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Pacific Notes: Lendeborg, Cryer, Brooks, Wagler

With Stephen Curry sidelined a minimum of two weeks, the Warriors will logically turn to their standout rookie to be the focal point of their offense. Yaxel Lendeborg is ready for that challenge, according to his teammates.

Northwest Notes: Henderson, Cissoko, Thunder Injuries, Jazz Goals, Finch

Scoot Henderson was the No. 3 pick of the 2023 draft but he continues to underperform compared to his draft status. Henderson was inserted into the Trail Blazers’ lineup after Ja Morant suffered a hamstring injury but flopped. Henderson was moved back to the bench after a five-game stint in favor of Sidy Cissoko but…

Utah Jazz are an embarrassment

I distinctly remember the 2022-23 Utah Jazz, the first season for current Head Coach Will Hardy, starting out the season 10-3, with Lauri Markkanen and Jordan Clarkson leading the recently blown-up roster that, for the first time in half a decade, did not feature Donovan Mitchell or Rudy Gobert. There were…

The Celtics are replacing Jaylen Brown by committee

Since teaming up in the fall of 2017, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum forged on in Beantown as the Boston Celtics shuffled through name after name around them. Kyrie Irving. Gordon Hayward. Kemba Walker. Robert Williams III. Marcus Smart. Al Horford. Jrue Holiday. Kristaps Porzingis. All of them came and went while…

Giannis is playing defense like a toddler chasing a ball

It wasn’t long ago that Giannis Antetokounmpo was one of the NBA’s best defenders. He joined Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon as the third player ever to be named NBA MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season during the 2019-2020 campaign, and he was consistently a major part of some great

The Pacers are getting a sobering reminder of how fragile NBA success can be

It is tempting to hand-waive everything that has happened to the Indiana Pacers in the last year and a half as simply the work of some vengeful spirit, unfairly punishing an innocent fanbase who never did anything to deserve this kind of sustained injury catastrophe and lottery luck that would sink any franchise, in…

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