6 December 2023
Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball was ruled out Sunday after he had a right ankle strain against the Orlando Magic. Ball had an akward fall in the second quater after attempting a layup against Orlando forward Paolo Banchero and had to be taken to the locker room. Charlotte later announced that Ball had strained his right ankle and would not be coming back. The ankle LaMelo Ball injured…
6 December 2023
Kevin Durant missed his second game in a row because of a sore right foot, leaving him incapable of playing in his first Phoenix match in New York since he was traded last February from Brooklyn. Durant worked out on the court before the match to test his foot, but Suns later announced that he would be absent again. Phoenix won 116-113 despite Kevin’s absence as Devin Booker struck a tiebreaking…
22 October 2023
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich unveiled his preferred super-sized training lineup alongside Victor Wembanyama. In a rush to celebrate former assistant Becky Hammon and the Las Vegas Ace’s second consecutive WNBA title, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich squirmed in his seat ready to bolt. “I thought about getting booted tonight,” he said Wednesday after his team’s 117-113 victory over…
22 October 2023
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced on Tuesday in a televised press conference on ESPN that changes will be made to the All-Star Game and while not saying if any decision has been finalized, he hinted that the current format of top vote-getters acting as captains and drafting their own teams may be shelved. “Maybe a return to something more traditional, in terms of how the teams are…
14 October 2023
Damian Lillard penned a contract extension with Adidas in 2014, and his days under this sneaker seem to coming to an end after their basketball Fall/Winter 2024 priorities deck release, which snubbed the new Milwaukee Bucks guard. Lillard and Derrick Rose are two athletes who will no longer be with Adidas moving forward, according to Instagram user yuanchengxin1. The new basketball sneaker line…
12 October 2023
Bronny James will always be compared to his father, whether fairly or unfairly. But when it comes to his raw athleticism, King James himself had some high praise for his rookie son. Bronny who is now a freshman at USC, has always had an impressive quickness and agility about him. A social media user posted a video of Bronny’s highlights and argued that he is just as athletic as Lebron, despite…
9 October 2023
Portland Center Deandre Ayton made a promise to Portland Trail Blazers fans as the team started a season of uncertainty. “I bring dominance,” he said. “My name is DominAyton.” Ayton joined Portland in the three-team trade that sent Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks. He was smiling ear-to-ear when he was introduced this week, mugging for cameras and looking forward to a fresh start after…
4 October 2023
The NBA Board of Governors approved a new participation policy mainly geared toward star players, in September. With new policies and penalties abound, the NBA has made it a rule that all healthy players should be on the court. There is no argument from the players, who said they are not interested in sitting. Some players do not agree with load management any more than the fans who cannot…
10 September 2023
Per reports by Shams Charania from The Athletic and Stadium, Kevin Knox has been re-signed by the Portland Trail Blazers. Knox is coming off a year where played for the Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers. The former Kentucky star was traded in the middle of the season from Pistons to Trail Blazers. He concluded the year while avergaing 6.6 points and 2.8 assists per contest while shooting…
10 September 2023
Gigi Datome who previously played for the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics, will be retiring from basketball. On Saturday, Italy lost to Slovenia in the FIBA World Cup by a score of 89-85. This victory placed Slovenia in seventh place and Italy in eight place in the tournament. Datome who played for Italy, previously announced on Instagram that he would retire at the end of the World Cup. So,…
10 September 2023
The Los Angeles Lakers signed four new players on Thursday. Forward Vincent Valerio-Bodon and guards Damion Baugh, Bryce Hamilton and Scotty Pippen Jr. Valerio-Bodon (6’9’’, 200) recently appeared in 30 matches (all starts) for Sopron KC of the Hungarian NBIA during the 2022-23 season, averaging 8.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 25.7 minutes per game while shooting 50.3 percent from the…
10 September 2023
Stan ‘Whitey’ Von Nieda died Thursday at 101 years in Elizabethtown, PA. Von Nieda was not just the oldest living former NBA player, but he was also the only one to reach 100 years. He got a certificate verifying that on June 19, 2022, the date he reached age 100, from the National Basketball Retired Players Association. Stan, a 6-foot-1 swingman, broke into the NBA with the NBL Tri-Cities…