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The New Orleans Pelicans (26-21) play against the Miami Heat (26-22) at Miami-Dade Arena

Gerald Bourguet: After missing the last 7 games, Chris Paul (right hip soreness) is probable for tonight’s game against the Grizzlies. Deandre Ayton (non-COVID illness) is still out. Cam Johnson, who missed yesterday’s game due to right knee injury management, isn’t on the injury report
Source: Twitter @GeraldBourguet

Former Heat player Mario Chalmers signed with Filipino team Zamboanga Valientes for the 2023 season.
Source: Alberto De Roa @ HoopsHype

Shams Charania: After missing over two NBA seasons, Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac is expected to make his return and season debut on Monday vs. Boston, source tells @TheAthletic @Stadium.
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania

“I just want to be somewhere that wants me as a basketball player,” he continued. “And I want to be somewhere that loves my — likes my game, you know? … I just want to be somewhere that trusts, believes in me. Just I can be myself — that’s my goal.”
Source: Washington Post

The Bucks and Heat are also among the teams that remain interested in Phoenix’s Jae Crowder, but Crowder’s exile from the Suns in anticipation of a trade is approaching four months. That raises questions for potential suitors, as well as the Suns if they ever decide to try to bring Crowder back, about how long it will take the 32-year-old to acclimatize to a team and the state of his conditioning more than halfway through the season.
Source: Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com

Kristaps Porzingis limped to the locker room to tend to a sprained left ankle with 5:17 remaining in the third quarter of the Wizards’ 138-118 win over the Orlando Magic on Saturday night. Porzingis, who has missed just five games this season, exited via the tunnel designated for visiting players at Capital One Arena because it was closer to where he fell on the court. Wizards Coach Wes Unseld Jr. said that Porzingis will be evaluated Sunday but that he “didn’t think it’s too bad — fingers crossed.”
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The Brooklyn Nets play against the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center

The Memphis Grizzlies play against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center

The Oklahoma City Thunder play against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena

The Los Angeles Clippers play against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center

The New York Knicks play against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena

The New Orleans Pelicans play against the Miami Heat at Miami-Dade Arena

The Philadelphia 76ers (30-16) play against the Sacramento Kings (26-19) at Golden 1 Center

Aaron Rose: “The people who go to the G League and pout never come back.” – Pascal Siakam’s advice to Christian Koloko. Told him to go down there work on his game and “your time is going to come.”
Source: Twitter @AaronBenRose

Jason Anderson: 76ers star James Harden has been ruled out for tonight’s game against the Kings. Joel Embiid is still questionable.
Source: Twitter @JandersonSacBee

The Indiana Pacers (23-25) play against the Phoenix Suns (23-24) at Footprint Center

Chris Forsberg: Joe Mazzulla postgame in Toronto tells reporters that Rob Williams’ exit was precautionary and nothing serious; Smart X-rays were negative after ankle sprain. Presser coming up soon on Postgame Live.
Source: Twitter @ChrisForsberg_

The Houston Rockets (10-36) play against the Minnesota Timberwolves (24-24) at Target Center

The Milwaukee Bucks (29-17) play against the Cleveland Cavaliers (29-19) at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

The Charlotte Hornets (13-34) play against the Atlanta Hawks (24-23) at State Farm Arena

Chris Forsberg: Celtics say Marcus Smart has a right ankle sprain and will not return. AND … Robert Williams has a left knee hyperextension and will not return. Yikes.
Source: Twitter @ChrisForsberg_

The Orlando Magic (17-28) play against the Washington Wizards (19-26) at Capital One Arena

With just weeks remaining until the 2022-23 NBA trade deadline, we’re ranking 10 players in this edition of our trade rumor rankings series, as there are too many players to discuss to make the cut-off of just five, as we usually do.

“We just have to focus on the task at hand … we’ve got to focus on winning games,” said Raptors guard Fred VanVleet, a potential free agent who is among the prominent players who figures to have his name bandied about in trade speculation. “I think if you just lock in on that it kind of blocks out everything else. … “In my seven years going through it, you realize there’s nothing you can do about it. The better you play and the better your team does, the lower the chance anybody getting shipped out of here. Читать дальше...