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NBA roundtable: Experts offer picks on regular-season awards
But NBA awards season is also right around the corner. Experts around the league are reflecting on the season and the deserving candidates primed to take home the hardware. Are there any players even close to contesting MVP favorite Nikola Jokic? And how long will it take for Victor Wembanyama to take home Defensive Player […]
Continue readingLeBron James: ‘Icons’ like Reese, Clark lifting women’s hoops
WASHINGTON — Count LeBron James among the scores of viewers tuning into the women’s NCAA tournament this spring. The Los Angeles Lakers forward, considered by many to be the face of the NBA, has a theory on why women’s college hoops is having such a moment: the star power. “I don’t think there’s much difference […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings: The Tyreses top the ranks as the 76ers and Pacers continue their ascent
In the short-term, one team will get to claim victory over the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament, with group stage games ending on Nov. 28 and knock-out games starting on Dec. 4. This week the Boston Celtics have taken the number one spot in the rankings, dethroning the Denver Nuggets who have held the position since […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings, post-offseason edition – What has changed this summer?
The big trades of the offseason resulted in Chris Paul landing on the Golden State Warriors, Jordan Poole on the Detroit Pistons and Bradley Beal on the Phoenix Suns. Free agency saw some big additions for the Houston Rockets, who signed Fred VanVleet from the Toronto Raptors and Dillon Brooks from the Memphis Grizzlies. Meanwhile, […]
Continue readingUSA Basketball names 14 players for Select Team
The Select Team is stacked with recent top draft picks who are seen as the next generation for Team USA and will be coached by Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley from Aug. 3-6 in Las Vegas. Cade Cunningham, the 2021 top draft pick who missed almost all of last season for the Detroit Pistons […]
Continue readingHerb Jones stays with Pelicans on 4-year, $54M deal
Herb Jones has agreed on a new four-year, $54 million deal to stay with the New Orleans Pelicans, his agents, Mark Bartelstein and Kieran Piller of Priority Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Andrew Lopez on Friday. Jones declined his option to sign a long-term deal with New Orleans. • Latest free agency buzz and […]
Continue readingPelicans maintain top spot in West after beating Suns again
The New Orleans Pelicans and Phoenix Suns left all of that behind after Friday night’s contest. Sunday’s game did take more time to decide though. Suns guard Chris Paul sent the game into overtime with a bucket with 2.8 left to play in regulation but it was the Pelicans who prevailed in the extra period […]
Continue reading‘He carried us’: Zion Williamson’s 33 points, defensive effort power Pelicans’ win
Once up by 31 in the third quarter, the Pelicans watched as the Toronto Raptors chipped away at their lead and cut it to 11 with 5:28 to play. The Pelicans were already playing without Brandon Ingram (left big toe contusion) and CJ McCollum (return to play conditioning after health and safety protocols), so they […]
Continue readingPelicans’ Brandon Ingram exits loss with sprained big toe
The Pelicans did not have any updates on Ingram’s injury after the game, but head coach Willie Green said Ingram would have imaging done when the team returned to New Orleans. Ingram suffered the injury late in the second quarter when he stepped on another player’s foot. Ingram initially tried to play through the sprain, […]
Continue readingNew Orleans Pelicans rule Zion Williamson out vs. Suns
Williamson had been listed as a game-time decision with a right posterior hip/lower back contusion suffered Sunday in the overtime loss to the Utah Jazz. After missing the Tuesday game against the Dallas Mavericks, Williamson went through portions of practice Thursday and said he was “feeling better.” The Pelicans are likely eying a return for […]
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