The G League Winter Showcase is the NBA ’s winter gathering place. It brings together the league’s executives, scouts and agents in one place to half-watch some basketball and start the slow drip of chatter as they head toward February’s trade deadline.

He says his team “should be more hungry” after Denver trailed by as many as 17 in the third quarter of the 132-129 win. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nikola Jokic overcame a slow start to finish with a triple-double and the visiting Denver Nuggets rebounded from a 17-point deficit to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans 132-129 in overtime.

After appearing in the G League Winter Showcase, rookie guard Bronny James, along with forward Maxwell Lewis, has been called up by the Lakers.

If you’re judging the need for NBA expansion based solely on what happened at the G League Winter Showcase in Orlando, you might come away unenthused, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks and Jeremy Woo.

Bronny James has started to show some more promise during his stint with the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League, but his performance at the recent NBA G League Winter Showcase was a bit uneven. He scored 16 points against the Greensboro Swarm, but followed that up with a six-point performance against the Osceola Magic.