuesday. For the teams that didn't make the knockout rounds, the NBA scheduled two games during the week to make sure each team plays 82 games. But the result is a very light Week 8 schedule, with more sparse game nights.

The fifth AP Top 25 poll of the 2025-26 season has arrived, following the first week of league play for many conferences, as well as a week that shook up many of the top-25 teams -- Saturday was the first time multiple AP Top-10 teams lost nonconference home games on the same day since December 6, 2017, exactly eight years ago.

I went to Minnesota when I was young. Straight out of high school, I brought all my friends that I could. Through that whole process of being there, we just grew up as young guys into, you know, young adults. So Minnesota, with the dope lakes and the more simplistic things you can do, it's like a big small city.