"Thank you Jaylen Brown for being a leader....We need the star power back in the dunk contest."
@TeamLou23
reacts to
@FCHWPO
possibly participating in the Slam Dunk Contest.
Watch tomorrow at 10AM EST ⤵️
"The Miami Heat are on the verge of acquiring Terry Rozier from the Charlotte Hornets; Kyle Lowry and drafts picks, including a first round pick, I'm told going to the Hornets."
@ShamsCharania
on Miami nearing a trade to acquire Charlotte's Terry Rozier for a package sending
“They’re like, [Rick Carlisle] doesn’t want to coach you anymore, so we’re going to say your back is hurting and you’re done playing.”
“That’s why when I go back to Dallas, every time I get boo’d like it’s if I quit on the organization… I’ve never quit on anything in life.”
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"I'm told LeBron James is not involved in the Lakers head coaching search...James has made it clear that this is the organization's decision, he's had no conversions with the Lakers about JJ Redick."
@ShamsCharania
on the
#Lakers
coaching search
"Great news for Karl-Anthony Towns, he participated in his first team scrimmage on Sunday...There is optimism that Karl-Anthony Towns will play before the playoffs start."
@ShamsCharania
updates on KAT's potential return
#Timberwolves
👏
📺:
🚨 SNEAKER UPDATE 🚨
"Industry sources tell me [Shai Gilgeous-Alexander] is the next star in line to receive a signature shoe deal."
@ShamsCharania
on SGA becoming a sneaker free agent 👀
📺:
"[Darius Garland] had his mouth wired shut for four weeks. He's been rehabbing, he's been recovering, getting his weight back, he just got his screws out this week and he's planning to make his return on Wednesday."
@ShamsCharania
updates on Darius Garland's injury.
📺:
"DJ Burns told me he has lost 45 pounds in the last six and a half weeks...He told me no Ozempic, he said he's been doing workouts 4 days a week, at 5am."
@ShamsCharania
on draft project DJ Burns.
.
@DeMar_DeRozan
wants to stay in Chicago 🙌
"The city is great, I love the city, the organization been great—it's definitely a place I would love to return to, and take care of unfinished business." 👏
#Bulls
.
@MichelleDBeadle
: "So you would agree that the [Joel] Embiid foul on Mitchell Robinson was dirty?"
@IQ_GodSon
: "I ain't trying to get fined...But if that was anybody else, I don't know if he'd get the same call."
#Knicks
#Sixers
"They've been talking about an extension, but I'm told that the sides are apart right now on multiple fronts."
@ShamsCharania
on Demar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls.
@FanDuelTV
"I'm told that the hope is that [Joel] Embiid misses one to two months...If a full repair is needed in surgery, that's going to be a significantly longer recovery time period."
@ShamsCharania
updates on Joel Embiid's injury.
📺:
Rajon Rondo shares a story of when he had an altercation with Kevin Garnett, then ends up choking on water…
@RajonRondo
: “He was telling me to choke, while I was choking” 😭
@KevinGarnett5KG
"Dejounte Murray is trade eligible starting today...One team that has a level of exploratory interest I'm told, is his former team, the San Antonio Spurs."
@ShamsCharania
on Dejounte Murray's current situation.
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"Ultimately I'm just fighting for an opportunity, I'm just trying to show teams that I'm still able to produce on the court, but I'm also most importantly, I'm able to teach these young guys."
@isaiahthomas
on why he's playing in the G-League.
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@ChandlerParsons
: "Is there any way [Dan] Hurley's gonna leave UConn and take this Kentucky job?"
@RudyGay
: "Man I hope not...Kentucky can offer him a lot of money, but you also have to live in Kentucky." 😂😭
"Look for the next 7 to 10 days to finally be the point where these three guys finally get back on the court." 👀
@ShamsCharania
on Devin Booker and Bradley Beal's injuries.
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"I have no hesitation with [Nikola] Jokic this year...He could wear a t-shirt that says 'Ryen Russillo sucks' at warm ups, and there's just no way I'd be voting for anybody else."
@ryenarussillo
says Jokic is 100% his MVP 🏅
"Everyone is impressed by Victor Wembanyama's level of focus, his determination...He's already begun two a day work outs, he's been at it for weeks now, he's been fully immersed in their offseason."
