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November 26th, 2025 at 8:36pm CST by Arthur Hill

ThePistons had their 13-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday, dropping a tough 117-114 decision at Boston in NBA Cup play. They fell one game short of setting the longest win streak in franchise history, but players toldOmari Sankofa II of The Detroit Free Press earlier this week that the streak wasn’t the primary thing on their minds.

“We never talked about it,”Cade Cunningham said. “We wanted to find our way to the top of the league. We’ve seen the bottom of the league before. … We’re excited about the opportunity, but this is just a product of the work. This isn’t what we were going for; we still have bigger things to do.”

At 15-3, the Pistons are still atop the East and have the second-best record in the NBA. Their defense ranked third in the league coming into tonight’s game, and they’re getting contributions from the entire roster. They’ve also gained confidence after going through a historically bad season in 2023/24 and rebounding to make the playoffs last spring.

“We were talked bad about, we were the laughingstocks, and now that the tables have turned, everybody wants to be on this side,”Isaiah Stewart said. “Everybody wants to be on the wagon and everybody wants to say great things about us. That’s a good thing, that’s a good thing. We’re not taking that lightly. All we’re doing is just keeping our heads down and taking it day by day.”

There’s more from the Central Division:

  • Pacers guardT.J. McConnell has played seven games since returning from a strained hamstring, but he admits that it took a while for him to start feeling good again, perDustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star. McConnell missed a big chunk of his normal preparation process after suffering the injury in Indiana’s first preseason contest.“It hasn’t all been positive,”he said. “I’ve never hurt a muscle before, so I think the process getting back has been more difficult than I anticipated just in terms of my wind and my legs. I’m doing everything I can to continue to build that. I think I anticipated some inconsistencies with the flow of the game and my rhythm, but I feel like I’m starting to come into that.”
  • TheBucks werehoping to haveGiannis Antetokounmpo back in time for tonight’s NBA Cup contest in Miami, but the teamannounced shortly before tip-off that he’s missing a fourth straight game with alow-grade groin strain. He was listed as questionable heading into the game.
  • TheBucksassignedKevin Porter Jr. to their G League affiliate as he continues to work his way back frommeniscus surgery. The Wisconsin Herd don’t play again until Sunday, so he’ll likely just be practicing with the team, per Eric Nehm of The Athletic (Twitter link).
November 25th, 2025 at 10:44am CST by Luke Adams

Tuesday marks one week since word broke thatBucks starGiannis Antetokounmpo had beendiagnosed with a low-grade groin strain that was expected to sideline him for a week or two. Milwaukee has struggled mightily without its leading scorer and rebounder, dropping four consecutive games since Antetokounmpo went down, including a home loss on Monday to a banged-up Portland team.

While no target date has been reported for Giannis’ return yet, he was on the court getting some shots up prior to Monday’s game, and he’ll travel with the team on its two-game road trip to Miami (Wednesday) and New York (Friday), according to Eric Nehm of The Athletic (Twitterlinks).

Head coachDoc Rivers made it clear he’s not necessarily counting on Antetokounmpo to play in either of those road games against conference rivals this week, but he did say he thinks that both Giannis andKevin Porter Jr. are getting close, Nehm adds (Twitter link). Last week’supdate on Porter, who is recovering from meniscus surgery, suggested that the Bucks guard is trending toward an early December return.

[UPDATE: Antetokounmpo has beenlisted as questionable for Wednesday’s game.]

We have a few more notes from around the Central Division:

  • FormerPacers lottery pickJarace Walker got off to a very slow start this season, making just 30.7% of his field goal attempts through 16 games and he took an increased role on the rotation. But Walker scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting vs. Detroit on Monday, promptingDustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star (subscription required) to wonder if it could be a breakthrough game for the third-year forward. Dopirak also takes a look at the role veteran forwardPascal Siakam has played in mentoring his younger teammate.“I told him after the game, I think I can count the number of dribbles he had,”Siakam said on Monday. “He just kept the game simple. Make the right play. If you’re open, let it fly. If you don’t have it, keep moving it. If you make the decision to drive, drive strong. Finish. If you don’t have it, pass it.”
  • After watching his team give up a combined 263 points to Washington and New Orleans in the past two games,Bulls head coachBilly Donovan said that everyone needs to step up and contribute more to the defensive effort, per Joel Lorenzi of The Athletic (Twitter video link).“Our team, outside of maybeIsaac Okoro, we don’t have one guy on the team right now that you would sit there and say, ‘This guy’s a defensive stopper. This is what this guy hangs his hat on,'”Donovan said.“We don’t have that. So we have to do it collectively. It’s not one guy’s fault, it’s all of us. It’s the coaches, the players. … It’s a team issue, it’s not an individual issue.”
  • Evan Mobley is the NBA’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year, but he hasn’t yet turned into the sort of dominant offensive player theCavaliers have long hoped he can become, writesChris Fedor of Cleveland.com (subscription required). In the wake of a disappointing Monday performance in which Mobley attempted just seven shots, Fedor considers whether two-way superstardom is still in the cards for the former No. 3 overall pick and whether it’s realistic for the Cavs to expect more from him.
November 19th, 2025 at 7:02pm CST by Eli Cohen

