Getty The Houston Rockets will look to win a title with James Harden and Russell Westbrook. The Houston Rockets are being rejected by a former NBA champion. As the Rockets looked to fill their roster with one more veteran player before the start of minicamp this week, they’re being rejected by Iman Shumpert. That’s because […]
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Getty DeMar DeRozan, Spurs After an extraordinary summer of 2019, which saw a cavalcade of stars—including Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Paul George, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Kemba Walker, Al Horford and Jimmy Butler—change teams, executives around the league expect that this year’s transaction wires will be dominated by the trade market. “We’ve been […]
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Getty Los Angeles Lakers General manager Rob Pelinka talks to the media, while forward Anthony Davis listens. Despite being all-in to contend for a title this season, the Lakers made sure to plan for the near future in the event things don’t go as planned with the LeBron James & Anthony Davis pairing. 2021 brings […]
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Getty The Orlando Magic have made a very odd move. Just a month prior to the start of the NBA season, the Magic have elected to exercise former No. 1 pick Markelle Fultz’s contract for the 2020-21 season, as reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Orlando exercised option on former No. 1 overall pick Markelle […]
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Getty Former NBA star Michael Jordan and President of the Los Angeles Lakers Jeanie Buss. On top of the Lakers and Jeanie Buss’ numerous other business ventures, it was announced early Monday morning that Buss was entering business with Michael Jordan (as well as a few other NBA owners) to start a new Tequila company. […]
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James Harden and Russell Westbrook. LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. Eventually there will be Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, plus Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. The NBA is stacked with elite duos that are NBA contenders, and figuring out which […]
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BEIJING (AP) — Kobe Bryant went to China for the first time in 1998, making the trip to Beijing to help operate an instructional basketball clinic for about a dozen kids. The local coaches working with him didn’t know a lot about the game. Barely anyone noticed that an NBA player was in town. Basketball […]
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Getty Gregg Popovich coaching Team USA. Team USA may not be down in the dumps for too long. Although Team USA finished in seventh place in the 2019 FIBA World Cup following their 87-74 victory over Poland — their worst finish ever in tournament play when NBA players are involved — help appears to be […]
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Getty Head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors directs his team against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Another key member of the Golden State Warriors‘ dynasty has officially retired. Three-time NBA champion Shaun Livingston took to Instagram and Twitter on early Friday to announce his decision to retire. Livingston played 15 years in the league […]
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Getty Kevin Durant, then of the Oklahoma City Thunder, reacts with teammate Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant knows a thing or two about rehabbing back from a gruesome Achilles injury. So with superstar Kevin Durant on the shelf with a ruptured Achilles of his own and facing […]
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The NBA is perpetually trying to figure out what to do about tampering. Following a summer in which it seemed like players and teams tampered all over the place thanks to numerous deals coming to fruition prior to the start of the free agency period, the league wants to put forth reforms to prevent this […]
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Whether buying season tickets to watch your favorite team, organizing a viewing party for the Super Bowl, or playing a friendly match at the local park on the weekend, social interaction is an inherent part of the sport sector’s appeal. The adrenaline that comes with live action is also a major factor – with each […]
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Getty Alex Caruso of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrates. Coming off an electric end to the 2018-2019 season, Alex Caruso earned himself a promotion from a two-way player to a full-fledged member of the Lakers’ squad in 2019-2020. Averaging 17.2 points, 8.4 assists, and 4.8 rebounds per game in April, Caruso looks to start the […]
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Former No. 4 overall pick Shaun Livingston announced his retirement on Friday. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) If you had told Shaun Livingston moments after the Los Angeles Clippers selected him No. 4 overall in the 2004 draft that he would play 15 seasons in the NBA and win three championships, he almost certainly would’ve taken it […]
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Getty Head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors directs his team against the Cleveland Cavaliers at ORACLE Arena on April 05, 2019 in Oakland, California. Shaun Livingston has officially retired from the NBA. Livingston announced his decision through social media on Instagram and Twitter, posting the following on Instagram on Friday morning. View […]
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Collection of photos via Getty Images Jets QB Sam Darnold is out indefinitely after being diagnosed with mono and the Bucs got a huge defensive stop to beat the Panthers. Welcome to the roundup of must-see sports news from Thursday, including Jets QB Sam Darnold expected to be out indefinitely after he was diagnosed with […]
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The NBA has taken a whole lot of pride in its role in bringing and growing the game of basketball all over the planet. The league routinely leaves the United States to hold camps and, occasionally, NBA games in other countries. Plus there’s one team in Canada, there used to be another, and whenever the […]
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The U.S. men’s basketball team dropped its second straight game at the FIBA championships and the excuses are flying. Of course, the No. 1 alibi is that we didn’t send our best players. And that’s true. The best of the NBA would rather wait for a chance at an Olympic medal than waste a summer […]
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Getty Joe Johnson is officially back in the NBA. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that the former NBA All-Star has agreed to a partially guaranteed contract with the Detroit Pistons. Johnson has worked out for a number of teams over the past couple of weeks, one of which was the Pistons. Although Johnson was […]
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Getty Kyle Kuzma of the USA speaks to media during a Team USA United States of America National Basketball team training session at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. The summer of Kyle Kuzma rolls on despite the Lakers’ forward being forced to miss an appearance in the FIBA World Cup due to a minor ankle […]
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