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Forsberg: Jaylen will be ‘supremely motivated’ by Team USA snub originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Even after earning Eastern Conference Finals MVP and NBA Finals MVP honors, Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has a chip on his shoulder. Brown was surprisingly left off Team USA’s roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics despite coming off the best season of his …

Canada’s first Olympic men’s basketball team since 2000 includes 10 NBA players, a record for any nation other than the U.S. The team is headlined by a backcourt tandem: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, an All-NBA First Teamer for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Jamal Murray, the point guard for the 2023 NBA champion Denver Nuggets. The other NBA players are Nickeil Alexander-Walker …

By Raphielle Johnson As is always the case with the NBA, it doesn’t take much time for the league to transition from the end of one season to the beginning of the next. With the draft completed and many of the significant moves in free agency made, the next stop on the calendar is the NBA 2K25 Summer League in …

Jaylen’s post after Derrick White’s Team USA nod raises eyebrows originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Kawhi Leonard’s withdrawal from Team USA opened the door for a Boston Celtics star to join teammates Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday at the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. But it’s not All-Star and NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown. USA Basketball confirmed at noon …

Jimmy Butler, Roquan Smith bringing new music venue, bar to Chicago originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago A former Bulls player and a former Bears player appear poised to join forces to help bring a new multipurpose music venue, restaurant and bar to Chicago. Both Jimmy Butler and Roquan Smith are listed on a social media post from new business …

How Team USA’s Yin and Yang coaches Kerr, Spoelstra balance each other originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area LAS VEGAS – If opposites truly attract, Team USA Men’s Basketball has the perfect pairing on its coaching staff in head coach Steve Kerr and assistant Erik Spoelstra. Kerr, 58, has won four NBA titles as the Warriors’ head coach behind …

The Los Angeles Clippers have signed guard Kevin Porter Jr., the team announced on Wednesday. As a result, the NBA is resuming its investigation of Porter’s domestic violence case, a league spokesperson confirmed to CBS Sports. This was first reported by The Athletic’s Law Murray. Last September in New York, Porter, then a member of the Houston Rockets, was arrested and charged …

Tatum reveals most satisfying thing about winning NBA championship originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Jayson Tatum silenced a lot of doubters during the 2023-24 NBA season. He helped the Boston Celtics earn the league’s best record at 64-18 and was voted first team All-NBA for the third straight campaign. And then he led the Celtics in points, assists and …

Jaylen Brown is a Finals MVP, but he’s not an Olympian. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Jaylen Brown is coming off a legacy-defining season. The eight-year NBA veteran made his third All-Star team, then won Eastern Conference finals MVP and Finals MVP while helping lead the Boston Celtics to their first NBA championship since 2008. It’s the kind of effort that …

Why Barnes gave up millions in Kings’ DeRozan deal with Spurs, Bulls originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area When Harrison Barnes signed a three-year, $54 million contract to stay with the Kings last summer, the deal included a 10 percent trade kicker. If the Kings were to trade him, Barnes would receive a 10-percent salary bonus on the remaining …

Great Grant Hill quote helps explain Derrick White making Team USA originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Entering this week, all 12 members of the Team USA squad headed to the 2024 Paris Olympics were multiple-time NBA All-Stars. That changed Wednesday, when future Hall of Famer Kawhi Leonard bowed out due to injury and was replaced by Boston Celtics guard …

LAS VEGAS — A lot of people were surprised to see Kawhi Leonard commit to Team USA for the Summer Olympics following his inability to finish the Los Angeles Clippers’ season, so no one seems truly surprised by his decision to pull out and focus on the upcoming NBA season. The media was only allowed to see but so much …

Brandon Ingram has, for the overwhelming majority of his career, carried significant trade value. Paul George openly said he wanted to join the Lakers in 2017. The Lakers did not offer Ingram coming off of his rookie season. Los Angeles did make him the centerpiece of a mega trade two years later, but it was for a then-26-year-old Anthony Davis, …

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson and 2024 NBA Hall of Fame inductee-to-be Vince Carter will be the cover athletes for NBA 2K25 video games, 2K announced Wednesday. Tatum and Wilson will become the first NBA and WNBA athletes to share a global cover and will be featured together on the game’s all-star edition. In …

Free agency has shaken up the NBA and, with it, the fantasy basketball landscape. Some players are heading to greener pastures, while others might see their value take a hit. And let’s not forget those who benefit from teammates moving on. I won’t touch on every trade because some dominoes need to fall regarding notable players like Brandon Ingram, Zach …

Kawhi Leonard knew the dynamics of Paul George’s contract negotiations with the Los Angeles Clippers, so he wasn’t taken by surprise when George decided to leave in free agency, he told reporters in Las Vegas on Tuesday. “We knew what it was before the season,” Leonard said. “We knew what it was going to come down to, so we talked …

This aspect of Tatum’s playoff run really impressed rival coaches originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics didn’t need Jayson Tatum to score 30 points per game to march through the 2024 NBA playoffs and win their first championship since 2008. The Celtics have so much depth and so many guys who are capable of scoring 20-plus points …

Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is withdrawing from Team USA and will not play in the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games, USA Basketball announced on Wednesday. USA Basketball then announced that Derrick White of the Boston Celtics will replace Leonard on the roster. Here’s the official statement about Leonard from USAB: “Kawhi has been ramping up for the Olympics over …

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, left, went through multiple practices before the U.S. men’s basketball Olympic team announced he was withdrawing from the Games to focus on rebuilding his strength ahead of the upcoming NBA season. (Joe Amati/NBAE via Getty Images) Kawhi Leonard said his surgically-repaired right knee was “at a neutral state” after a fourth day of training camp practice …

Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is withdrawing from Team USA and will not play in the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games, USA Basketball announced on Wednesday. ESPN’s Marc Spears reported Wednesday that Derrick White of the Boston Celtics will replace Leonard on the roster, and that Leonard’s camp expressed concern to USA Basketball two days prior to this announcement. Here’s the official statement from …

Steph identifies Team USA’s next-best shooter after himself originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry will play in Team USA Men’s Basketball’s exhibition game against Team Canada on Wednesday night in Las Vegas, but the next-best shooter on the roster, in his mind, won’t. Kevin Durant, Curry’s former Warriors teammate from 2016 through 2019, will miss the game …

Getty Images Some of the biggest stars in the basketball world will be appearing on the cover of NBA 2K25. On Wednesday, the popular video game franchise announced that Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum, Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson and NBA legend Vince Carter will grace various covers for the game’s release Tatum will be the cover athlete for …

Steph reveals ‘most embarrassing’ thing he can’t do with basketball originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry is a wizard with a basketball in his hands. Just don’t ask the Warriors superstar to try to spin a basketball on his finger. Curry can’t do it. At all. Seriously. During Team USA Men’s Basketball Media Day, Curry and the …

Tatum’s latest win: Celtics star named NBA 2K25 cover athlete originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It’s been a pretty awesome spring and summer for Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum. He helped lead the C’s to a 2024 NBA Finals triumph over the Dallas Mavericks for his first career championship. He scored 31 points with 11 assists and eight rebounds …

NBA 2K25 will be released on September 6 and this year’s cover athletes will be Boston Celtic forward Jayson Tatum, Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson and 2024 basketball Hall of Famer Vince Carter. Tatum will grace the cover of the game’s standard edition; Tatum and Wilson will be dual cover athletes for the All-Star edition; Wilson will be solo …