Hoops Rumors

The Nets and Jazz were among the teams who left Monday’s draft lottery disappointed, as Brooklyn slipped two spots to No. 8 while Utah, the NBA’s worst team during the 2024/25 season, ended up at No. 6. Still, while they won’t be picking as high in the lottery as they might like, the Nets and Jazz will enter this year’s draft armed with plenty of ammunition. Brooklyn controls a … [Read more...] about 2025 NBA Draft Picks By Team

The intensity and pace at which the Pacers play makes them a tough out in the postseason. Indiana dusted off a weary, banged-up Cavaliers team in five games and now awaits the winner of the Boston-New York series in the Pacers’ second straight trip to the Eastern Conference Finals. “It’s hard to play at our pace over a seven-game series,” guard Tyrese Haliburton told Dustin … [Read more...] about Central Notes: Pacers, Bryant, Pistons, Duren, Giannis

Giannis Antetokounmpo has yet to make any decisions about his future with the Bucks, as Shams Charania of ESPN reported today and Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Substack link) confirms. But with Charania suggesting that Antetokounmpo is becoming more “open-minded” about considering opportunities outside of Milwaukee and executives converging on Chicago this week for the NBA … [Read more...] about Spurs, Rockets In Best Position To Pursue Giannis?

Now that Cade Cunningham has established himself as one of the NBA’s best guards, Pistons president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon believes he’ll become a target for other players, writes Coty M. Davis of The Detroit News. Cunningham earned his first All-Star appearance this year, averaging 26.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 9.1 assists in 70 games, and is considered a … [Read more...] about Pistons Notes: Cunningham, Langdon, Ivey, Trade Assets

After the Knicks‘ swarming defense, led by wings OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges, limited Boston to 90 points on 36.2% shooting in a Game 2 victory, veteran forward P.J. Tucker told reporters, including Stefan Bondy of The New York Post, that Anunoby was overlooked in a major way by Defensive Player of the Year voters this spring. “OG’s been off the charts. I don’t know how he … [Read more...] about Eastern Notes: Anunoby, Pistons, Raptors, Giannis