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Jalen Suggs and the Orlando Magic have agreed to a five-year, $150.5 million extension to his rookie contract, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. Suggs, 23, is approaching his fourth NBA season. He was a second-team All-Defensive Team selection last season. The Magic selected Suggs with the No. 5 pick in the 2021 draft after his standout freshman season at Gonzaga that …

Jalen Green has agreed to a lucrative extension to his rookie contract. (Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) The Houston Rockets and guard Jalen Green have agreed to a three-year, $106-million extension to his rookie contract, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports, citing Green’s CAA agents. The deal will include a third-year player option, according to the report. Green, 22, is approaching his fourth NBA …

Where Steph’s MVP odds stand entering 2024-25 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area NBA MVP has become an international award in recent years, and oddsmakers expect that trend to continue this upcoming season. The last six MVP awards have been handed out to players born outside the U.S., with Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić earning the honor for …

Report: Kuminga, Warriors won’t agree to extension before deadline originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors will not work out a new deal with one of their two 2021 first-round draft picks. Fourth-year forward Jonathan Kuminga will not come to an agreement with Golden State on an extension before Monday’s rookie contract deadline, The Athletic’s Anthony Slater reported …

Can the Celtics reverse that trend? If they do, they will join a special group of teams that have repeated as champions. There have been 13 instances in league history where a team won consecutive titles. It’s a remarkable achievement to win one title, but doing it in back-to-back years is a unique challenge, and it’s one that many phenomenal …

With the 2024-25 NBA season about to tip off, it’s time to make predictions! Will there be a new champ this year? Our writers weigh in. Check out our awards predictions here. Who will win the East? Vincent Goodwill: Celtics. It won’t come as easy as last year, the primrose path laid perfectly for the hardly challenged Celtics. But trusting …

With the 2024-25 NBA season about to tip off, it’s time to make predictions! Who will win individual awards this year? Our writers weigh in. Check out our championship predictions here. Who will be the Rookie of the Year? Dan Devine: Reed Sheppard. As tempting as it was to pick Zach Edey as the Day 1 starting center on a …

Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors, along with every other NBA team, will kick off the 20204-2025 season this week.(Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) The NBA’s regular season tips off this week, and with hundreds of games to watch over the course of the next few months, it can be overwhelming to know where to find them all. This season, games …

Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who and what to play — when it comes to music or other things in my rotation — for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball. Each week, you’ll see a compilation of the pickups you need to make, lineup notes (who’s in and out of rotations), followed by takeaways …

What we learned as Warriors’ red-hot shooting propels preseason win originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area BOX SCORE SAN FRANCISCO – Warriors coach Steve Kerr sidelined Stephen Curry and Draymond Green on Sunday, and not because they were facing the perpetually struggling Detroit Pistons. The reasoning was two-fold. One, to give the decorated vets their customary one-game absence during …

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts inducted its 2024 class on Sunday. The induction ceremony was originally scheduled for Aug. 17, but moved to October due to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Headlined by Vince Carter, here are the 13 people who will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame for 2024, representing NBA and WNBA stars, …

What we learned as Kings’ turnovers spark blowout loss to Trail Blazers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area BOX SCORE SACRAMENTO – The Kings have had their share of ups and downs this preseason, and Sunday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers at Golden 1 Center definitely ranks in the latter category. Although there were a few signs of …

Joel Embiid’s preseason is over. The Philadelphia 76ers announced on Sunday that Embiid will be held out of the rest of the preseason due to left knee injury management. Team doctors assessed Embiid on Thursday, according to NBC Sports’ John Clark. While they feel that he “is progressing well,” Embiid won’t take the court until the team’s season opener on …

Sixers say Embiid won’t play in preseason, give update on his left knee originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Joel Embiid’s preseason appearances will drop from one in 2023 to zero in 2024. In an update issued Sunday by a team official, the Sixers said Embiid will not play their final three preseason games this year, which are Monday at …

How Dunleavy sees Klay’s departure impacting Warriors’ 3-point shooting originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Warriors coach Steve Kerr has made 3-point shooting volume an emphasis during the NBA preseason, and his players are listening. In three exhibition games, the Warriors have taken 48, 52 and 34 3-point attempts, respectively, good for an average of 44.6 per contest. If …

The Chicago Bulls have been trying for more than a year to trade Zach LaVine, with no luck. Other teams see him as an expensive floor raiser, a player making $138 million across the next three seasons who can put up points in isolation but is injury-prone (25 games last season) and doesn’t do the little things that contribute to …

2024 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement – Portraits It’s Hall of Fame weekend, when 13 new players, coaches and contributors are inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, a class headlined by Vince Carter, Chauncey Billups and a third induction for the late, great Jerry West (this time for his work as a GM). Saturday is the Hall of …

Back when the Lakers were putting on shows as good as anything coming out of Hollywood, the coolest guy in the building might’ve been courtside. Even across the country, everyone noticed Jack Nicholson. “Growing up, the guy I looked at was Jack Nicholson,” Spike Lee said. “When I was sitting in the blue seats at the Garden, I said, ‘Hopefully …

Known for his defense, Michael Cooper celebrates a Lakers win in Game 2 of the 1987 NBA Finals in which he made six of seven three-point shotsd against the Celtics. (Bettmann Archive) On April 1, around 9:15 a.m., Michael Cooper’s phone rang with the news that he finally had been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He …

Cameron and Cayden Boozer, twins of former NBA veteran Carlos Boozer, have committed to Duke, the duo announced Friday. Cameron, a 6-foot-9 forward, is one of the best two-way players in high school and has been a consensus top-three recruit his entire high school career. Cayden, a 6-5 point guard, is an elite facilitator and a top-20 recruit himself. The …

Orlando Magic v New Orleans Pelicans Last season, Jonas Valanciunas started all 82 games for New Orleans at center. This summer, Valanciunas bolted the Big Easy for Washington as a free agent (in what was ultimately a sign-and-trade). The Pelicans didn’t sign anyone to replace him. So, who starts at center to start the season? Herbert Jones — the 6’8″ …

3 observations after McCain scores 20, young Sixers lose by a landslide in preseason originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Three down, three to go. The Sixers hit the halfway point of their preseason schedule Saturday night with a 139-89 loss to the Celtics at TD Garden, dropping to 1-2 in exhibition play. Jared McCain was the Sixers’ top producer, …

DeRozan gives revealing one-word answer when asked why he picked Kings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area DeMar DeRozan’s criteria for his free-agent destination last summer appears to have been quite simple. In fact, the six-time NBA All-Star forward had just a one-word response when asked why he chose the Kings after he first landed in Sacramento. “Winning.” That …

Kerr updates Wiggins’ status before Warriors’ final three preseason games originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Coach Steve Kerr is easing forward Andrew Wiggins back into the swing of things as the Warriors’ preseason schedule wraps up. Kerr explained to reporters after Friday night’s 109-106 win over the Sacramento Kings that Wiggins still is working his way back from …

‘Fantastic’ Murray on right track to become two-way Kings star originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO — Don’t look now, but a two-way star is being born in the NBA. Keegan Murray entered the league two seasons ago as a lottery-pick rookie on a Sacramento Kings team that hadn’t been to the playoffs in 16 years. Fans …