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Oh No He Didn't: Austin Reaves: "I've been bored for a little over a month now. Sitting on the bench sucks. Think all I did for the month and a half was yell at the refs. That's no fun. It's better to yell at them on the court"
Austin Reaves:
— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) February 4, 2026
"I've been bored for a little over a month now. Sitting on the bench sucks. Think all I did for the month and a half was yell at the refs. That's no fun. It's better to yell at them on the court" pic.twitter.com/tx7thSbr59
No one is talking about the Lakers as a factor in The Giannis Sweepstakes right now because they're not a factor if a trade is going to happen by week's end. They don't have enough tradeable assets to join the in-season bidders. But if the Bucks do ultimately decide to take this saga into that spring … The Lakers, league sources say, would then indeed become a very viable threat to land No. 34.
Stephen Curry will be joining Olympic teammates LeBron James and Kevin Durant once again, this time at the NBA All-Star Game. The league announced the rosters for this season's midseason showcase event Tuesday night, splitting 25 names onto three squads. It's the debut of another new All-Star format -- this one U.S. vs. World, on Feb. 15 at the LA Clippers' home in Inglewood, California.
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Dave McMenamin: Reaves will be coming off the bench on a minutes restriction, according to Redick. “We’ve missed him in every facet,” Redick said.
Shake Milton: “Yeah, man—he’s amazing, honestly. Just seeing him day-to-day is the really cool part, because you get to see how he operates outside of the games. I remember being in practice with him and seeing how hard he goes, and I’m thinking, ‘That’s what makes you different.’ Even little things—like coming to the gym before the game—he’s there two or three hours before we’re even there for shootaround. You can see how all that little stuff adds up.”
Shake Milton: Bronny’s a dope kid. He’s really cool, and he can hoop; he’s really got game. So it was cool to see. He was just living his life, too. I spent a lot of time with him—like when we were playing those extra, low-minute pickup games and stuff. Being able to see him hoop, and seeing that he puts in the work as well, it was just like two players doing their thing separately. It was really cool.” “You didn’t really feel the father-son aspect. And that’s the thing, too—it’s so individualized. You don’t really see them together until it’s team practice or the game. Other than that, Bronny might be in and LeBron might not be in, you know?”
Bryce James, the younger son of LeBron James, will redshirt this season for No. 1 Arizona, head coach Tommy Lloyd announced Tuesday. “Bryce has made huge progress. The red-shirting decision is a long play, to give Bryce the most options as his career unfolds. I have a real strong believe that Bryce will be a contributor at Arizona in the near future,” Lloyd said per Chancellor Johnson.
The Memphis Grizzlies are trading former Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr. to the Utah Jazz in a significant trade that will involve three future first-round picks heading back to Memphis, a league source confirmed to The Athletic. The picks Memphis is receiving are a 2027 first-rounder (the most favorable between Cleveland, Minnesota and Utah), the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2027 first-rounder (top-four protected) and the Phoenix Suns’ 2031 first-rounder (unprotected), according to the source.
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Jake Fischer: The Utah Jazz are trading their most favorable 2027 first-round pick (Cleveland/Minnesota/Utah), the Lakers' 2027 first-round pick, and Phoenix's 2031 first-round pick to Memphis, source says, to pry Jaren Jackson Jr. from the Grizzlies.
So, the Lakers still have time to do a deal, but people not authorized to speak publicly on the matter say teams have little interest in guards Gabe Vincent and Dalton Knecht, the two most prominent players the Lakers seem to be pushing.
Sam Amick on Lakers: Once they get to the summertime, they can access, I think, three first rounders. And it's one of those things where you don't want to part ways with any of that stuff right now if you're going to go for a big swing in the summer. So I think it'll be fairly quiet for the Lakers.
Marcin Gortat: What was going through your mind going from being number one in Orlando to the Lakers where you're going to be number two. Dwight Howard: I was excited. I didn't even look at it as being one or two. That wasn't even my goal. Like coming into the team, I'm looking at it like, okay, I'm the youngest out of all the vets that I'm seeing. I see Kobe, Steve Nash, Gasol, Antawn Jamison… So for me, I'm looking at Kobe like, ‘All right, how much can I learn from him and the rest of these guys?’ Because obviously I feel like they're going to be closer to retirement than I am at this time in my career. So how can I learn from Kobe? How can I learn from Steve? What can I get from these guys? But at the time, I feel like, I wasn't getting anything. I don't know if they were thinking I wanted the ball every play or they were worried about what was being said. But I came in with the attitude like, I know Kobe going to have to get his plays, but we got Steve Nash, me and him going to get into pick and rolls because that's what me and him do best is to pick and roll action. Then we got Kobe who's the closer. So, I'm not tripping. But I think the media start twisting and turning every little situation into, oh man, they don't like each other, this, that, and the third. And I'm like, how can I not?