Just in: Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his ailing right knee and miss up to two months, sources tell ESPN.

Source: https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/792a3b018e22c

Shams Charania:

The Charlotte Hornets on Feb. 11 are retiring the No. 1 jersey of Muggsy Bogues, the shortest player in NBA history at 5-foot-3. Bogues spent 10 of his 14 NBA seasons in Charlotte (1988-1998) and is the franchise leader in assists, steals and minutes.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/17bf3c8442dc4

Jalen Brunson in the first half: 11 Points on 1/10 FG and 9/10 FT

Haram ball by Brunson

https://www.espn.com/nba/game?gameId=401909878

Former NBA star Paul Pierce said he's "tapped out" financially after losing his job with Fox Sports. The athlete also said he's struggled to keep up with court-ordered payments to his ex-wife and his children.

Paul Pierce has been in the headlines for the last year. Beyond his public dealings with his ex, the NBA champion faced pushback in October 2025 after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.

A source told TMZ that Pierce is "tapped out" and can no longer afford his hefty monthly payments to his ex-wife and children.

Court documents claim Pierce used to receive $119,000 a month from Fox Sports; however, he received his last check in August, and now his monthly income is zero.

Paul said he pays close to $30,000 per month in child support and another $20,000 per month in spousal support.

Additionally, Pierce spends nearly $50,000 a month in bills, including close to $10,000 in childcare, $5,000 in groceries, $7,000 on eating out, $3,200 on utilities, $1,000 on clothes, $3,500 on entertainment, and "various other expenses."

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nba-star-paul-pierce-makes-121000270.html

“Alex Caruso, their veteran guard, he actually sprained his ankle on Monday, and we know with sprained ankles, especially how nasty his looked, there’s going to be some level of time he is likely going to be missing as well.”

Shams Charania:

Toronto's Kawhi Leonard is expected to miss a period of weeks due to swelling in his left knee, sources tell ESPN. MRI on Leonard's knee showed no structural damage, but sides will use the shorter term to ramp him back up after the stoppages during the offseason.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/6ae0f86655352

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Malik Beasley, a nine-year NBA veteran, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from a Department of Justice investigation into illegal sports gambling, his attorney told The Athletic. He will plead on Dec. 9 in Brooklyn.

Jayson Tatum: 40/5/8 on 10/10 FG and 18/22 FT in 42 minutes.

Great game by Tatum in the win and the game winner, also career high in Free throws.

Celtics win in OT.

First 5 years he was a near iron man playing in 443 out of 462 available games (playoffs included). 95.9%

Then missed 23 games (playoffs included) last season.

With this new injury if he’s back by the Christmas game that’s 25 games missed.

It unfortunate that he’ll miss out on an all NBA team for the 2nd straight year.

Jokic acknowledged that the Nuggets have been dealing with similar issues since last season and said he was not surprised by their early struggles.

The three-time MVP suggested that improving defensively will require more than minor adjustments, as Denver has yet to establish consistency on that end of the floor.

When asked which areas needed the most attention ahead of the team’s upcoming road trip, Jokic gave a brief assessment.

“To be honest, everything. We cannot defend,” he stressed.

https://www.talkbasket.net/225567-nikola-jokic-admits-nuggets-cannot-defend-after-warriors-loss

Bam Adebayo really loves 83 so much he decided to pay a tribut to his 83 point game yesterday going off for

8 points on 3 FGM (3/10 shooting) along with 8 rebounds and 3 assists in the loss to the Mavericks as Heat loss their 4th straight game.

Miller purchased 500 tickets against the Wizards for breast cancer awareness night because his mother is a breast cancer survivor.

“I was really going to do more, a lot more than that,” he said — and then went out and put on a show. By tossing in a career-best 39 points, hitting the game-clinching bucket and leaving his imprints all over Charlotte’s 110-103 victory at Spectrum Center, Miller couldn’t have scripted it any better.

