News from around the NBA 2025-2026

[Adrian]

Kings' Domantas Sabonis set to return from injury Friday vs. Wizards, weeks before NBA trade deadline

Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis is set to return from injury on Friday night against the Washington Wizards, according to multiple reports. Sabonis has been sidelined with a partial meniscus tear for the last 27 games.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Yuma]

Clippers' Ballmer aims to dismiss fraud suit over Kawhi Leonard's pay

Attorneys representing Steve Ballmer are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the LA Clippers owner participated in a fraud by funneling money to star Kawhi Leonard through a now-defunct green banking company.

www.espn.com

I feel like this evidence is in the same file as the Epstein file.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

lukas started kebler at center tonight- is ayton hurt?

 

[Mainstreet]

lukas started kebler at center tonight- is ayton hurt?

Looks like Ayton is hurt.

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[BooksOrangePlanet]

Looks like Ayton is hurt.

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no luka no ayton im gonna laugh if they win

 

[Yuma]

no luka no ayton im gonna laugh if they win

They have more of a chance to win if Ayton doesn't play, arguably.

 

[GatorAZ]

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[Russ Smith]

Some of it is schedule but much of it is since they got Melton back and Horford is somewhat healthy their bench is suddenly destroying people. Melton's plus minus is insane. 11-4 in the last 15 games. Still nowhere near good enough to compete with the top of the West but fun to watch. 3 straight games with 10 different guys making a 3, never been done in the NBA before

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[BooksOrangePlanet]

hawks are definitely different

 

[Adrian]

Thunder's Jalen Williams out a 'couple weeks' with right hamstring strain

Jalen Williams missed the first month of the season recovering from a wrist injury, too.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Adrian]

Kevin Durant passes Dirk Nowitzki for 6th place on NBA's all-time scoring list

If Durant stays healthy and plays the last two years of his contract with the Rockets, he should move into fourth place and could challenge for third.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Phrazbit]

Jimmy Butler had a non-contact knee injury tonight. Knee went kinda sideways, looked pretty bad, couldn't put any weight on it.

 

[Russ Smith]

Jimmy Butler had a non-contact knee injury tonight. Knee went kinda sideways, looked pretty bad, couldn't put any weight on it.

Yeah I posted it in the game day thread looks like a season ender. You could see Kerr and Spoelstra talking about it after the game I think it was pretty clear it's not a minor thing. 2 guys holding him up as he went to the lockerroom.

Even if they can get a deal with Kuminga they're dead without Butler. Hield had a big run after Jimmy got hurt but Buddy is just not the guy for the long term. Sucks they are 12-4 the last 16 games but without Butler they are dead

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

Yeah I posted it in the game day thread looks like a season ender. You could see Kerr and Spoelstra talking about it after the game I think it was pretty clear it's not a minor thing. 2 guys holding him up as he went to the lockerroom.

Even if they can get a deal with Kuminga they're dead without Butler. Hield had a big run after Jimmy got hurt but Buddy is just not the guy for the long term. Sucks they are 12-4 the last 16 games but without Butler they are dead

might be time to really rebuild - butler 37? draymond is old - steph too

 

[Hoop Head]

Jimmy Butler had a non-contact knee injury tonight. Knee went kinda sideways, looked pretty bad, couldn't put any weight on it.

ACL for Jimmy Buckets. That could be it for him at his age.

Sources: Warriors' Jimmy Butler tears ACL, ending season

Jimmy Butler had to be helped from the Warriors' win against the Heat after landing awkwardly.

www.espn.com

 

[Phrazbit]

ACL for Jimmy Buckets. That could be it for him at his age.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47667747/warriors-jimmy-butler-helped-knee-injury-vs-he

That is a bummer, I've always liked him.

An ultra competitive guy who could not tolerate clowns. The Wolves screwed up when they dumped him in favor of Towns, the Sixers made an even bigger mistake when they dumped him in favor of Simmons.

 

[95pro]

That is a bummer, I've always liked him.

An ultra competitive guy who could not tolerate clowns. The Wolves screwed up when they dumped him in favor of Towns, the Sixers made an even bigger mistake when they dumped him in favor of Simmons.

Butler has always been one of my favorites to root for. He always brought it on the court no matter who he played for, and his impact on the team was winning.

 

[Russ Smith]

That is a bummer, I've always liked him.

An ultra competitive guy who could not tolerate clowns. The Wolves screwed up when they dumped him in favor of Towns, the Sixers made an even bigger mistake when they dumped him in favor of Simmons.

Yeah tough situation Butler tanked to get out of Miami which I didn't like but then resurrected the W's last year. It's the same knee he had a meniscus and then an MCL surgery on before so probably going to be a long rehab.

Miami has 2 guys I had on my list in the Kuminga trade stuff, either Wiggins or Jaquez but Miami is playing well enough themselves I doubt they're going to be interested and neither one of them is good enough to replace butler.

I wasn't convinced they had a shot at a run this year anyways but they were playing really well. Since the return of Melton and getting Horford back fairly healthy they had really taken off. This pretty likely ends that.

 

[Superbone]

Butler has always been one of my favorites to root for. He always brought it on the court no matter who he played for, and his impact on the team was winning.

Until he was done with you.

 

[Mainstreet]

Losing Jimmy Butler is a crushing blow for the Warriors. I wonder if they now rethink keeping Kuminga.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Until he was done with you.

Yeah, there's a lot to say in favor of Butler but this idea he gives it all, all the time, is just a history rewrite. He has quit on his team and his teammates before, and to a degree I've never seen (not even from Kobe). He's a great teammate up until he decides he's been wronged and then he becomes a nightmare.

 

[95pro]

Until he was done with you.

i always thought of him as the forward version of cp3, does great but wears on everyone, then he wants out.

 

[Hoop Head]

That is a bummer, I've always liked him.

An ultra competitive guy who could not tolerate clowns. The Wolves screwed up when they dumped him in favor of Towns, the Sixers made an even bigger mistake when they dumped him in favor of Simmons.

Simmons made some sense given his age and skill set. They let Butler go to retain Tobias Harris though, which was a huge blunder. They paid him max money up until a year ago.

 

[AzStevenCal]

i always thought of him as the forward version of cp3, does great but wears on everyone, then he wants out.

He was, but he went a GIANT step further on at least one of his "wants out" moments. He actually played a game while attempting to avoid any positive move. He would pass out of wide open shots, he would stand there and let the ball bounce rather than grab the board, he played stick figure defense and so on. It was his trade-me-now move and it worked, the trade to Minnesota soon followed.

 

[Adrian]

Warriors All-Star Jimmy Butler out for season with torn ACL, will undergo surgery

Butler tore his right ACL in Monday's Warriors win over the Heat.

sports.yahoo.com