The ball is in the NBA’s court, so to speak. After days of reports about the future of the NBA on TV, weeks of speculation around the potential end of TNT’s relationship with the league (plus the dissolution of its award-winning studio show), and months of negotiations with multiple media conglomerates, the NBA Finals tipped off Thursday night without a …

WATCH: Kyrie gets deafening boos in return to TD Garden for Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — Kyrie Irving is public enemy No. 1 at TD Garden for the 2024 NBA Finals. The former Celtic, now taking on his ex-teammates with the Dallas Mavericks, received thunderous boos upon taking the parquet for Game 1 on Thursday night. …

MacMullan shares insight on Jaylen’s relationship with Kyrie originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston To say Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics have history would be an understatement. Irving spent just two seasons in Boston from 2017 to 2019 but departed as a villain for a variety of reasons, from reneging on his October 2018 promise to re-sign with the …

The Los Angeles Lakers are, above all else, star-chasers. This is franchise whose core philosophy more often than not boils down to landing the big fish and figuring the rest out later. For the better part of 60 years, that philosophy has worked, and that success has informed future decision-making.  That much was evident in the way that they conducted their coaching …