Hoops Rumors

In just two years, the Nets went from being a Kevin Durant-led contender to diving deep into a rebuild, having been projected by oddsmakers to win the fewest games of any team this season, Brian Lewis of the New York Post writes. When Durant was a Net, Oklahoma City, Houston and Orlando were among the teams with the worst records. Now both teams are in the top four of their … [Read more...] about Atlantic Notes: Nets, Johnson, Boucher, Yabusele, Embiid

Four-time NBA All-Star DeMarcus Cousins hasn’t played in the league since finishing the 2021/22 season with Denver, but he continues to compete professionally in non-NBA leagues around the world. The 34-year-old center is joining Selenge Bodons in Mongolia, according to announcements from the club on Instagram and Cousins on Facebook. The No. 5 overall pick in the 2010 draft, … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Cousins, All-Star Voting, 2025 Draft, More

Both sides are angry in the Jimmy Butler standoff, but that doesn’t guarantee that he’ll be traded by the February 6 deadline, according to Barry Jackson and Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Butler’s comments after Thursday’s game about hoping to “get my joy back from playing basketball” came after a conversation earlier in the day between his representatives and Heat … [Read more...] about Latest On Jimmy Butler

With Karl-Anthony Towns no longer in Minnesota, rising Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is going through some growing pains this year, expressing frustration about receiving so much attention from opposing defenses, writes Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic. Edwards admitted that he’s sometimes not sure how to handle traps and double-teams and admitted that it’s “not fun” to have … [Read more...] about Northwest Notes: Edwards, Hartenstein, Clingan, Jokic

Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and Celtics forward Jayson Tatum have been named the NBA’s Players of the Week for the Western Conference and Eastern Conference, respectively, the league announced today (via Twitter). The two perennial MVP candidates are the first two repeat Player of the Week winners for the 2024/25 season. Tatum was named the East’s Player of the Week on October … [Read more...] about Nikola Jokic, Jayson Tatum Named Players Of The Week