BLOCKBUSTER: The Boston Celtics have agreed to trade Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.
BREAKING: LeBron James will continue his NBA career for the 2026-27 season and has informed the Los Angeles Lakers that the franchise can move on without him because he will play elsewhere, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul tells ESPN.
CELEBRATING 60 SEASONS OF NETS HOOPS!
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BREAKING: The Charlotte Hornets are trading Miles Bridges, a 2029 first-round pick and a 2027 second-round pick to the Phoenix Suns for Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale and a 2033 first-round pick, sources tell ESPN.
"As for Nic Claxton, this was a formality. His time as a Brooklyn Net passed some time ago, and he's since lingered around like a disturbed soul, a Man Out of Time. I really loved watching him play in those first couple seasons, spindling around the court always in control of his long limbs except for frequent occasions when he was outmuscled. He was Brooklyn's most fun big man in years, evoking the unfulfilled promise of Chris McCullough every time his fingernails clipped the top of the square.
I started writing about the Nets early in his career, and by he was good. He was great, actually. Every nerdy blogger dreams of their special favorite player exceeding expectations, often forced to resort to hyperbole. Brooklyn pulled the plug and traded away their stars in '23, but I was blessed by Claxton's leap. He was a second-tier DPOY candidate who led the league in field-goal percentage. He endeared himself to more fans by hating Giannis, Embiid, and the Knicks for good measure.
You know the rest. A back injury zapped some of the explosiveness Claxton couldn't afford to lose. His finishing regressed. The NBA changed up on him. Never a great screener, increased physicality on the perimeter made it a more glaring issue. As a skinny defender, he couldn't fight off Gortat screeners and offensive rebounders. Clax could always guard on the perimeter, but as a center in 2026, that's more of a bonus than a prized skill.
He's still a useful player, and the Chicago Bulls will benefit from having a real center on the roster. But the contract quickly became negative-value, and Claxton often seemed miserable spending his mid-20s on a terrible, tanking team.
He saw it all, though. Ten days after Claxton was drafted, Adrian Wojnarowski announced the Nets had made a "Clean Sweep." The Caris LeVert explosions, The Bubble, the coaching carousel, both James Harden trades, Toe on the Line, a great team, a dysfunctional team, a bad team. Nic Claxton grew up in Brooklyn, even having a baby girl last summer.
In a parallel universe not too dissimilar to ours, one where he's born two years earlier or there's no pandemic, maybe Claxton goes down as an all-time Net. He earns that DPOY, he's the starting center on a championship team, he never hurts his back, etc. But that's life. That's basketball.
Enjoy it while you can, and don't forget that Nic Claxton threw down a game-winning alley-oop dunk over LeBron James on Christmas."
🚨 OFFICIAL: Lionel Messi, TOP SCORER EVER in World Cup history joint with Miro Klose. 🎞️⭐️
16 goals at the World Cup. 💥🇦🇷
In one night, on 6th World Cup debut game at 38, Messi surpasses Mbappé (14), Müller (14) and Ronaldo Nazario (15).