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Basketball Hall of Fame: Class of 2023 news, schedule and more
Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Dwayne Wade, Gregg Popovich and Pau Gasol headlined this year’s class and gave emotional speeches as they thanked those close to them and recounted sentimental stories about their illustrious careers. Gasol gave a special shoutout to the late Kobe Bryant, whom he was teammates with during two of the Los Angeles […]
Continue readingRockets top Thunder in OT for 10th straight win, eye play-in
The Rockets extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 132-126 overtime win Wednesday night over the Oklahoma City Thunder. It’s the second-longest winning streak in the league this season, trailing only an 11-game run by the NBA-leading Boston Celtics. It’s Houston’s longest winning streak since the Rockets won 11 in a row in […]
Continue readingMarcus Camby, Kyle Lowry traded
Earlier Wednesday, when the NBA’s moratorium on trades ended, Houston dealt point guard Kyle Lowry to Toronto for a future first-round lottery pick and forward Gary Forbes. The Rockets have been collecting draft picks for a potential package to entice Orlando to send All-Star center Dwight Howard their way. The Lowry deal was in place […]
Continue readingThe Wembanyama show with the Spurs begins for real now
Playing in the Spurs’ preseason finale against the Golden State Warriors, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA draft showed off everything he had to offer in one incredible sequence. First, Wembanyama got the ball behind the 3-point line with 6:33 left in the first quarter. He took two dribbles with his left, crossed […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball: Does Wembanyama have to be the best rookie ever to justify his ADP?
More Teams. More Games. Andre Snellings explains why he likes Victor Wembanyama to go over 23.5 points + assists + rebounds in his NBA debut Wednesday night. (1:02) Yao Ming during the 2002-03 season. LeBron James in 2003-04. Zion Williamson in 2019-20. Some of the most anticipated prospects in history have entered the NBA this […]
Continue readingTimberwolves’ Kyle Anderson to play for China at FIBA World Cup
The 29-year-old forward from New York is the latest elite athlete to gain Chinese nationality through naturalization and the first basketball player to do so. “[Anderson] obtained Chinese nationality this morning and met Yao Ming, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association,” the CBA said in a post on its official Weibo account. Not long after […]
Continue readingVictor Wembanyama: LeBron James’ praise an ‘honor’ but still have goals to reach
Wembanyama, the 7-foot-4 talent from France who has wowed spectators and NBA execs alike in his first trip to America this week, said he still has more work to do before he deserves such high praise. “It’s obviously an honor to see such great people talk like this about me, but it really doesn’t change […]
Continue readingDenver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic officially named NBA MVP
DENVER — Nikola Jokic plays for Denver. And for Serbia. Both places can once again make the same claim: For the second consecutive season, they’re home to the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. The league announced Wednesday night that Jokic had won back-to-back MVP awards. The Nuggets’ big man is the second consecutive international player to […]
Continue readingWhat Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns overcame in his return to basketball: ‘I couldn’t fix it’
There was no chance of that after the game star center Karl-Anthony Towns just had, scoring a career-high 60 points in a win against the Spurs to continue Minnesota’s post-All-Star surge. The entire drive from the arena to the airport had been something of a team party, with veteran guard Patrick Beverley sending each player, […]
Continue readingDebating the NBA’s 75 greatest players list: Snubs, surprises and the best of the best
As part of the celebration of the NBA’s 75th season, the league unveiled its list of the greatest players in its history over a three-day span in opening week — a list that ended up having one extra name due to a tie in voting. Every player who made the league’s 50th anniversary team in […]
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