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NBA spreads on boards for first time in months
The line on the LA Clippers-Los Angeles Lakers game — the second half of an opening doubleheader July 30 — opened at pick ’em Saturday at Caesars Sportsbook. The New Orleans Pelicans are 1-point favorites over the Utah Jazz in the first game of the doubleheader. The 22 teams in playoff contention when the season […]
Continue readingNets’ Wilson Chandler opting out to remain with family
Chandler cited spending more time with his family — particularly his grandmother, who raised him, and three children — as the primary reason for sitting out. The Nets plan to sign forward Justin Anderson, his agent Mark Bartelstein told ESPN. Anderson had a 10-day contract with the team in January and appeared in three games. […]
Continue reading2020 NBA restart key dates: Playoffs, draft and free-agency schedule
What is the new NBA schedule for the playoffs, draft, free agency and other key events? As players return to their home markets and decide whether to participate in the NBA restart, teams are narrowing their list of travel personnel to the approved 37 people per team. That will be only one of many steps […]
Continue reading2020 NBA schedule: The 12 most important games of the restarted regular season
Each team will have eight regular-season games to help finalize playoff seeding, with the first two games starting on July 30 as the Utah Jazz face off versus the New Orleans Pelicans followed by the LA Clippers versus the Los Angeles Lakers. Players and teams will have roughly two weeks to secure their playoff seeds […]
Continue readingDealing with racial matters will be shared goal of NBA, NBPA when season resumes
“The group that met agreed in principle that the goal of the season restart in Orlando will be to take collective action to combat systemic racism and racial inequality across the country,” a joint statement said. The meeting, which took place Tuesday, included NBA commissioner Adam Silver, NBPA executive director Michele Roberts and NBPA president […]
Continue readingClippers’ Lou Williams ’50-50′ on NBA players returning, doesn’t want to be ‘a distraction’
LA Clippers guard Lou Williams reiterated his and other players’ concerns Friday that resuming the NBA season could distract from the nationwide movement for social justice. Williams, the reigning Sixth Man of the Year, said on a virtual chat hosted by CoStar that he is “50-50” on returning, as a group of players weigh the […]
Continue readingAvery Bradley: Coalition wants NBA’s plan for black causes before restart
Los Angeles Lakers guard Avery Bradley — a co-leader of a players coalition with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving — says his group is eager to hear the league office, ownership and sponsors detail a plan on issues of importance to the black community before the NBA’s restart in Orlando, Florida. Bradley and the players […]
Continue readingAdam Silver confident player concerns over NBA’s return will be addressed
With a group of players concerned about the NBA restarting its season amid a pandemic and social unrest around the country, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he is listening and his sense is that the league and its players will be able to “work through most of those issues over the next few weeks.” Silver […]
Continue readingLakers players say there’s still time to ‘figure things out’ ahead of restart
“[There’s] no divide,” one Lakers player told ESPN. “Still have some time to figure things out as a league and as a team,” another Lakers player told ESPN. Among the dissenting voices on the call that featured nearly 100 players were Lakers backup center Dwight Howard and starting shooting guard Avery Bradley, sources told ESPN. […]
Continue readingNets’ eventful week continues with thrilling win over Lakers
Monday evening at Staples Center, playing in front a throng of fans for perhaps the last time for a while, the Nets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 104-102 behind 23 points from Spencer Dinwiddie and 22 points from Caris LeVert. “It’s one of the biggest wins of the year,” Nets guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot said. It […]
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