Hoops Rumors

The Jazz have four players with non-guaranteed contract for next season — KJ Martin, Svi Mykhailiuk, Jaden Springer and Johnny Juzang. Will they retain any of them? Andy Larsen of the Salt Lake Tribune examines each player’s case, concluding that their futures depend on what else the Jazz do with their roster this summer and whether they’ll have trade value if their contracts … [Read more...] about Northwest Notes: Jazz, Porter, Gordon, Conley

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander prevailed over Nikola Jokic in Sunday’s battle of MVP favorites and the Thunder displayed why they’re headed for the No. 1 seed in the West, writes Joel Lorenzi of The Oklahoman. The MVP contest is considered to be a two-man race, and Lorenzi notes that SGA and Jokic were relatively even through three quarters. But Gilgeous-Alexander finished strong, … [Read more...] about Northwest Notes: SGA, Thunder, Gobert, Thybulle

Nuggets forward/center Vlatko Cancar, who underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in the fall, was cleared to return earlier this week and was technically active in Denver’s games on Wednesday and Friday, though he didn’t play at all. According to Bennett Durando of The Denver Post, after Cancar injured his knee in November, he spent two weeks seeking out medical … [Read more...] about Nuggets’ Cancar Cleared To Return, Discusses Knee Surgery

Opposing defenses have shown an increasing willingness to load up against Nikola Jokic, writes Bennett Durando of The Denver Post, as they look to get the ball out of the MVP’s hands and force a Nuggets team that ranks dead-last in the NBA in three-point attempts (31.6 per game) to beat them from the outside. It worked for the Celtics in Boston on Sunday, as Russell Westbrook … [Read more...] about Nuggets Notes: Jokic, Westbrook, Braun, KCP, Nnaji

Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic concluded Friday’s overtime game against the Suns with the league’s first-ever 30/20/20 game, having totaled 31 points, 21 rebounds and 22 assists. In some ways, the three-time MVP’s history-making stat line is almost unsurprising. Jokic continues to be on the forefront of award discussions while putting up video-game level stat lines every … [Read more...] about Poll: Who Is The NBA’s 2024/25 MVP?