Entering the final week of group play, there are some critical games, including Clippers at Lakers Tuesday night on NBC and Peacock.

Legendary Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul will retire after this season, his 21st in the NBA, according to reports. The news was confirmed by ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania. Paul, 40, re-signed with the Clippers this past offseason.

A Dallas Mavericks guard is expected to need knee surgery and will miss the rest of the 2025-26 NBA season as a result.

Paul is a future Hall of Famer, an 11-time All-NBA player, but at age 40 has been picking up DNPs with the Clippers this season.

This will be Chris Paul’s last rodeo. The longtime NBA star, currently with the Clippers, is retiring after the season, he announced Saturday. “What a ride,” Paul wrote on X. “Still so much left…GRATEFUL for this last one!!”

The Miami Heat host the Milwaukee Bucks in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup. Wednesday's matchup is the first of the season between the teams.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are off to a league-best 14-1 record, while waves of injuries have sent the Indiana Pacers to a 1-13 start.

This season, DeRozan is averaging 17.9 points, 3.6 assists, and 3.3 rebounds in his second year in Sacramento. Those figures are currently marking lows on all fronts over DeRozan’s past decade in the league.

Justin Martinez and Joe Mussatto break down which teams are the biggest threat to OKC in the latest episode of the Thunder Buddies Podcast

Brooklyn Nets rookie forward Drake Powell has been experiencing some growing pains this season and he explained some of those areas of growth.