Hoops Rumors

There weren’t enough backcourt spots to go around on this year’s All-Star teams, in the view of Marc J. Spears of Andscape, whose annual eight-man “All-Snub” team is made up of seven guards and one center. Outside of big man Domantas Sabonis, the most glaring omissions from this year’s All-Star rosters were all guards, Spears writes, identifying Trae Young, LaMelo Ball, Zach … [Read more...] about And-Ones: All-Star Snubs, WNBA, Clark, Europe, Canales

Three second-year players and one rookie have been named replacements for the Rising Stars event at All-Star weekend in San Francisco, according to the NBA. The league issued a press release announcing the following changes: Magic guard Anthony Black is replacing Mavericks center Dereck Lively. Trail Blazers forward Toumani Camara is replacing Hornets forward Brandon … [Read more...] about NBA Names Four Replacements For Rising Stars Event

Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart has received a one-game suspension for accumulating six flagrant foul points, the NBA announced (via Twitter). He will serve the suspension during Friday’s home game against Dallas. The release from the league notes that Stewart had four flagrant foul points heading into Wednesday’s contest at Indiana. He was ejected for a Flagrant 2 midway … [Read more...] about Isaiah Stewart Suspended, Fined

Rival teams are watching the Hawks ahead of next week’s trade deadline to see who they’re willing to part with in the wake of a season-ending injury to Jalen Johnson, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. League sources tell Scotto there’s a “growing sense” that Bogdan Bogdanovic could be on the market, echoing a report from Marc Stein earlier this week. Scotto hears that … [Read more...] about Scotto’s Latest: Bogdanovic, Hawks, K. Johnson, Ingram, Pistons