The Bulls are back! Josh Giddey is on his way to becoming a first-time All-Star. Nikola Vucevic continues to fight back Father Time. Matas Buzelis is one of the best sophomores in the league. Chicago is a balanced team that is wearing opponents down with pace and depth.

Nikola Jokić, Joel Embiid, and Victor Wembanyama gave us the top big men in the sport all active on the same night. All-Stars like Devin Booker, Tyrese Maxey, and Donovan Mitchell looked to put up high-scoring totals for their teams. Eight games with 16 teams led to this exciting night of NBA action.

Mouhamed Gueye and Zaccharie Risacher combined for 40 points to help the short-handed Atlanta Hawks take a 122-102 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday.

There’s quite a stark contrast in rim efficiency between the league’s best team at the rim — the Detroit Pistons — and the worst, the Dallas Mavericks. Detroit leads the NBA in opponent field goal percentage at the rim, and Isaiah Stewart ranks 2nd among all players individually pic.twitter.com/uc36xWpm3M

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 41 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists and the Milwaukee Bucks opened their NBA Cup title defense with a 126-110 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.

Metta Sandiford-Artest has urged the Lakers to "win now" as there will be titles available when Victor Wembanyama, Wemby, arrives.

Russell Westbrook is an undisputed future Hall of Famer. So why has he become such a passed-over journeyman in his NBA dotage? The 6-foot-4 UCLA product, 36, sp