Patrick Ewing, current head coach at Georgetown and former 11-time All-Star with the New York Knicks, tested positive for coronavirus. Ewing is in isolation at a local hospital while he recovers from coronavirus. Georgetown confirmed that Ewing is the only member of the Georgetown men’s basketball team (including players, coaches, […]
Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie told his Twitter followers that he heard the NBA will resume play on July 15, adding credibility to rumors that the league is looking to get back to play around that date. Several media outlets have reported that the NBA is looking to start training […]
Jerry Sloan, who coached the Utah Jazz for 23 years and played in the NBA for a decade, died on Friday. He was 78. The Jazz organization announced that Sloan died due to complications from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. Sloan Coached Jazz for 23 Years Sloan is most […]
In the latest batch of NBA trade rumors, the Brooklyn Nets are interested in securing supreme scorer, Bradley Beal from the Washington Wizards. But if Beal has his way, he’ll stay in DC and finish his career with the Wiz. The two-time NBA All-Star averages 30.5 points per game and […]
In the summer of 1996, Michael Jordan almost joined the New York Knicks when they dangled a $25 million deal in front of him hoping to lure Air Jordan to MSG in NYC. At the time, Jordan earned a paltry $3 million per year with the Chicago Bulls. Wiser minds […]
Either Las Vegas or Disneyworld in Orlando could host the 2020 NBA Playoffs and NBA Finals. Those are the rumors around the NBA’s plans to end its season, with a significant amount of chatter saying the league is leaning toward Disneyworld as its preferred location to resume the season and […]
Thirteen NBA teams have won consecutive titles, with the Boston Celtics holding the record, winning the championship eight times between 1959 and 1966 under Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach. Phil Jackson pulled off a triple three-peat with three consecutive NBA championships at three different times with the Chicago Bulls […]
Utah Jazz small forward Bojan Bogdanovic suffered a wrist injury and will undergo surgery to repair a ruptured scapholunate ligament on his right (shooting) hand. The Jazz’s second-best scorer will miss the remainder of the season, whenever it eventually resumes. Bogdanovic, 31, joined the Jazz in the offseason in a […]
After a three-year layoff, Michael Jordan laced up his sneakers and unretired for the second time in his storied NBA career when he joined the Washington Wizards for the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons. While the ESPN documentary series “The Last Dance” covered Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls, his […]
LaVar Ball, the outspoken father of LaMelo and his basketball prodigy siblings, thinks his youngest son has enough talent to get selected #1 in the upcoming NBA Draft. If LaMelo isn’t picked first, then LaVar Ball would prefer that the New York Knicks draft his son. “The best fit in […]
Between 1991 and 1998, Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles during their 1990s dynasty, bookended by three-peats before general manager Jerry Krause broke up the team, and Jordan retired for a second time. It’s no surprise that Jordan was named MVP of the NBA Finals in […]
Kai Sotto, a 7-foot-2 center, signed a contract to play with the G League next season. Sotto is attempting to become the first player from the Philippines to play in the NBA. Sotto, 18, will join a newly established team in the NBA’s developmental league. He will team up with […]
NBA owners and players appear to be gaining confidence in the league’s ability to restart the 2019-20 season, though there have been no proposals on how exactly the year might conclude. ESPN reported that league officials who were part of a board of governors call with NBA commissioner Adam Silver […]
Some major league team owners bought shares in the sports betting company DraftKings prior to its April 24 public offering. James Dolan, Robert Kraft, Hal Steinbrenner, and Jerry Jones all held shares either directly or through affiliated companies, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that became […]
Aleksej Pokusevski, basketball prospect born in Serbia and playing pro ball in Greece, declared for the 2020 NBA Draft. The 7-foot-0 teenager, and projected first round pick, plays for Olympiacos Piraeus in the EuroLeague. Pokusevski, 18, will be the youngest player in this year’s NBA draft. He turns 19 the […]
Ten-time NBA All-Star, Kevin Durant, will not return to the Brooklyn Nets this season, no matter when the NBA resumes. Durant recovered from coronavirus, but he is still yet to fully recover from a torn Achilles. Durant became one of four members of the Nets who became infected with COVID-19. […]
Several NBA players are protesting the February shooting of an unarmed black man in Georgia by two white men. Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry are just two of the professional athletes who have criticized the incident on social media. Arbery was jogging […]
The New York Knicks are interested in drafting RJ Hampton, one of the top guard prospects in the 2020 NBA Draft. Last year, Hampton decided to bypass college basketball and the top high school recruit signed a one-year deal with the New Zealand Breakers in Australia’s basketball league (NBL). Hampton, […]
If by chance the NBA head office needs any weird ideas for the NBA postseason in our post-pandemic world, we compiled a few outside-the-box concepts for the conclusion of the season, including turning the NBA playoffs into a March Madness tournament, hosting an expanded best-of-nine NBA Finals, or adding a […]
Tom ‘Thibs’ Thibodeau, ex-head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Chicago Bulls, is on the short-list for several NBA teams seeking a new head coach, including the Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, and Houston Rockets. Thibodeau coached 598 games in the NBA with a 352-246 record. In seven full seasons, […]
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