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Dan Woike: LeBron James is now the NBA's all-team leader in games played. Tonight is his 1,612th career game.
THE MOST REGULAR-SEASON NBA GAMES EVER PLAYED. pic.twitter.com/aHzjILNpF0
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 21, 2026
NBA Communications: Houston forward Kevin Durant enters tonight’s game against Miami needing 26 points to pass Michael Jordan for fifth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. The Rockets host the Heat at 8 PM ET on NBA League Pass.
When Jalen Suggs tossed his mouthpiece off the court after he was bumped by LaMelo Ball roughly halfway through the first quarter of Thursday’s game at Charlotte, the Magic guard was quickly assessed a technical fine from official Scott Foster. What Suggs didn’t know at the time was that his wallet would take a hit, too. Suggs was fined $25,000 for “throwing his mouthpiece in the direction of the spectator stands,” the NBA announced Saturday afternoon.
The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed guard Kennedy Chandler to a 10-day contract. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. Chandler (6-0, 170, Tennessee) has appeared in 42 games (41 starts) for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League during the 2025-26 season, averaging 17.0 points, 9.0 assists, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.9 steals in 34.7 minutes per game.
With reports the NBA may be exploring expansion for the 2028-29 season, everyone has a take on the top cities as rumors were rampant. Some basketball pundits have suggested Nashville as a franchise location. However, Nashville Predators majority owner Bill Haslam has no immediate plans to make that happen. "We're not actively bidding on anything," Predators CEO Sean Henry, speaking on behalf of Haslam, told The Tennesseean on March 19. "Those are just rumors."
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The list of players who have passed through Ron Naclerio’s program is a “Who’s Who” of basketball talent, including Rafer “Skip to My Lou” Alston and Royal Ivey. When asked what separated these future NBA stars from the rest, Naclerio points to a relentless work ethic. “They wanted to get better and when they got better, they wanted to keep on getting better.” But for every NBA success story, there are dozens of “wins” that never made the newspapers. Naclerio speaks with equal passion about the kids he helped pull out of gangs or those he stood by during legal troubles. “When you’re in the hood and I like to say that I’m the most well known honky in the ‘hood, there are a lot of things you do that people don’t know about.”
Watching the Wolves come out flat against the Blazers, giving up 68 points in the first half and turning the ball over five times in the first quarter, apparently was enough for Finch to go somewhere he rarely goes. Julius Randle did not argue with Finch’s assessment. “Just gotta go get the ball,” he said. “Sometimes it’s not tactical or all that stuff. We just gotta go get the ball out of the air. They are quicker to the ball than us right now. We shouldn’t lose games from rebounding.” But they do. The Wolves are 15th in the NBA in second-chance points allowed. Only five teams behind them have winning records. They are 17th in defensive rebound percentage, and 24th over the last 15 games.
So far, the Bucks' play on waiving-and-stretching Lillard in order to sign Turner has backfired. Antetokounmpo has missed 32 games with various injuries, Turner has not been impactful, and the Bucks have struggled to find any consistency. After a season like this, multiple league executives made the case that the Bucks' best strategy would be to trade Antetokounmpo for a haul of draft picks and strong young players rather than doubling down on this season's failed experiment and offering him a massive extension. "He's still a game changer, but he's 31 with a history of leg injuries," a rival executive said. "And now you'd basically be trading for a guy on an expiring deal, so I'm not sure the offers they'll get this summer are going to be better than what they already got."
"It's not an accident that teams like the Lakers, Clippers, Heat and Warriors all have lined up to have cap space in 2027 when Giannis can be a free agent," one NBA executive told ESPN. "A player like Giannis can tilt the balance of power in the league for years to come. "What nobody knows yet is whether they'll really trade him before he gets to free agency -- and how they're making that decision."
“So that’s another good one in terms of: when do you know? You could go viral every day if you wanted. You can report something every day if you want, but if it has long-term ramifications for your credibility, your responsibility, how you treat people, and your relationships, then obviously you have to make a decision. If something you report is going to be unfair or irresponsible, or you’re not giving it the proper time to really marinate and play out, then you’re putting yourself in a tough spot.” Shams Charania: “So yeah, the Giannis one, specifically, is certainly one where I think a million times I could have probably reported exactly what I reported the week before the deadline, which was that he was prepared and ready to move on and the team was listening to offers. They literally were listening to the New York Knicks making offers in October. “So they had listened to offers, but the slight difference was that it had reached such a fever pitch at that point, and they were talking to and listening to Minnesota, Golden State, and Miami. And I’m going on TV. I’m having to report on this. He’s one of the biggest names in the NBA, one of the best players in the NBA. “It’s irresponsible for me not to report, not to do my job. What I think about more than anything is that I’m a servant for the audience. The audience is going to be let down if I’m not reporting what’s actually going on behind the scenes—not what someone might be telling you, or something you want to hear, or something that might be easier on the ears. I’m always going to try to keep it real when I can.”
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“And precisely, there are rumors, you know, around NBA Europe. What do you think about all that? Do you think it’s really going to happen?”rumors, Nadir Hifi: “I think it’s going to happen. Yes. I’m not going to lie, I’m a bit in the mindset where I tell myself I’m going to try to get to the NBA without NBA Europe, you know. But yeah, I think it could be a good thing for European basketball. The NBA brand is one of the biggest businesses in the world, you know. And as soon as they put their name somewhere, it’s always a good thing. So I think it’s going to happen. How it’s going to be, whether it will take time to launch, I don’t know
“Do you think the NBA scouts made a mistake, or maybe with hindsight you weren’t at the level you could have been to make it to the NBA?” Nadir Hifi: “It’s not a question of level. When you look at me, in the end, I don’t have the dimensions of an international-level prospect. You don’t bet on a small guy like me, really. I think it’s just a question of opportunity. If maybe I had had a Summer League at that moment, because after my draft I didn’t even get a Summer League. I didn’t even get a spot where I could show what I could do. I got that one or two years later, I don’t remember. But I don’t think it was a scouts’ error, it was just an opportunity, that’s all. But in the end, when you look at the years that have passed, it wouldn’t have been a mistake to draft me, maybe even a good choice. If I had gotten drafted then, it would have been a bonus, because that season at Le Portel where I confirmed myself and had a very good season keeping my team up, I was already very satisfied with that season. And if I could have added a draft after that, it would have been incredible, but I wasn’t betting everything on that, I really wasn’t expecting it at the start of the year. And in the end, it’s not so bad not to be drafted, because when you are drafted only one team has your rights, and if you stay in Europe, now all the teams can take me. So in the end, it’s not so bad.”
As a two-way player, Kawamura splits his time between the NBA and the Windy City Bulls in the G League. In his rookie season with the Memphis Grizzlies, he earned $578,577, according to HoopsHype. Before coming to the NBA, Kawamura made around $2.5 million in Japan during the 2023-24 season, per Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews.
NBA Stat: Alperen Sengun ties Kareem for the 10th most 10-AST games by a center in NBA history. He’s only 23 years old… (vi RealSports) #NBA