Author: Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY

The second-year guard from Oklahoma State, who is averaging 19.9 points per game, will start with rest but could need surgery.

Luke Doncic is playing a career-high 36.9 minutes per game and has an NBA season-high usage rate of 39.14% this season with the Mavericks.

“I think he made a mistake. But you need to understand he gives an example to people and people look up to him,” Deni Avdija said of Kyrie Irving.

After Kevin Durant didn’t initially condemn Kyrie Irving’s antisemitic behavior and comments, he tweeted a clarification after media availability.

Nets general manager Sean Marks said Friday morning that Irving needs to meet with anti-hate groups and Jewish leaders before he returns to the team.

The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving at least five games without pay for refusing to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.”

It’s bizarre the Los Angeles front office hasn’t done more to surround LeBron James with better shooters – a blueprint that yielded the 2020 title.

Joe Dumars, a member of the Detroit Pistons teams that won titles in 1989 and 1990, is the NBA’s latest disciplinarian.

Veteran NBA referee Tony Brown, who officiated more than 1,000 games in a 20-year career, died on Thursday of pancreatic cancer. He was 55 years old.