The Detroit Pistons could have some of their top players back in action when they host the Phoenix Suns on Thursday.

Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, Isaiah Stewart and Tobias Harris participated in Tuesday’s practice after missing the team’s 98-92 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.

Franchise player Cunningham sat out the last two games due to a right wrist contusion, while Duren has four consecutive games after spraining his right ankle. Cunningham isn’t listed on Wednesday’s injury report while Duren is probable.

“I hated sitting out, even though it wasn’t that long,” Duren told the Detroit News. “You never want to be the guy who is watching. It feels good to be back with the guys. It was just a good day.”

Harris has been sidelined since sustaining a left hip injury on Dec. 30. Stewart didn’t suit up against the Clippers due to an illness, one game after erupting for a career-high 31 points in a victory over Chicago. Both players are probable to play against the Suns.

That’s 60% of the starting lineup and the team’s sixth man sidelined, and those absences caught up to the Pistons on Saturday, when the Clippers staged a late rally.

“I won’t find anything negative in what these guys did (Saturday),” coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “To go out and compete the way they competed, as shorthanded as they were, in order to put themselves in position to even have a chance at it down the stretch, I give them a ton of credit.”

Despite the setback, the Pistons hold the top spot in the Eastern Conference. They’re in the midst of a six-game homestand. They defeated the New York Knicks and Bulls last week to kick off the home stretch. They’ll host Phoenix, Indiana and Boston prior to their next road game.

The Suns had a three-game winning streak snapped by Miami on Tuesday, 127-121. That game began a six-game road trip for Phoenix.

Their star player, Devin Booker, rolled his left ankle during the contest but was able to return in the fourth quarter. He finished with 24 points.

Booker is listed as questionable for Thursday’s game.

Booker is averaging 25.2 points, 6.5 assists and 4.1 rebounds this season but he’s not receiving much recognition from fans. He’s 17th among Western Conference players in fan votes for the All-Star Game.

“There are some super big-market teams,” Booker said. “There are guys from different countries that have a whole country behind them. I kind of understand the process, but am I playing better than a lot of guys? For sure, but that’s not the setup.”

Teammate Grayson Allen knows how valuable Booker is to the Suns, who are a surprising 24-16 through 40 games. They’ll hit the midway point of the season on Thursday.

“Definitely doesn’t match up with his body of work and what he’s done this season,” Allen said of the All-Star voting. “It’s a little surprising from that standpoint, but that’s the fan voting. I’m a little surprised he’s that low. It’s not based on his performance that’s for sure.”

Wing player Dillon Brooks is in danger of receiving a league suspension. He picked up his league-high 14th technical of the season in Miami. Two more technicals would trigger an automatic one-game suspension.

This will be the first of two matchups between Phoenix and Detroit. The Suns will host the Pistons on Jan. 29.

–Field Level Media

The Washington Wizards will wait to reevaluate recently acquired guard Trae Young’s right leg injuries until after the All-Star break in mid-February, ESPN reported on Wednesday afternoon.

A four-time All-Star, Young has not played for the Wizards since they acquired him last week from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for veteran guard CJ McCollum and forward Corey Kispert on Jan. 7.

Young, 27, is recovering from MCL and quad injuries and hasn’t played since Dec. 27, scoring nine points with 10 assists in the Hawks’ 128-125 loss to the visiting New York Knicks. Young played in 10 games this season for the Hawks and averaged 19.3 points and 8.9 assists — both the lowest since his rookie season — and 1.5 rebounds while shooting 41.5% from the field and 30.5% from 3-point range.

He led the league last season with 11.6 assists per game. Young’s career average of 9.8 assists per game is the third highest in NBA history behind only Hall of Famers Earvin “Magic” Johnson and John Stockton.

Over eight seasons and 493 games (all starts), Young has averaged 25.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per contest.

The fifth overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft, Young was selected to the All-Star Game in 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025. He was third-team All-NBA in 2021-22.

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The Charlotte Hornets will retire former NBA Sixth Man of the Year Dell Curry’s No. 30 jersey on March 19, ESPN reported Wednesday.

Curry, the father of Golden State Warriors guards Stephen and Seth Curry, will be honored during a game against the Orlando Magic.

Curry played 10 of his 16 NBA seasons in Charlotte (1988-98) and is currently in his 17th season as the team’s TV analyst. He ranks first in franchise history in games (701), second in points (9,839) and fourth in steals (747).

Curry, 61, will join the late Bobby Phills (No. 13) as the only players to have their jerseys retired by the Hornets.

A first-round pick by Utah (15th overall) in 1986, Curry averaged 11.7 points and shot 40.2% from 3-point range over 1,083 career games with the Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors. He was voted the league’s top sixth man in 1993-94.

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Orlando’s Moe Wagner, his younger brother Franz and Tristan da Silva are ready to embrace a homecoming on Thursday when the Magic and Memphis Grizzlies tip off their European tour in Berlin.

The German-born trio will compete at the 17,000-seat Uber Arena on Thursday. The game serves as the 14th featuring an NBA team in Germany since 1984, and the league’s first regular-season contest in the country.

“We’re here driving through the city, we’re seeing our friends (and) we’re combining our two worlds together,” Moe Wagner said, per the Orlando Sentinel. “That means the world to us. So, that’s the main thing for me.”

The teams will reconvene at The O2 in London on Sunday.

Moe Wagner returned to the court last Sunday for the first time since tearing his left ACL in December 2024. He recorded eight points in 10 minutes off the bench in the Magic’s 128-118 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.

Franz Wagner is available to join him on the court Thursday after missing Orlando’s past 16 games due to an ankle injury.

“I feel good,” Franz Wagner said, per the Orlando Sentinel. “It felt good to move a little bit after the long flight. And I’m excited for Thursday.”

So are the Magic, given Franz Wagner has averaged a robust 22.7 points and 6.1 rebounds over 24 games this season. The German-born da Silva contributes 9.8 points for Orlando, which has alternated wins and losses over its past 14 games.

Former Grizzlies forward Desmond Bane (27 points), Anthony Black (26) and Paolo Banchero (23) combined for 76 points in the win over the Pelicans.

Bane will be facing his former team for the first time since he was traded to Orlando along with a 2026 first-round selection on June 15 for Cole Anthony, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Yang Hansen and a number of draft picks.

“I was hoping it’s gonna be in Memphis. It’s still really cool, really special to be able to play against them and share a court with some friends and family. It’s very special,” Bane said.

The Grizzlies lost six of their previous seven games before posting a 103-98 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.

Cedric Coward sank two late 3-pointers to highlight his 21-point performance.

Disgruntled Ja Morant previously said he “hopefully” will return to action after a five-game absence with a right calf contusion. Morant, however, has been ruled out for the Thursday game.

Memphis coach Tuomas Iisalo also expressed a semblance of optimism on Morant’s potential return, saying “there is a chance he will play in the global games.”

That said, the Grizzlies have been open to saying that the team is entertaining offers for Morant ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline.

Iisalo wasn’t interested in heading in that direction.

“We are not in the business of commenting on random internet reports,” Iisalo said of the two-time All-Star. “He’s progressing in the practices. He’s already able to do a lot of the parts of practice, so looking good to progress (toward playing).”

Morant was officially listed as a game-time decision in Wednesday’s injury report.

–Field Level Media