Team USA plans to start LeBron James at the Paris Olympics and use him as a point forward, with Stephen Curry playing primarily off the ball, The Athletic’s Joe Vardon reported Friday, citing two sources with USA Basketball. The coaching staff will get its first look at this in Las Vegas, where training camp will begin on Saturday and Team …

Dub Nation bestows splashy nickname on new Steph-Buddy backcourt originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Now that the dust has settled on the Buddy Hield sign-and-trade deal, Warriors fans have given the new Golden State backcourt duo a fitting nickname. While Steph Curry and the recently departed Klay Thompson were known as the Splash Brothers, fans have dubbed the …

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The Milwaukee Bucks are open to trading veteran center Brook Lopez in return for a first-round draft pick, according to columnist and reporter Gery Woelfel of Woelfel’s Press Box. Lopez has one more year on his current contract, worth $23 million. Last season, he showed significant signs of decline. Lopez is still a high-level rim protector and can space the floor …

Report: Kings ‘team to watch’ for DeRozan sign-and-trade with Bulls originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Kings have been mostly quiet this NBA offseason, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t putting in the work behind the scenes to land a big-name star. Sacramento has been having conversations around a potential DeMar DeRozan sign-and-trade deal with the Chicago Bulls, …

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Franz Wagner and the Orlando Magic have agreed to a five-year contract extension, per ESPN and The Athletic. The extension will pay Wagner approximately $224 million, and that number could be even higher if he takes a leap forward next season. If Wagner makes an All-NBA team in 2024-25, then the extension will start at 30% of the following season’s …

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Bucks stars Brook Lopez and Giannis Antetokounmpo during 2023-24 season – Photo by Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) – The Milwaukee Bucks have reportedly asked teams to include a high draft pick in a deal for center Brook Lopez. According to NBA Insider Gery Woelfel, the Bucks would like a team to send a first-round pick as part …

Indiana Pacers v New York Knicks – Game Five The Knicks have expanded the Mikal Bridges/Bojan Bogdanovic trade by adding in a sign-and-trade of Shame Milton to Brooklyn, which is a clever bit of salary cap management by New York that frees it up to make future moves. The news of the expanded trade and Milton going to Brooklyn was …

Franz Wagner, who was selected eighth overall by the Orlando Magic in 2021, has re-signed with the team. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) Franz Wagner is staying in Orlando. On Friday, the German forward signed a massive five-year, $224 million contract extension that will keep him with the Orlando Magic for the near future, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal, …

One of the additions the Los Angeles Lakers seemingly wanted to make this offseason was a big, physical center who could help ease the load off of superstar big man Anthony Davis. The team has been unable to add that piece so far this summer, but one name who could be a possibility is Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez. Lopez …

Report: How Hield turns Klay sign-and-trade into five-team deal originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors lost a franchise icon this offseason as Klay Thompson opted to join the Dallas Mavericks in NBA free agency, but their return hasn’t been shortcoming. Golden State reportedly agreed to contracts with Kyle Anderson and Buddy Hield, which capped off the Thompson …

Matisse Thybulle will not play for Australia at the 2024 Olympics. Thybulle is healthy and wanted to play for the Boomers at the Paris Games, but, when the coaching staff finalized the roster on Thursday, they cut him, per ESPN Australia’s Olgun Uluc. The final roster includes: eight current NBA players (Dyson Daniels, Dante Exum, Josh Giddey, Josh Green, Joe …

Steph unsurprisingly is first Team USA player to report to camp originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area In typical Steph Curry fashion, the Warriors superstar was the first person to report to Team USA training camp in Las Vegas this week. Curry, who is bracing for his first Olympics to represent his country this summer in Paris, arrived to …

Matisse Thybulle will not play for Australia at the 2024 Olympics. Thybulle is healthy and wanted to play for the Boomers at the Paris Games, but, when the coaching staff finalized the roster on Thursday, they cut him, per ESPN Australia’s Olgun Uluc. The final roster includes: eight current NBA players (Dyson Daniels, Dante Exum, Josh Giddey, Josh Green, Joe …

Jun. 28—After facing last year’s Southland Conference champion, McNeese State, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, Gonzaga will host the league’s runner-up as part of its nonconference schedule next season. Nicholls State will be one of the teams visiting McCarthey Athletic Center in 2024-25 according to Bracketeer.org’s Rocco Miller, who reported Friday the Colonels will be making a …

The Knicks had a whirlwind of an offseason, shocking the NBA world by trading for Mikal Bridges, but now recovering from losing Isaiah Hartenstein in free agency. Although it’s not over yet, we largely have an idea of what the top teams in the East will look like, and can analyze how the Knicks stack up with them. First, let’s …

Jun. 28—GRAND FORKS — UND men’s basketball will have another player from the Republic of Georgia on the 2024-2025 roster. George Natsvlishvili, a 6-foot-10 forward, will join the Fighting Hawks this fall. Natsvlishvili will join the team a season after former Hawk forward and Georgia native Tsotne Tsartsidze exhausted his NCAA eligibility. “George is a highly skilled and versatile forward …

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The Golden State Warriors continued their quietly strong summer with a sign-and-trade with the Sixers for Buddy Hield on Thursday, replacing, at least one paper, some of the shooting hole left by the departure of franchise legend Klay Thompson.  You might be surprised to hear this, but the only player to make more 3-pointers than Hield’s 1,924 since 2016-17 (Hield’s …

The Wisconsin basketball program posted a lengthy sit-down conversation with head coach Greg Gard on X earlier this month. The video includes an exclusive look at the Badgers’ upcoming 2024-25 campaign, paired with Gard’s thoughts on expectations and excitement for the group. “As you look at the new roster now, I’m excited about…” Gard said. “We bring in three experienced …

Anderson shares photos of himself in Warriors jersey as a kid originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Kyle Anderson’s arrival to the Bay Area was a lifetime in the making. On Thursday, the 30-year-old free-agent forward, who reportedly will sign a three-year, $27 million contract with Golden State, shared pictures of himself as a kid, wearing a retro Warriors …

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Report: Celtics have interest in bringing back Oshae Brissett originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics are bringing back 11 of the 12 players who averaged the most minutes per game on the team from the 2023-24 championship season. The only player in that group not under contract for the 2024-25 campaign is Oshae Brissett, but the door …