The Warriors can pass on an extension for Poole if they choose, allowing him to become a restricted free agent next summer. If he gets there, one league executive speculates that we can expect at least one team with cap space to be ready to pounce. “I’d watch out for the Magic to be ready to make an offer if …

Getty Images The NBA’s Christmas Day showcase typically crescendoes with, on paper, the biggest matchup of the regular season: a rematch of the previous season’s NBA Finals. As such, the expectation coming into the 2022-23 season was that the defending championship Golden State Warriors would host the Boston Celtics on Christmas after defeating them in the NBA Finals. However, according …

Golden State Warriors v Memphis Grizzlies – Game Two Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies have made it to Christmas Day. It’s an acknowledgment that the Grizzlies have become one of the big draws in the NBA — they will face the defending champion Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day, reports Marc Stein. This content is not available due to …

Back in 2016, the Philadelphia 76ers held the No. 1 pick in a pretty deep draft. The Sixers were going to land one of the top talents and continue to grow their team for the future. They went with Ben Simmons out of LSU who went on to play four seasons with the Sixers, sitting out his first season due …

Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops still doesn’t appear to be totally over his colleague, Wildcats basketball coach John Calipari, calling UK a “basketball school.” At a post-practice interview on Saturday, Stoops remained passionately defensive of his program — winners of (as Stoops now-infamously noted on Twitter) four straight bowl games.  The interview, which was followed by comments from athletic director …

Other than the incessant drama between Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets, there’s not a whole lot going on in the NBA during these dog days of August. That will all change when the 2022-23 schedule drops, reportedly some time next week, when fans will start calculating potential records and circling key dates on the calendar. One such key date …

The WNBA is saying goodbye to a number of legends this week and it was Sylvia Fowles’ turn to get her flowers on Friday. The Minnesota Lynx legend played what could be her final game at the Target Center, a fact that every fan and player was well aware of as she entered and exited the court. Even Fowles, the …

Golden State Warriors v Los Angeles Lakers With the NBA’s full schedule expected to be released this week, leaks of select games are starting to pour out. For example, we know the Lakers and Mavericks will play in Dallas on Christmas Day. The Lakers also will be on the road opening night, watching Stephen Curry and the rest of the …

After spending one season with the Golden State Warriors, Nemanja Bjelica’s time in the Bay Area has come to a close. The seven-year NBA veteran will take his talents to Europe after signing with Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahce of the EuroLeague and Basketball Super League.  Following his move to Europe, Bjelica posted a heartfelt goodbye message to the Warriors and their …

Brooklyn Nets v Detroit Pistons At least some in the Philadelphia front office “feel strongly” about getting in on the Kevin Durant trade talks, which have become more slog than sweepstakes. But one of the questions Daryl Morey and company needed to ask themselves first was, are Durant and James Harden back on good terms after Harden forced his way …

Before the Golden State Warriors can defend their throne as 2022 NBA champs, they will be celebrated with a traditional ring ceremony at Chase Center in San Francisco on the opening night of the NBA season. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Warriors will receive their 2022 championship rings before playing the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 18 in …

Report: Warriors to host Lakers opening night, collect rings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Mark your calendars, Dub Nation. The 2022-23 NBA season reportedly will begin with a matchup between the Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 18 at Chase Center, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and the rest of the …

usatsi LeBron James battling Stephen Curry has been a television staple for the NBA for nearly a decade now. The two faced off in four straight NBA Finals from 2015-18. As such, they played four consecutive Christmas games in those years. They were pitted against each other on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2021 and then again nine months …

One issue that has divided the fans of the Boston Celtics on whether it would be wise to make a trade for disgruntled Brooklyn Nets star forward Kevin Durant — regardless of the players going back in the deal — is whether it makes any sense to trust a player with such a checkered past when it comes to committing …

The Boston Celtics got to work early into the 2022 NBA offseason, trading veteran big man Daniel Theis, reserve forward Aaron Nesmith, and three seldom-used deep rotation players for former Indiana Pacers point guard Malcolm Brogdon while using their mini-midlevel exception to sign veteran swingman Danilo Gallinari. They also re-signed forward Sam Hauser to a bargain three-season deal and inked …

With it still being the offseason, the Philadelphia 76ers are currently preparing for the 2022-23 season. It’s now August in the NBA calendar as this is the dead period of the summer and players are just getting in some workouts to be ready for the upcoming season. While some are in the gym doing individual workouts, Furkan Korkmaz is participating …

Memphis Grizzlies v Golden State Warriors There isn’t another player quite like Draymond Green in the NBA. He has never been the best player on the four-time champion Warriors, but he may be the most important. His defensive versatility allowing the Warriors to go “small” without sacrificing on that end of the floor, his passing and secondary playmaking, and his …

Going into last season, the Los Angeles Lakers were expected to contend for what would’ve been their 18th NBA championship, but instead, they fell apart at the seams and missed the play-in tournament. Lakers fans across the land breathed a sigh of relief when the team’s arch-rival, the Boston Celtics, failed to win their 18th title and lost to the …

Should the Boston Celtics steer clear of trading for Brooklyn Nets star swingman Kevin Durant? The appeal of what the one-time Texas start can do on the court is clear, but the stuff that comes with KD is what has some fans and analysts worried about the potential outcomes that might result if the Celtics ship out a large part …

Dallas Mavericks v Los Angeles Lakers Not to spoil your Christmas presents early, but you’re going to be getting LeBron James vs. Luka Doncic. The NBA schedule is expected to be released in the next week, which usually means leaks of some marquee games will come out over the next few days. Marc Stein started that off with news of …

Where does Boston Celtics small forward Jayson Tatum rank in the NBA’s hierarchy of superstars going into the 2022-23 NBA season? By most accounts, he is a top 15 player in the league after making first team All-NBA. In some analyses, the St. Louis native has cracked the shortlist of the 10-best players in the league. Such is the case …

It was at this point where Wade decided to drop a shocking truth bomb about how the hatred for the Heat was racially motivated: “We knew that some of the hate was because of our skin color,” he claimed. “Because of being Black men and deciding to control the fate of our careers. … So, when we had the power, …

Time A New Documentary Sheds Light on a Pivotal Movement in Asian American History Lee’s heartbreaking, remarkable, and undeniably complex story is the subject of Free Chol Soo Lee, a documentary by journalists and filmmakers Julie Ha and Eugene Yi that draws its name from the rallying cry of the Pan-Asian grassroots organizers that fought for his freedom. The film, …

INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA announced Friday that the NIT semifinals and final will be played at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas in 2023 and Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in 2024. The NIT has been played at Madison Square Garden in New York every year but two since 1938, with the 2020 tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the …

Other than the incessant drama between Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets, there’s not a whole lot going on in the NBA during these dog days of August. That will all change when the 2022-23 schedule drops, reportedly some time next week, when fans will start calculating potential records and circling key dates on the calendar. One such key date …