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The Phoenix Suns’ meltdown in last season’s Game 7 loss to the Dallas Mavericks was highlighted by a sideline confrontation between Monty Williams and Deandre Ayton. With Phoenix down 70-32 early in the third quarter, Williams substituted backup big man Bismack Biyombo for Ayton, who sat for the remainder of the game and finished with five points and four rebounds. […]
Dwight Howard might take his talents to the wrestling ring. The 18-year NBA veteran, who is currently a free agent after playing 60 games with the Los Angeles Lakers last season, is interested in joining the WWE. “Whatever opportunity is best,” Howard told TMZ Sports. Asked if he was serious about pivoting from basketball to the […]
Ime Udoka, the Boston Celtics’ head coach, is reportedly on the brink of being disciplined in a to-be-determined manner for violating team guidelines, details about which are also unclear at this point. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted Wednesday evening, “Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka is facing possible disciplinary action—including a significant suspension—for an unspecified violation of […]
Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver has said that he will be selling both of the franchises, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. “As a man of faith, I believe in atonement and the path to forgiveness. I expected that the commissioner’s one-year suspension would provide the time for me to focus, make amends and remove my […]
The NBA and NBPA are working to abolish the league’s long-standing one-and-done rule. Shams Charania of The Athletic reports both sides are expected to agree on lowering the draft eligibility age from 19 to 18 as part of the new collective bargaining agreement. This would allow players to enter the NBA straight out of high school. The change […]
Rajon Rondo has reached a settlement with the woman who accused the free agent point guard and his girlfriend of assault and battery in July of 2020. TMZ reports Jorshari’s legal team filed a notice this week in a Los Angeles court regarding the settlement. Back in 2020, Rondo was caught on camera seemingly nudging a woman, Toktam Jorshari, […]
LeBron James took to Twitter on Wednesday to share his thoughts on Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver receiving a one-year suspension and $10 million fine from the NBA following a nearly year-long investigation into “workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies.” “Read through the Sarver stories a few times now. I gotta be honest…Our league definitely got this wrong,” James wrote. “I don’t […]
The U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team entered the 2008 Beijing games looking for redemption, as Team USA was coming off a humbling third-place finish at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. Nearly 15 years after LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Dwyane Wade led the ’08 team to a gold medal-clinching victory in Beijing, Netflix has released a […]
Eight years after the Donald Sterling saga rocked the NBA, Steph Curry still regrets that the Warriors didn’t boycott their 2014 first-round playoff series against the Clippers. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Curry expressed regret how things went down that postseason. Back in April 2014, Sterling’s downfall occurred in the middle of the Warriors-Clippers series, as […]
Fresh off winning his SBL Rec. Basketball League Championship for the second year in a row, Drake is commemorating the victory in true NBA fashion. The Toronto rapper has once again enlisted Jason of Beverly Hills to design over-the-top diamond rings for the SBL champions. The celebrity jeweler has designed plenty of NBA championship rings in the past. Last year […]
