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Steph recalls hanging out at LeBron’s house before Warriors-Cavs game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry and LeBron James’ friendship dates back many years. Before the two superstars went toe-to-toe in four consecutive NBA Finals series from 2015-2018, they had developed a friendship that began in 2009, Curry’s rookie season. Curry revealed to his father, Dell, on …

The Boston Celtics will again look to close out the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals on Monday, as Boston eyes its 18th league championship. Boston is tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for most titles with 17 but has not won it all since defeating the Lakers in six games for the 2007-2008 championship. The …

The Dallas Mavericks head back to TD Garden to square off against the Boston Celtics for Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals on Monday evening. After getting cooked for the first three games, Dallas bounced back in Game 4. The Mavs dominated Boston 122-84 to snag their first victory of the 2024 NBA Finals. The 38-point win was the third-largest …

Facing mounting injuries and expiring contracts, the Knicks traded Quentin Grimes, Evan Fournier and draft capital for Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks at this year’s trade deadline. At the time, it would be fair to consider Bogdanovic as the best player in that trade, a perennial 20-points-per-game scorer and 40 percent shooter from deep. While New York was able to …

In a moment of reflection last summer, Earvin “Magic” Johnson thought back to two men who had helped to shape him and push him to new heights of post-NBA success, and how proud both would be if they were alive to see the breadth of his transition into the second chapter of an iconic career. His dad, Earvin Johnson Sr., …

Steve Ballmer, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Sept. 6. He sits in a conspicuous baseline seat, where he cheers like nobody’s watching. The large balding man in long sleeves roars with every splashed basket, gestures with every scintillating pass, face reddening, arms flailing, celebrating so hard he once ripped a hole in his dress shirt. …

NBA: Playoffs-Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings Klay Thompson is headed to free agency this summer. Golden State and Thompson have gone back and forth on a contract extension since before last season started, but they never found common ground. It just seems weird that their not going to work this out, right? This isn’t the end of the Warriors …

Draymond hilariously recalls trash talking Kobe as rookie originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green notoriously is known as one of the NBA’s biggest trash talkers, but the Warriors forward still learned a hard lesson from a legend during his first professional season. In an interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Green shared a hilarious story about trying to …

Podcaster and ESPN analyst JJ Redick had formal interviews with several members of the Lakers’ organization on Saturday. (Mitchell Leff / Getty Images) The Lakers hosted former player and current broadcaster JJ Redick on Saturday in their most formal interview with him to date, with multiple members of the organization speaking to the former Duke star about the team’s head-coaching …

2024 NBA Finals – Boston Celtics v Dallas Mavericks “That was a butt whupping. That’s it. They just beat us. Not much to it, honestly.” Sam Hauser summed up the comments of every Celtic after the Dallas Mavericks blew them out of the building in Game 4 Friday night, a 38-point thrashing that was the third-largest margin of victory in …

Klay Thompson is set to become a free agent this offseason, and on Friday, he seemingly used a common negotiating tactic: unfollowing his present team on social media. Thompson unfollowed the Golden State Warriors on Instagram and reportedly deleted some posts, which caused a bit of panic among fans at the thought that it might mean they were losing their …

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, right, has continually had former head coaches as assistants, including Kenny Atkinson, left. He and other first-time coaches said it’s key when having no previous experience. (Abbie Parr / Associated Press) On Sept. 30, 2104, Steve Kerr presided over his first practice as the head coach of an NBA team. Kerr was now the man …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill and basketball analyst Isis Young discuss the keys to Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. View more Video …

2024 NBA Finals – Game Four From the moment USA Basketball announced an almost Dream Team-like collection of stars on its Men’s 5×5 Paris Olympics roster — leaning hard into veteran players who have proven themselves on the biggest stages — there has been one overriding concern: Health. For example, Joel Embiid was not healthy enough for the playoffs and …

Klay Thompson is set to be a free agent this offseason. He could still return to the Golden State Warriors, with whom he’s played all of his 13 NBA seasons. However, the team wants to bring him back at a lesser salary than the $38 million annual salary he averaged with the five-year contract that just expired. The four-time NBA …

The Knicks will have an interesting offseason as they have free agents to potentially sign and a lot of draft capital to trade for a star to pair with Jalen Brunson. But New York is still in a position to add to the roster via the NBA Draft. Team president Leon Rose and the rest of the organization have two …

Everything went right for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of the 2024 NBA Finals on Friday night, as they demolished the Boston Celtics, 122-84, to record the third-biggest win in Finals history and keep their season alive.  One of the first signs that it was going to be their night came in the middle of the first quarter when …

The Boston Celtics had a chance to close out the NBA Finals and sweep the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night, but they never even got close. After falling behind in the middle of the first quarter, they trailed the rest of the way, and were down by as many as 48 points before losing 122-84.  During the post-game broadcast, a …

Jason Kidd calls out Celtics’ mindset after Mavs’ Game 4 blowout win originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Dallas Mavericks aren’t done in the 2024 NBA Finals, and head coach Jason Kidd isn’t done instigating the Boston Celtics. Facing elimination and a series sweep Friday night at American Airlines Center, Dallas rallied to deliver a 122-84 rout of Boston …

Even though they took a loss on Friday, the Boston Celtics are still one win away from a record 18th NBA Finals title. They will host the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series on Monday at 8:30 p.m. ET. If the Celtics win at TD Garden, they will add to their franchise’s storied history by securing their …

DALLAS — The Celtics entered Friday with an opportunity to become NBA champions in large part because of the metronomic consistency of their approach and execution. A ton of the credit for that belongs to head coach Joe Mazzulla, whose unflinching — and, at times, eyebrow-raising — commitment to a process-over-results, sweat-the-small-stuff style has helped transform Boston from a talented …

When Luka Dončić dropped 73 points on the Atlanta Hawks in January – the fourth highest individual points tally in NBA history – Dallas head coach Jason Kidd was asked whether his star player’s prodigious scoring feats threatened to disrupt the Mavericks’ gameplan. “He is the gameplan,” Kidd replied. For much of these finals that gameplan, like the man it …

NBA: Finals-Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks With uncertainty hanging over the set of TNT’s “Inside the NBA” as the NBA nears a new broadcast rights deal — one that reportedly may leave Warner Bros. Discovery and TNT outside the NBA — Charles Barkley has been outspoken about how this is not fair to TNT’s behind-the-camera talent. Now Barkley says his …

Embiid says he hopes Sixers can ‘add some pieces’ (and gives George quite the look) originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia As he discussed the offseason ahead for the Sixers, Joel Embiid made sure to give a sly look to his right. Embiid appeared on ESPN’s NBA Countdown show Friday night in Dallas before the Mavericks extended the NBA Finals …

NBA: Finals-Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks The discussion of these Celtics place franchise history can be put on hold. So can the overreaction to Luka Doncic’s defense. With its season on the line, Dallas came out with a desperate energy and Doncic played like the superstar we’ve been waiting to see all series. Faced with that and the comfort of …