Joe Mazzulla shares health update on Robert Williams originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Robert Williams’ absence will be felt when the Boston Celtics begin their 2022-23 season. The big man is expected to miss at least the first month of the campaign after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee. C’s fans will take all the positive updates …

The Detroit Pistons (0-0) play against the New York Knicks (0-0) at Madison Square Garden Game Time: 7:00 PM EDT on Tuesday October 4, 2022 Detroit Pistons 8, New York Knicks 9 (Q1 08:34) What’s the buzz on Twitter? Mike Curtis @MikeACurtis2Ivey looked comfortable stepping into that 3-pointer. An encouraging sign if you’re Detroit. – 7:08 PM Tommy Beer @TommyBeerFirst …

Why Warriors rookie Baldwin Jr. has chance to enter rotation originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea SAN FRANCISCO – The democratic process by which Warriors coach Steve Kerr makes most of his decisions might be enough slide Patrick Baldwin Jr. into the rotation as a rookie. “Might,” is the operative word because Baldwin is the least experienced of the five …

2022 NBA All-Star – NBA x HBCU Classic Presented by AT&T After the blockbuster trade that was centered around Donovan Mitchell sent Collin Sexton to Utah, the immediate expectation was that he would start for the Jazz and have the ultimate green light. However, that wasn’t the case in their first preseason matchup with Toronto on Sunday. In 18 minutes …

NEW YORK–The Philadelphia 76ers were one of the busier teams in the offseason when they swung a draft night trade for De’Anthony Melton and then went out and brought in PJ Tucker, Danuel House Jr., and Montrezl Harrell in free agency. The expectation is that the Sixers will have tougher players who can contribute on both ends of the floor …

22 NBA players with breakout potential for 2022-23 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia New year, new stars. The start of every new season provides NBA players a fresh baseline to announce themselves to the rest of the league. Last year, players like Ja Morant, Jordan Poole, Anthony Edwards and Anfernee Simons, among others, broke out and certified themselves …

Bulls new veteran guard Goran Dragic is getting accustomed to his new team with training camp beginning last week. One of Dragic’s early observations from training camp was the play from second-year guard Ayo Dosunmu, who the veteran was impressed by. “I really like Ayo. He’s a great kid,” Dragic said after Monday’s practice. “He really listens and he’s really …

D.C. Council votes to make Oct. 11, 2022 ‘Bradley Beal Day’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Bradley Beal’s tremendous impact on the Washington D.C. community, not only as a basketball star but as a philanthropist and area leader, is set to be commemorated. The Council of D.C. voted on Tuesday to honor the Wizards’ shooting guard with a commemorative …

During media availability on Tuesday, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault provided an update on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s status. Gilgeous-Alexander will miss the next two preseason games and the team is expected to announce an update on him in the next couple of days. It’s been almost two weeks since the Thunder announced Gilgeous-Alexander suffered an MCL sprain, so it’s …

It’s not a matter of if LeBron James passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the No. 1 spot on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, it’s when. James sits just 1,326 points away from passing the Hall of Famer and Los Angeles Lakers legend, a milestone that should happen at some point this season given James is still performing at peak levels and …

Tatum, Brown exclusive: What C’s stars admire most about each other originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston We’ve come a long way from wondering if Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown could play together. The Celtics’ two young stars emphatically shook off that narrative last season, making great strides as leaders and playmakers to help propel Boston to Game 6 of …

The Sacramento Kings are now 16 years into their NBA record playoff drought and this season may be one of their best chances in a while to break it. While they still might be a ways away from being a .500 team, their path to the play-in tournament is wide. This is largely due to the sweepstakes for Victor Wembanyama …

For a team not expected to make the 2023 NBA playoffs, the Detroit Pistons are getting a lot of love from those in the league. Some general managers are enamored with Troy Weaver’s latest draft class and think the Pistons’ youngsters are the league’s best, according to an nba.com survey of the GMs. The Pistons were one of eight teams …

LeBron James breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA all-time scoring record feels like an eventuality at this point, but the Los Angeles Lakers star made clear Tuesday it will not be a passing of the torch between friends. After the Lakers’ 105-75 loss to the Sacramento Kings to open their preseason, James was asked about the possibility of breaking Abdul-Jabbar’s record this …

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USATSI The top two 2023 NBA Draft prospects will meet twice this week when Victor Wembanyama’s Metropolitans 92 team and Scoot Henderson’s G League Ignite team face off in exhibition games on Tuesday and Thursday. Wembanyama, the projected No. 1 pick in next year’s class, is widely viewed as the prize of the pool for 2023. A 7-foot-4 (!) center-slash-forward, …

The Oklahoma City Thunder announced on Tuesday that they have waived Sacha Killeya-Jones. In a corresponding move, the Thunder signed Robert Woodard II. This comes just two days after the Thunder signed Killeya-Jones. The 24-year-old went undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft. Killeya-Jones spent last season overseas in Israel, playing for the Hapoel Gilboa Galil, where he averaged 18.4 points, …

Where do we begin? In roughly 18 months, the Los Angeles Lakers went from NBA champions to deserving lottery fodder. They fired their coach. They’ve turned over the roster three offseasons in a row. Their two best players can’t stay healthy. They owe $47 million to a player nobody wants. More than half of their roster is set to earn …

The Brooklyn Nets kicked off the NBA preseason at home on Monday night, and though the result was a lopsided loss to the rival Philadelphia 76ers, there were plenty of positives from the opener. Nets coach Steve Nash gave a lot of minutes to various role players, including Edmond Sumner, who finished with 12 points, and newcomer Yuta Watanabe who …

In April, former Campbell guard Messiah Thompson went public with his dispute regarding the Big South’s bylaw that restricted him from transferring to a school within the conference unless he sat out a redshirt season.  The tactic half-worked. The Big South, which was one of two leagues upholding the out-of-step rule, eventually reversed its policy later in the year. The …

The 2022-23 NBA season is now just two weeks away, with a dynamite doubleheader featuring the Philadelphia 76ers versus the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers against the Golden State Warriors scheduled for opening night set for Tuesday, Oct. 18. With real games right around the corner, this is peak prediction time. As always, one of the most interesting …

The Brooklyn Nets suffered a loss against the Philadelphia 76ers in their preseason opener, but 76ers head coach Doc Rivers talked about how Brooklyn can handle their ‘Big 3’. After a long offseason with quite a lot of stresses around the roster, it’s safe to say that the league is uncertain about the Nets maintaining their Big 3 but Rivers …

Ah, the Central Division, more appropriately known as the Milwaukee Bucks’ punching bag. Since Mike Budenholzer took over in 2018, the Bucks are a staggering 50-8 against divisional opponents. That’s a 71-win pace against teams in the Central and a 53-win pace against the rest of the league (against which they’ve won roughly 64 percent of their Budenholzer-coached games). For …

The debate over who is the best center in the NBA can continue for hours. There are really only two candidates worthy of being called the best center and those two are Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic. The two of them have finished 1 and 2 in the MVP race the previous two …

Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns was recently hospitalized due to a severe throat infection that left him struggling to breathe and on bed rest, according to Brian Windhorst. Towns, who missed the opening week of Wolves training camp with the illness, said he didn’t get clearance to walk again until Saturday for a team event.  Following his release from the …