While the NBA and its fans are focused on the upcoming trade deadline, the games keep coming — and the best keep separating themselves from the rest. 1. Oklahoma City Thunder (35-7, Last Week No. 2).

Taylor Jenkins cannot wait for GG Jackson to be at full strength as the Grizzlies try to muscle up the Western Conference ...

We're not quite in barrel-scrapping territory in the East ... but it's pretty close. Out West, things are more competitive.

The Knicks, with Morant’s fellow Racer Hall of Famer, guard Cameron Payne, obliterated Memphis 143-106, delivering their second consecutive blowout win against a Western Conference playoff contender.