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• Lakers Free Agency Rumors: L.A. Heavily Linked With Bringing Back Prodigal Son as Starting Center
Brook Lopez is a favorite to start at center for the Lakers in 2025, but his skill set may not align with the team’s goals, especially alongside Luka Dončić....2025
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo's Future With Bucks 'The Elephant In The Room' In NBA

The future of Giannis Antetokounmpo with the Milwaukee Bucks is one of the NBA's most pressing questions as he continues to play at an MVP level, but the roster around him has regressed since they won the title in 2021. "Giannis has been just awesome this season," said Brian Windhorst. "He's clearly understood that they're challenged. And he has cut the BS out of his game and cut the fat out of hi...2025
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• NBA Playoffs teams ranked by their 2025 championship chances

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Ranking every 2025 NBA Playoffs team by their chances to win it all The 2025 NBA Playoffs are here with three big favorites and a pool of contenders ready to play the spoiler. The Boston Celtics are trying to become the league’s first back-to-back champion since the 2017-2018 Golden State Warriors. Boston ran over the league on their way t...2025
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• Bucks Expect Jericho Sims To Be Available For Playoffs

The Milwaukee Bucks are getting healthier as the playoffs draw nearer. Damian Lillard is out to start the playoffs, but the Bucks should have Jericho Sims back for Game 1 against the Pacers on Saturday. Sims has been out since injuring his thumb on March 16. However, Milwaukee head coach Doc Rivers said he thinks the backup center will be ready to play when the playoffs start this weekend. "Yes. I...2025
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• Brook Lopez: Mitch Johnson Has 'Highest Basketball IQ I've Ever Played With Or Been Around'

Mitch Johnson has been serving as interim head coach of the San Antonio Spurs since Gregg Popovich suffered a stroke in early November. Johnson played collegiately at Stanford and has come up through the Spurs' system as a coach. Johnson has a strong reputation in coaching circles and interviewed for the head coaching job with the Toronto Raptors in 2023. "Seeing him in the position he's in now is...2025
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• Jericho Sims Playing Through Right Thumb Injury, Surgery In Consideration

Milwaukee Bucks backup center Jericho Sims is playing through a right thumb injury. The injury is bad enough that Bucks coach Doc Rivers said surgery could be on the table. "It's a pretty good injury. Probably decisions will have to be made," Rivers said. When asked if that means surgery is possible, Rivers said "Yeah, it's a consideration, for sure." In 14 games since the Bucks acquire him at the...2025
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• 4 NBA trade deadline winners, and 4 big losers after a wild week of deals

Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s hand out winners and losers from the 2025 NBA trade deadline. The 2025 NBA trade deadline started with a double-bang (word to Mike Breen) when the Dallas Mavericks made the unfathomable decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis. The Mavs and Lakers each made surprising moves in the days that followed, le...2025
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• 8 NBA teams that need to make a trade (and 1 move they could make)

Photo by Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images We ranked eight NBA teams that need to make a move, and took our best shot at coming up with one trade each of them could pull off. It’s fake trade season in the NBA. It’s not actual trade season for a while. Teams don’t buy or sell when they either theoretically liked their roster going into the season or hated it but need teams to get more desperate b...2024
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors will never stop until he actually leaves the Bucks

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The Bucks on the brink of crisis. That can only mean one thing: Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors. The Milwaukee Bucks feel like they’re on the verge of disaster barely a week into the 2024-25 NBA season, and it only keeps getting worse. On Thursday, Milwaukee lost to a Memphis Grizzlies team without Desmond Bane and playing on the second night of a b...2024
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• 3 NBA teams close to pushing panic button one week into the season

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images The NBA season just opened, but these three teams should already be worried. The NBA’s 82-game regular season is so long and tedious that few teams are ever really out of it until after the All-Star break. Take the 2021-2022 Boston Celtics as the chief example: Boston was just 25-25 through its first 50 games, then finished the year 26-6 before running all ...2024
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• The NBA’s 7 most important players this season

Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images These 7 NBA players will determine the championship picture this season. NBA championships are often won and lost in the summer. While trades and free agency signings usually get all of the attention, internal development from young players or the ability to stave off decline from older ones usually goes a long way to determining which team is ...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• The NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images These are the NBA teams facing the most pressure this season. Not every team can realistically dream about winning the NBA championship entering the new season, but some organizations are feeling more pressure than others. A year ago, the Boston Celtics went ‘all-in’ after a string of playoff failures by acquiring Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. The...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Instant projection after Hawks’ stunning lottery win

Here’s our instant projection of the 2024 NBA Draft with the order now finalized after the lottery drawing. The order for the 2024 NBA Draft is finally set, and the Atlanta Hawks are the lucky winners of the lottery with the No. 1 overall pick. The Hawks entered the drawing with the 10th-best odds overall with a three percent chance at the first pick, and somehow cashed it in. The Washington Wizar...2024
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"Anthony Davis and Brook Lopez are tied for second in the league in blocks with 90."

