Vernon Maxwell on Drazen Petrovic: I’d rather guard Michael Jordan

Orlando Magic star Paolo Banchero discussed his current inefficient stretch following Friday’s 100-97 home loss (23 points/8 rebounds/2 assists/2 steals/7 turnovers/8-18 FG/1-6 3-PT/6-7 FT/-3 +/-). *averaging 20.0 PPG/7.7 RPG/4.0 APG/5.0 TOV/39.6% FG/15.8% 3-PT/78.9% FT during the last three games* *Magic are on a 3-game losing streak/all losses were at home*…

Indiana Pacers icon Reggie Miller has expressed confidence in the team’s rising star, Tyrese Haliburton, suggesting he has the potential to guide the Pacers to an NBA championship. “I really do believe that he can carry this team to a championship,” Miller said about Haliburton, per Wheat Hotchkiss of NBA.com….

Photo: Peter Baba On Friday night, the Portland Trail Blazers veteran guard Damian Lillard was streaming on Instagram Live while smiling as Will Smith’s “Miami” played in the background. Lillard’s agent Aaron Goodwin told The Athletic that the song was just a coincidence. “The music was just a coincidence,” Goodwin…

New Orleans Pelicans’ cornerstone, Zion Williamson, currently in the inaugural year of a substantial 5-year, $197 million contract, faces an unprecedented challenge as the final three years of his deal are no longer guaranteed. Williamson’s persistent game absences, totaling 188 missed out of a possible 302 in his career, have…

P.J. Tucker is somewhere high above the clouds, 35,000 feet up. He’s been flying nonstop for decades now, hopping all across the globe to follow wherever the ball takes him. The game has given him passage from Raleigh, NC to the rest of the planet. History became his in Israel….

Joel Embiid is set to be reevaluated in a week after being diagnosed with a right sinus fracture, an injury he sustained during the Philadelphia 76ers’ loss to the Indiana Pacers last Friday. Continue reading Joel Embiid out at least one week at TalkBasket.net. Check out our Latest News and…