The Pacers projected starting 5:
Tyrese Haliburton
Andrew Nembhard
Aaron Nesmith
Pascal Siakam
Ivica Zubac
Just last year, Indiana was competing for a championship and now… they have just a 5% chance to win the East on Polymarket.
Are the Pacers being overlooked? 👀
BREAKING: Jonathan Kuminga has agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, plus a player option, agent Aaron Turner tells ESPN. Kuminga will be a starter alongside Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert on the West contender.
Jeff Teague says James Harden is a greater scorer than Luka:
“I think James scored easier than Luka… They both hold the ball the whole time, James is just able to manipulate the defense way easier. You had to foul him or he was going to make a lay up, or he was going to shoot a step back three. It’s like you really couldn’t stop him.”
(via @club520podcast, h/t @NBA__Courtside)
Thirty years of women fighting to get this league built, and the question on the table this week is what a woman is. Needing a committee to find that answer is a disservice to every girl who was told this league was for her.
Tim Hardaway Sr. has changed his mind and will let his son, Tim Hardaway Jr., wear his retired No. 10 jersey with the Heat, per @TheJaxShow.
(h/t @SiriusXMNBA, @dru_star)
BREAKING: The Charlotte Hornets are trading star guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps (2028, 2029, 2030) and three second-round picks (2029, 2032, 2033), sources tell ESPN.
Just in: Minnesota is sending Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick in the NBA Draft to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade that sends Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls, sources tell ESPN. The Timberwolves will acquire Brooklyn’s No. 33 pick for Randle and No. 28.
REPORT: There are no untouchable players or coaches on the Rockets heading into the offseason, per @MichaelVPina.
“Now seismic decisions lie ahead, and literally no job is safe. No player is untradable, no coach unexpendable.”