Boston Celtics point guard alumnus Tremont Waters is playing overseas now in the French Pro A league for the Metropolitans 92 alongside prized NBA draft prospect Victor Wembanyama thanks to a kind word from fellow Celtics alum Vincent Poirier and the Connecticut native’s skill as a floor general. The LSU product recently linked up with the host of NBC Sports …

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving The Milwaukee Bucks spent the last days of the NBA season dodging having to play the Brooklyn Nets in the first round. The Boston Celtics faced that challenge head-on and swept Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and the Nets out of the playoffs. Boston came out of that series with the confidence that took them to …

The Boston Celtics have announced the team has adopt a special tribute to the late Bill Russell in the form of twin No. 6 icons painted right on the lane on either end of the court. Russell died earlier this summer at the age of 88. The decision to paint the No. 6 right in the paint came as a …

BOSTON (AP) The Boston Celtics have painted Bill Russell’s No. 6 in the free throw lanes of their parquet floor as part of a season-long tribute planned for the Hall of Famer, who died this summer. ”The team has added the number 6 to both lanes to pay homage to Bill Russell’s dominant play in the paint,” the Celtics said …

The 2000-01 season was Kobe Bryant’s true coming-out party, and he had a number of performances early that season that announced to the world the fact he was the NBA’s best all-around player. He started December with a career-high 43 points in a win over the San Antonio Spurs before one-upping himself with a 51-point effort five days later. Then …

Celtics reveal No. 6 painted on parquet floor as tribute to Bill Russell originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston One of the ways the Boston Celtics will honor Bill Russell during the upcoming 2022-23 NBA season is by having the Hall of Fame center’s No. 6 placed on the famous parquet floor at TD Garden. The team announced Monday that …

It’s been 16 years since the NBA barred high schoolers from the draft, but with a new CBA on the way, it looks like things might be changing back to the way they once were. The league and players union are expected to agree to lower the minimum age for entry into the NBA Draft from 19 to 18 when …

The Boston Celtics had a number of alumni currently signed to other NBA teams participating in the 2022 European Basketball Championship (better known as the EuroBasket). They even had one of them, Toronto Raptors forward Juancho Hernagomez, play an instrumental role in helping the Spanish National Team win gold against the French National Team and three other Celtics alumni (Guerschon …

By Henry Weinberg, RotoWire Special to Yahoo Sports By the conclusion of the 2021-22 season fantasy basketball, guys like Tyrese Haliburton, Anfernee Simons, and Tyrese Maxey showed elite skills and bright futures. The aforementioned names are key contributors on their teams and will likely pick up where they left off this season. However, the following list features players poised to make …

Getty Images Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving made an appearance on Twitch streamer KaiCenat’s channel on Sunday and spoke candidly about the team getting swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs last season.  Irving’s full comments:  “We got 4-0’d my G, we got 4-0’d. It was meant to happen like that. Motivation bro. We needed …

Emoni Bates, current basketball player at Eastern Michigan and former top recruit with Memphis, was arrested in Michigan on Sunday night following a traffic stop and arraigned Monday morning on at least one gun charge. According to the Detroit Free Press, Bates was stopped by the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday evening at 10:43 after he failed to stop …

Former Boston Celtics big man Aron Baynes has been getting back at it in Australia and New Zealand’s National Basketball League (NBL – not to be confused with the NBA predecessor league) after a scary injury in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics left Baynes partially paralyzed, requiring a lengthy rehab he only recently just emerged from. Noticeably more svelte and mobile, …

1. Oklahoma – LW: 1↔️ Mason: 1 | Alec: 1 | Gabe: 1 Alec: Boomer Sooner boomed into Lincoln, Neb., and left with a 49-14 victory over the Cornhuskers in Brent Venables’ first big game as Oklahoma’s head coach. The Oklahoma offense is reminiscent of some of Lincoln Riley’s offenses in Norman and the defense is disciplined. The Sooners could …

Getty Images The 2022-23 NBA season is only weeks away, and with basketball soon upon us, we at CBS Sports feel it’s time to set the stage for what should be an incredible year. The first and most pressing question we must ask ourselves before every season is who are the best players in the league? Fortunately, we’ve done our …

SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP, Mich — Emoni Bates, a former basketball prodigy who attends Eastern Michigan, has been charged with two felonies after authorities say they found a firearm during a traffic stop. Washtenaw County Sheriff spokesman Derrick Jackson said deputies Bates was pulled over after he failed to stop at an intersection. The firearm was discovered during the investigation and Bates …

Former Boston Celtics forward Juancho Hernangomez had himself a mostly solid if not extraordinary series of games in the European Basketball Championship — until the EuroBasket Final against the French National Team, which saw Hernangomez go off to help his Spanish National Team win gold with easily his best outing of the quadrennial summer event. The ex-Boston big man put …

Boston Celtics All-Star forward Jaylen Brown continues to plant roots in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a new collaboration with one of the state’s premier educational institutions. Brown’s 7uice Foundation is planning to partner with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The museum recently announced the partnership with the Celtics star in a Facebook post on the museum’s page, …

Although Kobe Bryant became the NBA’s best all-around player around the 2000-01 season, some fans and observers were still in denial by the 2005-06 campaign, even as he went on scoring outbursts the likes of which almost no one had put forth before. One player such pundits seemed to favor over Bryant was the Philadelphia 76ers’ Allen Iverson, who had …

Even though the Brooklyn Nets front office struggled over this offseason, the franchise signed Markieff Morris and apparently really value his contribution to the team. According to Marc Stein, Joe Tsai made a personal pitch to the veteran forward. Stein wrote “it should be noted that the Nets considered the Morris signing as sufficiently significant that I’m told Nets owner …

Report: NBA expected to lower draft age to 18 in next CBA originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia High school players reportedly could make the jump straight to the NBA again two years from now. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are expected to lower the draft’s age eligibility from 19 to 18 years old in their next collective …

Michael Scotto: A lot of executives around the league are expecting Bojan Bogdanovic to be the next guy for the Jazz to get moved. They (rival executives) are keeping tabs on guys like Jordan Clarkson and Malik Beasley, but Bogdanovic is the next domino that most people think is going to fall for Utah.Source: Michael Scotto @ HoopsHype More on …

Former five-star recruit Emoni Bates, a second-year player who transferred to Eastern Michigan this offseason after a one-season stint at Memphis, was arrested and taken into custody Sunday night on felony gun charges.  Bates was pulled over on a routine traffic stop after failing to stop at an intersection, where police then discovered a firearm. He faces two felony charges: …

2022 NBA Playoffs – Boston Celtics v Miami Heat Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck wasn’t mincing his words. In a recent interview with Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe, Grousbeck described Boston’s team as “overrated” going into the 2022-23 season: I really loved being part of the Celtics throughout that run [to the Finals] … The other side of the coin …

With Edmond Sumner set to return to the Brooklyn Nets roster, it seems that the guard has been working really hard on his game this offseason. Nets insider Brian Lewis of The New York Post reports that Sumner has been working hard on his skills this offseason, even working out the day before his wedding. Sumner’s trainer Mike Robertson discussed …

Per The Athletic’s NBA insider Shams Charania, the league is considering a number of changes of note to the next collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that will be voted on by the NBA’s Board of Governors sometime after the December 15 mutual opt-out date coming at the end of this year. Perhaps the most interesting and impactful of them is an …