@ShamsCharania
on Victor Wembanyama's mindset going into next season
#Spurs
"I want to see Trae [Young] be a lifelong Hawk, I think he's deserved that, he's done probably everything that he can do being in the position he's been in."
@TeamLou23
on Trae Young and the
#Hawks
"My first memory as an NBA fan, or as a kid, is watching Jamal Crawford ball against Allen Iverson."
@KOT4Q
breaks down his Bulls Mount Rushmore and why 👏
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"It's expected Julius Randle will miss at least a few weeks with that shoulder dislocation...I'm told there has been optimism after the initial reviews of that MRI."
@ShamsCharania
updates on Julius Randle's injury.
📺:
"The Lakers are doing their due diligence. Dejounte Murray, Bruce Brown Jr., Tyus Jones, Terry Rozier, I'm told those are names to keep an eye on."
@ShamsCharania
on the Los Angeles Lakers.
📺:
"I'm told [Julius Randle's] rehab is going well, his goal is still to play this season...[Mitchell Robinson] has got to keep hitting check marks, we know he's been dealing with foot issues over the course of his career...OG Anunoby, the hope is over the next 2-3 weeks he's going
"Dejounte Murray is going to continue to emerge as the top target for the Lakers, from what I'm told...Another scenario to keep an eye on, players that the Lakers do have interest in I'm told, is three guys from the Nets: Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, Royce O'Neale."
"The NBA is watching, don't do anything, that got anything, with any kind of arms, my brother. Stop it."
@TeamLou23
shared his thoughts on Ja Morant's celebration.
"[Klay Thompson's] future has been in question...I'm told that the Warriors offered a deal, 2 years in the range of 48 million dollars in an extension to Klay Thompson before the season, and now there's no deal."
@ShamsCharania
on the current state of the Golden State Warriors.
"Donovan Mitchell you got what you wanted, so now all the pressure is on you...this is a bullshit firing." 👀
@ChandlerParsons
reacts to J. B. Bickerstaff being fired.
"When I got traded I was like 'why am I trending with Hooters?' and then I see me, Book [Devin Booker], KD [Kevin Durant], and Brad [Beal] all literally tweeted something about Hooters."
@BucketsONeale00
on Suns' fans digging up his old Hooters tweets 😂
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"I'm told there's a growing, deepening disconnect between Darvin Ham and that Lakers locker room right now, and a lot of it is stemming from extreme rotational changes, lineup changes."
@ShamsCharania
on Head Coach Darvin Ham and the Lakers.
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"Gabe Vincent is doing more and more on the court...Barring any setbacks, his hope is still mid to late March to get back in the lineup for the Lakers."
@ShamsCharania
updates on Gabe Vincent's injury.
📺:
"The Lakers, I'm told, are continuing to monitor two players. I think the two guys at the forefront of their targets list going into the trade deadline, Dejounte Murray of Atlanta, and Bruce Brown Jr. of Toronto."
@ShamsCharania
on the Los Angeles Lakers
📺:
"The Mavericks really believe that the PJ Washington pick up is going to pay dividends, is going to be a big pick up, they compare him to Aaron Gordon."
@ShamsCharania
on the Dallas Mavericks.
📺:
"[Austin Reaves] is showing me that he might not have a ceiling."
@ShamsCharania
on Austin Reaves' impressive statline with LeBron out of the rotation
#Lakers
📺:
"The Magic can open up an excess of sixty million dollars in cap space this off season...One name to keep an eye on, Klay Thompson, I'm told there is mutual interest between the Magic and Klay Thompson."
@ShamsCharania
on the Magic's future plans.
📺:
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@MichelleDBeadle
: "Do you choose who inducts you?"
@mrvincecarter15
: Yes you do choose...I can confirm T-Mac [Tracy McGrady] will be there, he's one of the guys that I asked, and he was like 'Hell yeah, I was waiting for you to call me!'."
@Tmac_213
👏
"Nobody is going to deny the fact that [Joel Embiid] is one of the top talents in basketball, but all the other top talents in basketball either have a conference finals appearance, an NBA finals appearance, or a championship, and he has none of those things."
@KOT4Q
on Joel
“Bronny James has over 10 workout invites… I’m told he’s only going to visit a couple of those, and that’s going to include the Lakers and the Phoenix Suns” 👀
@ShamsCharania
with the latest on Bronny James
.
