Pacers’ Copeland Released From Hospital

Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland was released from a New York hospital two days after a Wednesday morning stabbing incident, a source told ESPN’s Josina Anderson. Copeland suffered knife wounds to his left elbow and abdomen, and a source told Anderson the knife blade touched his diaphragm and fractured a rib. In addition, a source […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
James Harden: ‘I feel as though I am the MVP’

“I feel as though I am the MVP,” (James) Harden said. “I think the MVP is the most valuable player to your team. Obviously you have to be winning and be one of the top teams in this league and we are. “I’m not taking credit away from anybody else in the league. But I’ve […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Rockets’ Motiejunas Has Surgery; Out for Season

The Houston Rockets announced today that forward Donatas Motiejunas will miss the remainder of the 2014-15 season with a lower back injury. Motiejunas underwent a successful lumbar microdiscectomy today performed by Dr. Robert Watkins. via NBA.com

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Fisher on Knicks: ‘It will turn around quickly’

As the New York Knicks’ historically bad season mercifully nears an end, Derek Fisher sees no reason that the Knicks can’t go from worst to first in a year. The Knicks’ head coach said Thursday that the Knicks “will turn around quickly.” When asked about potentially duplicating a dramatic 23-game turnaround like the Milwaukee Bucks […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Blazers’ Arron Afflalo Injures Arm; MRI Scheduled

It’s (Arron) Afflalo right triceps… he’ll will have an MRI tomorrow..said the arm is sore now, not sure if it’s torn #Blazers via Jabari Young of Comcast Sports Northwest on Twitter

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Barnes: Players Avoiding Lakers’ Mgmt, Not Kobe

Los Angeles Clippers forward Matt Barnes, who played alongside Bryant for two seasons with the Lakers, has a theory about his former team’s recent rut. The common misconception is that players cower at the idea of playing with Kobe due to his ultracompetitive nature, says Barnes. “The reason people don’t want to go to the […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Nuggets to Release Forward Shavlik Randolph?

They (Denver Nuggets) made a waiver claim Tuesday on veteran forward Shavlik Randolph, and have been awarded his rights by the NBA. Randolph, however, is not expected to play for the Nuggets. Picking up a player with his salary ($1.227 million) gets the Nuggets much closer to the NBA’s salary-cap floor, which is the minimum […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Curry Breaks Own Record for Three-Pointers

Last season (Stephen) Curry hit 272 three pointers to set an NBA record. Thursday night he broke that record with a little slide around Draymond Green for a three. The amazing thing is Curry is shooting 43.8 percent on threes, the fourth highest percentage in the league. via Kurt Helin of Pro Basketball Talk

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Report: Hawks’ Sefolosha Out For Season

Thabo Sefolosha has been diagnosed with a broken ankle and will miss the remainder of the season, sources tell RealGM. Sefolosha suffered the injury during an early Wednesday morning incident outside a New York City nightclub involving Chris Copeland, Pero Antic and the New York City Police Department. Sefolosha was charged for resisting arrest and […]

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021