Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr announced Stephen Curry was cleared for contact and he scrimmaged today.
The Warriors’ expected date for Curry’s next re-evaluation is February 28th.
Fonte: Kerith Burke.
The Dallas Mavericks will rest Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis tonight against Atlanta.
Both Doncic and Porzingis had injuries recently so they will skip the second night of the back-to-back.
Fonte: ESPN.
The Detroit Pistons will sign forward Donta Hall to a 10-day contract, as first reported by JD Shaw of Hoops Rumors. The news was later confirmed by Marc Stein of the New York Times.
Hall has averaged 15.5 points and 10.6 rebounds per game in the NBA G League with the Grand Rapids Drive.
Karl-Anthony Towns’ goal is to make a recovery by the end of this season, per The Athletic.
Towns is out with a fractured wrist.
Fonte: The Athletic.
Charlotte Hornets President of Basketball Operations & General Manager Mitch Kupchak announced today that the team has signed guard Joe Chealey to a 10-day contract.
The former Charleston guard was averaging over 11 points and 4 assist in G League.
Welcome to #BuzzCity, @joe_chealey! ?We have signed guard Joe Chealey to a 10-day contract.
?: https://t.co/WukijiSVeb@HMProperties | #AllFly pic.twitter.com/liiRMjN4j3
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) February 21, 2020
Fonte: NBA.com.
The Memphis Grizzlies announced that the team has signed guard Dusty Hannahs to a 10-day contract as a Call-Up from the NBA G League’s Memphis Hustle.
Hannahs is averaging 21.2 points and 2 assist in G League, shooting 47% from beyond the arc on over 7 attempts per game.
The @memgrizz have signed @D_Hannahs to a 10-day contract. Hannahs will wear jersey #5 for the Grizzlies.
Press release below. pic.twitter.com/fPI7rOxziy
— Grizzlies PR (@GrizzliesPR) February 21, 2020
Dusty Buckets is headed back to the League ✊#NBACallUp | #HustleHard pic.twitter.com/pJrkiOvxlj
— Memphis Hustle (@MemphisHustle) February 21, 2020
The L.A. Clippers have signed free agent guard Reggie Jackson, it was announced by President of Basketball Operations, Lawrence Frank.
Jackson, 29, appeared in 14 games for the Detroit Pistons this season, averaging 14.9 points, 5.1 assists and 2.9 rebounds.
Welcome to LA, @Reggie_Jackson! pic.twitter.com/s95jtRWTs4
— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) February 20, 2020
Minnesota Timberwolves’ big-man Karl-Anthony Towns will miss at least the next 2 weeks after fracturing his wrist.
Former No.1 Draft Pick has missed 15 games earlier this season with a sprained knee.
Moe Harkless will remain with the New York Knicks for the remainder of the season, as reported by Yahoo Sports Chris Haynes.
The Knicks acquired Harkless from the Los Angeles Clippers as part of the Marcus Morris deal. Harkless is on an expiring contract.
Fonte: Chris Haynes.
Former Pistons forward Markieff Morris plans to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers after he clears waivers, as reported by The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
To make room for Morris, the Los Angeles Lakers will waive DeMarcus Cousins, as reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Los Angeles Lakers have emerged as a frontrunner to sign Markieff Morris, league sources tell The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
The Toronto Raptors have also expressed interest in former Pistons forward, according to Charania.
Fonte: Shams Charania.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania has reported that the Detroit Pistons have reached an agreement with Markieff Morris on a contract buyout.
Morris signed last summer with Detroit after spending last season with Washington and Oklahoma City.
Fonte: Shams Charania.
The Charlotte Hornets will sign Joe Chealey to a ten-day contract.
The player comes from Swarm where he was averaging 11.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists.
#Hornets are signing Joe Chealey to a 10-day contract, per league sources. They had to make a roster move and sign someone by tomorrow.
— Rod Boone (@rodboone) February 21, 2020
The Golden State Warriors have Giannis Antetokounmpo in their radars.
The NBA MVP will become free agent in 2021 if he doesn’t extend the contract with the Milwaukee Bucks next summer.
Per Bleacher Report, Some around the league believe the Golden State Warriors acquired a first-round pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves, along with Andrew Wiggins, with the notion of a potential future trade with the Bucks.
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving will undergo season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder, general manager Sean Marks announced Thursday night.
Marks said the decision was made after Irving had visited with a specialist the past few days.
“He’s obviously upset about this, and we are here to support him, support the process moving forward with him and the rehabilitation,” Marks said before the Nets’ game against the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center. “He saw specialists including our people at [New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery] and it has been a group consensus that at this point in time, and this juncture, this is the best course of action.”
Fonte: ESPN.
Klay Thompson, who suffered a torn left ACL during Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals, was recently re-evaluated and confirmed to be on track with his rehabilitation timeline. He will not play the remainder of this season, but is expected to return when training camp begins late Sept.
Coach Steve Kerr said that there is still a chance for him to play for Team USA at Olympics.
“It’s not off the table,” the coach told ESPN. “It’s still a possibility. We haven’t really discussed it. I think the [Olympic] team meets in July, so it’s still quite a ways away. But it’s really not anything we’re discussing at this point. It’s still a possibility … obviously his health is the No. 1 concern, and so we’ll kind of cross that bridge when we come to it.”
