Hoops Rumors

There was both good and bad news on the injury front for the Hornets on Monday. Star point guard LaMelo Ball, who had been out since November 27, returned to action vs. Philadelphia after missing seven games, and while he made just 5-of-15 shots from the field, Ball posted his fifth double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 assists in just 26 minutes of action. However, … [Read more...] about Southeast Notes: Ball, Miller, Mann, Carter, Wizards, Vukcevic

The Knicks and Raptors were required to update the court on the status of the arbitration process of their legal dispute on Friday, but agreed in a joint filing that there’s nothing to report, as Stefan Bondy of The New York Post relays. The Knicks filed a lawsuit in August 2023 alleging that former video coordinator Ikechukwu Azotam illegally took thousands of proprietary … [Read more...] about Eastern Notes: Knicks/Raptors Dispute, Hornets, Banchero, Holland, Sixers

The Pistons have lost four of their last five games and eight of their last 11. That’s due to defensive issues that they are trying to clean up after playing just one game this past week. “We’ve had some slippage because we haven’t had a ton of practice time,” coach J.B. Bickerstaff told Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press. “This week has been really, really good for us … [Read more...] about Eastern Notes: Pistons Defense, Embiid, George, Ball

Hornets coach Charles Lee had been planning to start Miles Bridges and Mark Williams together on his front line, but he didn’t have that opportunity until Friday night, writes Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer. Bridges returned to the lineup after missing 10 games with a bone bruise on his right knee, marking his first game this season alongside Williams, who made his … [Read more...] about Southeast Notes: Bridges, Williams, Da Silva, Vukcevic

Sam Presti and the Thunder were voted as the NBA’s best front office by a panel of 40 executives (team presidents, general managers, VPs, and assistant GMs) across the league who were polled by Sam Amick, John Hollinger, and Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic. As The Athletic’s trio explains, each respondent picked their top five NBA front offices and points were awarded in the same … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Top Front Offices, Daniels, NBA Cup, Rookies