Hardaway commends Steph’s ability to squash skeptics originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea As someone who entered the league with an underdog mentality, former Warrior star Tim Hardaway believes he understands what fuels the greatness of current Warrior superstar Stephen Curry. A deep desire to prove, on a daily basis, not only that he belongs in the NBA but also …

With training camp continuing to approach, the Philadelphia 76ers are in the process of making sure everyone is ready to go when the time comes. This is a championship roster that has high hopes so being ready when the time comes is a hugely important aspect for this team at the moment. New addition Danuel House Jr., who the Sixers …

RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Norris Cole made sure that USA Basketball will play for a medal at AmeriCup. Cole — a two-time NBA champion with the Miami Heat — scored a game-high 20 points, capping it off by making the game-winning runner with 1.4 seconds remaining, and the U.S. rallied past Puerto Rico 85-84 in an AmeriCup quarterfinal game Thursday. …

Stashed Boston Celtics point guard Yam Madar had another solid game in a start for the Israeli National Team on Thursday in FIBA EuroBasket play, but it came in an 88-77 loss to the Czech National Team. The Beit Dagan native put up a team-high 16 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals in just under 34 minutes of …

The first clue that, no, Manu Ginobili did not invent the Eurostep should come from the move’s name. Ginobili isn’t from Europe. He’s from South America. And it’s not called the South Ameristep. Perhaps it should be. The long, lateral move – step one way to get a defender leaning, then cut the other way into open space – was …

This is not good news for Greece or the Bucks. Giannis Antetokounmpo appeared to tweak his ankle in the second half of Greece’s 90-69 win over Estonia on the final day of EuroBasket group play. Leaving the arena, Antetokounmpo had an unmistakable limp. It wasn’t severe and he wasn’t on crutches, but he was limping. This content is not available …

TUCSON, Ariz. – Atlanta Dream guard Aari McDonald is returning to Arizona to work under coach Adia Barnes. The school announced Thursday that McDonald will serve as director of recruiting operations while continuing to fulfill her WNBA commitments. She will oversee all recruiting logistics, assist with on-campus visits, manage recruit information and social media content at Arizona. McDonald was one …

Manu Ginobili’s individual NBA accolades do not populate the résumé of your typical Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, but the San Antonio Spurs legend will be enshrined in Springfield on Saturday, following his first appearance on the ballot, because he is atypical. There is no résumé like his. A look down the list of NBA MVPs from the …

Special to Yahoo Sports As the 2022-23 NBA season quickly approaches, it’s time for fantasy managers to begin digging in on preparation. Part of that process is breaking down the player pool by position and identifying targets, fades and late-round values who could end up paying major dividends over the course of an 82-game schedule. Below, we’ve identified the top-21 …

The Athletic’s David Aldridge ranked all 30 NBA teams in terms of the offseason they had. With NBA training camps starting later this month, all of the major moves are done with as the league prepares to kick off the 2022-23 regular season in October. For the Oklahoma City Thunder, they came in ranked No. 9 in the entire league …

Five-star wing Trentyn Flowers is a rising prospect in the 2024 class that is drawing interest from several top programs. And one of the latest offers he’s received is from Hubert Davis and North Carolina. The Tar Heels officially offered Flowers earlier in the week after spending over a year watching him play and showing interest. With UNC in the mix, …

How much influence does the local media have on the Boston Celtics? We often hear a report about a potential signing or trade circulating ad nauseam, and when it actually happens it can seem like the press willed the move into existence. But other times, very logical trades or signings never materialize; can we say that the Celtics press corp …

The Chicago Bulls, when healthy, were one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference in the 2021-22 season. Their trio of Lonzo Ball, Zach LaVine, and DeMar DeRozan were terrorizing opponents and they had the Bulls succeeding at a high level. Then a slew of injuries hit Ball, LaVine, and Patrick Williams and Chicago slumped to the No. 6 …

Philadelphia 76ers guard Furkan Korkmaz has had one wild EuroBasket 2022 thus far. He has been dealing with back spasms that have held him out for a game and then he also got into an altercation with some Georgian players where he was followed and attacked in the tunnel. In four games at EuroBasket, Korkmaz is averaging 11.4 points and …

Getty Images The 1975 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ring belonging to NBA legend Bill Russell is now being sold at auction via SCP Auctions. The ring, which is being sold out of the late Boston Celtics icon’s personal collection, is estimated at approximately $150,000 to $250,000. The ring features a rendering of the Basketball Hall of Fame spire …

As the recruitment of Bronny James, the eldest son of LeBron James, continues on, more and more schools are evidently expressing interest in the 2023 recruit with college seemingly looking more and more like a viable next step for him. The latest development in his recruitment is the emergence of Ohio State, considered by some in the industry a potential …

The biggest reason why the Celtics might be out on Carmelo Anthony originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston On the surface, the move makes sense: The Boston Celtics lost an offensive-minded, veteran power forward to a potential season-long injury, so why not sign an offensive-minded, veteran power forward in free agency to fill the void? We’ve even heard reports that …

According to TMZ Sports, Hall of Fame Boston Celtics big man Bill Russell’s 1975 ring commemorating his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is up for auction, and is expected to bring in around $200,000. SCP Auctions currently has a bid of just under $44,000 at the time of this writing, and comes with a letter signed …

The Boston Celtics were recently rated to have had the fifth-best offseason in the NBA by The Athletic senior writer David Aldridge. That is by most accounts a lower ranking than many assessments of what the Celtics did with their 2022 offseason, but still among the league’s very best. Having lost prized signing Danilo Gallinari to an ACL tear may …

Andre Iguodala never won Sixth Man of the Year. Really think about what that means. Andre Iguodala, a future Hall of Famer, a literal Finals MVP, the defining reserve of a generation, never won Sixth Man of the Year. He lost out to such luminaries as Eric Gordon, Jamal Crawford and Lou Williams… three different times. They’re all fine players. …

It will be another challenging schedule for Tom Izzo’s Michigan State basketball team in 2022-23. That shouldn’t be a surprise by now. Most of the big nonconference games already trickled out over the summer, but the Spartans’ key Big Ten games —against Michigan — were revealed Thursday with the remainder of the schedule. MSU will host the Wolverines on Jan. …

Tomase: In defense of Grant, the Celtics’ overlooked breakout candidate originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Our last image of Grant Williams didn’t exactly send us into the summer desperate to see what he’d do next. With the NBA Finals slipping away and the Celtics collectively running out of gas like so many station wagons during the 1970s oil crisis, …

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 course of three weeks we are posting the results of …

In the 2022 NBA playoffs, Grant Williams made headlines like a meme stock, but his trajectory suggests he should have staying power. Well before the Boston Celtics forward played a starring role in Game 7 against the Milwaukee Bucks, he established himself as one of the league’s most reliable supporting characters. He arrived at training camp leaner and lighter on …

Phoenix Suns v Dallas Mavericks – Game Four In the playoffs last season, the Mavericks’ best lineups had Maxi Kleber on the floor — he can defend well and spaces the floor as a pick-and-pop big, knocking down 43.6% of his 3-pointers in the postseason. His game fits well with Luka Doncic (the Mavs were +1.9 when they were on …