The Philadelphia 76ers say that the MRI on Tobias Harris’ right knee revealed just a contusion and no structural damage.
Harris will miss the game against Cleveland tomorrow and will be reevaluated in 48 hours.
The Los Angeles Lakers announced they’ve signed free agent center Damian Jones to a 10-day contract.
Jones was recently waived by the Phoenix Suns after appearing in 14 games.
Toronto Raptors reportedly signing Donta Hall.
Ignite team’s Hall wll sign a 10-day contract.
The Toronto Raptors are signing forward Donta Hall of G League’s elite Ignite team on a 10-day contract, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 26, 2021
The Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers have interest in trading Kyle Lowry, sources tell Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A source says Lowry’s preference is to play for the 76ers and that they might be able to get a deal done with the Toronto Raptors. Lowry is on an expiring contract after nine seasons with the Raptors. According to Pompey, Lowry will seek a contract of $60M over two years in the upcoming free agency.
Zach LaVine will become eligible to sign an extension with the Chicago Bulls in the offseason, but it will be limited to a four-year, $104 million contract, as reported by ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
If LaVine waits until free agency in 2022, he could sign a four-year, $155 million deal with a rival team.
Jrue Holiday will become eligible for a four-year, $134.9 million extension with the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, reports Marc Stein of the New York Times.
The Bucks acquired Holiday before the start of the season, sending out a significant haul of future draft picks to the New Orleans Pelicans. Former Sixers guard is averaging 16.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 5.4 apg with the Bucks.
The Phoenix Suns are waiving Damian Jones, reports The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
Former Warriors draft pick appeared in 14 games this season with the Suns, averaging 6.7 minutes per game.
Brooklyn Nets are waiving three players: Noah Vonleh, Iman Shumpert and Andre Roberson.
The Nets keep roster flexibility to take on players in trades or the buyout/free agent market.
The Nets are waiving three players — Noah Vonleh, Iman Shumpert and Andre Roberson — ahead of deadline to guarantee deals for season, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 24, 2021
The Nets keep roster flexibility to take on players in trades or the buyout/free agent market. https://t.co/rs6GYsxrVb
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 24, 2021
The Los Angeles Lakers are considering Hassan Whiteside as a potential pickup in case former Blazers and Heat center will be bought out by the Sacramento Kings, as reported by the LA Times.
Whiteside is averaging 8.2 ppg and 5.7 rpg in 23 games for Sacramento this season.
Veteran guard Mike Conley will be a free agent this summer but signs are pointing toward him re-signing with the Utah Jazz.
“Utah’s got me,” Conley said to The Athletic. “I was talking about this to my wife recently. We love it here. I don’t think I can go anywhere else that plays the way we play. We’ll see this offseason, because when that time comes there will definitely be a lot of chatter. But, from where I sit right now, this team is so unique, in the way we play. And everyone has bought into what we want to do on both ends of the floor”.
Fonte: The Athletic.
Noah Croom is being considered by the Houston Rockets for their assistant GM-type position, sources tell Sportando.
The Rockets are looking for an assistant GM under recently appointed GM Rafael Stone, who’s in his first season in the role.
The Heat have been granted a disabled player exception worth $4.7M for the season-ending loss of Meyers Leonard, sources tell The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
Miami has until April 19 to use the DPE.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban denied rumors that Kristaps Porzingis has been discussed in trade talks.
“It’s not accurate,” Cuban told Brad Townsend. “We have not discussed him in a trade at all. Has not happened.”
Houston Rockets are releasing DeMarcus Cousins as reported by Shams Charania.
Rockets guaranteed Cousins’ $2.3M salary for the season last week.
Rockets guaranteed Cousins’ $2.3M salary for the season last week, and had positive feedback about his professional approach in 25 games for the team. https://t.co/GjzeSB3bM5
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 23, 2021
Dallas Mavericks gauge Kristaps Porzingis’ Trade Value as a League Sources say to Bleacher Report.
“They’ve definitely sniffed around on him,” an assistant general manager told B/R. “They’re taking the temperature, because they know at some point it’s gonna come around.”
The Los Angeles Lakers are waiving Quinn Cook.
The departure of the two-time NBA champion will give Lakers two open roster spots.
Cook is in his fifth season and is a career 40.7 percent 3-point shooter — including averaging 9.5 points and 2.4 assists in 2017-18 for Golden State. This gives the Lakers two open roster spots. https://t.co/sirejixwEE
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 23, 2021
In loss to the Utah Jazz, the Charlotte Hornets also lost Gordon Hayward to a right hand injury.
The forward re-aggravated a previous right hand injury and did not return to the game in 4th quarter.
INJURY UPDATE: @hornets F Gordon Hayward left the game in the 4Q after re-aggravating a previous right hand injury, he will not return to tonight’s game #AllFly
— Charlotte Hornets PR (@HornetsPR) February 23, 2021
The New Orleans Pelicans plan to waive guard Sindarius Thornwell, as first reported by Will Guillory of The Athletic.
