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The Los Angeles Lakers have revamped their lineup, parting ways with LeBron James to build around All-Star Luka Dončić. While the roster looks intriguing, the starting power forward spot is questionable.
LA LIVE again hosted the Mamba Invitational. More than six years since his death, Kobe Bryant’s legacy remains as strong as ever in the basketball world. But if it lives in one central location, that’s Los Angeles. Even more specifically, it lives in the house that Kobe built, Staples Center, now known as Crypto.com Arena. So what better place for Nike to host the 2026 Mamba Invitational than at LA LIVE at Peacock Place, steps away from the stadium where he went from man to immortal. The sett...
Miller and Bird say the WNBA is under attack by unscrupulous persons and groups.
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Celtic coach Red Auerbach gives Bob Cousy a bear hug as Cousy finished off a 13-year pro basketball career by leading the Boston Celtics to a 112-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers and an unprecedented fifth straight National Basketball Association championship. NBA history spans 80 seasons, and as CelticsBlog readers well know, the Boston Celtics have won a league-high 18 championships. This month, we are recapping each of those title years. The 1962-63 season would be Bob Cousy’s 13th ...
D'Angelo Russell is the latest to slap the championship-or-bust label on the 76ers.
Chicago Bulls guard Norman Powell spoke to Fadeaway World about his new deal with the Bulls, how Giannis Antetokounmpo impacted his future with Miami Heat, the Jamaican national team and his summer camp in San Diego.
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The attention that the WNBA is receiving for off-court topics instead of the tremendous on-court action has led to Bill Simmons slamming the league’s leadership. The WNBA is having a phenomenal on-court season with the rise of Olivia Miles, Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell’s high-scoring Fever, and the continued brilliance of A’ja Wilson.
WNBAThe WNBA has been in hot water since Sophie Cunningham came out openly against the inclusion of transgender players. Since then, the league has attracted political and nonpolitical criticism for its vague policies regarding the definition of participants.
UConn basketball coach Dan Hurley made it clear he has no intention of shopping for any more players after latest court case goes vs. NCAA.
Is frustration settling in for Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings after absorbing another defeat on Sunday?
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Two NBA men just crashed the women’s draft.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder made quite a few changes to their roster this offseason just so they could get underneath the dreaded second apron. They traded away three members of their 2025 championship-winning team, chief among them being Lu Dort, their starting shooting guard/small forward since 2019. The Thunder had to trade Dort away to […] The post Thunder’s Cason Wallace leaves no doubt about thoughts on Lu Dort appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The Oklahoma City Thunder, after winning the 2025 NBA championship, looked poised to run the league for at least half a decade. However, the very next season, the San Antonio Spurs proved to be not just their equal, but perhaps their superior. The Spurs ended up knocking the Thunder out of championship contention in a […] The post Thunder’s Cason Wallace gets 100% real about getting dethroned by the Spurs appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Over a month has passed since the NBA’s free agency period began, and Jalen Duren, coming off a season in which he made the All-NBA Third Team, remains a free agent. The Detroit Pistons are playing out the strings with Duren in restricted free agency, and neither side appear to be ready to budge. All […] The post Pistons’ Jalen Duren is back in the lab amid contract uncertainty appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren looked like an injured giraffe in the Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs last season. It seemed like he suddenly forgot how to play basketball. Holmgren received heavy backlash due to his anemic performance, which saw his numbers drop significantly as he was manhandled by Victor Wembanyama. […] The post Chet Holmgren’s photo will have Thunder fans fired up appeared first on ClutchPoints.
With Tre Donaldson holding his own against some top-tier competition at a recent open run, we take a closer look at the Heat's rookie guard.
When asked whether he considered himself ahead of LeBron James, Scottie Pippen provided a fairly simply response.
There’s new intel on Kevin Love and there’s an interesting pattern
The WNBA is heading into the final stretch of its 2026 regular season, but the conversations around the league have had almost nothing to do with what’s happening on the scoreboard. Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham, two of the most talked-about players all year, were once again the story out of Saturday’s slate, and once again, it wasn’t for anything they did with the ball in their hands.
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Rui Hachimura will start a new chapter after signing with the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency for two years worth $28 million. Hachimura was among the most coveted players in the offseason, as he was coming off a strong stint with the Los Angeles Lakers. He decided to stay in the City of Angels, […] The post Rui Hachimura will surely love Clippers’ latest signing appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Bill Simmons called upon the WNBA to find a new commissioner as the controversy surrounding transgender athlete eligibility rages on.
For a Rutgers women’s basketball program that has quietly stocked WNBA rosters for over a decade, the 2026 season has been a reminder of just how far that pipeline reaches. Three former Scarlet Knights are on active rosters around the league this summer, and each has found a different way to make headlines. Kahleah Copper […]
PHOENIX — Former Phoenix Suns center Robin Lopez has entered the growing debate over transgender eligibility in the WNBA, responding to news of two former NBA players’ plans to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft. Editor’s note: This story contains strong language in a social media post quoted by Robin Lopez.
Stephanie White's take on DiJonai Carrington's flagrant foul has Indiana's lieutenant governor calling for her job.
Stephanie White is facing criticism from Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith after her postgame comments following the Fever's win over the Sky.
