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Sneakily dangerous Warriors prowling for a bite of the NBA originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area PORTLAND – When the Warriors step onto the floor Wednesday night at Moda Center, they’re expected to crush the rebuilding and wounded Portland Trail Blazers. They’re expected to beat the rebuilding Jazz Friday night in Utah and then come home Sunday and put …

NBA fans humorously blame Warriors’ Kerr for Tatum’s game vs. Knicks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors might not be the perennial NBA Finals contender they once were, but coach Steve Kerr still is drawing the ire of the league’s opposing fans. Kerr, who coached Team USA to a gold medal victory at the 2024 Paris Summer …

Why re-engaged Draymond swings Warriors’ pendulum of success originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Cell phone flashlights sway back and forth throughout the Chase Center stands. Draymond Green and his Warriors teammates have their cell phones out, too. Green raises his arms up and down at the start of the song and bounces his way over …

How Steph Curry inspired 49ers rookie Dominick Puni’s professionalism originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Like many sports fans in the Bay Area, standout 49ers rookie Dominick Puni’s life heavily has been influenced by the captivating greatness of Golden State Warriors superstar point guard Stephen Curry. Growing up in Eastern Missouri, Puni didn’t have an NBA …

Lakers forward Anthony Davis (3) reaches out to slap hands with LeBron James, left, and Gabe Vincent, right, after scoring against the Timberwolves Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) The two friends and teammates on the U.S. gold-medal winning Olympic basketball team in Paris during the summer had a tense exchange in the heat of the moment Tuesday …

Since we last experienced NBA basketball games that count, we have seen: Six newly hired head coaches get to work, including JJ Redick taking stewardship of LeBron James’ Lakers and Mike Budenholzer trying to turn the Kevin Durant-Devin Booker-Bradley Beal Suns into a supernova; 31 trades involving 70 players — including All-Stars Klay Thompson, DeMar DeRozan, Karl-Anthony Towns, Julius Randle, …

Lakers coach JJ Redick calls out instructions to players during his first game as an NBA head coach on Tuesday. The team defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) JJ Redick had always fought. He fought the jeers ACC crowds poured onto him while he became one of the best — and most hated — players …

Wiggins ready to pour himself into Warriors for season of redemption originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – No sports franchise identifying as family friendly would stand between a player and his care for his actual family. So, the Warriors excused Andrew Wiggins’ multiple absences over the last two seasons. As much as they wanted him on …

Why new-look Warriors are built to win 50 games this season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Five Western Conference teams won 50 or more games in the 2023-24 NBA season. The Warriors weren’t one of them. They tallied 46 wins, two more than the previous season, yet dropped all the way down to the No. …

Tatum’s bold declaration during C’s ring ceremony wasn’t planned originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston BOSTON — All offseason, the Celtics had preached the importance of not skipping steps in their quest to repeat as champions. So, we can only imagine Joe Mazzulla’s horror when star player Jayson Tatum grabbed the microphone to address the TD Garden crowd after the …

New York Knicks guard Miles McBride impressed on Tuesday, making him a waiver wire target for fantasy basketball managers. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) The NBA is back, and what a night it was to kick off the season! With just two games on the slate Tuesday, a championship banner was raised in Boston, and history was made in Los Angeles. Those …

The 2024-25 NBA season starts amid an era of change—fresh off a new round of media rights deals, a year removed from a new collective bargaining agreement, with its reigning champion about to go on the market. There are other changes on the horizon, with expansion likely coming and increasing internationalization of the sport inevitable. Below, the Sportico staff breaks …

Monty Williams will be the highest-paid high school basketball coach in America this upcoming season. Williams, who was fired by the Detroit Pistons after the team went 14-68 in his only season, will coach his sons at TMI Episcopal in San Antonio. The Pistons will pay him $65 million over the remaining five years of his contract, which was fully …

Guard Ryan Rollins (13) and the Milwaukee Bucks will play the Philadelphia 76ers in their NBA season opener this week. (Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images) The NBA is back in action this week, and this Wednesday marks the first game of the season for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers. The Eastern Conference clash at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center tips off …

Terance Mann and the LA Clippers will host the Phoenix Suns for their first game of the NBA season on Wednesday. (Harry How/Getty Images) The Los Angeles Clippers’ brand new $2 billion arena, the Intuit Dome, will be christened on Wednesday night when the team plays the Phoenix Suns for their first game of the 2024-25 season. The Western conference …

Micheal Ray Richardson was a four-time All Star before drugs effectively ended his NBA career. Photograph: Dick Raphael/NBAE/Getty Images Micheal Ray Richardson was a brilliant player: a four-time NBA All-Star guard. He was also the first player banned for life by the league for drug use, something which was far more common during his playing days. Back in the 1980s, …

Making bold predictions is fun as a fantasy basketball analyst because we throw out these outlandish speculations and hope some stick to the wall. The reality is that many of them won’t, but the predictions should indicate how each fantasy analyst feels about an unpopular opinion. If a player is mentioned positively in a bold prediction, the analyst is higher …

LOS ANGELES — All in all, it was three minutes. Three minutes of history, of a father and son ripping off their warmups to camera phones and flash bulbs popping. Three minutes of the show getting in the way of the game, the moment getting in the way of winning. Seminal moment or clown show? It all depends on the …

Lakers 110, Timberwolves 103 On a rough shooting night for both teams, the Los Angeles Lakers held on for a 110-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves Tuesday in the season opener for both teams. The Lakers secured the win in JJ Redick’s debut as head coach. The game also marked the debut for Bronny James, who took the floor with …

LeBron James and his son Bronny made history after they became the first father-son duo to share the court in an NBA game during the Los Angeles Lakers’ season opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The much-anticipated moment came with four minutes left of the first half of the Lakers’ 110-103 victory when the duo were introduced by coach JJ Redick. …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Good Word with Goodwill On this episode of the Good Word with Goodwill, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by best-selling author Mirin Fader to talk about her latest book, Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon. Vinnie and Mirin talk about Hakeem blazing a …

The Knicks shot an impressive 55 percent from the field, they just couldn’t stop the Celtics who tied the single-game record for made threes in their 132-109 loss to the defending champs on Tuesday night in Boston. Here are the takeaways… – While the Celtics began the defense of their title, the Knicks’ defense was lacking, especially early on. Boston …

Rudy Gobert has a new deal and no longer shares a frontline with Karl-Anthony Town. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a three-year, $110 million contract extension, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. News of the deal broke just minutes before the Timberwolves opened their season Tuesday against the Los Angeles Lakers. The …

BASKET-NBA-TIMBERWOLVES-LAKERS LOS ANGELES — When LeBron James first stepped on an NBA court in 2003, it would be another year before his eldest son, Bronny James, would even be born. In the Lakers season opener 20 years later, father and son walked on an NBA court together. It is the first time in NBA history that a father and son …

Here’s how Miles McBride summed up the Knicks’ embarrassing Opening Night in Boston: “That’s championship-level basketball. For us, it was a punch in the mouth and we gotta respond. Obviously, it’s a long year. Can’t overreact to one game but I don’t think that’s how you go into a year and set the tone.” If you’re wondering how to process …