Thornwell’s contract would’ve become fully guaranteed if he wasn’t waived by this Wednesday.
Fonte: Will Guillory.
The Washington Wizards are unlikely to trade Bradley Beal at the upcoming trade deadline.
Per The Ringer, What the Celtics can do right now is limited. Unless something changes between now and the deadline, Bradley Beal won’t be available. All indications are that he and the front office will wait until the offseason to sort out their future. And even if Beal did become available before the deadline, the Celtics probably wouldn’t be able to make the most competitive offer.
Karl-Anthony Towns doesn’t intend to leave the Timberwolves.
The big man wants to stay and build a legacy and a winning culture in Minneapolis.
“If you want to build a legacy, we gotta win. I want to build my legacy here. I want to win with the Wolves and gonna do everything I possibly can to step-by-step, brick-by-brick building something and a culture here that’s gonna stand for a long time” Towns said, as reported by Jon Krawczynski.
The Milwaukee Bucks are interested in PJ Tucker but the trade possibilities for the franchise are limited with an empty asset cupboard.
Per The Ringer, Executives around the league view DiVincenzo as the most valuable asset the Bucks have, ahead of first-round pick swaps in 2021 and 2023, and five second-round picks through 2027. They don’t have much to offer. League sources told me in November that the Bucks were in pursuit of P.J. Tucker from the Rockets. Their interest remains unchanged today. Tucker would absolutely help. He remains a stout defender who could thrive in small-ball lineups next to Giannis. Tucker turns 36 in May and will be a free agent this offseason, but the trade possibilities are limited with an empty asset cupboard.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have fired coach Ryan Saunders after loss against Knicks.
The franchise will hire Chris Finch with a multi-year deal.
Finch comes from the Raptors where he was assistant coach of Nurse.
According to Kevin O’Connor, the Los Angeles Lakers will be among the teams to pursue DeMarcus Cousins.
Yesterday Shams Charania revealed that the Houston Rockets are planning to part ways with the former Kentucky big man.
Cousins played 25 games for the Rockets, with averages of 9.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.4 assist, shooting 37% from the field, 33% from beyond the arc and 74% from the foul line.
Sources: The Lakers will be among the teams to pursue DeMarcus Cousins.
The market will be limited for Cousins, sources say. He has struggled this year after returning from multiple major injuries. But for LA or any team in need of big man depth, few options bring higher upside.
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) February 20, 2021
DeMarcus Cousins will not continue the season with the Houston Rockets. The contract of the big man recently became guaranteed but the Rockets have decided to go smaller and younger in the front putt and to use more Christian Wood when he will be back from injury.
For this reason, Cousins will become free agent and look for new opportunities.
The news was reported by Shams Charania.
The New York Knicks are reportedly interested in Wizards All Star Bradley Beal, according to Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News. The Knicks would be willing to trade some of their assets in order to acquire a star player.
New York, in fact, has $15M in cap space to use before the trade deadline and 5 1st round picks over the next three seasons.
Kevin Durant will miss his fourth consecutive game tomorrow against the Clippers, Nets coach Steve Nash says.
Durant, who is managing a hamstring strain, has missed (for different reasons) 14 of Brooklyn’s first 32 games and 7 of the last 8.
The NBA is expected to share a draft of its second half schedule as early as this weekend and likely by next week, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe. The league released only the first half of the schedule before the start of the season to have flexibility to make up postponed games in the second half.
Several teams, including the Washington Wizards, Memphis Grizzlies, Spurs and Hornets, have had multiple games postponed due to lacking the required eight required healthy and available players. League officials are not currently contemplating moving back the start of the playoffs as they want to conclude The Finals before the start of the Olympics on July 23.
Fonte: ESPN.
Former NBA center Festus Ezeli has entered the NBA G League Bubble, according to Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated.
Ezeli, who hasn’t played since the 2016 NBA Finals, will be a part of the available player pool making him eligible to be picked up by any team during the season.
Fonte: Marc J. Spears.
The Houston Rockets have guaranteed DeMarcus Cousins’ contract for the rest of the season, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.
Teams have until February 27 to make a decision on their players with non-guaranteed deals.
Fonte: Adrian Wojnarowski.
Sacramento King forward Nemanja Bjelica talks with the media after his 25-points game in the home loss against the Miami Heat.
“I don’t need to prove anything to anybody,” Bjelica said. “Like I said, I really don’t know anything about rumors about trades. That’s normal part of our life. This is my sixth year in the league, so everybody knows me as a player.
“To be honest with you, I work my a– off…That’s what everybody’s supposed to do when you’re out of the rotation or you don’t play or you play less”.
The serbian forward, who will be a Free Agent after this season, is averaging over 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assist per game.
Fonte: Sacramento Bee.
