All-Star point guard Trae Young continues to ramp up his reconditioning activities and is expected to return to practice next week, the Hawks announced today in a press release (Twitter link). Young injured his right knee in a collision with teammate Mouhamed Gueye in the first quarter of an October 29 game at Brooklyn. He was ruled out for the rest of that game and was … [Read more...] about Injury Notes: Young, Eason, Clarke, Edey, Booker
And-Ones: Marjanovic, NBA Cup, Under-25s, FAs, Collins
Former NBA center Boban Marjanovic has signed with KK Ilirija, the Slovenian team announced in a press release. Marjanovic, 37, made his NBA debut with San Antonio in 2015 and spent nine seasons in the league, appearing in 331 total regular season games for the Spurs, Pistons, Clippers, Sixers, Mavericks, and Rockets. After playing for Houston in 2023/24, he split last season … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Marjanovic, NBA Cup, Under-25s, FAs, Collins
Southwest Notes: Queen, Poole, Rockets, Morant, K. Johnson
Pelicans head of basketball operations Joe Dumars has heard the criticisms of his decision to trade an unprotected 2026 first-round pick (the most favorable of New Orleans’ and Milwaukee’s selections) in order to move up from No. 23 to No. 13 in the 2025 draft to nab Derik Queen. In fact, Dumars says he “gets it,” telling Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN that “so much of today’s NBA … [Read more...] about Southwest Notes: Queen, Poole, Rockets, Morant, K. Johnson
And-Ones: Front Offices, I. Mobley, NBA Europe, Quaintance
The Thunder are coming off a championship and are just the third team in NBA history to open a season with at least 23 wins in their first 24 games, so it comes as no surprise that general manager Sam Presti came out on top in The Athletic’s annual poll on the league’s best front offices. A group of The Athletic’s NBA writers asked 36 executives around the NBA to rank their top … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Front Offices, I. Mobley, NBA Europe, Quaintance
Trade Notes: Giannis, Rockets, Vucevic, Middleton
Discussing Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s potential trade value during the latest episode of The Hoop Collective podcast (YouTube link), ESPN’s Brian Windhorst expressed some skepticism that the Bucks would be able to extract a massive package of future draft picks for their star forward if he asks out of Milwaukee. “What I’m telling you is when I talk to executives – and these … [Read more...] about Trade Notes: Giannis, Rockets, Vucevic, Middleton