McLung agrees to non-guaranteed deal with Warriors, agent says originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea The Warriors added some likely competition for one of their final roster spots this season. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported Wednesday afternoon, that Mac McClung agreed to a one-year, non-guaranteed deal with the Warriors, citing his agent as the source. The 23-year-old guard was …

After weeks of negotiation, All-Star guard James Harden has agreed to return to the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year deal worth $68.6 million, according to Adrian Wojnarowski. Harden will have a player option for the second year.  Harden, who was traded to the Sixers ahead of the deadline last season in a blockbuster deal that sent Ben Simmons to the …

James Harden (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) Free agent star James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers have reached an agreement on a two-year, $68 million deal with a player option, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Harden declined a $47 million option this offseason to facilitate the new deal at a discount. “I had conversations with [president of basketball operations] Daryl …

The NCAA has adequately addressed nine of 23 recommendations for creating comparable NCAA Tournament experiences for men’s and women’s basketball players, according to a progress report released Wednesday. College sports’ largest governing body hired a third party to evaluate its response to a scathing report issued almost a year ago that criticized gender inequality in the tournaments. Among the most …

Usually by this point in the summer all the big offseason moves are made. Not this year — Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and Donovan Mitchell all could be on new teams before the start of next season. Still, with offseason action slowing down and teams’ rosters largely filled out, it felt like time to do a Summer NBA Power Rankings. …

USATSI As the Los Angeles Lakers continue to pursue Kyrie Irving, one thing has become increasingly clear: they’re powerless until the Kevin Durant situation resolves. If Durant is dealt? It no longer makes sense for the Nets to keep Irving on an expiring contract. If Durant stays put? Irving is a key part of keeping Brooklyn in contention. The Lakers …

Despite stating previous interest of making the NBA jump, former EuroLeague MVP Vasilije Micic will stick with Anadolu Efes next season, per Lucas D’Alessandro. This comes after some serious momentum appeared to have gathered for Micic to make his NBA debut next season, to the point that ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski said he had serious interest from several NBA teams. …

Getty Images A month after showing off his skills at an amusement park, Steph Curry was back at it this week while celebrating daughter Riley’s 10th birthday. Curry spent some family time at Dave & Buster’s and, per usual, was not able to resist the urge to shoot some baskets.  On Tuesday, the Golden State Warriors superstar put up a …

The Oklahoma City Thunder concludes their 2022 summer league this past week after participating in two different ones in Salt Lake City and the traditional Las Vegas ones. 17 players suited up for the Thunder that ranged from No. 2 pick Chet Holmgren to Kevin Kangu, who was signed while the team was already playing games. While the results of …

Like most of his colleagues who run college sports, Jim Phillips did not get into the business to make millions of dollars every year. He started out as a manager for the Illinois basketball team, then transitioned a few years later to the administrative side where he got into fundraising. When all those years of hard work landed him his …

Some NBA free agency moves are so obviously impactful that they immediately alter the league’s landscape. Think Kevin Durant signing with the Golden State Warriors back in 2016. You knew right away that that was a major move. Not all signings are like this, though. Some fly under the radar a bit at first, but still prove to be substantial …

2022-23 NBA odds: Looking at every divisional, conference favorite originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia With the 2022 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas concluding, all eyes are now shifting toward the start of the regular season. The first preseason game isn’t until the end of September, but team rosters are coming into fruition, barring any major trades (*cough cough* …

Grant Williams shares bold take about Celtics’ Finals loss to Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The 2021-22 Boston Celtics were a confident group, and that confidence helped them surge to their first NBA Finals appearance since 2010. If you ask Grant Williams, though, the better team didn’t win the series. During an appearance on “The Long Shot” podcast …

Getty Images Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges pleaded not guilty to three counts of domestic violence during a court appearance on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Bridges will be back in court on Aug. 19, when a date for a preliminary hearing is expected to be set.  Bridges had been formally charged with one felony count of injuring a child’s parent, and …

As we enter a waiting period on the next major move that might shift the landscape of the NBA, the trade rumors continue to come in at a lively rate. The next domino to fall should be either with regards to Kevin Durant or Donovan Mitchell, be it trade announcements or reports that they’ll be staying put with their teams, but until …

Though veteran NBA coach and current ESPN commentator Jeff Van Gundy was reportedly a finalist for the head coaching vacancy with the Houston Rockets in October 2020, that job went to Stephen Silas. But there don’t appear to be any hard feelings on Van Gundy’s end. In a recent interview with ESPN Houston’s The Wheelhouse radio program, Van Gundy offered …

Former Alabama forward JaMychal Green reached a contract buyout agreement with the Oklahoma City Thunder and signed with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday. Just a month ago, Green and a 2027 first-round draft pick were traded from the Denver Nuggets to the Thunder for Peyton Watson. Now, it appears that the native of Montgomery, Alabama is set to join …

How Durant trade talks slowing benefits Warriors’ title pursuit originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea So, after all that, maybe Kevin Durant will stay with the Brooklyn Nets? On Wednesday, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported, citing sources, that trade talks centering around the Nets superstar have “slowed to a trickle.” “You can still get some Nets folks on the phone if …

Celtics’ Williams ‘confidently’ claims Warriors weren’t better team originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Grant Williams has done a lot of reflecting since his Boston Celtics lost to the Warriors in the 2022 NBA Finals. And at the end of the day, he feels like Golden State wasn’t the best team on the court. During a recent interview on “The …

Will Barton is excited to play with Daniel Gafford originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington WASHINGTON — Asked at his introductory press conference which of his new Wizards teammates he is looking forward to playing with, Will Barton first said everyone on the team. Then, he specified star guard Bradley Beal and then Kyle Kuzma due to his “shot-making ability.” …

The UNC basketball program is well represented at this week’s Peach Jam in South Carolina and they are keeping their eyes on a few prospects. We already wrote on five-star commit Simeon Wilcher standing out early at the event and now UNC is watching a four-star power forward they recently offered. T.J. Power is drawing a crowd during Wednesday’s session …

Getty Images It has been several weeks since Kevin Durant first requested a trade from the Brooklyn Nets, but there has been little movement on that front thus far. His preferred destination, the Phoenix Suns, is now effectively out of the running as DeAndre Ayton, one of their primary assets, cannot be traded until January after signing a new contract. …

Duke and Arizona recently announced an agreement to schedule a home-and-home series beginning in the 2023-24 season. The series breaks a longstanding tendency by the Blue Devils to (mostly) abstain from challenging nonconference road games and sets college hoops up with what should be one of the best home-and-home series on the slate over the next few years. It also got us …

The Chicago Bulls’ offseason hasn’t resulted in any changes to the organization’s intended starting five for the 2022-23 NBA season, and according to Bleacher Report, that may be a problem. Bleacher Report’s Grant Hughes ranked the Bulls’ projected starting five (Lonzo Ball, Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, Patrick Williams and Nikola Vucevic) 18th out of the 30 teams in the league, …

JaMychal Green made lasting impression on Jokić in eight games originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea It didn’t take long for soon-to-be Warriors forward JaMychal Green to make a lasting impressing on back-to-back NBA MVP Nikola Jokić. Just eight games, actually. Green signed a deal in free agency with the Denver Nuggets ahead of the shortened 2020-21 season. He made …