The Charlotte Hornets are 4-9 and showing no evidence of being a playoff team now or in the immediate future, despite having a young core of players that, on paper, looks like a potential nucleus of a future contender.

-The Nuggets grab a road win against the Timberwolves. Denver rode a 68-52 second half to this comeback victory. This marks their seventh-straight victory, despite missing two starters in this game. Nikola Jokić had yet another triple-double in that victory.

The struggling Memphis Grizzlies (4-9) will have star guard Ja Morant back on Saturday night as they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers (8-5).

Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg is more in his comfort zone on the court after head coach Jason Kidd shifted him off the point guard position.

After suffering six consecutive losses, the Sacramento Kings have fallen to 3-10 through 13 games, and are officially on pace for their second-worst season in f

“ Stephen Curry now has 7 games of 45+ PTS after turning 35 years old. He passes LeBron James (6) for the most such games in NBA history!” NBA History wrote on social media on Saturday. For what it’s worth, that’s not the only old-man history that Curry achieved following his latest performance.

The Los Angeles Lakers got a painful wakeup call on Wednesday. They entered the contest with the Oklahoma City Thunder having won six of their last seven games, but they were annihilated in that one. OKC won, 121-92, and it wasn't even that close.

"Ultimately, my only goal is the NBA," Dybantsa told Rich Kleiman on "Boardroom." "After they hired Kevin Young, he hired a strength coach from the Milwaukee Bucks, a dietitian from the Suns, analytics from the Suns. He started stacking NBA prototypes around us."