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Julian Champagnie With 3 Minutes Left Until Half vs the Kings | 24 points (8-10 3PT) | 1 Rebound | 3 Assist

Hes on an absolute heater. Let the man break some nba records tonight!

source

He is shooting 5.0 FTA per game on over 26 FGA per game. He is driving 9.0 times per game, taking a FGA on the drive [5.5 times per game](https://www.nba.com/stats/players/drives?dir=D&sort=DRIVE_FGA), which is the 2nd most in the league.

Despite this, Ant is shooting less free throws than Desmond Bane and Duncan Robinson, who have less than half his field goal attempts.

The latest great call was an obvious foul by James Harden at the end of regulation last night, which would have given the Wolves the lead with 3 seconds left in the game. (and he isn’t the only player on our team suffering from a bad whistle)

Edit: the light has left my life.

Shams Charania:

Utah Jazz star Jaren Jackson Jr. has sustained a torn MCL in his right knee and will be sidelined for 6-to-8 weeks, sources tell me and @BannedMacMahon. Jackson will not require surgery.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/8264dafbb64f6

Julian Champagnie at the half as the Spurs are on their way to demolishing the Kings: 24 PTS on 8/10 from 3PT range in 13min

Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401909879

• 98-99 Clippers (9-41)
• 15-16 76ers (10-72)
• 97-98 Nuggets (11-71)
• 09-10 Nets (12-70)
• 04-05 Hawks (13-69)
• 96-97 Grizzlies (14-68)
• 98-99 Nuggets (14-36)
• 00-01 Bulls (15-67)
• 07-08 Heat (15-67)
• 99-00 Bulls (17-65)
• 08-09 Kings (17-65)
• 15-16 Lakers (17-65)
• 24-25 Jazz (17-65)
• 04-05 Hornets (18-64)
• 14-15 76ers (18-64)
• 97-98 Warriors (19-63)
• 99-00 Warriors (19-63)
• 08-09 Clippers (19-63)
• 08-09 Wizards (19-63)
• 18-19 Cavaliers (19-63)
• 25-26 Pacers (19-63)
• 07-08 SuperSonics (20-62)
• 25-26 Nets (20-62)
• 20-21 Pistons (20-52)
• 11-12 Wizards (20-46)
• 14-15 Lakers (21-61)
• 15-16 Nets (21-61)
• 98-99 Warriors (21-29)
• 07-08 Timberwolves (22-60)
• 01-02 Grizzlies (23-59)
• 05-06 Knicks (23-59)
• 21-22 Pistons (23-59)
• 16-17 Suns (24-58)
• 17-18 Mavericks (24-58)
• 21-22 Thunder (24-58)
• 00-01 Hawks (25-57)
• 13-14 Celtics (25-57)
• 13-14 Jazz (25-57)
• 14-15 Magic (25-57)
• 96-97 Nets (26-56)
• 05-06 Hawks (26-56)
• 25-26 Pelicans (26-56)
• 97-98 Kings (27-55)
• 05-06 Raptors (27-55)
• 23-24 Grizzlies (27-55)
• 02-03 Grizzlies (28-54)
• 16-17 76ers (28-54)
• 09-10 Clippers (29-53)
• 12-13 Wizards (29-53)
• 12-13 Pistons (29-53)
• 10-11 Pistons (30-52)
• 15-16 Pelicans (30-52)
• 19-20 Pelicans (30-42)
• 97-98 76ers (31-51)
• 19-20 Kings (31-41)
• 10-11 Clippers (32-50)
• 07-08 Bulls (33-49)
• 16-17 Mavericks (33-49)
• 99-00 Rockets (34-48)
• 04-05 Warriors (34-48)
• 16-17 Pelicans (34-48)
• 22-23 Magic (34-48)
• 20-21 Wizards (34-38, 8 seed, lost in round 1)
• 03-04 Cavaliers (35-47)
• 02-03 Knicks (37-45)
• 96-97 Suns (40-42, 7 seed, lost in round 1)
• 10-11 76ers (41-41), 7 seed, lost in round 1)
• 99-00 Pistons (42-40, 7 seed, lost in round 1)
• 03-04 Heat (42-40, 4 seed, lost in round 2)
• 01-02 76ers (43-39, 6 seed, lost in round 1)
• 07-08 Wizards (43-39, 5 seed, lost in round 1)
• 10-11 Rockets (43-39)
• 22-23 Lakers (43-39, 7 seed, lost in WCF)
• 24-25 Pistons (44-38, 6 seed, lost in round 1)
• 04-05 Grizzlies (45-37, 8 seed, lost in round 1)
• 04-05 Bulls (47-35, 3 seed, lost in round 1)
• 07-08 Warriors (48-34)
• 22-23 Kings (48-34, 3 seed, lost in round 1)
• 18-19 Thunder (49-33, 6 seed, lost in round 1)
• 06-07 Mavericks (67-15, 1 seed, lost in round 1)

