Sam Amico
Sam Amico has covered the NBA for 20 years, previously for SI.com, FOX Sports, CBS Sports, Amico Hoops and the Boston Herald.
NBA Notes: Mavericks, Cooper Flagg, Suns, Jalen Green, Nets
Mavericks
Cooper Flagg was frustrated earlier in the week. Then the Mavericks finally went on the road and picked up a win in Washington and...
NBA Notes: Magic, Jalen Suggs, Heat, Wizards, Bilal Coulibaly
Magic
The Magic are still taking it slow with Jalen Suggs. He is coming off season-ending knee surgery from March and Orlando has kept him...
NBA corrects final score of Cavs-Wizards game after made free throw
Tre Johnson made the free throw. The arena saw it. Wizards fans saw it. The scoreboard did not.
The rookie guard stepped to the line...
NBA Notes: Sixers, Paul George, Warriors, Draymond Green, Heat
76ers
Sixers coach Nick Nurse may have a tough call coming. Paul George could be back soon and the assumption has been that he would...
NBA Notes: Suns, Jalen Green, Spurs, De’Aaron Fox, Cavs
Suns
Jalen Green had just gotten back. Now he is right back on the injury report.
Green tweaked that same right hamstring again in the first...
NBA Notes: Spurs, Stephon Castle, Lakers, Bronny James, Kings
Spurs
Stephon Castle said the Rookie of the Year trophy was great and all, but it doesn’t change the daily mindset.
He told Marc J. Spears...
Cavs dig deep, survive the chaos, rally to overtake Bulls
Sometimes you take the Bull by the horns and sometimes you just survive the stampede.
The Cavaliers did both Saturday night.
They were down 19 in...
NBA Notes: Raptors, Scottie Barnes, Knicks, Mitchell Robinson, Celtics
Raptors
Scottie Barnes is stuffing the defensive stat sheet again and the impact is loud.
As relayed by Eric Koreen of The Athletic, Barnes is the...
NBA Notes: Pistons, Jalen Duren, Kings, Russell Westbrook, Spencer Dinwiddie
Pistons
Jalen Duren has gone from intriguing young big to full-on center who can take over a game.
He hung 30 points with 11 boards and...
Mavs fans may soon get their wish about GM Nico Harrison
The Mavericks are 2-7 and sitting dead last in the West entering Saturday night. They’ve already lost at home to the 1-8 Wizards. They...
NBA Notes: Nuggets, Nikola Jokic, Pacers, Andrew Nembhard, Celtics
Nuggets
Nikola Jokic isn’t scoring quite as much and that’s not bothering Denver one bit.
He’s averaging 24.4 points on 15.1 shots a night, down from...
NBA Notes: Jazz, Lauri Markkanen, Timberwolves, Anthony Edwards, Thunder
Jazz
Lauri Markkanen had a quiet 12 points in 21 minutes on Friday, but don’t let that fool you. He’s still averaging 28.3 a night.
That...
Would Kings’ Malik Monk make sense for Mavericks?
Kings guard Malik Monk has been floated as a hypothetical fit for the Mavericks, and hey, why not?
Dan Favale of Bleacher Report raised the...
NBA Rumors: Mavericks, Anthony Davis, Grizzlies, Ja Morant, Sixers
Mavericks
People around the league are starting to talk about Anthony Davis, and not in the way Dallas hoped.
Christian Clark of The Athletic wrote that...