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"Brook Lopez Calls His Shot on Bucks’ Title Chances With Giannis, Lillard"

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"Here’s what you need to know: Jackson beat out Milwaukee’s Brook Lopez and Cleveland’s Evan Mobley for the honor."

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"Brook Lopez is now the odds-on favorite for Defensive Player of the Year, according to Vegas, which is quite a wild development."

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"The former back-to-back MVP went bonkers on the bench after a rare Brook Lopez poster."

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"With the NBA heading to Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando, one particularly large (in more ways than one) Disney fan, Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez, is issuing a location-specific challenge to the commissioner."

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"Check out Gordon absolutely posterizing Bucks center Brook Lopez before trolling him with a kiss on his way down the court."

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"Barely getting on the floor in the fourth quarter these days, Brook Lopez is having the worst season of his career, with a game against his former team, the Nets, up next."

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"Brook Lopez, Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma continued to put up big numbers, as the Lakers took down Memphis."

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" Young's trade comes as a bit of a surprise, as he and Brook Lopez seemed to be the two players on the roster that would be most appealing for incoming free agents to play with and build a championship roster around in Brooklyn."

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"The Nets have dangled some of their high-priced stars in trade talks, and reportedly, […] The post Report: Miami Heat Showing ‘Strong Interest’ in Brook Lopez appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"The Brooklyn Nets have begun reaching out to teams to let them know that former All-Stars Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and Joe Johnson are all available via trade, ESPN."

• Giannis Antetokounmpo's Future With Bucks 'The Elephant In The Room' In NBA
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• Bucks Expect Jericho Sims To Be Available For Playoffs
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• Jericho Sims Playing Through Right Thumb Injury, Surgery In Consideration
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• Victor Wembanyama blocked Damian Lillard on a play even the refs didn’t believe was possible

Wemby’s block was ruled a goaltend until video review confirmed it was somehow a clean swat. Victor Wembanyama makes the unbelievable possible every time it takes the floor. Midway through his second season, Wembanyama is already an NBA All-Star and feels like a strong bet to make an All-NBA team by the end of the year. The San Antonio Spurs are still early in their development as a future contend...2025
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• Evan Mobley is reaching his potential, and now so are the Cleveland Cavaliers

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images The 6’11 big has been empowered under new head coach Kenny Atkinson, and now both he and the Cavs are thriving The Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the eventual NBA Champion Boston Celtics in the 2024 Eastern Conference semifinals, 4-1, in what was largely a series where the Cavaliers never had a realistic shot of actually winning. They lost Jarrett Allen for...2024
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• 8 NBA teams that need to make a trade (and 1 move they could make)
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• Lakers Could Have Interest In Brook Lopez

The Los Angeles Lakers have interest in an upgrade at center and Brook Lopez is a player they could pursue via trade. Lopez re-signed with the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2023 offseason on a two-year, $48 million deal. The Bucks are exploring the trade market and Lopez was in trade rumors this past offseason. "He is someone I was told was on the Lakers' list of potential center targets and acquisit...2024
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors will never stop until he actually leaves the Bucks
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• Victor Wembanyama blocked Damian Lillard on a play even the refs didn’t believe was possible
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• Bucks-Thunder To Meet in NBA Cup Final

The Milwaukee Bucks and Oklahoma City Thunder will meet in the 2024 Emirates NBA Cup Final. The final game of the tournament will be played on Tuesday, December 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Milwaukee defeated the Atlanta Hawks by a score of 110-102. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the way for the Bucks with 32 points, 14 rebounds, nine assists and four blocks. Damian Lillard had 25 points, six rebounds and ...2024
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• Evan Mobley is reaching his potential, and now so are the Cleveland Cavaliers
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• Brook Lopez Could Be Traded By Bucks In Offseason
The Milwaukee Bucks reportedly would like to play a more versatile style of defense next season, which could lead to Brook Lopez being available via trade this summer. With Doc Rivers beginning his first full season as head coach, they could look to change their schemes. Lopez has one season left on his deal at $23 million. He's also heading into his age-36 season. Despite his age, Lopez has remai...2024
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• Conor McGregor sized up Brook Lopez and looked like a child

Ring the bell! Fighters gonna fight, but Connor McGregor might have bitten off more than he can chew when he asked to size up Brook Lopez court side at the Bucks game on Monday night. pic.twitter.com/fIyvJtTskP— ً. (@C0MB4TT) January 28, 2025 The hilarious moment came in the second quarter when McGregor was doing the round and saying hello to everyone. He then stopped at Lopez, exchanged som...2025
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• Dunc'd On: 15 in 60 (Eastern Conference 11.20.24 Part 1)

