The Memphis Grizzlies have won the Southwest Division the last two seasons but their reign at the top could be coming to a close in 2023-24. The Western Conference is looking strong and last year’s second seed looks weaker on paper. The defending champion Denver Nuggets are bringing back their core group, the Sacramento Kings
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Photo: Philadelphia 76ers/Twitter Reports have surfaced indicating that James Harden has opted to decline the upcoming 76ers training camp for the 2023-24 season, a move that could have far-reaching consequences in light of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Harden’s choice to forego reporting to the training camp comes on the heels of Philadelphia’s inability
The Milwaukee Bucks have the final pick in the 2023 NBA draft at No. 58, and it naturally won’t have the fanfare of other picks. But who are some of the names to consider? Let’s examine some players popping up in mock drafts near the final stages of the draft, taking place June 22. Ricky
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Here is the pool of players the Atlanta Dream will be considering for their 2023 roster: Rhyne Howard, starting SG ($73,584) Allisha Gray, starting SF ($194,600) Cheyenne Parker, starting PF ($216,100) AD Durr, second SG ($74,305) Aari McDonald, starting PG ($78,586) No. 6 pick ($71,300) No. 8 pick ($71,300) Danielle Robinson, second PG ($155,000) Monique
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Jayson Tatum has been overworked and Sam Hauser has come back to earth after a hot start, so the Celtics could probably use some wing depth. Robert Williams is injury-prone and Al Horford turns 37 in June, so while Luke Kornet has been serviceable a new third big man would not hurt. The guard depth
The Los Angeles Sparks were an unmitigated disaster in 2022. They missed the playoffs for the second season in a row; their coach parted ways with the team early in the season, and Liz Camabge went through a contract divorce with the Sparks after a tough loss against the eventual WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces.
HOUSTON, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 26: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder steals the … [+] ball from Alperen Sengun #28 of the Houston Rockets during the first quarter of the game at Toyota Center on November 26, 2022 in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and
The breakup of the core of the Maryland Terrapins was one of the biggest stories in women’s basketball this past summer. The once-mighty Terrapins, who had been by most measures the Big Ten’s most successful program since joining the conference in 2014, lost both ball-handling wizard Ashley Owusu and athletic forward Angel Reese to the
When a generational basketball talent like Victor Wembanyama comes around, teams will often go to great lengths to have a chance at drafting the sort of player that can change the fortunes of even the most inept franchises through the impact that player has. Such is the expectation surrounding the French big man prospect, who
The NBA is considering allowing 18-year-olds to be drafted straight from high school. That could potentially impact the high-profile one-and-done players that we’ve seen come through top colleges like Duke. Show Transcript as the basketball season. Nears the N. B. A. Is considering allowing 18 year olds to be drafted once again straight from high
Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/YouTube It has been reported on numerous occasions that the Lakers would like to trade Russell Westbrook before the start of the season. The former NBA MVP is set to earn $47 million next season which pushes back most of the teams that would otherwise be interested in trading for him. Only
When the Orlando Magic hand their draft card to N.B.A. Commissioner Adam Silver, on Thursday night at Barclays Center, they’ll settle a debate that has raged in draft circles for the better part of a year: Who should be the No. 1 pick? The front-runner is Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren, a rail-thin but nail-tough seven-footer who
BOSTON — With a little more than a minute left in Game 6 of the N.B.A. finals, Celtics Coach Ime Udoka pulled his starters. That meant Jayson Tatum had a minute to sit by himself and feel the weight of disappointment that came with losing. “It hurts,” Tatum said. “Being with this group, the things
Luka Doncic suffered a left calf injury during the Dallas Mavericks last game of the season. In this video we’ll take a look at what happened and how bad this injury could be.
On Jan. 25, the Los Angeles Lakers went to Brooklyn to face the Nets and displayed a joyfulness that was unusual for them this season. Their top stars LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook were all healthy — one of only 21 times this season that happened. It was Davis’s first game back from
The Nets played their 19th straight game without Kevin Durant on Saturday night, but they may not have to wait much longer for their star to return. Durant went through a second high-intensity workout Saturday morning in Milwaukee and if he comes out of that healthy, could only need one more before he is cleared
With the NBA Trade Deadline just over a week away, it’s the right time to take a look at which players are likely on the move. A potentially bland 2022 free-agent class is on the horizon, which means that yet another active trade deadline could be on the way. Last year saw 16 deadline-day deals
The NBA has corrected a stat on Anthony Edwards from Thursday night. As a result, FanDuel has paid out bets on the Over of his player prop of 0.5 steals. DraftKings and Bet MGM also paid out. There were only two NBA games on Thursday night, but that was enough for questionable stat rulings to
Julius Randle inspired so much goodwill last year, it was easy to see the start of something special. Maybe this pairing of star and market would never approach what baseball’s newest Hall of Famer, David Ortiz, had with Boston, but the big man and the big city looked happy enough together to picture them in
Could the Nets’ James Harden honeymoon be ending? While 76ers president Daryl Morey’s quest to bring Harden to Philadelphia is well known, what’s new is Harden’s growing dissatisfaction with life in Brooklyn. Despite team-wide public support for Kyrie Irving, Harden is known to be vexed by the point guard’s part-time status. Irving can’t play home
Grayson Allen’s game has grown since he left Duke. He’s stronger, has a better jumper and perhaps even takes players down with his hands rather than his feet. Allen, whose reputation as a serial tripper grew while with the Blue Devils, sent Chicago’s Alex Caruso crashing to the ground in a play that got Allen
CLEVELAND, Ohio — We’re about halfway through the 2021-22 NBA season, and its safe to say at this point that the Cavaliers have continued to defy expectations. As of Friday afternoon, the Cavs are at sixth place in the tight Eastern Conference race with a 27-19 record. No team in the East has more than
Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is on the path to win mutliple champions, according to his head coach Jason Kidd. Kidd said as much on Thursday after the Mavs’ defeat at the hands of the Phoenix Suns. Doncic had a near triple-double of 28 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. However, Dallas lost the game
In happier times, right before the 2015 NBA Draft, Karl-Anthony Towns warmed to the idea of making Madison Square Garden his home sweet home. He was a Knicks fan who grew up in Jersey watching tapes of everyone from Clyde Frazier to John Starks, and as a 6-foot-11 Kentucky center with all kinds of game,
Just when the Nets thought they had a chance to build some consistency with their full Big 3 intact, Kevin Durant entered the MRI tube. And while the Nets star may have avoided the worst, it doesn’t sound as if he will be playing again anytime soon. Durant underwent an MRI exam on Sunday morning
Sometimes, after a lackluster Luka Doncic performance (like we saw in Madison Square Garden against the Knicks on Wednesday night), I like to rev up the ol’ YouTube machine and watch film on the young superstar before he got drafted by the Dallas Mavericks. You know, the Real Madrid and/or Slovenia stuff. At that point
According to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, the Brooklyn Nets have “real optimism” that superstar Kyrie Irving could play home games and be a full-time player for the organization. Per the New York Daily, if the Nets were to pay up to $5000 in fines for playing unvaccinated Irving. From the fifth onward, the penalty would
The Phoenix Suns are at the blackjack table, holding all the right cards as we move into the latter half of the 2021-22 NBA season. With veteran leadership, young talent, a team-first culture, and a head coach who has his players eager to run through a wall for him, the Suns look primed to chase