Kevin Porter Jr. is ramping up his right knee meniscus rehabilitation and is on pace to hit theBucks‘previously reported timeline of early December, reports The Athletic’s Eric Nehm (Twitter link).

“Yeah, I think right on track,” head coachDoc Rivers said on Wednesday. “He looks good. He ran skeleton today and he looked good.”

Rivers said that Porter’s energy has been much improved since returning to the court, per Nehm (Twitter link). Porter, when informed of Rivers’ assessment, discussed the injury and its impact on him.

“This is my first surgery ever,” Porter said. “So, two weeks (ago), (on) Monday, that was when I woke up and everything like that, couldn’t walk. I was on crutches for the first time, so of course, I’m human, so my energy is going to be a little low. But being back, being able to walk, being able to sleep regular, just live by my daily routines again is definitely uplifting.”

Porter also spoke about the work he’s been doing as part of his ramp-up, as Nehm relays (via Twitter).

“Just stationary shots, moving shots,” he said. “I did a lot of moving today. Today was the best day, I would say, as far as movement and cardio and things like that, but I think now I’m at the place where I’m trying to get my body back active.”

After signing a new two-year, $10.5MM contract with Milwaukee over the summer, Porter has played just one game this season, scoring 10 points in nine minutes. The Bucks have gotten out to an 8-7 start to begin the year.

November 5th, 2025 at 2:16pm CST by Rory Maher

November 5: The Bucks confirmed today (via Twitter) that Porter underwent successful surgery on Monday to address his meniscus injury. According to the team, the guard is expected to be sidelined for approximately another four weeks.

October 31:Bucks guardKevin Porter Jr. will undergo a “minor orthopedic procedure” to address a torn meniscus in his right knee and is expected to miss around four weeks, the team announced today (via Twitter).

Porter, who was working his way back from aleft ankle sprain, suffered the knee injury while doing on-court training on Thursday, per the Bucks.

The 30th and final first-round pick in the 2019 draft, Porter was Milwaukee’s starting point guard on opening night afterre-signing with the team on atwo-year deal over the summer. He sprained his ankle just nine minutes into his season debut, however, and now his return will be pushed back several more weeks as a result of the meniscus tear.

A talented yet enigmatic figure, the 25-year-old Porter has been involved in several off-court incidents over the years, both before and after he was drafted. He missed the entire 2023/24 season following a domestic violenceincident, which resulted in an NBA investigation that reportedlyconcluded in July.

Porter’s NBA return last season got off to a slow start with the Clippers, but he played very well after being traded to the Bucks in February, averaging 11.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 3.7 assists in 19.9 minutes per game while shooting 49.4% from the floor, including 40.8% on threes.

As we’venotedmultipletimes recently,Ryan Rollins has been taking full advantage of his extended playing time with Porter sidelined. Free agent additionCole Anthony has also played well off the bench in his first season with Milwaukee. The Bucks are currently 4-1.

October 23rd, 2025 at 9:55pm CST by Rory Maher

Kings centerDomantas Sabonis, who missed Wednesday’s regular season opener in Phoenix, appears to be ahead of schedule in his recovery from aGrade 1 right hamstring strain. The Lithuanian big man has been upgraded to questionable for Friday’s home opener vs. Utah,tweets Sean Cunningham of NBC Sacramento.

The questionable tag certainly doesn’t guarantee Sabonis will suit up tomorrow, but it’s at least an encouraging development after the three-time All-Star was spotted getting shots up during Thursday’s practice. The Kings are banged up in the frontcourt, with forwardKeegan Murray (thumb surgery) and his replacement in the starting lineup (Nique Clifford;hamstring strain) both out as well.

Second-year big manIsaac Jones, who missed Wednesday’s loss with an illness, is no longer on the injury report and will be active for Friday’s game, Cunningham adds.

