After 12 seasons and 735 games with the Bucks — highlighted by winning the 2021 NBA championship — Khris Middleton played his first game as a visitor in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, this time as a member of the Wizards.
After a preseason full of promise, the Hawks were crushed by the Raptors 138-118 in their season opener Wednesday. “I don’t think there’s too many positives you can take from tonight,” said Trae Young.
Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns said he was “hurting” in Wednesday night’s season-opening win over the Cavs, in which he had 19 points and 12 rebounds despite playing with a Grade 2 quad strain.
Sixers rookie VJ Edgecombe lit up the Celtics with 34 points on Wednesday night, the most in an NBA debut since Wilt Chamberlain had 43 in 1959, as the Sixers won 117-116.
The Big 12 might boast the top two picks in next summer’s NBA draft — but both Kansas guard Darryn Peterson and BYU wing AJ Dybantsa say the NBA isn’t on their minds right now.
For the first time since 2009, the large Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy logo and the NBA Finals script logo will return to the home team’s floor, sources told ESPN.