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While Kristaps Porzingis sits away from the team and the Warriors keep withholding his paycheck, Draymond Green just poured the coldest glass of locker-room honesty in the Bay.

“You can’t sit and worry about spoiled milk”

Speaking to The Athletic’s Sam Amick (relayed widely on X), Green said the Warriors are not waiting around for Porzingis to walk back through the door.

“No one’s sitting around bashing this guy or even worried about him, for that matter. In our minds, we’ve moved forward with the players that we have here,” Green said. He added the line that set social media on fire: “you can’t sit and worry about spoiled milk.”

Next-man-up, not next-man-wait

Per Amick’s reporting, Green said general manager Mike Dunleavy told players to go play while the front office handles Porzingis, and that Charles Bassey and rookie Graham Ike are getting the opportunity minutes. Green also said the news before the Lakers opener “kind of jolted us a little bit,” but the mindset since has been next man up.

That lands right as Porzingis’ health absence, the stopped $20 million payments reported earlier this week, and retirement chatter collide. The Warriors keep winning. Draymond just made sure nobody thinks they are saving him a seat.

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Brandon Aiyuk and Drew Rosenhaus finally rolled up to the 49ers’ business offices Friday, and Kyle Shanahan made it painfully clear he wants nothing to do with the reunion tour.

Shanahan iced the whole thing

NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported Shanahan’s answer when asked what to expect from the meeting: “No clue. Your guess is as good as mine.” Pressed on what he would like to see happen, Shanahan replied, “I (couldn’t) care less.”

Pro Football Talk’s Charean Williams added more of the presser, quoting Shanahan saying, “It’s been over for our football team for a long time,” and that anything with “zero to do with our football team” gets “zero thoughts” from him during the season.

Rosenhaus and Aiyuk still showed up

Adam Schefter reported Rosenhaus said he was en route with Aiyuk to meet team officials, and that Aiyuk planned to release a statement. The NFL still has not reinstated Aiyuk after the reserve/left squad listing, so Friday was more soap opera than roster move.

Shanahan already told reporters earlier this week the football side had “moved along” mentally. Friday’s “couldn’t care less” line put an exclamation point on a relationship that looks finished for good.

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With the NFL trade deadline sitting on Tuesday, the NFC North rivalry just spilled into the Philadelphia secondary.

Bears vs. Lions for Woolen

Eagles reporter Thomas R. Petersen reported Thursday that the Bears “might not be done adding to their defense” and are “reportedly in deep competition with Lions to acquire Riq Woolen from the Eagles.”

Jason La Canfora had already named Buffalo, Detroit, and Chicago among teams generating buzz on Woolen, and ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler floated Woolen as a Day 3 pick option for Chicago while noting corner has become more of a need after the Jeffery Simmons splash.

Why he is on the board

Woolen is on a one-year deal in Philly after his Seahawks run, which is exactly the kind of rental contenders chase in November. Whether Ryan Poles or Detroit blinks first is the gossip. Either way, Howie Roseman suddenly has two division foes circling the same corner.

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Bill Simmons did not wait for a real front-office leak. He just posted the trade he wants and dared the league to catch up.

The Ringer boss’s wish list

On Friday, Simmons wrote on X: “Why can’t this trade just happen what the hell are we waiting for, Vol. 1…. Darius Garland and Derrick Jones for Franz Wagner and Anthony Black.”

That is Clippers star guard Darius Garland and forward Derrick Jones Jr. headed to Orlando, with Magic forward Franz Wagner and guard Anthony Black going the other way, at least in Simmons’ fantasy machine. The Clippers are where Garland and Jones are playing this season after the Harden deal, per recent USA TODAY reporting on L.A.’s starting group.

Magic Twitter did not clap

Replies lit up fast, with Orlando fans arguing Wagner’s size and two-way value make the idea lopsided, while others treated it as classic Simmons trade-bait theater. Nobody from either front office has confirmed talks. For now it is pure gossip fuel: a big podcast voice yelling for a blockbuster that would reshape both rosters overnight.

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Dallas Wings stars Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd just put the rumor mill to bed on Friday, and the split is older than a lot of fans thought.

They said it out loud

On the latest episode of Fudd’s podcast Fudd Around and Find Out, with Bueckers as the guest, Fudd opened with the line fans have been waiting for.

“Paige and I have something we want to share with everyone. We are no longer together,” Fudd said, laughing, per the New York Post and TMZ.

Bueckers added that it has “been a while” and “over a year,” and Sporting News quoted her shutting down the draft chatter: “She was not drafted because she was my girlfriend. She was drafted because she deserved it.”

