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The Cavs will need to find their place in a more competitive conference.
Many people thought the Dallas Mavericks made a big mistake on draft night when they used their number nine pick on Michigan Wolverines forward Morez Johnson
The Nets have waived Malachi Smith, tweets Brian Lewis of The New York Post. Brooklyn exercised its minimum-salary team option on Smith at the end of June, but his contract was non-guaranteed, so the Nets won’t incur a cap charge by releasing him. Smith, who went undrafted out of Gonzaga in 2023, has spent most […]
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WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert agreed to join The Dan Patrick Show for an interview, and then abruptly reneged on the appearance. Patrick and crew are in Lake Tahoe to cover the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament. Engelbert is among the celebrities taking part in the tournament, making it a seemingly perfect opportunity for the…
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Former Fox Sports analyst Emmanuel Acho delivered one of the hottest takes of a WNBA season that has been filled with them when he said on his Speakeasy show that the WNBA would be better off without Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark. “The W, at this junction in time, would be better without Caitlin Clark,…
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Michigan State University has bounced back from potentially losing its school president and athletic director by retaining Kevin M. Guskiewicz to lead the school and appointing Jon Palumbo as interim athletic director.
In Cheryl Reeve’s first game as head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in May 2010, she beat the now-defunct Tulsa Shock 80-74. But Minnesota would lose nine of the next 10 games. By the end of July, she held a 7-16 record. The Lynx closed the season second-to-last in league at 13-21, ahead of only the abysmal Shock. Reeve recalls a fan heckling her during a 30-point loss early in the season. “I had ...
Warriors superstar Steph Curry revealed to NBC Sports Bay Area's Monte Poole his initial reaction to Steve Kerr's return as Golden State's coach.
From Maluach's matchup with Yang Hansen to Peat's debut, there is no shortage of intrigue tonight.
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Bulls rookie Caleb Wilson scored 35 points in his Summer League debut on Friday night, the second most in a Las Vegas debut since the event began in 2004.
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PHOENIX — The margin for error is slowly shrinking with each passing game, and the Phoenix Mercury know that all too well. Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas (25) dribbles up the court against the Fever at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, on July 9, 2026.
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Apparently, text messages aren’t enough anymore. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, teams hoping to land LeBron James have been sending recruiting voice notes to him through agent Rich Paul as the NBA’s biggest free-agent decision continues to drag on. In other words, executives are leaving LeBron basketball voicemails. Charania reported that James remains in the […] The post LeBron James’ free agency has reached the voice-note stage appeared first on Hoops Wire.
The Iowa State Cyclones had some major news on Friday with the announcement that Athletic Director Jamie Pollard will be transitioning toward retirement next
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Trae Young could not contain his excitement about being with his new-look Wizards team long term at his press conference to announce his re-signing.
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark secured a WNBA All-Star starting spot despite a ranking 11th among guards in the player analysis. The post WNBA Reacts to Caitlin Clark’s All-Star Voting Results appeared first on Just Women's Sports.
Detroit Basketball is back. Ebuka Okorie’s first game in a Pistons uniform saw him score 20 points to go along with four assists and two steals. He shot 8-for-16 (50%) from the field including 2-for-5 (40%) from deep. Scoring The guy can flat out score. You can see how easily he can get to the […]
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Ament (undisclosed) is in the starting lineup for Friday's Summer League game against the Heat, per Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Less than a month after winning the NBA Finals, the Knicks are back on the floor on Friday. This time, though, it's much lower stakes at the Las Vegas Summer
Five-time NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown is still reeling from the Boston Celtics’ recent decision to trade him to the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Brooklyn Nets were in a strong position to make a play for Jaylen Brown before he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for pennies on the dollar.
The four-team blockbuster trade that saw LaMelo Ball land with Minnesota and Julius Randle head to Brooklyn is now official, according to press releases from the Timberwolves, Hornets, Nets and Bulls. The full breakdown of the trade is as follows: Timberwolves acquire LaMelo Ball, Josh Green, and the draft rights to Isaiah Evans (No. 33 […]
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Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry spoke to NBC Sports Bay Area's Monte Poole and revealed his top priority this NBA offseason.
July 6 came and went and the Brooklyn Nets trade sending Nick Claxton to Chicago and Julius Randle to Brooklyn didn’t get officially approved. The reason was mundane: a late add to the trade, the Bulls Mouhamadou Gueye, couldn’t be dealt until July 9 because he had been acquired by the Bulls on April 9 […]
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I also don’t think that this roster is constructed for Coop’s future. I also see glaring needs of a starting level guard to take primary ball handling, ideally on Coop’s timeline. But if you don’t have assets, you have to be opportunistic and patient. And lack of assets means you need to pick BPA and not pick for roster fit. I have also not seen a trade for a player that would fit this need where we missed out, regardless of assets. But the lack of assets just aggravates the problem. So we ju...
The Mavericks have signed Tarik Biberovic, a move that finishes off a six-team trade that is also bringing Santi Aldama and Marcus Sasser to Dallas.
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LeBron James‘ free agency has been an unusual one so far, according to Joe Vardon of The Athletic, who reiterates that none of the teams pursuing the star forward have had the chance to meet with him and few have a direct line to him at all. The only team executive believed to have had […]
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From Alyssa Thomas to Skylar Diggins to The King Center, every new controversy illustrates that the WNBA still struggles to protect Black women.