basketball
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LeBron James has achieved almost everything you can in the NBA. But for a brief moment, it could’ve been a very different story. James is a well-known, passionate NFL fan – he has been seen throughout the years at games involving his hometown Cleveland Browns – but during the 2011 NBA lockout, he “absolutely” considered switching the hardwood for…
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Anthony Edwards was fined $100,000 by the NBA on Sunday for using profanity during a live television interview, with the league increasing the amount after penalizing the Minnesota Timberwolves star for the third time in three weeks. This penalty was for comments Edwards made after the Timberwolves rallied for a 113-112 victory Friday in Houston. The NBA said…
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In their first-ever game in the Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers came up short 113-116 in overtime to the Phoenix Suns. “I’m so disappointed that we didn’t get the win, that’s one of the most frustrating things that I can think about,” said Clippers guard James Harden. “This [is] history in Inglewood, the Intuit…
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Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores has agreed to purchase a limited share of the Chargers, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Gores has an agreement in place to purchase 27% of the franchise, which includes the 24% owned by Dea Spanos Berberian and 1% owned by the three other Spanos siblings, Dean, Michael and Alexis Spanos…
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The New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves are finalizing a blockbuster trade involving All-Stars Julius Randle and Karl-Anthony Towns, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday night. The deal, which had been building steam over the past 24 hours, will see Randle and Donte DiVincenzo wind up in Minnesota and Towns end up in New York. The Knicks are set to add a center in…
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LeBron James was pleased with the progress made by the USA in their 105-79 victory over Serbia in a friendly in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday but insists there is “so much room to improve” in the hunt for Olympic gold. After a narrow win over Australia on Monday, that saw the United States nearly blow…
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The Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 at home, winning the 2023-24 NBA Finals 4-1 in the best-of-seven series to secure their 18th championship in franchise history. This triumph lifted the Celtics to the top of the league’s all-time championship list, ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers, who had 17 titles. “It means the…
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Jalen Brunson vs. Tyrese Haliburton, two players already famous for being slighted, is a matchup ready for prime time that’s currently in prime time. And naturally for the two of them, it still might be getting overlooked. The unfolding drama in this New York Knicks-Indiana Pacers second-round series, which resumes with Sunday’s Game 4 and…
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LeBron James continues to extend his career to uncharted territory, becoming the first player in NBA history to reach 40,000 career points on Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena. James came into the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Denver Nuggets needing nine points to reach the mark. He got there with a driving layup at the 10:39 mark of…
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Israeli EuroCup club Hapoel Tel Aviv on Sunday announced the signing of point guard Will Cummings, who played last season in the Chinese Basketball Association. The 31-year-old American joined the CBA’s Zhejiang Lions in August 2022, where he averaged 10.8 points and 2.7 assists per game in 18 regular league games. He also took part…
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Basketball in Nigeria was invented by a man named Walid Zabadne and started in the late 50’s. Walid Zabadne became the first president of the Nigerian Basketball Federation and the sports was introduced in Africa by missionaries and colonial administration during the middle of the 20th century but started to gain recognition in the year 1964 in Nigeria and when the Nigeria national basketball team…
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For anyone expecting sweeping changes from the Boston Celtics this offseason, team president of basketball operations Brad Stevens is throwing a bit of cold water on that idea. After a season in which the Celtics fell one game short of a return to the NBA Finals, Stevens said he sees a team in need of…
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No disrespect to the rest of the Atlanta Hawks players but Trae Young couldn’t have done more than what he did against the Boston Celtics in this playoff series. State Farm Arena was packed after Young himself pushed for Game 6 with a fantastic performance in Boston that got him the usual treatment from Celtics…
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Russell Westbrook insisted there is no animosity between himself and former teammate Kevin Durant as the former MVPs prepare to face one another in the NBA playoffs. Durant and Westbrook starred together on the Oklahoma City Thunder for eight seasons between 2008 and 2016, after the duo were drafted in successive seasons by the Western…
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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer on Tuesday (Feb 7), setting the new mark with a fadeaway jumpshot late in the third quarter of a home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. James, who entered the game needing 36 points to break Abdul-Jabbar’s record of…
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