Damian Lillard is expected to miss 4-5 games with the groin strain he suffered before the All-Star Break.
Lillard will not play against Pelicans on Friday and will also miss the next 3-4 games.
Fonte: ESPN.
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is likely to undergo a procedure on his right shoulder and miss an extended period of time, per Shams Charania.
Nets star Kyrie Irving is likely to undergo procedure on his right shoulder and miss extended period of time, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 20, 2020
The Detroit Pistons are signing guard Derrick Walton Jr. to a 10-day contract, according to Shams Charania.
Walton was waived by the Atlanta Hawks on February 6th.
Fonte: Shams Charania.
The Golden State Warriors are considering signing Dragan Bender to a 10-day contract, a source told Sportando.
Bender played 7 games with the Milwaukee Bucks before being waived on February 10th.
John Beilein has resigned from his position as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cavaliers General Manager Koby Altman announced today. Beilein will be reassigned to a different role within the organization.
The Cavs have the worst record in the Eastern Conference with 14 wins in 54 games.
OFFICIAL: John Beilein resigns as #Cavs head coach.
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) February 19, 2020
According to Moshe Barda, Maccabi Tel Aviv is trying to secure the signings of both Kostas Papanikolaou and T.J Leaf for the upcoming season.
Papanikolau is averaging over 8 points and 3 rebounds in Euroleague for Olympiacos.
Leaf, born in Tel Aviv 22 years ago, is in his third season with the Indiana Pacers. He has a year remaining on his rookie contract.
This year Leaf has played 22 games, with averages of 3 points and 2.7 rebounds.
Maccabi TA have upgraded their efforts trying to secure the signings of both Kostas Papanikolaou and T.J Leaf for the upcoming season – 2020/2021 if the attempts for the later will fall to materialize another attempt will be made in the following year as well
— Moses (@MosesB1) February 20, 2020
Jeff Green signed a 10-day contract with the Houston Rockets, the team announced.
The forward out of Georgetown started the year for the Utah Jazz, with averages of 7.8 points and 2.7 rebounds.
Rockets Sign Jeff Green to 10-Day Contract
?Press Release: https://t.co/wIjY5cONVI pic.twitter.com/29wG9UOqgj
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) February 19, 2020
Chicago Bulls guard Kris Dunn underwent an MRI and re-examination on Friday, Feb. 14 by Dr. Brian Cole at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. He will continue his current rehabilitation program of his medial collateral ligament sprain for the next 4-6 weeks before progressing to functional training. A determination will be made at that time if additional treatment is required.
Fonte: Chicago Bulls.
Golden State Warriors will not re-signed guards Jeremy Pargo and Zach Norvell jr. after the end of their 10-days contract, as reported by the San Fancisco Chronicle.
“I know we have a list of players we’d like to take a look at,” Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said. “We’ll see how that all pans out. There’s a chance that, over the last couple months of the season, we take a look at some different players. That’s the idea.”
Fonte: San Francisco Chronicle.
The Cleveland Cavaliers shocked the NBA at the trade deadline in trading for Andre Drummond at the trade deadline, but according to Bleacher Report’s Greg Swartz, there is some belief around the league that the Cavaliers could look to flip Drummond as early as this summer.
“I don’t think [Drummond and the Cavs] will last long,” one former NBA general manager said, as reported by Swartz. “I could see them trading him to a team this summer if he agrees to pick up his option. They could also do a sign-and-trade if he agrees to a new long-term deal. I don’t think he’ll be in Cleveland for long.”
Fonte: Greg Swartz.
According to The Athletic’s Sam Amick, the Los Angeles Lakers could be interested in Knicks’ forward Moe Harkless in case the latter requests a buyout before the end of the month.
The New York native joined his hometown team earlier this month in the trade that brought Marcus Morris to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Fonte: Sam Amick.
Italian Basketball Federation (FIP) president Gianni Petrucci confirmed the news anticipated by Sportando: five-star prospect Paolo Banchero will get his Italian passport in a few days.
“He has the rights to become Italian. The passport will come in a few days. In Paris I have also spoken with Donte DiVincenzo” Petrucci told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Tom Thibodeau is eager to become the next head coach of the New York Knicks, sources told Marc Berman of the New York Post. “He really wants the Knick job. He can taste it and he may even be in the lead,” said a source close to Thibodeau.
The New York Post previously reported that Thibodeau and Jeff Van Gundy are on Leon Rose’s shortlist to take over as the Knicks head coach. Thibodeau is inactive since the ending of his tenure with the Minnesota Timberwolves in January 2019.
Fonte: Marc Berman.
John Beilein is stepping down as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, as reported by ESPN and The Athletic. Both parts negotiated a settlement that will pay him a portion of the remaining money on his 19-20 deal, with the coach renouncing to the remaining part of his contract beyond this current season: Beilein left Michigan to become head coach of the Cavaliers on a five-year deal.
The Cavaliers will promote J.B. Bickerstaff to full-time head coach. Former Rockets and Grizzlies coach was initially hired as part of an eventual succession plan with Beilein.