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Is Donatas Motiejunas Hollywood-bound? According to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne and Marc Stein, the Los Angeles Lakers brought in the seven-footer for a workout just before Christmas: The Los Angeles Lakers have auditioned free-agent big man Donatas Motiejunas within the past week, according to league sources. Sources told ESPN that the Lakers brought Motiejunas in before [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks are having a decent season thus far, currently sitting at 8th place in the eastern conference with a 14-15 record. They have a lot of young talent, including a potentially transcendent and MVP caliber superstar in 21-year-old Giannis Antetokounmpo. Despite all of this though, the Bucks are still 27th in the NBA [...]

Midway through the third quarter Thursday night while hosting the Spurs, Chris Paul came up lame while chasing Tony Parker. He immediately grabbed his hamstring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGdNIeCRZWM CP3 immediately left the game, but the Clippers were able to hold on and get the win 106-101. Following the game, Doc Rivers said Paul is day-to-day. “I’m glad [...]

Shaun Livingston has spent the last three seasons with the Golden State Warriors, and with his free agency fast approaching, he isn’t ready for the ride to end. From CSN Bay Area’s Monte Poole: Though the Warriors are in no position to make a commitment beyond this season, there is no questioning the wishes of [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers will have to find a way to carry on without their most valuable player. We’re talking, of course, about Larry Nance Jr. Nance suffered a bone bruise in his left knee, and as relayed by ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes, there is no timetable for his return: Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. will [...]

The defending champs suffered a big blow Wednesday morning when they found out their starting shooting guard and sharpshooter J.R. Smith will miss extended time and need surgery for a broken thumb. [tweet https://twitter.com/cavs/status/811436207754375173] Smith was injured in the 2nd quarter of Tuesday night’s game in Milwaukee while trying to steal the ball from the [...]

It’s always nice to hear about people who are in the giving spirit this time of year and one of the most generous examples of that appears to be Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander. He has pledged to donate $4 million to eight undetermined Houston area charities. [tweet https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/811347615182950400] Prospective charities can enter for a [...]

It was announced on Tuesday that the Sacramento Kings elected to fine DeMarcus Cousins for an altercation with a Sacramento Bee reporter that was caught on video. The Kings big man has since released a statement about the incident, per The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears: [tweet https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/811336209431564288] It’s important to remember that writers are not [...]

Roughly one-third of the NBA’s 2016-17 season is in the books. Some people will say that’s too early to start taking stock of the championship picture. But those people are wrong. Truth is, the NBA already has the favorite to end all favorites in place. The Golden State Warriors, according to TopBet’s futures, are a [...]

Chandler Parsons has appeared in six games for the Memphis Grizzlies. Outing No. 7 is coming soon. Parsons missed the team’s first six games while recovering from right knee surgery he underwent last season. Then, six contests into his return, he suffered a bone bruise in his left knee and hasn’t played since Nov. 18. [...]