@ShamsCharania
: "Does having a 50 ball in an NBA game, does that give you kind of, sticking it to the teams like Toronto, New York, that had you?"
@malachiflynn
: "I would say yeah, but more for me...Just kind of showing myself that I can do some of those things, I don't think
"One more player to keep an eye on I'm told, a potential target for the Lakers, Hawks guard Dejounte Murray."
@ShamsCharania
on potential trade targets for the Lakers.
📺:
"Jalen Brunson, he's took this team, this city, this league by absolute storm...He wasn't this prodigy, he wasn't this guy that was supposed to be so good, he's just worked extremely hard, he's outworked everybody."
@ChandlerParsons
on Jalen Brunson's performance
#NBAPlayoffs
Did the '99
@spurs
really celebrate their championship by playing video games on the team plane? 👀
@MalikRose
explains one of the most iconic, nerdiest photos of all time 😂
"I'm told [Bradley Beal] is progressing, he is ahead of schedule, and I'm told he could return as soon as this weekend."
@ShamsCharania
updates on Bradley Beal.
📺:
"Gabe Vincent finally to the point where he's progressing to conditioning and ramping up on the floor. His window I'm told to potentially return, begins next week."
@ShamsCharania
updates on Gabe Vincent.
📺:
"This is where talks stand right now, Indiana is very much pushing and motivated to get a deal done."
@ShamsCharania
updates on the Pacers interest in Pascal Siakam.
📺:
"[Anthony Edwards] is someone that's been described to me as a guy that will be on the 2024 USA Basketball Olympic team in Paris...I'm told Anthony Edwards fully wants to go and compete to start on this team."
@ShamsCharania
on Anthony Edwards.
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@ChandlerParsons
: "Did you see any situation where there was a disconnect in the locker room?"
@MookMorris2
: "Honestly yeah, I kind of seen it, sorry to say it...I think [J. B. Bickerstaff's] time just ran out."
"I'm told that LeBron [James] is expected to play up to 2 more NBA seasons...In a perfect world, the Lakers have LeBron James back, and potentially they draft Bronny James—I'm told they are interested in picking him in the draft."
@ShamsCharania
updates on LeBron James.
📺:
"Since [the LA Clippers] have figured it out, this team is rolling and they're scary, it really don't matter who you put in front of them."
@TeamLou23
reacts to the Clippers big win over the Celtics.
📺:
“She’s the best coach I’ve ever had… If she’s the first head coach in the NBA it would be legendary” ❤️
@cgray209
gives high praise to Las Vegas Aces Head Coach
@BeckyHammon
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@DGreen_14
"[Darko Rajaković's] got a right to be pissed...If I'm [Immanuel] Quickley, if I'm RJ Barrett, and I'm new to this city, and this guy one of the first games is just going to bat for us like this, I love it as a player."
@ChandlerParsons
reacts to Darko Rajaković heated presser.
Are we going to see Brandon Ingram in the playoffs?
"[Brandon Ingram] is going to be out about two weeks, maybe three, so the hope is as April starts to get going, he'll be back in the lineup."
@ShamsCharania
#Pelicans
"You have to make the best decision for the organization, and that means going with Jonathan Kuminga moving forward."
@ShamsCharania
"Is there a world in which he keeps that spot even when Draymond [Green] comes back?"
@MichelleDBeadle
"1000%"
@ShamsCharania
📺:
After
@_ggjackson
played against Dillon Brooks, he called him a weird player…
“He’s still one of the few players that goes double arm sleeve” 💀
(GG asked Brooks to follow him on Instagram at the free throw line 😂)
"The Cavs are going to seriously evaluate the fit between Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland...I'm told if Mitchell does decide to stay long term, Garland's representation, they would have a conversation about the potential of a new home for him."
@ShamsCharania
on the
#Cavs
"I've had the privilege of sharing a locker room with that man [Kawhi Leonard]...Super professional, works his ass off, despite what everybody thinks."
@TeamLou23
reacts to Kawhi's extension.
📺:
"It made more sense to invest in a young player in Jordan Poole...For where our team is, Jordan was a leader for us and he's going to continue to be that."
Wizards GM Will Dawkins on acquiring Jordan Poole from the
#Warriors
"I'm told [Darvin Ham's] job status is in serious peril, it is highly unlikely that he will be back as head coach of this team."