Part 1 of our bi-weekly look at the East starts with a few of the teams du jour: Miami gets right at the expense of reeling Philadelphia. Are there any reasons for optimism in Philly right now with Joel Embiid? The Pistons finally get a blowout win at the expense of the Wizards, whose young players are struggling at the moment. 27:38 Is this Cam Thomas' breakout with the Nets? 46:53 New York is s...2024
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• 10 Knicks-Timberwolves trade winners and losers from stunning Karl-Anthony Towns deal

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Here are 10 winners and losers from the blockbuster trade between the Knicks and the Timberwolves. The NBA was hit with a monster trade between two legitimate championship contenders just days before most of the league’s teams report to training camp for the new season. Karl-Anthony Towns is now a member of the New York Knicks. Julius Randle and Donte ...2024
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• 8 NBA teams that can win the 2025 championship

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images These are the only teams that can win the 2025 NBA championship. Defining success in the NBA always comes back to preseason expectations. Some teams are just trying to get better in the regular season and advance a round further in the playoffs, while others are hoping not to fall too far behind their rivals. There’s already a class of teams whose best c...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: Instant projection after Hawks’ stunning lottery win
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• Doc Rivers Holds Film Session With Bucks' Veterans To Assess Struggles

As the Milwaukee Bucks have struggled this week, Doc Rivers held a film session on Saturday with the team's top nine rotation players in Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez, Beasley, Bobby Portis, Patrick Beverley, Pat Connaughton and Jae Crowder. Rivers gave each player the opportunity to speak their mind on what they have been seeing and what they believe is neede...2024
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• Trio Stays Hot in Lakers’ Third Straight Home Win

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• Sources: Nets' D-Will, Lopez, Johnson on block
The Brooklyn Nets have begun reaching out to teams to let them know that former All-Stars Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and Joe Johnson are all available via trade, ESPN.com has learned....2014
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• Kevin Garnett: 'You've Got to Be an A-----e' to Survive in the NBA
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• Report: Miami Heat Showing ‘Strong Interest’ in Brook Lopez
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• Nets' Lopez, Harden named Players of the Week
The Brooklyn Nets' Brook Lopez and the Houston Rockets' James Harden on Monday were named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, March 30, through Sunday, April 5....2015
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• Thaddeus Young to Pacers: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Reggie Jackson Dunks on Brook Lopez (VIDEO)
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• Nets' Lopez, Warriors' Curry named Players of the Week
The Brooklyn Nets' Brook Lopez and the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry today were named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, March 23, through Sunday, March 29....2015
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• Brook Lopez among low-rostered players worth adding

André Snellings pinpoints five low-rostered players who can provide a boost to fantasy lineups, including Milwaukee's veteran center....2022
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• Do the Los Angeles Lakers Have the Best Bench in the NBA?
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• NBA Summer League 2016: Top Takeaways from July 9 in Las Vegas
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• Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs Are Tearing Down the Big 3 Concept
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• Milwaukee Bucks move Khris Middleton to bench

Doc Rivers will stick with a starting five of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, Brook Lopez, Andre Jackson, and Taurean Prince....2025
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• Lakers Eyeing Jonas Valanciunas, Brook Lopez?

The Lakers’ front office isn’t content with mediocrity. That much has been evident as whispers about potential trade moves have gained traction just nine games into their season. With a 5-4 start that’s included some worrying defensive lapses — reflected in their 24th-ranked defense — LA is reportedly turning up the heat on trade discussions. […] The post Lakers Eyeing Jonas Vala...2024
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• 5 NBA trade deadline teams who desperately need to make a deal

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images These the teams who need to make a bold move at the NBA trade deadline. The 2024 NBA trade deadline represents the last chance for teams to reload their rosters ahead of the playoffs, or get an early head start on a rebuild before the offseason. With the deadline quickly approaching on Thursday, Feb. 8, there are a number of teams who should be feeling ...2024
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• Why the Bucks fired Adrian Griffin, explained

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Everything you need to know about why the Bucks decided to fire their head coach despite sitting in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Milwaukee Bucks made the (somewhat) shocking decision to fire first-year head coach Adrian Griffin on Tuesday, despite the team coming off of a win on Monday and holding a 30-13 record overall. The vibes had been ...2024
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• Damian Lillard traded to Bucks in blockbuster 3-team deal that shakes NBA

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Damian Lillard is joining forces with Giannis Antetokounmpo after a blockbuster trade to the Bucks. Damian Lillard has finally been traded, and it’s to a destination no one could have seen coming. The Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to send the superstar guard to the Milwaukee Bucks in a blockbuster three-team trade that immediately reshapes the NBA ...2023
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo is soft launching his future trade request, and the Bucks are on notice

Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for GE The Bucks star is putting his front office on the clock to build another championship roster. It feels like the NBA newscycle just got done with reckless speculation about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future. The superstar’s impending free agency was the biggest story in the league around the time his Milwaukee Bucks were on the wrong end of a stunni...2023
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