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Craig Victor commits to Arizona

The 6-foot-7, 205-pound New Orleans native — ranked No. 31 nationally in the Class of 2014, No. 1 in Louisiana and No. 5 at his position — picked the Wildcats over LSU, Kansas and Oklahoma State. Victor made the announcement at his travel team’s season-ending banquet. “For me, it was about going to a place […]

How Rondae Hollis-Jefferson reinvented himself as a Kobe clone for Jordan

Bryant is of course, sadly, not at the 2023 event, his tragic death having come only a few months after he handed out the trophy in Beijing. But if Bryant were in Manila this summer, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson would probably have captured his attention. Hollis-Jefferson has emerged as the epitome of what makes the World Cup […]

Denver Nuggets’ Michael Malone calls out starting unit after blowout loss to Portland Trail Blazers

It’s not unusual for Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone to tell it like it is, and he put it quite bluntly after Saturday’s 115-95 loss in Game 4 at the Portland Trail Blazers. “Our starters were awful,” he said. “I thought we had some guys that were tentative, that looked a little scared, who played […]

NBA eliminating restrictions on recruiting veteran players for G League rosters

Eliminating these restrictions will ease the process for NBA free agents with five years of service or more to join G League teams and be part of COVID-19 testing protocols, allowing them to more quickly be integrated into NBA rosters should the need arise due to a coronavirus outbreak. Over 100 players with NBA experience […]

Toronto Raptors’ Serge Ibaka in walking boot, unsure about Game 6

Ibaka injured the ankle in Monday’s Game 5 blowout loss to the Celtics. “I’m just trying to see how I feel tomorrow,” Ibaka said. Ibaka added that he felt he could have continued to play on the ankle in Game 5, but it felt different when he woke up Tuesday morning. Toronto is officially listing […]

Four big questions the Raptors need to answer to come back from a 2-0 deficit

On Tuesday, they lost 102-99 to the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the semifinals. The Celtics’ comeback victory left the defending champions with little margin for error, and this time, they don’t have Leonard to help them Who can replace Leonard as the Raptors’ No. 1 option on offense? Can coach Nick Nurse finally […]

Raptors ride bench to sweep of Nets, first playoff series with Celtics

Both teams finished off sweeps on Sunday, with Boston defeating Philadelphia and the Raptors taking down the Brooklyn Nets. But the Raptors also did so in record-breaking fashion. With Kyle Lowry playing only nine minutes because of an injured left foot and starting guard Fred VanVleet dealing with foul trouble, the Raptors’ benched pushed through […]

Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin takes head-coaching reins vs. Sixers

“For one night, I felt like Cinderella,” Toronto Raptors assistant coach Adrian Griffin said following Wednesday’s 125-121 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. “I had the glass slippers on.” Griffin took over as the Raptors’ head coach on Wednesday, when Nick Nurse let his lead assistant get some hands-on experience in the lead chair. “It’s great,” […]

NBA Continuity Rankings: Which teams hold the edge in the bubble?

Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, whose team checks in near the top of our list, has high hopes. “Continuity [will] help with trying to create a home-court advantage,” Malone said earlier this month of playing at a neutral-site in Orlando, Florida. “We have guys that have been together for a while, know how to […]