NBA Feed: HoopsRumors

And-Ones: Rivers, Awards, Playoff X-Factors, Wemby, Morant

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — In a podcast appearance with Bill Simmons of The Ringer (Twitter video link), Doc Rivers suggested his coaching career might be finished. The 64-year-old stepped down as head coach of the Bucks earlier this week. “We met about seven weeks ago, me and (Bucks) ownership,” Rivers said (hat tip to Jack Baer of Yahoo Sports). […]
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Suns’ Williams Out Friday; Porzingis Active For Warriors

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — The Suns received good and bad news on Friday, per Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic. Veteran guard Grayson Allen (left hamstring) was upgraded from questionable to available, but starting center Mark Williams (left foot soreness) was downgraded from questionable to out for Friday’s elimination game vs. Golden State. As Rankin observes, Williams missed 15 […]
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Clippers Notes: Kawhi, Lue, Investigation, Garland, Offseason

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — A couple days after Kawhi Leonard declined to discuss his future, president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank reaffirmed the Clippers‘ commitment to the star forward, writes Kris Rhim of ESPN.com. “Our plan is to win with Kawhi,” Frank said. “We obviously showed as an organization that we want to continue and we are driven to […]
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Pelicans Making ‘Significant’ Changes To Basketball Staff

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — The Pelicans have begun to make “significant” changes to their basketball operations, coaching, and medical staffs, multiple sources tell Shamit Dua of In The N.O. (Twitter links). Several staff members have been informed they won’t be brought back for next season, according to Dua, who says a “significant portion” of the basketball operations, coaching, and...
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Injury Notes: Edwards, Diabate, Quickley, Bryant

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is officially listed as questionable for Saturday’s Game 1 at Denver, the team announced (via Twitter). The former No. 1 overall pick’s injury designation is right knee injury maintenance. While Edwards’ status suggests he may or may not play tomorrow, he was doing on-court work after Friday’s practice, per Chris Hine […]
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Brazilian Legend Oscar Schmidt Dies At 68

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — Oscar Schmidt, who was inducted into the FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013, died on Friday at age 68, per Mauricio Savarese of The Associated Press. Schmidt’s family released a statement that said the 6’8″ forward battled a brain tumor for 15 years “with courage, […]
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Northwest Notes: Splitter, Nuggets, Daigneault, Hardy

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — Tiago Splitter has emulated Gregg Popovich as interim head coach of the Trail Blazers, writes Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News. Splitter, 41, spent five of his seven NBA seasons playing in San Antonio under Popovich, including winning a title in 2014. “The way he treats people makes you feel like you are part […]
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Central Notes: Turner, Cade, Langdon, Zubac, Walker

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Among the free agents who changed teams in 2025, no player received a bigger payday than Myles Turner, who signed a four-year, $109MM contract with the Bucks. But it was a disappointing first year in Milwaukee for Turner, as the big man saw his production drop off and went from playing in the NBA Finals […]
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Revisiting 2025/26 NBA Over/Under Predictions

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Before the 2025/26 NBA season got underway, we polled Hoops Rumors readers on the win totals for each of the league’s 30 teams, using over/unders from major betting sites. From the Thunder (62.5 wins) to the Jazz (18.5 wins), our readers made their picks for whether each team’s win total would land over or under […]
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Rockets Notes: Durant, Finney-Smith, VanVleet, Adams, Smith

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — In a lengthy interview with Varun Shankar of the Houston Chronicle (subscription required), general manager Rafael Stone stated that the Rockets are “very happy” with what they’ve gotten from Kevin Durant since trading for him last summer and expressed satisfaction with the steps forward the team’s younger players have taken over the course of the 2025/26 […]
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Wolves Notes: Edwards, McDaniels, Reid, Nuggets Series

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Unlike fellow stars Luka Doncic and Cade Cunningham, Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards didn’t have his request for an “extraordinary circumstances” exception approved and won’t be eligible for end-of-season awards this spring. Edwards missed time over the course of the season due to hamstring, foot, and knee injuries, as well as an illness, and ended up […]
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J.B. Bickerstaff Wins Coaches Association Award

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff has won the Michael H. Goldberg award for the 2025/26 season, earning Coach of the Year honors from the National Basketball Coaches Association, according to a press release. This award, introduced in 2017 and named after longtime NBCA executive director Michael H. Goldberg, is voted on by the NBA’s 30 head […]
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Latest On LeBron James’ Future

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — LeBron James has yet to make any decisions about his future beyond this season, league and team sources tell Dan Woike and Sam Amick of The Athletic. According to Woike and Amick, a number of options remain in play for the Laker star, including the possibility of retiring this summer. The idea that James wouldn’t […]
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Poll: Who Will Win Friday’s Play-In Games?

HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) — The final two spots in the 2026 NBA playoff field are up for grabs on Friday night, with two teams in the East and two teams in the West vying for the No. 8 seed in their respective conferences. In Friday’s early game, it’ll be the Hornets, coming off a thrilling overtime victory over Miami, […]
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Raptors Notes: Barnes, Quickley, Ingram, Walter

HoopsRumors (Rory Maher) — Scottie Barnes had an excellent all-around season in 2025/26 and should be a lock for a spot on an All-Defensive team, according to Josh Lewenberg of TSN.ca, who says the two-time All-Star will have to take his game to another level in the playoffs for the Raptors to have “a real shot” in their first-round […]
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