Zeljko Obradovic: “I’m very proud of how we played today”

Here’s Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley explaining why he loves playing for head coach Darko Rajakovic. (via Toronto Raptors): ”I think the person part is probably the biggest thing that I’ve taken away from Darko. I think we probably talk more about off the court stuff than we do about…

Photo: Charlotte Hornets/Twitter More than two months ago, Damian Lillard made a clear request to the Portland Trail Blazers, expressing his desire to join the Miami Heat after an impressive 11-year stint with his former team. However, the Heat’s attempts to meet Portland’s trade demands and bring Lillard to Miami…

Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols and will be out indefinitely. With that, the team announced that he won’t be available to call the shots against the Portland Trail Blazers this Tuesday. Assistant coach David Adelman will temporarily…

Detroit Pistons rookie Bobi Klintman feels like he can contribute in multiple ways for the team. (via Detroit Pistons): On his skillset: “I bring a lot of versatility. Can guard multiple positions, play at multiple positions. Knockdown shooting. Can move off the ball. And make others better on the team.”…

Photo: Detroit Pistons/Twitter Isaiah Stewart has agreed on a four-year, $64 million contract extension with the Detroit Pistons, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. As pointed out by Wojnarowski, Stewart now becomes the first player out of the 2020 Draft Class who received a non-max rookie extension. The transaction is also…

On Tuesday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported there was ‘frustration and disheartenment’ in the Nets organization towards Ben Simmons after he sat out Game 4 due to re-tweaking his lingering back issue. The return of the injury came after positive reports of Simmons surfaced all week. Charania reported a meeting…