Scoot Henderson: “I texted Dame like 2021 asking for advice”

Photo: Matthew Hinton/AP The Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant’s current knee injury is set to be reevaluated on or around Jan. 23, which is near the end of the upcoming trip which begins Tuesday in San Antonio. “Really, the priority is going to be getting him back to playing,” Nets…

Photo: Peter Baba Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is not wasting his time this offseason. The 24-year-old point guard is working on his conditioning. A video posted on Instagram by strength and conditioning coach of the Slovenian national team Anze Macek shows Doncic running up steep stairs. Despite being one of…

Ten days after Steve Nash told reporters Ben Simmons would be sidelined for the Play-In Tournament, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reports that Simmons is now targeting Game 4, 5, or 6 of the Nets’ first-round matchup against the Boston Celtics for his debut with the Brooklyn. Simmons has remained sidelined throughout…

Photo: Dallas Mavericks/Twitter ESPN’s Brian Windhorst thinks Kyrie Irving showing up at the Los Angeles Lakers games is a leverage play to get more money from the Dallas Mavericks in free agency. “The two big names out on the [free agent] market this year are James Harden and Kyrie Irving,”…

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo admires the way that Houston Rockets youngster Alperen Sengun plays the game of basketball. (via Houston Roundball Review): “He’s very crafty. He has that slow step kind of like [Nikola] Jokic, they call him Baby Jokic for a reason. But he’s got game, he can…

Trade discussions between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Atlanta Hawks for Dejounte Murray seem to have hit a roadblock, with recent reports indicating a lack of significant progress. According to NBA insider Marc Stein, there has been minimal trade dialogue between the Lakers and the Hawks in recent days…