We have more injury updates from around the NBA:

  • WhileKnicks big manKarl-Anthony Towns managed to record a double-double (19 points and 11 rebounds in 31 minutes) during Wednesday’s opener vs. Cleveland, his injury designation changed multiple times in the hours leading up to the game, writesVincent Goodwill of ESPN.com. After the victory, Towns said he is battling a Grade 2 right quad strain. “I’ve been banged up, and I really haven’t gotten a chance to practice or play in the last two preseason games,” Towns said. “I didn’t want to disappoint the fans. It’s not something that’s easy to deal with, [but] we made it happen tonight.” Towns admitted he was bothered by the injury during the game, notesJared Schwartz of The New York Post. “It was hurting,” Towns said. “For sure.“
  • Fifth-year guardJalen Green continues to be sidelined by a right hamstring strain.Suns head coachJordan Ott confirmed the offseason addition will miss the first two games (Friday at the Clippers and Saturday at the Nuggets) of a three-game road trip, per Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic (Twitter link). However, Green will be traveling with the team, which is a positive sign, and he hasn’t been ruled out of Monday’s game in Utah.
  • Bucks guardKevin Porter Jr. notched 10 points and two assists in nine minutes during Wednesday’s opening win vs. Washington before exiting late in the first quarter. An MRI on Thursday confirmed Porter has a left ankle sprain, according to the Bucks, who announced (via Twitter) that the 25-year-old will miss at least two games (Friday in Toronto and Sunday in Cleveland) as a result of the injury.Ryan Rollins andCole Anthony are likely to continue to receive more playing time with Porter out.
October 17th, 2025 at 12:52pm CST by Luke Adams

Speaking to reporters at a Thursday press conference to formally introduceErik Spoelstra as Team USA’s new men’s basketball head coach, managing directorGrant Hill said that winning a World Cup for the first time since 2014 is the “first order of business” for the national team, perJoe Vardon of The Athletic.

The U.S. finished seventh at the 2019 World Cup and fourth in 2023, failing to secure a medal at either event. Typically, the World Cup rosters featured less established stars than the Olympic squads, and that likely won’t change going forward, according to Vardon, who points toCooper Flagg andEvan Mobley as a couple possibilities for the 2027 team. For his part, Hill is in no rush to lock in on any specific players quite yet.

“We have some time, and one of the great things is to see who emerges,” Hill said. “You have two years before the World Cup, and it seems like every season there are players who take a step in their development and become better players, All-Star players, players whose games translate to international play.

“It’s great to get these players in the pipeline. The great thing is, yes, the world is getting better, but we are too. We still have some great players in this country, great young players. And you know, it’s on me to get out and recruit and you know, sort of share with guys the importance of doing this.”

Here are a few more odds and ends from around the basketball world:

  • Fred Katz of The Athletic identifies five role players around the NBA who could end up being pivotal contributors for their respective teams this season, includingBucks guardKevin Porter Jr.,Cavaliers wingDe’Andre Hunter, andTimberwolves guardTerrence Shannon Jr.
  • Aftersigning him last month, the Perth Wildcats have parted ways with former NBA guardMason Jones, asOlgun Uluc of ESPN writes. Jones, who was named the MVP of the 2025 G League Finals in April, struggled in his first five games in Australia’s National Basketball League, shooting just 34.7% from the floor, including 27.6% on three-pointers. The Wildcats are exploring the market for a new import guard to replace him, per Uluc.
  • FormerNuggets assistant general managerTommy Balcetis is joining Zalgiris Kaunas as the Lithuanian club’s head of innovations,according to BasketNews. Balcetis wasconsidered a potential candidate to run Denver’s front office after the team firedCalvin Booth in the spring, but the Nuggets opted to promoteBen Tenzer into that position anddidn’t renew Balcetis’ contract.
  • NBA rookies and award winners will wear patches on their jerseys this season as part of the league’s partnership with Fanatic/Topps.Dan Hajducky of ESPN has the details on the new program.
October 2nd, 2025 at 8:08pm CST by Luke Adams

Bucks guardRyan Rollins told reporters after Thursday’s practice that he played through a left shoulder injury last season and underwent surgery to address the issue about a week after the team was eliminated from the playoffs, per Eric Nehm of The Athletic (Twitter link). Although he admitted that his shoulder feels “a little different…range-wise,” Rollins clarified that it feels good and he has “no hesitation” in the shoulder.

