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Lakers star LeBron James drives against San Antonio’s Stephon Castle (5) during the first half of the Lakers’ 120-115 win to open NBA Cup play Friday. (Darren Abate / Associated Press) The dance music blared as the crowd took turns roaring their way through a fourth-quarter timeout, Lakers coach JJ Redick frustrated after another clean look for the Spurs allowed …

The Cleveland Cavaliers became the sixth NBA team to begin their season 14-0 with a 144–126 win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday. Cleveland joins the 1957-58 Boston Celtics (14–0), 2002-03 Dallas Mavericks (14–0), 1948-49 Washington Capitols (15–0), 1993–94 Houston Rockets and 2015–16 Golden State Warriors (24–0) Cleveland came out scorching, setting a franchise record with 49 points in the …

Watch Steph’s son Canon make wild paper airplane throw at Chase Center originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Greatness just runs in the family. Warriors superstar Steph Curry’s second-youngest son, Canon, turned heads on Thursday with a highlight of his own. In a video shared on YouTube Shorts by the iconic trick shot group Dude Perfect, Canon is seen …

NBA: Boston Celtics at New York Knicks Kiyan Anthony is following in his father’s footsteps. He’s going to play basketball at Syracuse. Carmelo Anthony’s son — a highly touted shooting guard from Long Island Lutheran High — made it official on Friday, two years after the Orange offered him a scholarship. Kiyan Anthony is a 6-foot-5 shooting guard and generally …

Barack Obama spoke for all of us and pulled no punches, telling Tyrese Haliburton, “Y’all got to have a little more pride in that All-Star Game.” “Y’all got to have a little more pride in that All-Star Game… It’s an insult to the game.” -Obama confronts Tyrese about the NBA All Star Game pic.twitter.com/ynmGQaJfBm — TheYoungManAndTheThree (@OldManAndThree) October 23, 2024 …

Report: NBA discussing new All-Star Game format for 2025 event originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It looks like the NBA All-Star Game could be undergoing yet another format change. The league is in “serious talks” around a new tournament-style format for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game at Chase Center, home of the Warriors, in San Francisco, ESPN’s Shams …

It’s just not an NBA season without some fretting over the format of the All-Star game, and Adam Silver’s office once again came through on Friday. This time, the NBA is floating a shift to a four-team tournament for the 2025 All-Star Game, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Three of those teams would reportedly consist of eight All-Stars each, while …

Now that the initial mayhem of the fantasy season is over, we start to get into the grind. We have a sample size from which to work, making it harder to find long-term gems on the waiver wire. For that reason, our focus shifts to specific categories as opposed to overall value, at least in certain situations. Whether it’s targeting …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show On this episode of The Kevin O’Connor Show, Kevin is joined by Tom Haberstroh. The guys kick off the episode by talking about the Dallas Mavericks, who have lost four consecutive games and don’t look like the defending Western Conference Champions. Similarly, the Minnesota Timberwolves …

With the Emirates NBA Cup underway, Week 5 will give fantasy managers a more evenly distributed schedule in the final whole week before Thanksgiving. No day will have more than eight games (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday), with Thursday (four games) being the lone “light” day. And with most teams playing three games during Week 5, that should not be as …

This much is not disputed: Andrea Trischan was hired by the Phoenix Suns in September 2022 as the franchise’s program manager of diversity, equity and inclusion. She was hired after the NBA gave then Suns owner Robert Sarver a “slap on the wrist” — a one-year suspension and a $10 million fine — after a report uncovered nearly 18 years …

Orlando dropped three straight after Paolo Banchero — the team’s leading scorer and primary shot creator — went down with a torn right oblique. The expectation was the Magic would fall off a cliff, at least until Banchero returned. But the reports of the Magic’s death are greatly exaggerated — Orlando has won four in a row and sits in …

Young recalls Steph’s epic shimmy on Kobe in Warriors-Lakers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Even NBA legends fall victim to Steph Curry’s signature shimmy celebration. That’s exactly what happened to the late great Kobe Bryant during a Los Angeles Lakers vs. Warriors game during the 2014-15 season, as former NBA guard Nick Young recently recalled on the “Gil’s …

Warriors-Grizzlies outcome could be determined by specific matchup originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area When the Memphis Grizzlies invade Chase Center on Friday night, the Warriors won’t have to worry about spectacular point guard Ja Morant. He’s out indefinitely with injuries related to a hard fall last week. The Warriors do have to deal with Jaren Jackson Jr. Since …

Mazzulla has very on-brand answer to how he interacts with rival coaches originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla knows that you never want to give your opponents any kind of advantage, whether it’s large or small. So don’t expect him to go out of his way to be best friends with opposing head coaches …

As much as the dynastic era of Golden State Warriors basketball was built on Stephen Curry fundamentally reshaping the geometry of the sport, it also depended upon defenses that consistently cut off opposing offenses’ oxygen. The shift started under Mark Jackson, who shepherded a 51-win breakthrough for the long-moribund franchise in 2013-14 behind the scintillating shooting of Curry and Klay …

As much as the dynastic era of Golden State Warriors basketball was built on Stephen Curry fundamentally reshaping the geometry of the sport, it also depended upon defenses that consistently cut off opposing offenses’ oxygen. The shift started under Mark Jackson, who shepherded a 51-win breakthrough for the long-moribund franchise in 2013-14 behind the scintillating shooting of Curry and Klay …

Doctor explains Melton’s ACL injury, possible Warriors return timeline originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area De’Anthony Melton will miss Friday night’s Warriors vs. Memphis Grizzlies game with a left MCL sprain, and his status after that remains unknown. The 26-year-old Warriors guard will undergo further testing, the team announced Thursday, to help determine the severity of the injury he …

Why TJD’s new Warriors role means fewer thrills in Year 2 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors are 9-2 through their first 11 games, just as they were 9-2 over their last 11 games last season. The records are identical, but there are several notable differences, the most visible being an offseason roster makeover. …

Each week during the 2024-25 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward. [Last week: Is home-court advantage in the NBA’s regular season dead?] Fact or Fiction: The NBA needs more 3-point specialists Last week, when we …

Dallas Mavericks v Utah Jazz Dallas keeps finding new ways to lose in the clutch. Thursday night the Mavericks dropped their fourth game in a row — by a total of eight points — when a defensive miscommunication left Luka Doncic in no-man’s land and Utah’s Jordan Clarkson whipped a pass right past him to John Collins for a game-winning …

Luka Dončić has never exactly been a candidate for the All-Defensive teams, but his work on defense Thursday represented a low point for one of the best young players in the NBA, despite another brilliant game on offense. The situation: a tie game with 10 seconds left between the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz. Klay Thompson had just tied the …

Brown, McDermott laud Kings’ bench reliability amid Monk’s absence originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area With Malik Monk and DeMar DeRozan nursing injuries, it’s on the Kings’ bench to step up. For what it’s worth, they did just that in Sacramento’s 127-104 win on Wednesday night over the Phoenix Suns at Golden 1 Center, powered by notable offensive performances …

What is the best way for an NBA team to develop a young player? Keep him with the big club, have him practice with the team, and be exposed to the practice habits and environment of NBA players in generally better facilities? Or, get him to the G-League, where he can get a lot more time on the court, let …

What Melton’s ACL injury means for Warriors’ starting lineup originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – A mere two games after Warriors coach Steve Kerr settled on a starting lineup, the team was bitten by the injury epidemic raging through the NBA’s Western Conference. De’Anthony Melton, who started the last two games at shooting guard, sustained a …