Dwight Howard said he hopes to play into his 40s.
"That was always my goal, to play 20 years, 20-something years in this league," Howard said. "I’m extremely happy and blessed to have been able to play this game for as long as I have been so far." Howard just turned 30 this month and his body is already fall apart.

Anthony Brown will start in place of Kobe Bryant (shoulder) on Saturday against the Thunder.
He's played a grand total of 17 minutes this season, so hey let's start him opposite Kevin Durant, right?

PHI:Anti-Tank Weapon: Ish Smith leads PHI to W

Nerlens Noel - F/C - 76ers
Nerlens Noel scored a season-high 20 points with nine rebounds, two assists, four steals and two turnovers on 8-of-12 from the field against the Kings on Wednesday.
He may owe Ish Smith a watch, a car, and a nice seafood dinner right now.

Giannis Antetokounmpo - G/F - Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo was forced to go to the locker room in Saturday's game vs. the Wolves after losing a tooth.

He was popped in the mouth and was down for a bit, but he should be good to return to the game in a few moments. O.J. Mayo is the hero who found his tooth.

The Sixers plan to sign Elton Brand to a contract on Monday, sources told Yahoo! Sports.
We had to make sure the calendar read 2016 and not 2006 before writing up the news just to make sure it was real.

Andre Drummond made 2-of-4 from the field and 13-of-36 from the line for 17 points against the Rockets during a 123-114 win on Wednesday, adding 11 rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block.
Where to begin? Drummond's 23 misses from the line were an NBA record for a game, his 28 attempts in the second half were an NBA record and he was fouled five times by K.J. McDaniels in the first nine seconds of the third quarter to get 12 attempts in the first two minutes of the second half. He also had a 37.7 usage rate despite just four FGAs and two turnovers in 23 minutes. Interestingly, Stephen Curry has only 22 free throw misses on his 237 attempts all year. Drummond is a better rebounder, though.

Αν δίνονταν βραβεία τώρα, ο Μahinmi θα ήταν ο "questionable της χρονιάς" και ο McBob o "doubtful της χρονιάς". Μωνοπολούν το ρεπορτάζ

Dante Cunningham played 42 minutes against the Thunder on Thursday with 10 points, six rebounds, three assists, two steals and two 3-pointers.

Coach Alvin Gentry put him on Kevin Durant quite a bit in this game. Considering they're birds, the Pelicans basically have no wings right now, so Cunningham should be in the mid-30s for minutes

Πιο ανησυχητικό από το ότι δεν ήταν και τόσο αστείο αλλά το πόσταρες, είναι ότι όντως διαβάζεις ολόκληρα τα blurbs των Cunningham και Gee

Επίσης να αρπάξω κάπου εδώ την ευκαιρία για να κράξω το ιερό τοτέμ, Steve Alexander. Οκ είναι πρωτοπόρος, τα podcasts του δεν είναι κακά αλλά τα άρθρα του είναι πραγματικά σαν να διαβάζω boxscore, απλά χωρίς τις συντομεύσεις για τα ονόματα των στατιστικών. Να το βράσω. Φέρτε πίσω τον Bruski μωρέ, αφού για αποτυχία οδεύει το site του.

Jamal Murray will stick in the starting lineup against the Pistons on Saturday.
He'll be on a short leash with Harris on a 15-20 minute limit. We're rooting for Murray to make his first field goal tonight, but his fantasy value doesn't look promising.

Rubio considers changing name to En Fuego
Ricky Rubio hit 8-of-19 shots and a 3-pointer for 20 points, three rebounds and 11 assists in 33 minutes of Monday's blowout win over the Pelicans, even with Donovan Mitchell back from his illness.

MEM:Marc Gasol (rest, tanking) is starting Monday

Ένας που τα λέει με τ' όνομά τους επιτέλους

Kendrick Perkins got into a shouting match with Drake on the way to the locker room at halftime on Tuesday, and then got into another exchange of words with the rapper after the game.

"What happened was I was talking to my old teammate Serge (Ibaka) walking into halftime telling him ‘We about to win this game,’ and Drake butted in talking [stuff] to me," Perkins texted to ESPN after the game. "So I said something back to him." In case you missed it, Perk is on the Cavaliers playoff roster, but wasn't active for tonight's game. Perkins' basketball game isn't worth much these days, but he's not a guy most human beings should be picking a fight with, in our opinion