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Pelicans' No. 13 pick Derik Queen undergoes wrist surgery, will be re-evaluated in three months

Derik Queen — the No. 13 pick that New Orleans gave up a lot to move up and draft — has undergone surgery to repair a torn scapholunate ligament in his left wrist, the Pelicans have announced. Queen will be re-evaluated in 12 weeks, the team said. That timeline has him being re-evaluated during training

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Joel Embiid Knows Who Leaked 76ers’ Team Meeting From Last Season To Media: ‘It’s Hard Being Around People That Do Those Sorts Of Stuff’

The Philadelphia 76ers had a team meeting last season in November in Miami. During the meeting, Tyrese Maxey called Joel Embiid out for being late to team events. Someone on the Sixers leaked the meeting to the media and Embiid was furious. The 2023 MVP recently told ESPN that he knows the person who leaked

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Bradley Beal Buyout Signals Harsh Reality For NBA Big Three Model

Getty Bradley Beal’s time in Phoenix is officially over. The Suns waived and stretched the final two years and $110 million of his contract on Wednesday, a financial maneuver that may also signal the end of the NBA high-cost “Big Three” era. As Yahoo Sports’ Ben Rohrbach framed it: “The question, then: Is this also

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NBA Notes: Clippers, Bradley Beal, Suns, Nets, Terance Mann, Bucks, Kevin Porter Jr.

File photo Clippers New Clippers guard Bradley Beal’s departure from the Suns wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. Buyout negotiations between Beal and Phoenix got “heated,” according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, with the two sides initially struggling to agree on just how much money Beal would leave on the table to make the deal work under league

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Bradley Beal Buyout Gives Suns Path Out Of Tax Crunch, Tightens Clippers’ Margin

File photo The Phoenix Suns couldn’t trade Bradley Beal, so they did the next best thing. And from a salary cap standpoint, it may have been the smartest move they could make. Beal’s buyout became official on Wednesday, one day after Phoenix paid out an advance portion of his 2025-26 salary. As expected, Beal gave

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