“It was a four-month recovery,”he said. “I started back playing maybe the end of July, actually doing stuff on the court. And I would say my first live segment was not this week, but last week. So I’m just getting back into playing condition and all that, but I feel stronger. I feel good. I feel confident.”

Asked on Wednesday about what Rollins’ role would look like this season withKevin Porter Jr. andCole Anthony also in the point guard mix, head coachDoc Rivers made it clear that he’s not pigeonholing those players into a specific position and wouldn’t have any qualms about playing two of them at a time.

“I don’t look at them as point guards,”Rivers said (Twitter link via Nehm).“I think they all can play all the positions. I mean, we played Ryan and Cole together today. So, it doesn’t matter, they’re guards. Our offense is…not a point guard orientated offense.”

Riversmentioned earlier in the week that he anticipates Porter will be a starter this fall.

Here’s more on the Bucks:

  • Star forwardGiannis Antetokounmpo, who remained in Greece this week dealing with a case of COVID-19, is set to join the Bucks as their training camp shifts from Milwaukee to Miami, writesBen Steele of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.“He’ll be flying in either tonight or in the morning,” Rivers said on Thursday ahead of the team’s flight to Florida. The Bucks’ preseason schedule will tip off on Monday with a matchup vs. the Heat in Miami, so the club will be in town for a few days before that game.
  • Anthony was held out of the contact portion of Thursday’s practice as a precautionary measure due to an unspecified health issue,tweets Nehm. Rivers didn’t provide any details on what was wrong with the veteran guard.
  • One of just a handful of Bucks players who didn’t sign a new contract this offseason,A.J. Green is unfazed by not having a contract extension in place yet, asJim Owczarski of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel relays.“It’s gonna happen exactly how it should,”said Green, who is on an expiring deal.“If I worry about it, what’s that gonna do for me? I’m not in control of it. I can only do what I can now. So, I just gotta trust that whatever is gonna happen is gonna happen regardless. It’s out of my hands.”
  • After saying on media day that he’s happy to be “in a city now that wants to celebrate me,” new Bucks centerMyles Turner sought to clarify that the remark wasn’t intended as a shot at Indianapolis orPacers fans.“This quote has NOTHING to do with Indy fans and EVERYTHING to do with my free agency experience,” Turnertweeted.
October 1st, 2025 at 12:36pm CST by Luke Adams

Responding to a question aboutKevin Porter Jr.‘s increased responsibilities in 2025/26 now thatDamian Lillard is no longer on the roster,Bucks head coachDoc Rivers suggested that the plan will be to start Porter at point guard, as Eric Nehm of The Athletic relays (via Twitter).

“He started out as a high draft pick. He started. They put the ball in his hands. He could literally take any shot and he did,”Rivers said.“And now he comes from that, from not playing at times, coming off the bench, being out of the league, to now back to starting. And that’s a huge a responsibility for him to run the team and still be aggressive. That’s the hardest thing to do, I think, in basketball is from the point guard, understand when and when. It’s just hard, and so I’m sure at times he’ll be great at it and then at times he may struggle at it, but we’ll support him and get him right.”

As Rivers alluded to in his comments, Porter was the starting point guard in Houston from 2021-23, but was out of the NBA during the 2023/24 season due to a domestic violenceincident.

Returning to action last season, Porter was up and down for the Clippers, but thrived following a deadline deal to Milwaukee. In 30 regular season outings for the Bucks, he averaged 11.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 3.7 assists in 19.9 minutes per game and posted a shooting line of .494/.408/.871.

Here’s more from around the Eastern Conference:

  • Brian Robb of MassLive.com shares his takeaways from theCeltics‘ first day of practice on Tuesday, which featured an appearance from former Grizzlies head coachTaylor Jenkins. Jenkins got a first-hand look at another former Grizzly, big manXavier Tillman, who appears to be back to 100% after being plagued by knee issues in 2024/25.“From just a playing perspective, (last season) was very hard,”Tillman said, per Robb. “Just wanting to play, wanting to contribute. But I also knew I was going through stuff myself. My knee would have days where it would just swell up into a balloon after I had one scrimmage or stuff like that. So I knew consistency-wise, I could be there to kind of support. But as far as my actual play, I couldn’t do everything I wanted to do.”
  • Speaking of former Grizzlies,Magic newcomersDesmond Bane andTyus Jones also played together in Memphis under Jenkins, and their chemistry has been on display so far at Orlando’s training camp, asJoe Vardon of The Athletic details.“There’s a comfort level that they have with one another,”head coachJamahl Mosley said of the duo.“Their veteran leadership, knowing that they’re calling each other out, going to the same baskets. There’s just something about them and their experience through this league that just says, one, they’ve been together before and, if I didn’t (already) know it, I would have thought it.”
  • TheHornetsofficially announced a series of changes and additions to their basketball operations staff, including confirming that former Villanova head coachKyle Neptune as been hired as an assistant coach, as wasfirst reported in August.
  • Although he admits he was “shocked” and disappointed when he tore his Achilles last fall,Pacers centerJames Wiseman said he got through the recovery process “one day at a time” and believes he’s now in the best shape of his career, writesDustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star. According to head coachRick Carlisle, Wiseman was one of the team’s best performers in a conditioning test last week.“You think about what he’s gone through with his rehab and everything else and this is a week before camp, he’s out there with some of our best conditioned wings and guards,”Carlisle said.“That’s a strong statement.”
July 17th, 2025 at 1:25pm CST by Rory Maher

