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The NBA and the NBPA have agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement , eliminating the possibility of an offseason lockout. Assuming this pact is ratified by both the league governors and the players, it will begin with the 2023-24 season and run for seven years, with a mutual opt-out agreement after the sixth year.  There are a number of changes in the new CBA, and one of the most notable is that, starting next season, players must appear in at least 65 games to be eligible for major awards and honors such as MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and All-NBA Teams.  Load management and player availability (or lack thereof) has been a major point of concern for the league and fans in recent years, and this rule is an attempt to address the issue by incentivizing players to suit up more often. (The fact that most rest days are pre-planned by team medical staffs is a discussion for another day....

The hits just keep on coming for the Memphis Grizzlies. The team already lost Brandon Clarke for the remainder of the season to an Achilles injury . They're also currently without All-Star guard Ja Morant for at least the next four Game s after he posted a video with what appeared to be a gun in a nightclub. Now, the Grizzlies announced big man Steven Adams will be out at least the next four weeks as he continues to recover from a PCL sprain in his right knee. That timeline means Adams will likely miss the remainder of the regular season , which isn't ideal for a Grizzlies team that is already in turmoil.  Adams has been out since Jan. 23 with the injury, which he suffered in a game against the Phoenix Suns. The original timeline was 3-5 weeks, but after undergoing a stem cell injection on Wednesday, Memphis said he still needs several more weeks to recover. Adams has historically been one of the most du...

It's been a rough 24 hours for the Boston Celtics. After getting knocked off by the New York Knicks in double overtime at home Sunday night, the team lost Monday's road Game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in overtime , once again, where they found themselves on the wrong end of a 118-114 outcome. The Cavaliers mounted a late comeback late to force overtime, but it was the last 15 seconds of regulation when the real drama began. After Derrick White got the friendliest of rolls on a 3-pointer to put Boston up 109-107 with 12.8 seconds left, Donovan Mitchell got downhill to the rim for an opportunity to tie the game. While he missed the shot, the referees called a questionable late foul on Celtics forward Grant Williams, which was unsuccessfully challenged by Boston head coach Joe Mazzulla. Mitchell drained both free throws, tying the game with 5.8 seconds left. On the next play, Payton Pritchard managed t...

Let's all agree to forget the final minute of the Warriors' 109-104 victory over the Timberwolves on Sunday. That was a circus. But all's well that ends well. And this one ended well for Golden State -- which trailed by as much as 12 in the fourth quarter and was again without the services of Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins -- in large part because of Klay Thompson.  If you've settled into the "Thompson isn't what he used to be" narrative, you'll be surprised to learn that he has been scorching hot for almost two months now. He finished with 32 points on Sunday, backing up the 42 he posted in a win over Houston on Friday, and is now averaging better than 26 points per game since Jan. 1.  Over that span, Thompson is hitting 44 percent of the 12 3-pointers he's taking per game. Just this month he's already banked two games with 12 3-pointers, and he has 18 3...

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will travel to New York to undergo further testing on his injured right wrist, according to Tim Bontemps. Antetokounmpo left the Bucks' final game before the All-Star break, a 112-100 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday, and was diagnosed with a sprain. Early in the second quarter against the Bulls, Antetokounmpo went to contest a layup by Coby White and took an awkward stumble around the basket stanchion. As he fell, he put his right arm out to brace himself and his wrist got jammed. He appeared to be in serious pain in the initial aftermath, and did not even attempt to stay in the Game . After checking out he went back to the locker room and was quickly ruled out for the rest of the night. As a result of his injury , Antetokounmpo did not take part in the Skills Challenge on All-Star Saturday Night in Salt Lake City. Bucks point...

The Los Angeles Lakers have already made one move ahead of the Feb. 9 NBA trade deadline, when they sent three second-round picks and Kendrick Nunn to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Rui Hachimura. However, that deal certainly doesn't do anything to vault them into the championship conversation. But it does signal that general manager Rob Pelinka and the rest of the Lakers front office intends on being active at the deadline, ideally in hopes of building a roster that can get LeBron James back to the postseason. There are just six days until the deadline for the Lakers to make any additional deals, and between now and then there will surely be a slew of rumors to keep us guessing about their plans. But until something is solidified, here are the latest trade rumors surrounding the Lakers. Irving still has interest in L.A. The never-ending Kyrie Irving saga started a new chapter on Friday when the Net...

On March 27, 2004, the New Jersey Nets allowed a 19-year-old LeBron James to score a then-career high 41 points on them in the 69th game of his career, when he was a rookie with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Nets were obviously disappointed with the three-point defeat and the performance that led to it, but they can now take some measure of solace in the fact that James, 19 years later, has now done that against every single team in the NBA. On Tuesday, James dropped 46 point s on the Los Angeles Clippers, who were the final team on his 40- point bucket list. In the 1,404th Game of his career, he has now score d at least 40 against all 30 NBA teams . It was fitting to see the performance come against the Clippers, as they had held James to just 24.1 point s per Game in his career, which was tied for the lowest mark of any team. That honor now belongs to the Detroit Pistons alone thanks to Tuesday's explosio...