Getty Images Orlando Magic guard Gary Harris has undergone arthroscopic surgery to perform a meniscectomy in his left knee after suffering a meniscus tear, the Magic announced Thursday. No timetable has been provided for Harris’ return to action, as the team said that his return will depend on how he responds to rehabilitation and treatment. At this point, with the regular …

The defending national champions find themselves behind seven other teams in the 2022-23 men’s college basketball national title odds. Kansas scored its second national title under coach Bill Self in April with a stunning second-half comeback against North Carolina. The Jayhawks were down by 15 at halftime but cut UNC’s lead to eight before the first TV timeout of the …

In January, the New York Knicks traded for Cam Reddish, a third-year wing who was caught in a logjam with the Atlanta Hawks. In a press conference, Hawks president Travis Schlenk revealed that Reddish had requested a trade the previous offseason. Reddish was looking for a bigger role. On Thursday, the New York Post‘s Marc Berman reported that Reddish once …

With training camp right around the corner for the Philadelphia 76ers, now is the time for players to begin gearing up for what they hope will be a successful 2022-23 season leading into a deep playoff run. Reserve guard Furkan Korkmaz is competing in EuroBasket 2022 for his native country of Turkey. On Thursday, Korkmaz had some big plays as …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Setting aside the heated college basketball rivalry, recently retired Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski was honored Thursday by Gov. Roy Cooper — a two-time graduate of the University of North Carolina — with the state’s highest honor. Eschewing his favored Tar Heel blue tie for a darker Duke hue, Cooper held a ceremony to give Krzyzewski …

The NBA’s Most Improved Player Award is perhaps the league’s worst-named honor. Let’s take a gander at the numbers posted by the last six winners in the season prior to winning the award. Aside from Siakam, the five other winners were already full-time starters that averaged 15 or more points per game before winning this award. Many of them fended …

CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander surveyed roughly 100 coaches for our annual Candid Coaches series. They polled everyone from head coaches at elite programs to assistants at small Division I schools. In exchange for complete anonymity, these coaches provided unfiltered honesty about a number of topics. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be posting the results of our …

In a new article, Bleacher Report writer Zach Buckley detailed every NBA team’s best new weapon. The NBA offseason is unofficially over, which means it’s time to scan through team’s new rosters as they prepare to play the 2022-23 season. For the Oklahoma City Thunder, the entrant was No. 2 pick Chet Holmgren, who — despite being ruled out for …

Wendell Carter Jr. may have missed playing with Paolo Banchero at Duke by a few years, but the Orlando Magic center had nothing but nice things to say about his new teammate. Of course, Carter played with the Blue Devils during the 2017-18 season and was a unanimous pick to the ACC All-Freshman Team. He became the seventh pick by …

Pat Riley says no contact or interest in Lakers return Udonis Haslem is not a man who gets intimidated. The icon of Heat culture is about to enter his 20th NBA season and he backs down from nobody. But Haslem admitted in a recent interview when he first came to the Heat he avoided talking to team president Pat Riley …

The New York Knicks are reportedly finalizing a four-year contract extension for RJ Barrett that could be worth up to $120 million. In recent reports it has been suggested that the Utah Jazz coveted Barrett in a potential Donovan Mitchell deal. Does that mean Barrett presumably staying put in New York kills the chance of Mitchell joining him?  The Knicks …

With NBA 2K23 set to drop in early September, the makers of the game have announced another special edition of the game. Grammy Award winning artist J. Cole will grace the cover of NBA 2K23 DREAMER Edition. Cole is an accomplished musician as well as an avid basketball player — he’s suited up professionally in both Rwanda and Canada. The …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson had 33 points and 12 rebounds to help the Las Vegas Aces beat the Seattle Storm 78-73 in Game 2 of the semifinals Wednesday night and even the WNBA playoff series. Chelsea Gray finished with 19 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists for the Aces, while Kelsey Plum added 18 points. Game 3 is …

On this episode of the Bulls Talk Podcast, Jason Goff and K.C. Johnson discuss Lonzo Ball’s knee injury and what could happen with it this season. K.C. Johnson: ‘It’s a fluid situation and the last two times I’ve checked on him, I’ve heard more positive than negative’Source: NBC Sports More on this storyline K.C. Johnson: “I’m not saying that means …

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Photograph: Gregory Payan/AP In the summer of 2020, Makur Maker made headlines. The Kenyan-born South Sudanese-Australian athlete raised eyebrows because of where he chose to play. But unlike fellow five-star college recruits it wasn’t necessarily for the specific school he landed on. Instead, it was because of the type of school Maker chose. The then-16th ranked basketball recruit (according to …

This was expected after Kevin Durant rescinded his trade request, talks moved quickly between Markieff Morris and the Nets. Now it’s done, the sides have agreed to a one year, non-guaranteed contract at the veteran minimum. Shams Charania of The Athletic broke the news, but Morris confirmed it himself. Morris is a solid addition for the Nets. On the court …

You can take the Rockets out of San Diego, but apparently you can’t take San Diego completely out of the Rockets. San Diego, of course, is where the Rockets played the first four years of their franchise existence (1967-71) before moving to Houston in 1971. That’s where they’ve played for more than 50 years since. Now, in the NBA’s 2022-23 …

While normally a player who’s dealing with felony charges of anything makes for bad business in terms of an NBA signing, the recently-reduced charges against unrestricted free agent forward Montrezl Harrell are of a sort that the Boston Celtics may want to consider looking past. Felony charges of course are by their very nature serious enough to have kept the …

Report: Vučević buys $4.75 million Chicago home originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Nikola Vučević is setting up shop in Chicago. In June, the Chicago Bulls center purchased a $4.75 million, 5,245-square-foot home in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of the city, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune. The four-story, six-bedroom house, according to the report, had been listed for $4.9 …

Late in the 2005-06 season, the Los Angeles Lakers were sputtering with a 34-34 record, and they badly needed to finish the schedule strong in order to avoid missing the playoffs for the second straight year. On March 20, a day after a rough loss to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, L.A. traveled to Massachusetts to take on Paul …

Charlotte Hornets v Chicago Bulls Montrezl Harrell is arguably the best frontcourt player to still on the market as a free agent, his availability largely due to the fact he had a felony arrest for marijuana possession hanging over him in Kentucky. That felony is about to become a misdemeanor, according to multiple reports. From Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports: …

According to new Boston Celtics floor general Malcolm Brogdon, his friend and now teammate Jaylen Brown “is not a guy that needs pep talks.” Even so, the former Indiana Pacers point guard shared with the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach that he reached out to Brown just to check in with him during the heights of the rumors tying him to …

B/R lists DeRozan in ‘Most overrated players of last 10 years’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Underrated, overrated, adequately rated? Which term best describes DeMar DeRozan? Even after a season in which he placed his name in the MVP conversation, some prognosticators still skew toward overrated. That’s right: In a piece published Wednesday, Bleacher Report named the Chicago Bulls …

When it comes to Boston Celtics alumni playing in FIBA qualifiers this summer, it isn’t all happening only in Europe; former Boston big man Kelly Olynyk has been tearing it up on the court in FIBA play for the Canadian National Team as well. Most recently, in a game against the Panamanian National Team that saw Canada crush the isthmian …