The 2025 NBA All-Star reserves were revealed on Thursday night during TNT’s Inside the NBA broadcast and officially confirmed by the league (Twitter links). Fourteen players will join the 10 starters announced last week in the All-Star Game in San Francisco on Feb. 16. All-Star reserves were selected by the league’s head coaches. Here are the players who made the cut: Eastern … [Read more...] about NBA Announces 2025 All-Star Reserves
Central Notes: Siakam, Bickerstaff, Horton-Tucker, White, Garland
Pascal Siakam enhanced his case for All-Star consideration with a 37-point performance against the Pistons on Wednesday. The Pacers forward is averaging 20.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists. Siakam has been selected to the All-Star Game twice during his career. The reserves will be revealed during a TNT broadcast tonight. “He’s unbelievable,” point guard Tyrese Haliburton … [Read more...] about Central Notes: Siakam, Bickerstaff, Horton-Tucker, White, Garland
Pistons Notes: Beasley, Ivey, Hypothetical Trades, Duren, Stewart
Malik Beasley has proven to be one of last summer’s biggest bargains. He signed a one-year, $6MM deal with the Pistons and has averaged 16.3 points per game, mostly off the bench. Beasley told Hoops Hype’s Michael Scotto that he’s had discussions with head of basketball operations Trajan Langdon about staying in Detroit beyond this season. He’s also aware he could be a trade … [Read more...] about Pistons Notes: Beasley, Ivey, Hypothetical Trades, Duren, Stewart
Central Notes: Williams, Buzelis, Jerome, Thompson
In the first season of a new five-year, $90MM contract, Bulls forward Patrick Williams has continued to struggle to carve out a consistent gig as a role player. Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic wonders if Williams’ window to prove he can effectively do so is closing. With the Bulls’ third-leading scorer, Coby White, unavailable, Chicago was hoping for the 23-year-old to take on … [Read more...] about Central Notes: Williams, Buzelis, Jerome, Thompson
How Pistons Could Use Cap Room At Trade Deadline
The Pistons are the only NBA team that currently has any cap room. While that has been true for the better part of six months, it will be more important than ever during the next 12 days, since that cap space will give Detroit significant flexibility to make deadline deals that could help the team in the present and/or future. Entering the fall, it seemed likely that the … [Read more...] about How Pistons Could Use Cap Room At Trade Deadline