Charles Lee: Nick Smith Jr. is a great basketball player

Photo: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez The Lakers (13-19) are set to face the Mavericks (17-16) today for their Christmas Day game. Los Angeles still remains without Anthony Davis who is recovering from right foot stress injury. LeBron James (left ankle soreness) is also on the injury report, listed as probable….

Brooklyn Nets veteran guard Dennis Smith Jr. has been impressed with rookie teammate Jalen Wilson since day one (averaging 8.7 PPG/4.3 RPG/2.3 APG/47.4% FG/66.7% 3-PT during the last three games). (via Brooklyn Nets): “How many years he do in college? Three, four? Four years, 23, he old as hell. But…

Here’s Los Angeles Clippers head coach Ty Lue on Norman Powell’s improved efficiency/playmaking following Monday’s 144-107 home win vs. the Utah Jazz (29 points/4 rebounds/1 assist/1 steal/12-16 FG/5-7 3-PT/+33 +/-). Continue reading Ty Lue: Norman Powell is doing a good job of making the right reads at TalkBasket.net. Check out…

Photo: Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images Luka Doncic scored 24 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, two blocks, and two steals and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Utah Jazz 98-96 on Thursday night in Game 6 to wrap up the first-round series. Donovan Mitchell posted 23 points, nine assists, and eight…

Credit 2022 Getty Images-SCANPIX After a short NBA stint, combo guard Gabriel Lundberg returned to Europe and joined Virtus Bologna, where he found two old friends in the locker room: Toko Shengelia and Daniel Hackett. “It definitely helps to come into a new environment where you have similar faces who can…

Photo: Justin Ford/Getty Images The Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving, who has become a marked man after refusing to take a Covid jab, talks about growing up in a “racial harmonious environment” in New Jersey: “If you know anything about West Orange, New Jersey, I don’t think I could…