The thing is, he is really on the list but with the injury he probably be replaced on his position. I think Tatum right now is explosive but not more than explosive on what's Luka is doing on the Mavs, he's an absolutely a great player. Still halfway on the regular season so there might be changes on the ranking but I think these 3 will be the top contenders along the way, of course, without any injuries to be taken, I may not be surprised if Giannis may increase his ranking from here on out.

We've got a couple nationally televised games on tonight.    Doesn't get much better than the TNT crew and basketball on a Tuesday night. 

Up first, there's the Thunder vs the Heat.  I'm thinking that Miami will take the win here, but it should be a close game.  After that you have the Warriors and the Suns.  This one should be interesting with both Stephen Curry and Devon Booker out with injuries.  I think without their stars though, the Warriors are even further ahead of the Suns, so I'm expecting Klay and the guys to beat the Suns tonight fairly easily.  Enjoy!

I do not think that he is that type of player at all, I think that he is actually a player that brings everyone around him down more than he helps them get better. Kyrie played in Cavs and won and still left, and then he was sent to Boston and still left and we see how Celtics is after him, and we have seen him in Nets now, with 2 other superstars first, now with just one of them, and even alone he is just not that person.

His horrible off the court sayings and problems are also another headache. This dude talked about how blacks are the real jews, basically saying the Jewish people that we know right now? They are "fake jews" according to him. How could you tolerate with players like that?

I remember when others are doubting the performance of the Boston Celtics because they established losing steaks before and the notable one is against Orlando Magic which others thought should be an easy win for the Celtics. Those people didn't realize that even a dominant team does have a bad night that might last for several games. Look at Celtics now, maintaining their rhythm again and going strong at .707 above the winning percentage.

Back to your question, yes Zach LaVine is being part of the trade rumor but maybe things have changed now when he is putting up good numbers recently on their previous games. Not just LaVine but other core players of the Chicago Bulls too are being put on trading rumors.

Some teams that are rumored to seem interested in acquiring him are; New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, and Miami Heat.

Yes, it's officially confirmed by several reliable sources that Steph Curry will return against the handicapped Phoenix Suns.

Aside from the Warriors now playing with their main guy [/i]today, the reason for too much underdog odds for the Phoenix Suns is because of the absence of their key players, Devin Booker, DeAndre Ayton (questionable), Chris Paul, etc. And I was surprised here that there is a total of 8 Suns players that might not be available for their tonight's game.

Damn, who else was left there? lol. No wonder they are currently facing a worst 1-10 record on their 10 last games.

Trade talks for Zach Lavine are not that hot.  I'm a Chicagoan/Bulls fan and listen to Chicago sports radio daily and it's not something that has brought up very much at all.  If there was serious talks going on, I would be hearing about it all the time, especially during Bulls specific segments which Bulls beat writers, and it's just not something that's really being discussed.  Regardless of the fact that he's playing better, this was/is a long shot after just signing a max deal in the offseason.

I think not having KD it’s obviously going to be a problem for the team. But they will have to work with what they have. No one expected this to happen. And we can also say that this was a very unlucky situation for both the team and the player.

But I think we can say that, even though this is a very unexpected situation, they have to find a solution. I absolutely agree that this is going to be very hard for them to win matches from now on. But the rest of the team will have to perform better and try to bring as better results as they can.

Well, what I heard before is that 1 month is the minimum amount of time to completely heal it. We do not know yet the full report on how serious it was but the way I see it, it seems bad. DeRozan might be out for the whole season, who knows but hopefully it'll heal fast.

Too bad KD is injured but at least he is expected to return after weeks of rest. I am cheering for the Joker to get his 3 straight MVP award and hopefully, his team will go deep or even win the championship this year. Luka Doncic if Dallas continues to win games has a big chance of winning the MVP, especially he is doing it all alone and the stats his stats are getting crazy.

What a homecoming game for Donovan Mitchell in Salt Lake. 46 big points. He even had a video tribute,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac30mFgT7Wg

However, it was Jordan Clarkson who steal the show for the Jazz, pumping 32 big points and orchestrated a huge comeback in the last 2 minutes of the game. And with this win, they are now 21-23. Still very good for the Jazz as everyone thinks that they are going to tank this season because of the huge overall. But Lauri Markkanen is having a break out season with them as their main man.