If a dead time exists in the year-round NBA calendar, early August is it. As we all sit in a Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving-Donovan Mitchell holding pattern, all we can do right now is start to look ahead with the information currently available. So I’m going to list 10 players I’m most excited to watch in the 2022-23 season. They’re all …

Vernon Davis starred in the NFL but deep-down has always been a basketball fan. He’s turning his longtime passion into an investment with the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League. While several current and former NBA players have invested in the Australian league, Davis is the first NFLer to become a minority owner in the NBL. He purchased roughly …

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Getty Images One of the many, many points of contention between Russell Westbrook and Frank Vogel was Westbrook’s usage late in games. On a few occasions, Vogel benched Westbrook for crunch time thinking other players had earned the right to close for the Lakers. Westbrook didn’t like that. “I earned the right to be in closing lineups,” he told reporters …

Former Michigan State forward Gabe Brown on Wednesday signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Toronto Raptors, according to Blake Murphy of Sportsnet. Brown, who went undrafted, was named to the All-Big Ten third team after averaging a career-high 11.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists on 38.2% shooting from 3-point range as a senior. He led the Spartans in …

It’s almost college football season, but that doesn’t stop preseason college basketball predictions. Isaac Trotter with 247Sports wrote an article predicting the Big Ten All-Conference team. To no surprise, Trotter listed Hunter Dickinson second on the list behind Trayce Jackson-Davis from Indiana. Jackson-Davis is a little better than Dickinson defensively, but the Michigan big man is hands-down more polished on …

Getty Images The Utah Jazz have a number of viable reasons for exploring a Donovan Mitchell trade. Even when they had Rudy Gobert, they’d proven on several occasions that they were not capable of winning a championship. Without him, they had no obvious way of rebuilding a contender before Mitchell’s 2025 free agency. Outside free agents rarely want to come …

POINT GUARDS / SHOOTING GUARDS /POWER FORWARDS / CENTERS Jayson Tatum (Boston) Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Guaranteed money left: $134,896,800 till 2025-262021/22 stats: 26.9 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 4.4 apg, 45.3 FG%, 35.3 3P%Agent: Jeff Wechsler The promise Tatum showed in his rookie season has finally formed into a consistent superstar. He has proven he can be the No. 1 guy on a championship-contending …

While the market for Brooklyn Nets’ disgruntled superstar Kevin Durant is wide, it seems as if no teams are willing to pay the price for the former MVP. While some teams have reportedly made offers, the Nets organization has been patient to not yet go forward with a trade package. Brooklyn wants to ensure that they are bringing in All-Star …

While NBA schedules still haven’t been released, parts of the preseason schedule for the Oklahoma City Thunder have been leaked. Let’s take a look at which preseason games the team is currently reportedly set to play. vs. the Dallas Mavericks on Oct. 5 at Tulsa @ San Antonio Spurs on Oct. 13th vs. NBL’s Adelaide 36ers The 36ers were also …

STORRS, Conn. — UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers tore the ACL in her left knee and will miss the entire 2022-23 season. UConn said in a statement that Bueckers suffered the injury during a pickup basketball game and underwent an MRI that evening. It did not say where Bueckers was playing when the injury occurred. “We’re all devastated for …

2022 ESPYs – Arrivals Ten-year NBA veteran — and Dancing With The Stars winner — Iman Shumpert has been arrested on a felony marijuana charge at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. TMZ broke the news. NBA player Iman Shumpert was arrested for having a “sizeable” amount of marijuana in his backpack at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport on Saturday … TMZ Sports …

The Kentucky men’s basketball program held a quickly-put-together telethon on Tuesday night that coach John Calipari tweeted Wednesday morning raised nearly $3 million to help communities in the state devastated by flooding that has killed more than three dozen people. That’s the big and awesome headline. But a secondary story also emerged from the event: Kentucky and Gonzaga — two …

The Philadelphia 76ers had themselves a solid offseason as they brought in De’Anthony Melton on draft night and then they acted quickly in free agency when they agreed to deals for PJ Tucker and Danuel House Jr. Due to how quickly the Sixers signed Tucker and House Jr. combined with James Harden taking such a big pay cut to get …

POINT GUARDS / SMALL FORWARDS /POWER FORWARDS / CENTERS Devin Booker (Phoenix) Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Guaranteed money left: $293,849,600 till 2027-282021/22 stats: 26.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 4.8 apg, 46.6 FG%, 38.3 3P%Agent: Jessica Holtz and Melvin Booker Booker blew by expectations by being voted into All-NBA 1st Team last season. He will remain with the Suns for the foreseeable future now that he signed a …

The Rockets should have salary cap flexibility in the 2023 offseason, and it comes at a good time. After all, the ensuing 2023-24 year is when Houston’s future draft-pick obligations to Oklahoma City come back into play, so the Rockets will likely want to put a winning team on the floor. But when it comes to free agent options and …

Making the leap from college basketball rotation player to college basketball superstar is a rarity in a sport that is known for one-and-dones and features a lot of roster turnover because of professional opportunities, transfers and injuries. But in recent years, it’s a path that has been blazed somewhat routinely, with the likes of Keegan Murray, E.J. Liddell, Zach Edey …

Kerr, Warriors leaving Andre alone to make retirement decision originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea JaMychal Green putting pen to paper Monday means the Warriors now officially have 13 players with a guaranteed contract heading into the 2022-23 NBA season. Mac McClung, who produced endless highlights for Golden State during Summer League action, is among those expected to compete for …

At this point in the offseason, most of the big-name free agents are already off of the board. However, that doesn’t mean there’s a dearth of available talent. On the contrary, there are a plethora of productive players who could prove very impactful still waiting to be signed. Here’s a look at 10 of the top remaining unrestricted free agents …

Rivers discusses tampering allegations, Harden and Embiid’s offseasons originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia From where Doc Rivers is sitting, the Sixers did nothing wrong during free agency. The Sixers’ head coach addressed the NBA’s investigation into potential tampering by the team in an episode of ESPN’s The VC Show podcast with Vince Carter and Ros Gold-Onwude released Tuesday. “Well, you just …

Big things are expected for the Arkansas basketball team this season. Locals know it. National folks do, too. ESPN’s Jeff Borzello updated his summertime Top 25 for the college basketball world last week and the Razorbacks moved up in the rankings. Arkansas checked in at No. 9, one spot ahead of its previous No. 10 slotting. It’s enough to make …

USA Network Ronda Rousey Suspended Indefinitely After Attacking Officials At SummerSlam The WWE has announced that following her actions after losing at SummerSlam, former UFC Champion and Baddest Woman on the Planet Ronda Rousey has been suspended and fined. After losing one of the biggest matches of her career to Liv Morgan at SummerSlam, Rousey was understandably upset. To make …

The Philadelphia 76ers had a relatively successful offseason after they were able to upgrade their roster depth surrounding their star duo of Joel Embiid and James Harden. They brought in toughness and players who can produce on both ends of the floor which obviously helps. The Sixers made a draft night trade for De’Anthony Melton and then they also went …

The makers of the popular video game NBA 2K announced a bevy of new features and upgrades to the highly-anticipated NBA 2K23, set to launch in September. Fans will be treated to new, more in-depth ways to customize their avatars, as well as a revamped system for dunking and handling the ball. Gameplay Director at Visual Concepts Mike Wang explained some of …

The Ben Simmons saga for the Philadelphia 76ers has been done since February when the team traded him to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for James Harden. The Sixers are now moving forward with Harden and Joel Embiid leading the way and both sides appear to have moved on. Still, there are some lingering questions about what really happened with …