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We have reached the NBA Cup quarterfinals, the eight-team knockout round — now things get serious. Especially for the players on those teams, because the money is now very real. “I think half a million dollars is still a good amount of money to be able to motivate you to want to win games,” the […]

USA Today Bucks Teams are quietly preparing for the day Milwaukee signals it is ready to take calls on Giannis Antetokounmpo, even while the two-time MVP keeps telling reporters he wants to work things out with the Bucks. Jake Fischer of The Stein Line writes that front offices are bracing for a rare type of

Getty The Heat have held internal discussions about a possible pursuit of Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. Morant has missed 11 of Memphis’ last 12 games with a calf injury, but Miami continues to monitor the situation as it evaluates potential backcourt upgrades. Fischer writes that the Heat

AP The Heat haven’t been shy about keeping themselves in the Giannis Antetokounmpo conversation, even if the Bucks star keeps saying he wants to make things work in Milwaukee. Jake Fischer of The Stein Line reports that Antetokounmpo’s management group went as far as running the math on how playing in a no-income-tax state such

AP Some nights aren’t about the schedule. Some nights aren’t about fatigue, or back-to-backs, or eight games in 14 days. Some nights just reveal what you are. Saturday felt like one of those nights for the Cavaliers. Golden State showed up without Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, or Draymond Green. In other words, the Warriors rolled

File photo Hornets The Hornets won’t have LaMelo Ball on Sunday. The All-Star guard has a bone bruise in his left ankle and will sit out against Denver, per Rod Boone of The Charlotte Observer. Ball left Friday’s game early with soreness and never returned, another bump in what’s already been a frustrating start for

AP The Celtics weren’t supposed to look like this. Not after trading two starters, watching two more walk in free agency, and bracing for what some in Boston politely labeled a “gap year.” But here they are anyway, thumping the Lakers on Friday and winning nine of their last 11, forcing a recalibration of expectations

File photo Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is trying to get healthy and trying to keep things simple. That is the message he delivered to NBA insider Chris Haynes this week as the noise surrounding his future with the Bucks continues to swell. “He spoke to me about just being where his feet are planted. That

Getty The Clippers are hosting the NBA All-Star Game this season, but somehow that isn’t even their biggest promotional stunt. That honor belonged to the bobbleheads. Six of them. A league-high. A number so ambitious it feels like Steve Ballmer challenged his staff to “think bigger” and they took it literally. Here was the original

Kevin Durant made his NBA debut in 2007 [Getty Images] Kevin Durant became just the eighth player in NBA history to reach 31,000 career points during the Houston Rockets’ 117-98 win against the Phoenix Suns. The 37-year-old started the game needing just four points to hit the milestone and took his tally to 31,000 points