Still teammates, still friends

They went public as a couple in 2025 after UConn, then reunited in Dallas when Fudd went No. 1 in the 2026 draft. Bueckers stressed they played a whole season together after the split, stayed “utmost professional,” and asked fans to stop sending hate about their relationship or their people.

The pair even signed off with a broken-heart fist bump. Drama resolved, friendship intact, narrative closed.

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The 49ers thought they had Jauan Jennings coming home. Jennings had other plans.

Glazer’s scoop

Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer reported the 49ers and Vikings had trade terms worked out for Jennings, contingent on a FaceTime with Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch. Jennings got on the call and said he wanted to stay in Minnesota.

Shanahan confirms it

Shanahan later confirmed the report to reporters, as detailed by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk and NFL.com’s Nick Shook.

“When we got on a FaceTime with J.J., it went well. It was awesome. We talked about a lot of stuff, and he ended up saying that he was happy with where he was,” Shanahan said. “It wasn’t just like a definite no first, but he was like, ‘Man, Kyle, I’m pretty happy here and liking stuff.’ And when I heard the way he talked and where we’re at, I agreed with him.”

Awkward optics in Minnesota

Jennings has six catches for 54 yards in six games with the Vikings, per those same reports. Minnesota still let him talk to San Francisco, which tells you the Vikings were willing to move him. Jennings saying no keeps Odell Beckham Jr. parked on Minnesota’s practice squad for now, and leaves the short-handed 49ers hunting a different receiver before the Nov. 10 deadline.

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New Orleans just started winning again with Herb Jones back in the starting five, and a league insider still thinks he is getting traded.

Open for business

ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel said on the Clutch Scoops show that the Pelicans want to keep Jones, but they have not shut down offers.

“The Pelicans say that they want to keep him, but they’ve been open to hearing offers for him. They have not shut down those trade offers. They’re very opportunistic about hearing what teams have to offer. And to me, I think that this is finally the trade deadline that Herb Jones’ gonna get dealt,” Siegel said.

Starter now, trade chip later?

Jones came off the bench for the first four games, then moved into the starting lineup when Dejounte Murray missed time for the birth of his third child. New Orleans has won four straight to get back to .500, and Jones’ defense has been a big reason why.

Fadeaway World relayed the same Siegel remarks, noting Jeremiah Fears, Saddiq Bey, Derik Queen, and Bennedict Mathurin are off limits while Jones remains available if the price is right. Contenders have floated interest in past windows, and Siegel believes this is the year New Orleans finally cashes in.

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Breece Hall just put words to the awkward vibes around the Jets running back room, and the trade deadline is Tuesday.

Love-hate in New York

Per ESPN’s Rich Cimini, via Yardbarker, Hall acknowledged Thursday that he has a “love-hate relationship with Jets fans.”

“That’s part of being an athlete in New York,” Hall said. “You have to deal with that because they want you to be available, they want you to play, they want you to play very well. So it is what it is.”

He also framed the rumor mill in blunt terms: “It’s like if I have 100 yards, they love me. If I don’t, everybody’s like, ‘Get him out of here.’”

Threats, deleted accounts, and the rumor mill

Hall missed the Jets’ last five games with a quadriceps injury. When he deleted social accounts, trade speculation spiked. He told Cimini that move was about threats aimed at him and his family online, not a quiet exit plan.

“I’ve had people threatening me and my family on social media,” Hall said. “So that’s not something that’s good for your mental health that you should be looking at.”

Are the Jets actually shopping him?

SNY’s Connor Hughes reported the Jets have not engaged in “realistic conversations” about dealing Hall, and like the idea of Hall and Braelon Allen as a 1-2 punch. Still, Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic is among those arguing New York could flip him for draft capital before the deadline, and Hall sounded like he would not melt down if a call came in.

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Nick Foles is not soft-pedaling what he thinks of the Eagles’ offense right now.

The Big 12 dig

A clip circulating Nov. 5 quotes the Super Bowl LII MVP saying, “[An] offense in college, in the Big 12, has more details than the Philadelphia Eagles offense in the National Football League, that’s a problem.” Fan accounts including @pheaglescentral and @_EagleTimes blasted the line across X, and SportsRadio WIP’s Hugh Douglas and Joe Giglio spent a Nov. 5 segment reacting to Foles calling the scheme less sophisticated than a college system.

Patullo was better, he says

That was not the only shot. WIP’s Eliot Shorr-Parks and the SportsRadio WIP account also highlighted Foles saying, “Kevin Patullo’s offense was way better than this offense.”

The broader pile-on

Foles has been critical of the Eagles’ attack on podcasts including Brandon Graham Unblocked and The SZN. Heavy.com recently covered related digs after Philadelphia’s loss to Washington, including Foles suggesting on The SZN that not knowing the current offense “might be a good thing.” For a franchise that won a Super Bowl with him under center, the former QB talking like the playbook is thinner than a Big 12 college attack is not exactly a soft landing.

