The Boston Celtics have signed star forward Jaylen Brown to a massive five-year, $303.7 million supermax contract extension, making him the highest-paid player in the NBA in terms of contract value. Despite the staggering amount of the cap the Georgia native will command when the deal kicks in after next season, it is a necessary move for a team with …

Former Texas Tech forward Kevin Obanor, who went undrafted this year, signed a contract with the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday, the team announced. The Athletic reported that it will be an Exhibit 10 contract. Obanor was named to the All-Big 12 honorable mention team last season after averaging 14.4 points and 6.4 rebounds on 49.2% shooting from the field in …

It’s hard to imagine the NBA without Steph Curry. The Golden State Warriors guard has been one of the more prominent faces in the league for more than a decade. Unfortunately, a time will come when Curry decides to call an end to a Hall of Fame-worthy career. Heading into the upcoming season, Curry will be 35 years old and …

2022 NBA Playoffs – Boston Celtics v Miami Heat Last June, Mark Jackson, Jeff VanGundy and Mike Breen called their 15th consecutive NBA Finals on ABC. Next June there will be a different crew sitting courtside for Finals games. In a recent round of layoffs, Jeff VanGundy was let go by ESPN, along with other well-known on-air talent. Following that, …

The Boston Celtics traded for star Washington Wizards big man Kristaps Porzingis to kick off their 2023 NBA offseason, making significant changes to their roster by sending out Marcus Smart and other players to make the deal legal in salary matching terms. That had the trickle-down effect of potentially shaking up the team’s frontcourt as well, with the Latvian center …

The escalation of the player empowerment era risks rendering NBA contracts meaningless to fans. They are becoming little more than unfathomable figures for teams to fit under increasingly complicated salary caps. One-time league MVP James Harden opted into a $35.6 million salary for next season, only to seek a trade from the Philadelphia 76ers, since no other team would pay …

Steph Curry is known as the best shooter in NBA history. Yet, the Golden State Warriors guard is also one of the smartest players in the league at moving without the ball. Curry is the ideal movement shooter, never standing still and always running his defender into multiple screens on each possession. During a recent interview on the Sam Okauru …

According to the Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Boston Celtics have waived guard Justin Champagnie. Keeping the former Pitt Panther past August 1 would have triggered a payment of $50,000 as part of Champagnie’s non-guaranteed contract. A further $350,000 would have been owed if he remained a member of the team on opening night. As a luxury tax team, Boston would …

Before the Boston Celtics parted ways with Marcus Smart as part of the trade to acquire Kristaps Porzingis, Malcolm Brogdon was supposed to find himself in a new city this summer. The original trade package for Porzingis would have seen Brogdon head to the Los Angeles Clippers. However, the Clippers pulled the plug in the eleventh hour, forcing the Celtics …

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard knows exactly where he stands when it comes to airballs and has proven to his team that he really is a fun guy — or at least funny on accident. During a recent episode of “Podcast P” with Paul George, players were discussing who the funniest guy on the Clippers’ roster is. Terance Mann said it …

1 Kansas This ranking is based on the Jayhawks returning three starters – Dajuan Harris, Kevin McCullar and K.J. Adams – from a team that won the Big 12 regular-season title before securing a No. 1 seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Bill Self has reshaped the roster with a top-10 recruiting class highlighted by former Michigan All-American Hunter Dickinson, …

Now that we are finally and truly in the depth of the NBA’s 2023 summer doldrums, a fair amount of content coming out about the league tends to focus on the future, with a decent serving of history dished out to fill in the gaps for those of us still looking to scratch an itch only the Association can reach. …

For Arkansas fans who only watched the games last year and didn’t hear or read about coach Eric Musselman’s remarks before or after, one of the biggest questions was why forward Jalen Graham wasn’t getting more run. Graham, a 6-foot-9 forward with an offensive game unlike anyone else on the Razorbacks’ roster, was the most roller-coaster player on the team. …

If there’s anything the Chicago Bulls could’ve learned from the Washington Wizards trading Bradley Beal in June, it’s what not to do when trying to deal your franchise player. For years, Beal had been the subject of trade rumors, and every time the team rebuffed the notion that he was available. Instead, Washington toiled in years of mediocrity, and — …

When this offseason began, the Brooklyn Nets were hoping that Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard naming them as one of his preferred destinations would have resulted in a trade considering what Brooklyn has to offer a team like Portland. Now that Lillard has no interest in playing for the Nets, there are some suggesting that they should focus on …

Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns have unveiled new purple Nike Icon and white Association uniforms that will be worn during the 2023-24 NBA season. The two new uniforms are an updated version of the classic sunburst uniforms the team wore in the early 1990s combined with nods to the Icon and Associations uniforms that debuted back in 2017. “The sunburst …

One of the louder criticisms surrounding Chet Holmgren since entering the league has been his lanky frame. Despite gaining 13 pounds over the last year, the 7-foot-1, 208-pound center continues to hear about how his skinny frame won’t hold up in the NBA when he plays against bigs with notably more mass. When asked about the concerns on former NBA …

Getty Images Despite being a former college basketball star and playing for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2022-23 NBA season, Mac McClung can walk around theme parks in relative anonymity. That is even the case when one fan is walking around wearing McClung’s 76ers jersey. In a video posted to social media, McClung compliments a young fan on his jersey. …

Fans of the Boston Celtics will likely have revenge games to watch out for next season when the Celtics play former Boston floor general Marcus Smart‘s new team, the Memphis Grizzlies, as well as when they play ex-Celtics reserve forward Grant Williams‘ new ball club, the Dallas Mavericks. And now, they might want to add the Washington Wizards to their …

A little over a week after he went into sudden cardiac arrest, lost consciousness and left USC basketball practice in the back of an ambulance, LeBron James’ eldest son is already resuming some normal activities. Photographers snapped pictures of Bronny entering a posh Santa Monica Italian restaurant with his family last Friday night. A day later, LeBron posted a video …

Star forward Jaylen Brown recently agreed to a five-year, $304 million supermax contract extension with the Boston Celtics, making it the richest contract in NBA history any player had ever signed up to that point. This has elicited a fair amount of criticism from fans and analysts alike as they grapple with the sticker shock of such a massive deal …

AJ Dybantsa is starting his sophomore year of high school, but that age hasn’t prevented him from working out with some of the modern greats of the NBA. According to Adam Zagoria, the 6-foot-8 wing has worked out with LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Chris Paul in recent days. Dybantsa, who ESPN ranks as the No. 1 player in the …

The Houston Rockets are signing Joshua Obiesie to a non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 training camp contract, per Keith Smith of Spotrac. The 6-foot-6 wing went undrafted by the NBA in 2019 and has played internationally for Würzburg Baskets, Bayern Munich, and Fraport Skyliners in the years since. A Munich native, all three teams are in Germany’s Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) professional league. …

The Oklahoma City Thunder made a big jump in the standings last season and the team believes it can continue to build upon that success on the court next year. The Thunder posted a 16-win improvement and qualified for the play-in tournament in the Western Conference. Led by first-time All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the team also received tremendous play from Josh Giddey, …

Utah Jazz center Udoka Azubuike (20) defends against a shot by Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 24, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Adam Fondren) The Phoenix Suns have agreed to a deal with free agent center Udoka Azubuike on a 2-way contract, sources confirmed to The Arizona …