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LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Lakers player Slava Medvedenko is selling his two NBA championship rings to raise money for his native Ukraine. Medvedenko was a power forward on the Lakers’ championship teams in 2001 and ’02, playing alongside Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. SCP Auctions is donating the entire final sale price of both rings to Medvedenko’s Fly …

Getty Images A year ago, Collin Sexton looked like a potential max player. He’d just averaged 24.3 points per game in his third NBA season, and with Evan Mobley inbound, it wasn’t hard to imagine him at the front of a Cavaliers renaissance. Instead, he suffered a torn meniscus and missed most of the season. Darius Garland supplanted him as …

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Kansas coach Bill Self and assistant coach Kurtis Townsend were held off the road for the live recruiting period in July, sources told CBS Sports. Self and Townsend missed the biggest month in college basketball recruiting, which came and went Sunday afternoon without the leader of the reigning national champions at key events nationwide. The Jayhawks weren’t without representation across …

Draymond nearly denied access into workout by UCLA security guard originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Draymond Green is a four-time world champion, but apparently, the whole world doesn’t know who he is. The Warriors veteran forward, fresh off his fourth championship in eight seasons, was ready to get some work in during the offseason, until the unexpected happened. Green …

Ben Simmons missed an entire season of basketball. Whatever one may think of the drama surrounding that lost season — not to mention the back surgery he had this offseason — there should be an expectation of rust with his return. Simmons’ teammate in Philadelphia and now Brooklyn, Seth Curry, said just that when speaking to reporters in Australia (hat …

Curry, Bazemore workout as ex-Dubs guard looks for new team originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Former Warriors forward and current free agent Kent Bazemore appears ready to put the 2021-22 NBA season behind him after only averaging 3.4 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 0.9 assists in 39 games with the Los Angeles Lakers. After spending the 2020-21 season with Golden …

Collin Sexton was on his way to what he thought would be a max — or at least near max — extension of his rookie contract. Two seasons ago he averaged 24.3 points per game for the Cavaliers, and players who get buckets get paid. However, the 2022 calendar is about to flip to August and Sexton, a restricted free …

Report: Kings eyeing ex-Warriors, Lakers guard Quinn Cook originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea The Kings have a young core under newly appointed coach Mike Brown. Of the group Sacramento hopes to build around, center Domantas Sabonis, who arrived at the NBA trade deadline this past season, is the oldest at 26 years old. As a result, providing the squad …

In an interview with Australia’s two big newspapers, the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Seth Curry talked about how his Aussie teammate Ben Simmons is doing and what he expects when Simmons returns to play in October. While noting that that Simmons is an “all-Star caliber” player who the Nets will need on the court, he also said that …

The Philadelphia 76ers and future Hall of Famer James Harden were able to recently come to an agreement on a deal that keeps The Beard in the City of Brotherly Love for at least one season. The second season of his deal is a player option that he could decline and work out a new deal. Harden took roughly $14 …

When the NBA offseason arrives in earnest, each team’s players get to work on their bodies, and oftentimes turn to unorthodox training methods they might otherwise not use during the regular season. Such is the case with star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown, who has been getting in some reps in a most unusual manner. The Celtics’ official team account …

In the entire history of the NBA, there have only been 13 players in total who stood 7-foot-4 or taller. Among those literal giants of the sport is a former Boston Celtics big man, fan favorite center Tacko Fall. And while extraordinary height can indeed confer plenty of advantages in a sport like basketball, it can also create some issues …

For two years in a row, the Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo has finished fourth in the NBA Defensive Player of the Year voting. This past year he had 13 first-place votes and 42 of the 100 media voters had him on their three-person ballot. Adebayo told campers at the Heat’s youth clinic at Hard Rock Stadium he’s being undervalued, via …

After three seasons in the EuroLeague, former Oregon Duck guard Tyler Dorsey is ready to make his return to the NBA. According to The Athletic, Dorsey signed a two-way contract with the Dallas Mavericks. Two-way contracts allow NBA teams to carry two extra players in addition to the 15 on their regular season roster. These players generally bounce back and …

Though he averaged 14.4 points and 9.4 rebounds in 29.7 minutes while excelling on defense, rookie forward Jabari Smith Jr. wasn’t a strong shooter in summer league for the Houston Rockets. He shot just 37.7% overall and 25.9% on 3-pointers over five games in Las Vegas, which doesn’t mesh with pre-draft scouting reports that raved over his form. But there …

The Philadelphia 76ers and the Toronto Raptors have developed a bit of a rivalry over the years. The two squads went the distance in the 2019 Eastern Conference semifinals and the Raptors won on a miraculous shot and the teams have exchanged blows ever since. The latest was in the 2022 playoffs when the Sixers eliminated the Raptors in six …

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant has earned a prestigious athletic honor from the University of Texas. The sharpshooting forward was one of 11 athletes selected for the Longhorns Texas Hall of Honor Class of 2022. Durant will be honored alongside Longhorn legends: Sam Acho, B.J. Bedford, Ovie Dotson, Jonny Levine, Lindsay Gardner, Kate Golden, Robyne Johnson, Dustin Majewski, Kirk Stackle …

When the 76ers traded for James Harden at the February deadline, there was an expectation he would sign a massive contract extension this offseason. Then Harden took the court. The way he played the final month of the season and in the playoffs — saving his worst for last, a low-effort performance where he took and missed just two shots …

“It’s go time.” That’s the kind of confident, optimistic statement you’d expect from someone who just signed a four-year, $224 million contract extension. But for Karl-Anthony Towns to say it Friday in Minnesota still carried weight — it hasn’t been “go time” for the Timberwolves in a long while. With Towns locked in, Anthony Edwards on the rise, and now …

A former Auburn Tiger and second-round NBA draft pick has been re-signed to his NBA team. Sharife Cooper, who played for Auburn during the 2020-21 season before declaring for the draft, was re-signed by the Atlanta Hawks of the NBA on a two-way contract on Friday. In the NBA, a two-way contract stipulates that a player can play 50 of …

This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Update your settings here to see it. Report: Former Celtic James Posey to join Wizards coaching staff originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics reportedly will see old friend James Posey on the Washington Wizards sideline next season. Posey, a member of the 2008 NBA champion Celtics, is …

Report: Wizards hire Posey as assistant coach originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington The Wizards have added a familiar name to Wes Unseld Jr.’s coaching staff, as longtime NBA veteran James Posey has been hired as an assistant coach, according to a report by ESPN. Posey, 45, is best known for being a key contributor on two NBA championship teams: …

Seth jokingly shares two things he’s better at than Steph originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Steph and Seth Curry will forever be held to a side-by-side comparison for as long as they’re both in the NBA, but it turns out their competitiveness goes beyond basketball. Seth sat down with Warriors insider Monte Poole on a recent episode of “Dubs …