76ers prepared to offer Jimmy Butler max extension

The New York Knicks have signed center Ariel Hukporti to a standard two-year contract, according to NBA insider Shams Charania. The 7-foot center, who previously held a two-way deal with the Knicks, now has a team option in his new contract for the 2025-26 season, giving the Knicks additional flexibility….

Photo: Atlanta Hawks/Twitter Here’s Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray breaking down what he’s seen so far in the First Round vs. the Boston Celtics (Boston leads 2-0). (via Atlanta Hawks): “That’s a great team over there. It’s the Eastern Conference champions from last year. They took upon theirself this year…

Photo: LA Clippers/Twitter The Phoenix Suns veteran guard Eric Gordon will play for Bahamas NT despite having played for Team USA in the 2010 World Cup. Because of Article 22 within its Internal Regulations, USA Basketball permitted Gordon to be released, and FIBA officially acknowledged his switch in national representation….

Photo: Los Angeles Clippers/Twitter The Los Angeles Clippers players were hit with an unexpected twist during their plane ride to Denver on Feb. 25. Amid their flight to Mile High, the Clippers’ charter plane was struck by lightning. “Us players, we’re trying to nap away,” Clippers guard Eric Gordon said players…

Photo: Boston Celtics/Twitter Erik Spoelstra, the head coach of the Miami Heat, and his wife, Nikki Spoelstra, have completed the legal process of ending their marriage, as reported by the Miami Herald. “We have made the difficult yet amicable decision to jointly file to formally end our marriage,” the ex-couple…

Patrick Beverley played for the Clippers from 2017-2021, thriving as a two-way bulldog of a point guard that consistently got under opposing players’ nerves. One team that got the worst of that bulldog mentality was the Lakers, the Clippers’ rival from down the hall. The two LA franchises have experienced…