LIFT Sports: stay on dat side @Ja Morant stay on dat side @JaMorant pic.twitter.com/oc8LpGCFn4 — LIFT Sports (@LIFTSPORTSMNGMT) April 25, 2024 ..read more

StatMuse: Tatum today: 23 PTS 10 REB 10 AST First Celtic with a playoff triple-double since Marcus Smart in 2020. statmuse.com/nba/player/jay ..read more

Memphis Grizzlies swingman Yuta Watanabe said Friday he will play in his native Japan next season. The 29-year-old revealed the plan on Instagram Live after the Grizzlies missed the playoffs in his sixth NBA season, the longest stint for a Japanese player in the world’s top league ..read more

“I just want to play basketball. I want to step into the game and do what I do in practice,” he said. “I grinded through my 20s but now I hope to play basketball the way I like.” Watanabe played just five games in his second stint with the Grizzlies after a mid-season trade in February from the Phoenix Suns. While injuries contributed to his time on the sideline, he also revealed he missed a string of games for mental health reasons. “I was finding things tough,” he said ..read more

Takeshi Shibata: Former Raptors shooter Yuta Watanabe via his Instagram Live just revealed his plan to go back to Japan for the 2024-25 season, ending his 6-year NBA career. Best wishes for him! To my basketball friends in North America, please send your encouragements to Yuta ..read more

Michael Scotto: Two teams with the ability to make a sign-and-trade agreement potentially happen are the Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans. I know there are members of the Pelicans organization who like Nicolas Claxton, and the future of Jonas Valanciunas is uncertain, given how close the team will be to the luxury tax next season and his lack of usage at the end of the games, including the Play-In loss to the Lakers. Source: HoopsHype What’s the buzz on Twitter? Erik Slater @erikslater_ ICYMI: My Nets free agent notebook with latest intel and reporting on Nic Claxton, Lonnie Walke ..read more

Michael Scotto: Two teams with the ability to make a sign-and-trade agreement potentially happen are the Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans. I know there are members of the Pelicans organization who like Nicolas Claxton, and the future of Jonas Valanciunas is uncertain, given how close the team will be to the luxury tax next season and his lack of usage at the end of the games, including the Play-In loss to the Lakers ..read more

NBA Central: LeBron James says it doesn’t make sense that he hasn’t won DPOY, comparing it to Beyoncé never winning AOTY “The year I finished 2nd… the guy who won Defensive Player of the Year didn’t even make 1st Team All-Defense” (@TheShopUN ) pic.twitter.com/m7itTITayO ..read more

Following his third season in the NBA and missing out on returning to the Playoffs with the Memphis Grizzlies, Santi Aldama tuned into the Olympic Games. He is projected to help Spain potentially advance through an Olympic Qualifying Tournament and play in Paris during the offseason. “I am super excited with the opportunity I have with the national team,” he talked about La Familia in his exit interview after the last game of the 2023-24 Regular Season, “We got to go through a pre-Olympic Tournament. So, we know that is a challenge but we believe we have the team to get to the Olympics and com ..read more

Drew Hill: Derrick Rose on Ja: “I see a pro. I know a pro when I see one. To see my son have a relationship with those guys, I’m thrilled to see what type of player he is going to become ..read more