Bilal Coulibaly entered the season with a lot to prove as a third-year man who's struggled to stay on the court long enough to prove why the Washington Wizards took a swing on his potential in the 2024 NBA Draft. As a former No. 7 overall pick, expectations were high for the French product entering the league, and as they should be considering the stock Washington invested in him when they opted to select him top 10.
The 905 are better. They experienced bumps on the road to a 114-103 win over a strong Swarm squad on Friday, but ultimately got the job done on the back of timely shot-making from their top players. The 905 extended their franchise-best start to six straight wins and are now one of only two unbeaten teams in the G alongside the 4-0 Windy City Bulls.
LaMelo Ball may be incredibly talented, but he's one star player that the Miami Heat should look to avoid at all costs. As the Heat continue to look for a star player that could transform the franchise, they should look somewhere else. Ball, with all due respect, is not the star player that the Heat should be looking to add or the one they need.
It feels like just yesterday, I was looking at the Raptors' rough start to the 2025-26 season, where head coach Darko Rajakovic and his staff were undoubtedly on the hot seat if Toronto couldn't turn things around ASAP. Now here we are near the end of a near unblemished November for the Raptors, where they've compiled an 8-1 record to date. It's a complete 180-degree flip on those discussions, even if their level of competition has been considered "easy" in a sense.
That's when UConn announced that starting senior center Tarris Reed Jr. was out with a sprained ankle. Reed, one of the nation's best big men who is averaging 20.0 points and 9.3 rebounds, is considered to be game-to-game, according to the team. Without Reed, UConn struggled mightily to slow down Arizona, with the Wildcats putting forth one of the most dominant paint displays against the Huskies under Dan Hurley en route to a 71-67 road win.
My relationship with Buzz Williams and the staff was great. Coach Buzz is a realist. Sometimes he is going to be raw. He is going to push you hard, break you down and build you up. He has developed players like Jimmy Butler and Jae Crowder.
Even though it's not too often that two rivals like the Knicks and Heat do business with each other, the former could be a soft landing spot for Yabusele. The Heat needs a big man and will likely attempt to add one after December 15. Who knows if the Heat would look to New York, but he's a player who does become trade-eligible on December 15, and one who does have characteristics of being a culture-type player.
"We are extremely honored to have been part of this organization for the last 20 seasons," Joey and Jesse Buss told ESPN in a statement. "Thank you to Laker Nation for embracing our family every step of the way. We wish things could be different with the way our time ended with the team. At times like this, we wish we could ask our Dad what he would think about it all."
And then obviously the minutes played. Egor, I believe, leads the rookies right now in minutes. And Noah, as one of the younger guys, third year in the league, just turned 21. He's earned those minutes. He's doing great things, and we believe and know they can do even better.
In his second game back inside Kaseya Center after getting traded last February, Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler will miss Wednesday's game, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported hours before Wednesday's contest. Warriors star Stephen Curry was initially ruled out after tweaking his ankle multiple times in their 121-113 loss to the Orlando Magic on Tuesday. Draymond Green, who was also previously listed as questionable, will be OUT.
Despite laboring on an injured right ankle, Steph Curry still found a way to score 34 points and rise another spot on the NBA's all-time scoring list during Tuesday's game in Orlando. The Warriors guard (25,744 points) moved past Vince Carter (25,728) to climb to No. 22 on the scoring ladder. Surpassing Carter was significant for Curry for a very personal reason. His father, Dell Curry, played with Carter for three seasons in Toronto at the end of his career.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been fined $100,000 by the NBA for violating the league's player participation policy for sitting both Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley for the team's Nov. 12 game on the road against the Miami Heat. Both players were classified as star players by the league's policy, which was adopted prior to the 2023-24 season to curtail load management and promote participation in the NBA's regular season.
Green had a verbal altercation with a courtside fan during the second quarter of Sunday's game in New Orleans. In the postgame locker room, Green said that the man had called him a woman's name but declined to specify what name it was. In an interview with the Associated Press, the fan identified himself as Sam Green and said he continually referred to Draymond Green as Angel Reese, the WNBA star who became a household name at nearby LSU.
" Patrick Beverley has no criminal record," the statement said. "He cares deeply about his little sister - a young lady, a minor. Given that, when he unexpectedly found her alone in the home with an 18-year-old man in the middle of the night, he was understandably concerned, as any brother would be about his sister. However, we don't believe what followed happened the way it's been described and we look forward to the opportunity to address that in court."
