Basketball Insiders

After a 103-84 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, marking the Cleveland Cavaliers’ fifth straight defeat and their ninth in their past 11 games, Cavs coach David Blatt admitted his team has fallen on tough times. “We’re going through a lot of stuff, honestly,” Blatt said after the Kings led by as many as […]

(Miami HEAT Hassan) Whiteside went from cut twice before Thanksgiving to cornerstone center. (Utah Jazz Rudy) Gobert got so good Utah traded (Oklahoma City Thunder Enes) Kanter. Both are worthy #MIPstories via Marc Stein of ESPN on Twitter

Cleveland Cavaliers center Ante Zizic will be sidelined for approximately four (4) weeks after missing all four preseason games with discomfort and soreness in his left foot. Imaging at Cleveland Clinic Sports Health and evaluation by the Cavaliers medical staff revealed Zizic is experiencing plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Zizic will now undergo a […]

#Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said Raymond Felton (ankle) is just not ready to play yet. But he’s getting close. via Dwain Price of the Star-Telegram on Twitter

The Los Angeles Lakers reached out to D’Angelo Russell’s agents at CAA — Austin Brown and Aaron Mintz — to set up a meeting with the All-Star guard, league sources tell ESPN. The Lakers and Russell share a mutual interest in a reunion. Lakers have the cap space to sign him. The Los Angeles Lakers […]

Frustrated by his role during his three-plus years in Utah, center Enes Kanter told The Salt Lake Tribune he hopes to be traded before this year’s deadline. Kanter expressed his frustration after Wednesday’s 87-82 loss to the Mavericks, a game in which Kanter left with an eye injury but never returned despite his claim that […]

Five-star point guard Alterique Gilbert has committed to Connecticut. Gilbert, a 6-foot-1 Miller Grove (Ga.) product, chose the Huskies over Louisville, Illinois, Syracuse and Texas. He had trimmed his list to five schools in May, and UConn was the first and only school to which he took an official visit. “I love the relationship me and […]

(Knicks coach Derek) Fisher said he believes he will be more involved in personnel decisions than last season. He was hired in June and called the offseason “compressed.” The Knicks have $26 million in cap space. “I would hope so,’’ Fisher said. “I’ve said before, Phil (Jackson) and Steve (Mills) have been very open in […]

(New York) Knicks say Andrea Bargnani was limited in practice today. via Al Iannazzone of Newsday on Twitter