@ShamsCharania
updates on Darvin Ham's future with the
#Lakers
📺:
"[Giannis Antetokounmpo] just started running over the weekend, and Damian Lillard was in a boot, he's out of the boot now, he's doing some underwater running...But given that game 5 is just one day away, there is obviously pessimism and some doubt over their status."
"DeMar DeRozan, his future, either he's going to get traded at this deadline, or they're going to look into the summer...Or DeMar DeRozan could walk for nothing."
@ShamsCharania
updates on the Chicago Bulls.
📺:
"The reality is there's one player that is off the table for the Wizards, and that's their top pick in last year's draft, Bilal Coulibaly."
@ShamsCharania
on if the Wizards have any untouchable players coming up on the trade deadline.
"If you're RJ Barrett, and your coach is fired up like this, it makes it easy to want to play for a guy like that."
@TeamLou23
reacts to the Darko Rajaković presser after the Raptors vs. Lakers game.
📺:
"Jacque Vaughn, fired by the Brooklyn Nets...The Nets have a lot of questions, who's going to be the interim, who's going to be the long term head coach."
@ShamsCharania
on the Nets firing Jacque Vaughn.
📺:
"I'm told JJ Redick, James Borrego, and Sam Cassell, have emerged as the leading head coaching targets for the Lakers, they're going to begin their formal process this week."
@ShamsCharania
updates on the
#Lakers
search for a new coach.
"What else has to happen for you, and your family and your friends, to learn? Make this about basketball, make this about your life, make this about your livelihood, and stop doing things like this."
@ChandlerParsons
reacts to Ja Morant's celebration.
📺:
"Indiana is showing its hand, they're telling you that we're ready to compete right now, we feel like this is a guy that's going to get us over the hump."
@TeamLou23
reacts to Raptors & Pacers trade talks for Pascal Siakam.
📺:
"Bojan Bogdanović, I'm told now, he's been out with an injury the entire season, he is day to day, he could back in the lineup as soon as tonight."
@ShamsCharania
on Bojan Bogdanović's injury and the Detroit Piston.
"I'm told after the game last night, Cade Cunningham addressed the team, he's been addressing the team more the last couple of weeks."
@ShamsCharania
on Cade Cunningham and possible trades for the Pistons.
📺:
"Kristaps Porziņģis has a right soleus strain, so this is a calf strain...I'm told this is going to be treated like a week to week injury, could be 1-2 weeks for Kristaps Porziņģis, could be even longer than that based on his rehab."
@ShamsCharania
on Kristaps Porziņģis' injury
"I'm told [Giannis Antetokounmpo] has at least started to do some stationary jump shooting...But still not much cutting, no scrimmaging, no all out running yet...I think the Bucks have to be prepared to keep playing on without Giannis."
@ShamsCharania
updates on Giannis
"You know me, I'm pulling the 'too little' on everybody. I don't care, I'm here to play basketball, I'm here to have fun." 😂
@patbev21
will hand out a 'too small' to anyone!
@PatBevPod
📺:
"Donovan Mitchell expects more...You have an organization that feels prideful of what they've done and how they've been building, and a guy like Donovan Mitchell who feels like 'we should not be just content and happy with a first round win'."
@ShamsCharania
and Donovan Mitchell
"Good news for the Mavericks, the MRI was clean on that hamstring, it's not believed to be a serious injury...They have that showdown against the Nuggets on Sunday, there's obviously hope internally with the Mavericks that Luka Doncic will fine for that game."
@ShamsCharania
No, Immanuel Quickley did not vote Tom Thibodeau the coach he'd least like to play for 😂
@IQ_GodSon
: "Thibs is a great guy, he was great to play for." 👏
"University of South Carolina Freshman Guard, Milaysia Fulwiley, has signed a multi-year NIL deal with Curry Brand. That makes her the first collegiate athlete to sign with Stephen Curry's signature line."
@ShamsCharania
on breakout freshman
@MilaysiaF
@GamecockWBB
‼️
📺:
"I expect the Celtics to be active in the trade market as we get closer to February, to try to see if they can beef up their bench rotation."
@ShamsCharania
's biggest concern for the Celtics is late game execution, what kind of player are they missing? 🤔
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