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Months after the Sedona photos blew up her Athletic career, Dianna Russini is telling people she is coming back to work next week.

The comeback timeline

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported Nov. 4 that Russini has begun getting the word out to people in the league that she will return to work “next week.” Florio said it was unclear where she would be working or what she would be doing.

Page Six’s Andrew Battifarano filled in more detail the same day. A source told Page Six she will be “headlining her own show, which is very, very exciting for her,” on a digital platform launching next week, and that the project has been in the works for a while. USA TODAY’s Chris Bumbaca echoed that reporting, saying the show would interview athletes and other stakeholders, with a return pegged to the week of Nov. 9.

Where she is not going

The destination is still fuzzy, but a few names are off the board. The New York Post’s Erich Richter reported Nov. 5 that Dave Portnoy told Front Office Sports she is not going to Barstool. Post sources also said she will not land at Kalshi, FanDuel, or PrizePicks.

How we got here

Russini resigned from The Athletic in April 2026 after the New York Post published photos of her with Patriots coach Mike Vrabel at a Sedona, Arizona resort. Both denied impropriety. The Athletic’s review, released in early September, still found the relationship violated its standards. “Regardless of whether the relationship was romantic, it was a breach and should have been disclosed,” standards editor Mike Semel wrote, per Florio.

Now the question is not whether she is coming back. It is whose logo ends up on the show.

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Jonathan Taylor’s trade rumors are not just a front-office story anymore. His wife is living them out loud on TikTok.

“Prized calf”

In a new video posted Tuesday, Ayanna Taylor said the waiting game ahead of the Nov. 10 NFL trade deadline is “driving me crazy,” per the New York Post’s Jenna Lemoncelli.

“Have you ever had that feeling that your entire life might change and you just don’t know when? Well, welcome to my week,” she said after Indianapolis’s 42-7 loss to Jacksonville. “This waiting game is driving me crazy. I feel like a prized calf waiting for the slaughter. Is it gonna happen today? Tomorrow? Is it never gonna happen?”

Clips of the monologue spread fast on X, including posts from @RomeovilleKid and NY Post Sports.

She is not guessing quietly

Ayanna asked followers whether the week stays quiet or a “quiet storm” is brewing, and she captioned the post, “They say still waters move deep… what do you think?” When a fan said the Colts should keep him, she replied, “I keep hearing so many different teams though!” She also told a Vikings fan she has “heard so many good things” about Minnesota, per the Post.

What the league is saying

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Thursday that the Colts are seeking a “Christian McCaffrey-type package” for Taylor, who is under contract through 2028 after a two-year extension in August, according to the Post. Indianapolis already traded Quenton Nelson and DeForest Buckner last week, and Josh Downs requested a trade the next day.

Taylor himself shrugged at her earlier TikToks after the Oct. 25 loss to Minnesota, saying her posts “don’t really change anything” and that “everybody’s on TikTok these days.” The waiting, for Ayanna, clearly still does.

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LeBron James does not want to be your AI bookie, and his lawyers made that very clear.

The letter

A spokesperson for James told Front Office Sports’ Ben Horney that the 76ers star’s camp sent a cease and desist to Bron AI, an AI-powered sports betting app, over unauthorized use of his likeness. ESPN amplified the report on X.

The promo video, posted Wednesday by the company’s CEO, featured a character who resembles James, wears a jersey with his nickname “Bron” and number 23, and even sounds like him while flipping through bets. The post racked up more than 900,000 views in under a day, per FOS.

Why it hit a nerve

The letter from Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks calls the use “especially serious and egregious” because James has an exclusive endorsement deal with Polymarket, reportedly worth about $15 million a year, and because the ad makes it look like he is betting on basketball, which would be a serious NBA rules issue, per Front Office Sports.

Bron AI must stop using his name, nickname, likeness, and persona “in any manner and media,” pull the ad, and notify every app user in writing that James has nothing to do with the company.

Not just LeBron

The same ad also showed Donovan Mitchell, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Christian McCaffrey, Jayden Daniels, Dillon Brooks, and Luka Doncic. A representative for Doncic told FOS that Luka’s camp sent its own cease and desist.

James’s longtime media advisor Adam Mendelsohn told FOS the stunt looked like bait for a story. “I’m sure the intent here was for us to send a cease and desist in order to make it a story,” he said. “These gimmicks never work because people see through it.”

Bron AI is owned by PlayVision Inc., a 2025 startup backed by Y Combinator. The company did not respond to FOS for comment.

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