[ad_1] San Antonio Spurs v Boston Celtics San Antonio Spurs guard Devonte’ Graham will be suspended for the first two games of the regular season, a punishment handed down by the league office after Graham pled guilty to a DWI charge. Graham will miss the first two games he is eligible to play (which would be the first two. games …

[ad_1] A day after promoting Steven Pearl to associate head coach, Auburn basketball has announced four more promotions. On Wednesday, the Tigers announced that chad prewett and Mike Burgomaster have been elevated to assistant coaches while Ian Borders and Maddux Jeffreys were promoted to director of scouting and recruiting and director of operations, respectively. These moves come after the NCAA …

[ad_1] If you’re a young basketball player looking to take the next step, there are few you would rather have guiding you than Steph Curry. The Golden State Warriors guard is a future first-ballot Hall of Famer and among the best players in the history of the NBA. On August 1, a video clip began circling social media, showing Curry …

[ad_1] Getty Images Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero showed up to Seattle Seahawks training camp on Tuesday and reminded everyone that he used to be a two-sport star. The Seattle native didn’t just watch practice, but also participated by getting into a passing contest with offensive tackle Greg Eiland. The challenge was to see who could make a pass onto the Seahawks …

[ad_1] Spurs guard Devonte’ Graham has been suspended two games after pleading guilty to a July 2022 DWI charge. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) San Antonio Spurs guard Devonte’ Graham was suspended two games as the result of a 2022 DWI charge, the NBA announced Wednesday. According to police, Graham — then a member of the New Orleans Pelicans — was …

[ad_1] STORY: Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain’s 1972 NBA Finals Lakers jersey could fetch $4 million at auction Location: Los Angeles The iconic purple and gold jersey was worn twice during the championship series that propelled the team to their first of sixteen championships (Brahm Wachter, Sotheby’s) “These objects are really historical objects, and there’s tremendous interest in sports all over …

[ad_1] Kansas and North Carolina injected some life into college basketball’s summer news cycle on July 24 when they announced a home-and-home series to be played Nov. 8, 2024 at KU and Nov. 14, 2025 at UNC. The on-campus showdowns will be a massive early-season attraction in the sport and mark something unprecedented in the series. These two grand brands …

[ad_1] Watch Steph amazingly drop bars in viral new rap song originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Only Steph Curry could manage to go viral during the NBA offseason. The Warriors superstar is a man of many talents, and he showed off his musical prowess in a new song released Wednesday. Curry was featured on rapper Tobe Nwigwe’s new …

[ad_1] The Boston Celtics waived deep reserve forward  Justin Champagnie before his $50,000 guarantee date kicked in on this past Tuesday, taking his $2 million contract off the books for the Celtics before training camp kicks off in the coming weeks, where the former Pitt Panther woul have competed for Boston’s likely one open regular roster spot. The Celtics signed …

[ad_1] The Big Ten has begun exploratory discussions about expanding membership to 18 or even 20 teams, industry sources have told Yahoo Sports. The schools being considered are Oregon and Washington if the league adds two schools, and Cal and Stanford if it wants to move to 20. All four institutions are currently members of the Pac-12. The discussions are …

[ad_1] The Golden State Warriors selected Trayce Jackson-Davis with the 57th pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. With the roster lacking in size, there is an immediate opportunity for Jackson-Davis to crack the Warriors’ rotation in the upcoming season. Unfortunately, Warriors fans didn’t get to see much of their latest recruit during Summer League, as he was dealing with a …

[ad_1] Andre Iguodala Andre Iguodala has had a long and winding NBA career. He was an All-Rookie team player who went on to be the leading shot creator and scorer for Philadelphia for years, then that evolved into more of a glue guy role with the Warriors where he won four rings and was the 2015 Finals MVP (primarily for …

[ad_1] Kareem shares inspirational message to 49ers at training camp originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area As the 49ers brace for the 2023 NFL season, they received an inspiring message from a sports icon. Basketball legend and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar swung by practice Monday in Santa Clara and dropped some knowledge with the players and staff. …

[ad_1] LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are two of the greatest basketball players ever to step on a court, but their approaches could not have been more different. As former Los Angeles Lakers star Dwight Howard explained, James and Bryant had very different mindsets at practice. Howard has spent three short stints with the Lakers throughout his career. One of …

[ad_1] The Brooklyn Nets appear to have the team that they are going into the 2023-24 season with as they work to get back into the playoffs and make it out of the first round. With some believing that Brooklyn could miss the playoffs entirely or may have to get there through the play-in tournament, it may be time to …

[ad_1] The Rockets are signing Jermaine Samuels Jr. to one of their three two-way contracts for the 2023-24 season, as first reported by Shams Charania and Kelly Iko of The Athletic. Samuels joins fellow summer-league standouts Darius Days and Trevor Hudgins as the current recipients of Houston’s allotment of three two-way deals. A two-way contract effectively allows a player to …

[ad_1] How will Celtics use roster flexibility after waiving Champagnie? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics preserved roster flexibility Tuesday by waiving late-season pickup Justin Champagnie before a small portion of his 2023-24 salary would have been guaranteed. The Celtics now have two open roster spots, along with one available two-way slot, to ponder additions before the …

[ad_1] It’s been a Rhode Island tradition for over 80 years, and now local college basketball fans can look forward to the Providence College-University of Rhode Island rivalry for at least another 10 years. On Wednesday, URI announced that the Rams and Friars have agreed to a 10-year series in men’s basketball, beginning with the coming season. Providence will host …

[ad_1] Warriors fixing turnover issue was clear offseason priority originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area In the days after being unceremoniously tossed into the offseason, the Warriors collectively gazed into a mirror and saw cold truth staring back. They could not deny that their best selves had been sabotaged by their worst selves. How many times did a player …

[ad_1] The Buffalo Bills had a guest from the hardwood at training camp. On Tuesday, Jordan Nwora from the NBA’s Indiana Pacers stopped by to check out the sixth day of the team’s training camp. Nwora, who attended Amherst and Park in high school, is a Nigerian-American player who was born in Buffalo. He was drafted in the second round …

[ad_1] Iguodala’s Warriors return unlikely, but Dunleavy’s door is open originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area After spending last summer waiting for Andre Iguodala to inform them whether he would return for one more season with the Warriors, and hoping he would, the team is taking a different approach this summer. The Warriors do not expect Iguodala, 39, to …

[ad_1] The Las Vegas Aces’ title defense is officially a go. The Aces beat the Atlanta Dream 93-72 at Michelob Ultra Arena, which officially earned them a spot in the playoffs. They are the first team in the league to clinch a postseason berth, and they will have now been a playoff team for all but one of their six …

[ad_1] The sticker shock of Jaylen Brown’s historic $304 million supermax contract extension elicited quite a bit of criticism from fans of the Boston Celtics in the days after the Georgia native signed the massive deal. But since then, a number of renowned NBA analysts have come to Brown’s defense, pointing out why the deal makes sense for the Celtics …

[ad_1] Former Villanova forward Jermaine Samuels Jr. will reportedly sign a two-way contract with the Houston Rockets, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Samuels went undrafted last year and spent the season with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in the G League. He averaged 15.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.4 steals and one block on 66.7% shooting from …

[ad_1] One of the newest additions to the Oklahoma City Thunder roster was third-year center Usman Garuba. After spending his first two seasons with the Houston Rockets, Garuba was acquired by the Thunder in a multi-player trade with the Atlanta Hawks. He will fight for a roster spot during training camp as he is near the bottom of the depth …