Photo: Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports ESPN’s Tim MacMahon points towards weird things going on within the Dallas Mavericks’ organization following the demotion of athletic trainer Casey Smith. (via RealGM): The Dallas Mavericks are embarking on a critical season after missing the playoffs and play-in altogether last season. The decision from the Mavericks to demote longtime
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Grant Williams is eligible to sign rookie extension until October 17. The Celtics forward is on a four-year contract with Boston and is set to enter the final year of his current deal. If he does not sign the extension, Williams will become a restricted free agent next summer. According Sean Deveney, the players and
Sue Bird peeked upcourt as she caught the outlet pass. Her Seattle Storm teammate Natasha Howard had streaked ahead of her like a wide receiver, as she usually did whenever Bird was running the offense in transition. Howard realized that she was open beneath the basket and braced herself. Bird, she knew, would find her
Sarah Bolton maneuvers in the air for a living, using silks and hammocks to defy gravity at heights of up to 25 feet. The sensation of being in the air, she said, is often one of empowerment, an extension of childhood fantasies becoming adult realities. Bolton runs the aerial arts school High Expectations in Memphis,
Meyers Leonard could return to the NBA this year as the teams start making roster changes for the second half of the season. The 29-year-old center played just 3 games last year. He underwent a should surgery in February and in March he was traded by the Heat to the Thunder. OKC waived him a
Joel Embiid led the Philadelphia 76ers to a comfortable 111-99 victory over conference rivals Boston Celtics Friday night. The superstar big downplayed the need for significant moves ahead of the 2022 NBA trade deadline on Feb. 10. The Sixers are still looking to find a deal for Ben Simmons, who is away from the team
There’s no update on the Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis right now, other than that he’ll be re-evaluated by the medical staff in the next few days, and we’ll likely hear from Davis next week. He’s been out with the left MCL sprain that occurred on Dec. 17 in Minnesota. There’s no update on
The Nets’ recent funk isn’t just one thing. It’s everything. “You name it,” coach Steve Nash admitted, as his struggling team prepared to host the Spurs on Sunday. “We’ve really struggled since returning from all the COVID interruptions. We were having a very good year. We actually played well through the COVID situation. Since we’ve
Welcome, Hubie, to the world of the three. A brief history of the 3-point shot: It entered basketball in 1961 as the gimmick of a promoter, Harlem Globetrotters impresario Abe Saperstein. He had formed the American Basketball League in the hopes of competing with the NBA and the three would help shape the new league’s