With the 2024-25 NBA season at its halfway point, it’s time to make predictions for fantasy basketball award candidates. *Category rankings are from Hashtag Basketball and points rankings are based on ESPN’s scoring system.

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How has that adjustment been for you? Terry Rozier: It’s been a huge adjustment. Not so much looking at how things turn out, but mainly just because, when we look at last year, I probably got 8 ...

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier has spent the new year making NBA history. Too bad it’s the worst kind of history. The struggling Rozier has made 13 of his last 80 three-point tries, an ugly 16.2 ...

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić will have some notable reinforcements if he ever wants to regale the world with his rendition of 50 Cent's "Many Men." Following Tuesday's 144-109 win over the ...

From NBA.com News Services Nikola Jokić's historic tear continues with 35 points, 22 rebounds, 17 assists and an absurd 1-handed highlight. • Get NBA League Pass TODAY • NBA All-Star 2025 ...

Nikola Jokić can do it all on the court. He’s a triple-double machine, a passing savant, and on Thursday night, showed he can make a full-court shot look as effortless as a free throw.

Joining Wembanyama as a West reserve are Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Williams, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, James Harden and Alperen Şengün. The seven reserves from the East are Jaylen Brown, Pascal Siakam, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Cade Cunningham, Damian Lillard and Tyler Herro, as selected by the conference’s coaches.

The full rosters for this year’s NBA All-Star Game were unveiled on Thursday evening, as the reserves were added to the Eastern and Western Conference rosters. It’s hard to believe that the 2025 NBA All-Star Game is almost here, but Feb. 16’s marquee event is right around the corner.

The Champions League knockout phase play-off draw is complete. Liverpool now know they will play either the winners of Brest v Paris St-Germain or Monaco v Benfica in the last 16, as they look to take another step closer to the final.

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