NBA fans react to Russell Westbrook's historic milestone originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Russell Westbrook continued building on his NBA legacy on Friday night.

Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg is off to an impressive start to his career. He should be a freshman in college right now, but reclassified to be at Duke last year, then went first overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, which the Mavericks were lucky enough to win.

Minnesota has a pretty consolidated six-man rotation, and little has changed. Bones Hyland, Mike Conley, and Jaylen Clark hover on the periphery as the rest of the rotation, but none of them play enough minutes to matter for fantasy leagues.

“He looks bored, to be honest,” the scout said when asked his impressions of James' play. “I think he’s bored with the process. I think it’s hard for him to muster up and summon what he’s used to doing. If he’s interested, he can still get 25 [points] and do his thing. But I wouldn’t say he’s impacting winning.”

He went on to say that fans and the media have "ruined basketball discourse" by influencing the NBA's latest award eligibility rules and have diminished "the importance of the regular season." Durant acknowledged that the playoffs are the most "important part of the year," but said that a great regular season was necessary to make the playoffs.

The Boston Celtics and the rest of the NBA are closing in on the midway point of the 2025-26 NBA regular season and the players who signed new deals this offseason are becoming available to be dealt or will be soon.

During the second quarter of Tuesday night's meeting between the Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic, Matas Buzelis caught a body.

Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst survey the league on the stars, sagas and storylines that will dominate 2026.

The Golden State Warriors travel south to visit Snoop’s native LA for an NBA road game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday, January 5. Tipoff time is set for 10 p.m. ET from the Clippers’ home court at the Intuit Dome, with the Peacock NBA Monday game broadcasting live on Peacock.

The former Denver Nugget, 27, is in the middle of the best season of his career, averaging 25.8 points and 7.5 rebounds a game while shooting 41% from 3-point range (having the full-time green light in Brooklyn helps). That has drawn interest from a number of teams.