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Kings announce 2024-25 training camp roster with few surprises originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area At last, Kings basketball is back. With the start of training camp just a few sleeps away, Sacramento officially announced its preseason roster Saturday — three days before Day 1 of camp. Here is the full roster: via Sacramento Kings After the Kings signed …

Two key players out for Kings camp with offseason injuries originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Before the start of the 2024-25 NBA season officially begins, the injury bug already has hit the Kings with training camp right around the corner. Sacramento revealed veteran forward Trey Lyles sustained a left groin strain during an offseason workout and will be …

Columbus announced today that they have reduced the training camp roster by six players. The roster now has 23 forwards, 10 defensemen, and 3 goaltenders. View the original article to see embedded media. Cam Butler – Loaned to Cleveland Corson Ceulemans – Loaned to Cleveland Cole Clayton – Loaned to Cleveland Samuel Kňažko – Loaned to Cleveland Curtis Hall – …

Fan-favorite backup point guard Jose Alvarado is staying in New Orleans. The Pelicans have agreed to a two-year, $9 million extension for Alvarado — with a player option in the second year — a story broken by Shams Charania of The Athletic. Alvarado is under contract for this coming season at just less than $2 million, then he will make …

The Knicks are fully committed. After landing Karl-Anthony Towns in a surprise blockbuster deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, New York is all in on competing for a championship. After acquiring Towns and Mikal Bridges this offseason, New York’s cupboard is nearly bare. The core is set. Jalen Brunson is the team’s star with Towns as a complementary star. Bridges and …

Portland Trail Blazers v Memphis Grizzlies Come on, basketball gods. You were tough enough on the Grizzlies last season, lighten up a little and let this team breathe. Memphis wing Vince Williams Jr. will be out for at least a month due to a stress reaction in the upper portion of his tibia, the team announced. That timeline has Williams …

Denver Nuggets v Minnesota Timberwolves Denver has let a few players go, sacrificing veteran depth to save money and stay under the second apron of the luxury tax: Bruce Brown, Jeff Green, and most painfully this summer Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. They have paid up to keep Nikola Jokic and, most recently, Jamal Murray in the Mile High City. Aaron Gordon has …

The NBA is back. Not just because training camps open across the league next week but more because it’s back to grabbing headlines with monster trades. This one came out of the blue and caught some of the principles off guard: Karl Anthony Towns is headed to the New York Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo in what ultimately …

(Taylar Sievert/Yahoo Sports Illustration) [Editor’s note: These rankings have been updated to account for the Knicks-Wolves trade.] Anyone can list the best players in the NBA, but basketball is as much about chemistry as it is talent. Within each of the league’s 30 teams is a hierarchy, and how well each of the five players on the court understands and …

The Knicks are making a pattern of pulling off surprise blockbuster deals, stunning the basketball world late Friday night by trading Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, a protected Detroit first-round pick and salary filler for Karl-Anthony Towns. The seven-foot knockdown shooter is a bold acquisition at a position of need for New York, but cost them the pillar of their rebuild …

Just when you thought the Knicks were done wheeling and dealing for the offseason, they pulled off another blockbuster. New York reportedly reached an agreement with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night to acquire Karl-Anthony Towns in exchange for a package including Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo. While the Knicks have been looking for a big man to fill in …

Does Knicks’ addition of Towns help close the gap on Celtics? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Add another layer of intrigue to opening night. The wheeling-and-dealing New York Knicks, maybe already the Boston Celtics’ biggest threat in the Eastern Conference, made yet another big-splash move Friday night, reportedly acquiring big man Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Celtics …

Joel Embiid mural unveiled at ‘In Memory of Arthur’ block party originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Joel Embiid couldn’t exactly blend in with the crowd. As the 7-foot Sixers superstar moved through the party, a flock of kids wearing his No. 21 jersey followed. Embiid was the center of attention as usual Friday night at a meaningful event for …

This is New’s Years Day, 2024, OG Anunoby’s first game as a Knick. He puts up 17 points, six rebounds, and is a +19 in a win over Minnesota — the perfect debut. About 40 minutes after the game, Tom Thibodeau is walking through the bowels of Madison Square Garden, he sees a familiar face, stops and smiles. It’s Karl …

The New York Knicks needed a center — and they just traded for one of the best offensive centers in the game. The Knicks reportedly have agreed to a trade for Karl-Anthony Towns, sending Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to the Timberwolves, a deal broken by Shams Charania and John Krawczynski of The Athletic. This ultimately is a three-team trade …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill reacts to the blockbuster deal that sends the big man from Minnesota to the Big Apple — in exchange for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first round pick — and what it means for the race for Eastern Conference supremacy. View more Video Transcript The New York Knicks are going all in …

With Mitchell Robinson (ankle) expected to be sidelined until December of January and Isaiah Hartenstein now a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the New York Knicks were headed into training camp in a bad spot regarding post depth. That changed on Friday night, as it was reported that New York will acquire Karl-Anthony Towns from the Timberwolves. In exchange …

Karl-Anthony Towns is one of the league’s best-shooting big men. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) The New York Knicks decided one blockbuster move wasn’t enough during their offseason, and perhaps they had one Villanova player too many days before training camp opened. And after all, what would the NBA be without a team attempting to shatter the Earth with a …

In the second half of last season, Terance Mann showed the Clippers how valuable he can be as a versatile role player. Friday, the Clippers rewarded him for it. Mann and the Clippers agreed to a three-year, $47 million contract extension, a story broken by Shams Charania of The Athletic and since confirmed by Clippers reporters. That’s starter money for …

Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks is a massive move for the Eastern Conference. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) The New York Knicks dropped a bombshell Friday night with a trade for Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns. The All-Star big man was acquired in exchange for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first-round pick via the Detroit Pistons, according to The …

The Knicks have made a blockbuster deal with the Timberwolves on Friday that will bring Karl-Anthony Towns to Madison Square Garden. According to SNY’s Ian Begley, the Knicks are sending All-Star forward Julius Randle to Minnesota in the deal. The Pistons, Hawks and Heat were among the other teams the Knicks have had trade talks with involving Randle, per Begley. …

Lakers logo The Lakers have hired Dr. Vanessa Brooks as their head athletic trainer, people with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly on the matter told The Times. The position on the Lakers’ medical staff had been open after Roger Sancho left the organization to take a job with the Phoenix Suns. Brooks worked with the Oklahoma …

Clippers guard Terance Mann steals the ball against the Minnesota Timberwolves in March. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Clippers swingman Terance Mann has agreed to a three-year, $47-million extension with the only NBA team he has ever played on, one of his agents, Aaron Mintz of CAA, confirmed to The Times on Friday. Mann, 27, had one year left …

Toronto Raptors fall to the San Antonio Spurs 122-99 Devin Vassell missed the final eight games of San Antonio’s regular season due to a stress reaction in the third metatarsal head in his right foot. This injury ultimately required surgery to repair. Vassell is not done recovering from that surgery and will miss training camp and the start of the …

Warriors to honor Attles with uniform addition for 2024-25 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors will honor Al Attles with a season-long reminder of the franchise legend every time they take the court. Following Attles’ death in August, Golden State will pay homage to the icon who spent his entire career with the Warriors via a …