Hoops Rumors

Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. sustained a sprained right ankle in Saturday’s win at Boston and was ruled out for Monday’s game against Dallas, tweets Danielle Lerner of The Houston Chronicle. Tari Eason, who will be a restricted free agent next summer, started in Smith’s place. Head coach Ime Udoka is optimistic that Smith will return for Wednesday’s game in Memphis, Lerner … [Read more...] about Injury Notes: Smith, Harris, Lively, Middleton, Collier

Third-year Wizards forward Bilal Coulibaly had an impressive season debut in Thursday’s loss to Oklahoma City, as Josh Robbins of The Athletic details. Coulibaly missed the entire preseason and the first four games of 2025/26 after undergoing surgery last month to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb. The 21-year-old suffered that injury while playing for the French … [Read more...] about Wizards Notes: Coulibaly, George, Lottery, Wall, Haywood

9:59 am: The Wizards have officially exercised those six options, the team confirmed in a press release. 7:54 am: The Wizards will exercise their team options for the 2026/27 season on the rookie scale contracts of six players, according to Josh Robbins of The Athletic (Twitter link). Those players are as follows: Alex Sarr (third year, $12,370,680) Bilal Coulibaly (fourth … [Read more...] about Wizards Pick Up 2026/27 Options On Six Players

Wizards forward Bilal Coulibaly has been cleared to make his regular season debut, according to head coach Brian Keefe, who told reporters today that Coulibaly will be available for Thursday’s game in Oklahoma City (Twitter link via Josh Robbins of The Athletic). The seventh overall pick of the 2023 draft, Coulibaly underwent surgery last month to repair a torn ligament in his … [Read more...] about Wizards’ Coulibaly Set To Make Season Debut

EuroLeague team Partizan Belgrade has expressed “serious” interest in free agent point guard Cameron Payne, reports Marc Stein of The Stein Line (via Twitter). As Stein notes, the Serbian club is looking for a backcourt replacement in the wake of a serious ankle injury to former NBA guard Carlik Jones, who will reportedly miss three months of action. Payne has spent most of the … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Payne, Key, Raman, Breakout Players