Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kevin Durant, Nikola Jokic will represent West All-Stars

Bobby Marks: Kevin Durant has earned a $1.3M bonus for being selected to the All-Star game. The bonus was deemed likely and does not impact the Suns tax bill. -via Twitter @BobbyMarks42 / January 23, 2025

Michael Scotto: Kevin Durant: “I didn’t know how it would feel moving, living, and playing basketball in NY. I was a little nervous to be honest, but once I got settled in and figured out my routine here, it was the most fun I’ve had in a long time playing ball. I really enjoyed myself, regardless of the chaos that was going around.” -via x.com / January 23, 2025

Kevin Durant: We were supposed to get Tyson Chandler too. We traded for him, but our doctors said something was wrong with his toe, so we rescinded the trade. The next season, Tyson went on to win the championship with Dallas. -via YouTube / January 23, 2025

Chris Haynes: Sources: Sources: LeBron James and Bronny James turned down opportunity to further make history by being first father-son duo to participate in Skills Challenge at All-Star Weekend. -via x.com / January 23, 2025

ʜᴠ: The worst Net Rating among duos who have played at least 830 minutes together this season: 1. Coulibaly + Sarr: -17.6 2. Coulibaly + Poole: -13.9 3. Simons + Camara: -11.8 4. Coby + Vucevic: -3.7 5. LeBron + Davis: -3.2 6. LeBron + Reaves: -3.0 Concerning. -via x.com / January 22, 2025

With the Feb. 6 trade deadline a little more than two weeks away, league sources told ESPN that LeBron James and Anthony Davis are growing concerned about the Lakers’ ability to make significant roster upgrades with their two tradeable first-rounders. James, a four-time champion, and Davis, a one-time champ, have expressed that they want the franchise to make moves to contend for a championship, with the co-stars believing the Lakers are potentially a piece or two away, sources said. -via ESPN / January 22, 2025

KC Johnson: Steph Curry will play vs. Bulls, per Steve Kerr. -via Twitter @KCJHoop / January 23, 2025

Post is an older rookie, drafted 52nd out of Boston College and currently stashed on a two-way contract. He’s already 24 and developed enough to believe he can help in a pinch. But in the bigger picture, this is about the glaring void on the roster and some subliminal nudging from Kerr and Curry in the lead-up to the Feb. 6 deadline. “Just the way the league is going right now, having space, having as many shooters as possible at whatever position, the five, it helps,” Curry said. “You have a counter to aggressive defenses that want to take the ball out of my hands. It should help Dennis (Schröder) a little bit, too. Pick-and-roll type situations, make the defense decide whether to pull in or stay at home. Try to get downhill a little more. Try to create advantage off his presence or a shooter’s presence at the five. It definitely helps.” -via New York Times / January 23, 2025

Andre Iguodala: I always say that if it weren’t for Steph Curry, none of this would’ve happened. Steph is the reason why all of this happened. And now, you have to be careful with hot takes. People might say, ‘He thinks Steph is better than KD,’ or ‘He thinks KD is better than Steph.’ But without Steph, none of this happens. Steph was there first, and we all understand that. That’s all that matters. You just said it—KD is the best basketball scorer of all time, the most talented basketball player of all time. I’ve never seen anything like him. But I also have to say, Steph is the reason for all of it. If you don’t have Draymond being who he is, if you don’t have Klay being who he is, or if you don’t have me being who I am, none of it happens either. -via YouTube / January 22, 2025