In the past 30 years, 80 teams have started 0-4. Of these, just 14 (18%) have made the playoffs, and only 2 (3%) have won a playoff series. Neither of them made the finals or won a conference finals game. Only 1 team won more than 50 games, and the median is 26 wins.

Things are not looking great for either of these teams right now who had championship aspirations going into the season. They'll either fall well short of expectations, or do something no team has done in 30 years.

Knicks have a tough opponent tonight playing the Pistons, but do have a chance to move to 1-3 and not be part of this list.

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/lawmurraythenu.bsky.social/post/3myun3tdsm22u

Yeah it's always frustrating missing time.

I came back to compete with this team and I'm focused on getting back to 100.

Toronto, I've appreciated the love since I've been back. Returning soon.

Godspeed.
Whi

In February 2018, the Indiana Pacers broadcast put up the infamous graphic showing that only 4 legendary NBA players and Thaddeus Young had ever put up these career statistics: 800 games, 13.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.4 steals, 49% FG%, 30% 3PT%. This rarefied club became a poster child for the statistical malfeasance of cherry-picking.

Almost immediately, Thaddeus Young himself dropped out of the club (his PPG, RPG, and SPG all fell in the following years). Since 2019, the "Thaddeus Young club" has only contained 4 players: Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and Lebron James.

However, this past week, with little notice or fanfare, Kawhi Leonard quietly played his 800th game, becoming the fifth member of this prestigious group. I've adjusted the graphic accordingly.

Jokic is only missing on SPG (1.3) so he could join the club as well. Anthony Davis also played his 800th game recently (he's played 811), and is close on steals (1.32) and 3P% (29.2%), so it's not impossible that he could join the club for a bit.

(sorry this is kind of offseason content; I meant to post it before the season started but I kept forgetting.)

Previous discussions:

• 5 current players who could replace Thaddeus Young in the “Thaddeus Young” Club (2019) [500 points, 38 comments]
• Remember the infamous Thaddeus Young graphic? It's badly outdated (2021) [638 points, 42 comments]
• Players with a chance to join the Thaddeus Young club (2022) [256 points, 38 comments]
• Only four players in the history of the NBA have averaged the Thaddeus Young Statline (13.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.4 spg, 49% FG, 30% 3PT) over their careers. Thaddeus Young is not one of them. (2025) [937 points, 60 comments]

P.S. my hot take is that the original graphic wasn't an example of awful cherrypicking. All the stats are "greater than", not "in this range" or "in this specific situation", and they're all common box-score stats. It is legitimately cool that Thaddeus Young was in that exclusive statistical club. It's not like they were like "has to be between 6'3" and 6'5" and only counting stats from odd-numbered years and has between 20 and 25 points".

ESPN reports 93 injuries, not including Anthony Edwards. So there are 94 players who are out or day to day. The league is made up of approximately 30 teams *15 players, so a total of 450 players.

94/450*100% is 20%.

1/5 of the league is out. Is this normal?

Victor Wembanyama at the half as the Spurs are on their way to demolishing the Kings: 23 PTS on 11/18 shooting including a buzzer beater tap in.

He is still on a shooting slump as he’s currently 0/3 from beyond the arc.

Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401909879

Post Game Thread

Line Score

Team Stats

Box Score

He misses a 28 footer from 3 in OT, he misses another 3 with 1:05 left, he misses another 3 with 45 seconds left, blows a open layup with 5 seconds left, and decides to shoot a layup up 1 instead of holding it then missing