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.
Podcast: Talkin’ Cavs, Mitchell, tough trip, In-Season Tournament flaws
The Cavaliers have to hit the road and man oh man, it's about to get tough. How can they realistically expect to fare?
Well, you'll...
East Notes: Cavs, Max Strus, Bucks, Magic, Paolo Banchero
Cavaliers
The Cavs don't need to feel so badly about their home loss to the Trail Blazers last week. The Pacers...
Tyrese Haliburton: Pacers ‘shocking the world right now’
Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton just keeps hitting new highs and his team is rising because of it.
Haliburton finished with 27 points and...
West Notes: Wolves, Rudy Gobert, Grizzlies, Ja Morant, Rockets
Timberwolves
Don't look now, but no less than the Timberwolves (16-4) have the best record in the NBA. The reasons are many -- from shooting...
Vegas crowd for Pacers-Bucks said to be ‘major disappointment’
The Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks played in the first In-Season Tournament semifinal game in history, and if you believe one league source, it's...
NBA Transactions: Thursday 12/7
Wizards
Wizards assigned Patrick Baldwin Jr. to the Capital City Go-Go of the G League.
Trail Blazers
Trail Blazers assigned Moses Brown to the Rip...
East Rumors: Pistons, Bojan Bogdanovic, Bulls, Knicks
Pistons
For now, the Pistons seemingly intend to hang on to guard/forward Bojan Bogdanovic, the main veteran on the struggling young team.
That's despite the fact...
Celtics Notes: Jaylen Brown, Bench, Jayson Tatum
Boston Celtics guard/forward Jaylen Brown suggested not everything has to be about analytics. Sometimes, a simple eye test will do the trick.
“I feel like...
Bulls Rumors: Zach Lavine, DeMar DeRozan, Alex Caruso, Lakers
Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine is expected to return from a right foot injury about the middle of January, which just happens to be...
Latest on Zach LaVine
Chicago Bulls Zach LaVine has missed three games and the Bulls have won them all. Now, the Bulls are saying LaVine's right foot inflammation...
Dribbles: This time, Cavs keep foot on gas, make determined Magic vanish
CLEVELAND -- Random dribbles from the Cavaliers' 121-111 home win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday.
1. The Cavs aren't always dominant and their games...
LeBron James: Owning franchise in Las Vegas the ultimate goal
Eventually, LeBron James will have to quit playing basketball. At the current rate, it may not be until he's 50 years old, considering he's...
Report: Knicks contemplating making move for ‘star’
As of right now, the New York Knicks have a pretty good thing going. But is that good thing a true contender?
Some people have...
Adam Silver: NBA Draft likely to move to two-day format
The NBA is always aiming to follow in the footsteps of the wildly successful NFL -- or at least take things from pro football...