The NBA has concluded its investigation ofKevin PorterJr.‘s domestic violenceincident from September 2023, according to Law Murray of The Athletic, who reports (via Twitter) that the 25-year-old guard received a four-game suspension but won’t actually have to miss any games during the upcoming season.

As Murraytweets, Porter missed the entire 2023/24 season as a result of the incident, having beentraded from Houston to Oklahoma City and subsequently cut by the Thunder in October 2023. Due to those circumstances and the information discovered in the league’s investigation, the four-game suspension will be considered already served, says Murray.

Porter wasarrested in September 2023 following an altercation with his then-girlfriend, ex-WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick, and wasoriginally charged with felony counts of assault and strangulation. He reached aplea deal in Manhattan in January 2024, agreeing to reckless assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor, as well as harassment in the second degree, which is considered a violation.

Several weeks after Porter’s arrest that September, Gondrezick disputed Manhattan prosecutors’ characterization of the incident that took place on September 11, tellingPriscilla DeGregory and Emily Crane of The New York Post that Porter “never balled his fists up and hit me” and “definitely didn’t punch me in the face numerous times.”

A second-degree assault charge against Porter wasdropped at that time after it was determined that Gondrezick’s vertebra fracture was a congenital defect and not caused by the former Rocket.

“It happened very fast, not to the degree of what was reported,” Gondrezick said of the altercation.“And it was an argument that occurred in the room for not even 10 seconds.”

The NBA put the Porter investigation on hold while he played in Greece during the ’23/24 campaign, butresumed it when he signed with the Clippers last July. Porter was traded to theBucks in February and re-signed with Milwaukee on atwo-yeardeal earlier this month.

July 8th, 2025 at 1:03pm CST by Luke Adams

Despite the fact that theBucks used their room exception to completethe signing, guardKevin Porter Jr. received the exactvalue of the bi-annual exception on his new two-year deal, Hoops Rumors has confirmed. The first year is worth $5,134,000, with a second-year player option worth $5,390,700. The move leaves roughly $3.65MM on Milwaukee’s room exception.

A player who re-signs with his previous team on either a one-year contract or a two-year deal with a second-year option is typically awarded the right to veto a trade for the rest of that season. However, Porter is one of a few players,along with Lakers big manJaxson Hayes, who have waived that right as part of their new deals.

Sixers guardEric Gordon andRaptors wingGarrett Temple have also given up that right to veto a trade, Hoops Rumors has confirmed.

We have more details on some of the recently signed contracts from around the league:

  • Jabari Smith Jr.‘s five-year, $122MMrookie scale extension with theRockets declines in the second season before increasing in each of the final three years, notesMike Vorkunov of The Athletic. That dip in 2027/28 comes during the season in which an extension forAmen Thompson figures to be hitting Houston’s books — it could also be the final year ofKevin Durant‘s contract, if he signs a two-year extension with the team at some point.
  • James Wiseman‘s new two-year, minimum-salarycontract with thePacers, which features a second-year team option, is partially guaranteed for $1MM in 2025/26, Hoops Rumors has learned. If Wiseman’s option for ’26/27 is exercised, that year’s salary would be partially guaranteed for roughly $1.13MM.
  • Dennis Schröder‘s three-yeardeal with theKings, which is worth exactly the three-year value of the mid-level exception ($44,427,600), is partially guaranteed for $4.35MM in the third year,tweets Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Although the contract fits into the MLE, Sacramento is believed to have used an existing trade exception to accommodate the acquisition of Schröder.
  • Isaiah Stevens‘ two-waycontract agreement with theKings will cover two years, according to Scotto (Twitter link).

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