LOS ANGELES — Thursday was the lone time out of four meetings this season that Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander lost to the LA Clippers, the team he started his career with after being the 11th pick of the 2018 NBA Draft out of Kentucky. But Gilgeous-Alexander, an All-Star this season, still left his mark on …
Want this content directly to your inbox every day for free? Sign up here. Let’s all see “John Wick 4” this weekend and maybe some basketball. King’s Comeback Will Lakers get LeBron back just in time? Some good news came the Lakers’ way yesterday with the report from Shams Charania that LeBron James is hopeful …
Generally speaking, an NBA player’s current team wields financial advantages when it comes time for them to hit free agency. From the potential ability to negotiate an extension beforehand to Bird rights, the league’s collective bargaining agreement deliberately (and properly, in my opinion) establishes ways for teams to keep talent around while preserving the ability …
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HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto and Utah Jazz guard Ochai Agbaji discuss how the team has defied tanking expectations, the Donovan Mitchell trade, trade deadline reaction, Lauri Markanen, Will Hardy, Danny Aingeand more on the latest HoopsHype podcast episode. For more interviews with players, coaches, and media members, be sure to like and subscribe to the HoopsHype …
Former NBA agent Charles Briscoe, who at one point counted Dwight Howard among his clients, is among those charged with schemes to defraud four professional basketball players of more than $13 million, the US Department of Justice announced Thursday. Here’s what you need to know: Briscoe, who is no longer certified by the National Basketball …
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Lost in the madness that is the NCAA Tournament? I don’t blame you; it’s March. But I’d advise you not to neglect the NBA at this time. The league’s got its own bit of madness brewing here as the regular season hits the home stretch. Some teams rising while others are falling, which has made …
The LA Clippers announced this week that All-Star shooting guard Paul George has a sprained right knee and will be re-evaluated in two-to-three weeks. It is a diagnosis and timeline that offers a wide range of outcomes for the 13-year veteran. The focus for LA is making sure that there is a season to which …
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I’m sick of Nikola Jokić stans. I’m sick of Joel Embiid stans. I’m (slightly less) sick of Giannis Antetokounmpo stans. In supposed service to your favored candidates for NBA Most Valuable Player honors this season, you’re creating a river of virtual bile, bytes of contempt, segments of dreck. And you’re not helping your guy’s cause. …
Want this content directly to your inbox every day for free? Sign up here. Last night was a really rough night for refs. Breaking news from Shams As I first reported last night, the Dallas Mavericks plan to make a formal protest to the NBA as it relates to their 127-125 loss to Golden State. …
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grizzlies spent quite a bit of time last season trying to explain the unexplainable: Why were they so good when their best player wasn’t in uniform? Virtually everyone involved, as well as most onlookers, chalked up the Grizzlies’ 20-5 record when Ja Morant didn’t play last season as an anomaly and …
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