The Oklahoma City Thunder are waiving big man Aleksej Pokusevski. The Thunder will eat Pokusevski’s $5 million salary for this season. He was set to be a free agent following the end of the season.
Despite flashing promise at various points during his first four NBA seasons, Pokusevski was unable to grab hold of a regular role with Oklahoma City. Each time he seemed to have some positive momentum, Pokusevski would pick up and injury. That seemingly set him back to starting over after each period of missed time.
Nikola Jokic made some history by the end of the third quarter of the Denver Nuggets victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday. Jokic had already put together a triple-double against the Wizards. That gave Jokic a triple-double against every NBA team, minus the Nuggets, for whom he’s played his entire career.
On the accomplishment, the Nuggets star was consistent in saying that it’s something he’ll think about when his career is over.
“Like I always say, it’s just something that after I finish my career, it’s a legacy milestone. I’m going to look back and say, ‘That’s a really cool thing to do’,” Jokic said.
Jokic finished the game with 21 points (on a perfect 10-for-10 from the field), 19 rebounds and 15 assists. This was Jokic’s 121st career triple-double in the regular season. He’s also had 16 triple-doubles in the playoffs, including 10 in 20 games during the Nuggets title run in 2023.
Washington Wizards interim head coach Brian Keefe made his first big lineup change since taking over. Keefe moved Jordan Poole to a bench role, after Poole had started the first 52 games he played this season.
When asked about the lineup change, Poole let it be known he’s not happy with it.
“If there’s any common sense, with the situation, you should know how I feel. But I’m just going to come out, do what I can do to help the team, keep it moving,” Poole said.
The veteran guard added “I mean, if this is a way to try to get me on ball, I guess that’s just what we have to do.”
Isaiah Stewart has received a three-game suspension by the NBA for punching Drew Eubanks before the Detroit Pistons played at the Phoenix Suns on February 14th.
Following the incident, Stewart was arrested by Phoenix police, issued a citation and released. The misdemeanor assault charge against Stewart has been dismissed by the Phoenix Municipal Court, according to a filing obtained by ESPN. The motion to dismiss it was filed by the prosecutor’s office and granted.
Stewart said the two started arguing before coming chest-to-chest and Stewart threw the punch.
