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Sophie Cunningham has lived in the headlines since she joined the debate about transgender athletes in women’s sports. However, Cunningham finally went viral for basketball reasons in the Indiana Fever’s victory over the New York Liberty.

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Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark still has a chance to finish the regular season with just enough technical fouls without being forced to sit out a game. Her eighth tech was rescinded by league officials after further review of the call just hours after Saturday’s game against the Chicago Sky.

The Boston Celtics’ 2025-26 season was a wild rollercoaster that ended in an absolute heartbreaker, and the sting of that collapse hasn’t faded for guard Payton Pritchard. Despite losing superstar Jayson Tatum to an Achilles injury for most of the campaign, Boston rallied. Behind an incredible regular season from Jaylen Brown, the team defied expectations […] The post Celtics’ Payton Pritchard reveals what ‘ate away’ at Boston after early playoff exit appeared first on ClutchPoints.

There is only a little over two months left before the start of the 2026-27 NBA regular season, which would mark the official return of Damian Lillard to action after he took the entirety of the previous campaign off as he recovered from a ruptured Achilles. Lillard will be suiting up for a Portland Trail […] The post Blazers add to Damian Lillard comeback hype with 4-word post appeared first on ClutchPoints.

With just a few weeks to go before the start of training camp, Russell Westbrook is still without a team. The Sacramento Kings did not re-sign Westbrook after his one-year contract, although they are reportedly considering bringing him back. There have not been many suitors for the former MVP in the offseason. He had a […] The post NBA insider shuts down ‘laughably false’ Russell Westbrook rumor appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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The Lewis family, owners of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, is exploring a bid for the NBA Europe franchise slated for London. The move would mark the family's first venture beyond soccer since acquiring Spurs in 2001. The Lewis family controls 70.12 percent of ENIC, Tottenham's parent company, which itself holds an 87.62 percent stake in the club. Vivienne Lewis, daughter of Joe Lewis, and her son-in-law Nick Beucher, co-CEO of Tavistock Group, primarily represent the family's interes...

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Former NBA veterans Enes Kanter and Royce White declared their entry into the 2026 WNBA Draft to exploit the league’s ambiguous eligibility rules. Their declaration came as part of a larger movement to limit the inclusion of trans athletes into women’s sports, specifically the WNBA, after Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham raised the same issue.

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The Indiana Fever have proved that their 108-88 win over the New York Liberty on July 18 wasn’t out of sheer luck. After losing to New York earlier in the season, Indiana has now beaten the Liberty twice in a row, and their latest 106-92 win was enough to catch the attention of WNBA legend Tamika Catchings.

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Reports of Russell Westbrook possibly signing with Hapoel Tel Aviv are "laughably false," sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line. Westbrook is not considering playing abroad. The Kings were reportedly interested in potentially having Westbrook return next season as a mentor to Darius Acuff. Westbrook averaged 15.2 points and 6.7 assists last season.

The Golden State Warriors are looking to sign Brandin Podziemski to a contract extension, general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. said on Tuesday. "When he's on the court, we're a better team," said Dunleavy on a conference call. "So anytime you've got a guy like that, you want to be able to keep him around. "Obviously we have multiple ways to do it through an extension and restricted free agency and all that, but we prefer to get it done sooner rather than later." Podziemski averaged 13.8 points a...

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry will enter his 18th season in the NBA, and his window to win a fifth championship is closing fast. But as long as he is on the floor, displaying his legendary shooting, the Warriors will always have a chance to contend for the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Once again, Curry […] The post Warriors’ Yaxel Lendeborg reveals how Stephen Curry can become the GOAT appeared first on ClutchPoints.

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has decided to hand the recently growing transgender athletes issue in women’s sports over to a task force, rather than establishing a league policy. For Caitlin Clark’s biographer Christine Brennan, that decision, alongside a string of others Engelbert has made, is a poor reflection of her leadership of the WNBA.

After losing the road game against the Lynx on Sunday, Paige Bueckers headed to Blackstone Park in the Minneapolis suburbs, a place close to her heart and deeply tied to her basketball journey. She shared her thoughts on this visit as she surprised the local kids with a warm gesture.

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Bradley Beal could return to the Los Angeles Clippers next season, sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line. Beal played in six games for the Clippers last season before undergoing season-ending hip surgery. Beal is also drawing interest from the Heat. Beal averaged 17.0 points and 3.7 assists with the Suns during the 2024-25 season.

LOS ANGELES — The Phoenix Mercury’s 94-87 win over the Los Angeles Sparks concluded a tough five-game road trip and was highlighted by forward Noémie Brochant’s career night, putting her in elite rookie company alongside Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark. Phoenix had been on a three-game skid coming into Los Angeles, with tough losses in the eastern part of the country before returning west looking to end the trip on a high note.

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With the Denver Nuggets currently the only team set to be over the second apron going into the 2026-27 season, Peyton Watson's future remains a significant issue for the team as he waits out restricted free agency.

Danny has returned and we catch up on the latest Kawhi Leonard scandal and why extensions like those for Dillon Brooks and Naji Marshall are far more to blame for the league's financial predicament than the dreaded Aprons. Then, we finish out our assessment of the summer leaguers for HOU, IND, MIA, MIN, NOP, NYK, ORL, and POR. 0:00 Kawhi Leonard / Clippers: Daktronics side deal and salary-cap circumvention 9:36 Phoenix Suns: Dillon Brooks extension 16:27 Dallas Mavericks: Naji Marshall extens...

The Spurs already have Victor Wembanyama. What if they added Devin Booker next? Jonah Kubicek of FullCourtPressNews floated a hypothetical trade that would send Booker from the Suns to San Antonio in exchange for De’Aaron Fox and a massive package of future draft capital. To be clear, this is a proposed deal, not one that […] The post NBA trade proposal sends Devin Booker to Spurs for De’Aaron Fox, picks appeared first on Hoops Wire.