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Mitchell Robinson was going to be asked to carry a heavy load for the Knicks this season as the only proven, defensive-minded center left on the roster, and now it looks like New York will not even have him until Christmas. Robinson is still recovering from his foot surgery early in the offseason, will be out until a December or …

Panthers fan Steph travels to Las Vegas for team’s first win originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry has had a busy offseason. From heroically leading Team USA to a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics to a week-long Curry Brand China tour, the Warriors superstar guard has been jet-setting lately. On Sunday, his hometown NFL team …

What Celtics can learn from last five NBA champs that didn’t repeat originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston There was a time, not too long ago, when a team repeating as NBA champions wasn’t an uncommon result. Sure, winning a title in just one season is tough, so it goes without saying that doing it back-to-back years is certainly difficult. …

(Henry Russell/Yahoo Sports Illustration) 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 performs his role within that hierarchy is every bit as important as his …

Why Klay’s Warriors departure left Baron Davis heartbroken originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Baron Davis was expecting a fairy tale ending to Klay Thompson’s legendary career with the Warriors. But business happened, and Thompson left Golden State for the Dallas Mavericks in a sign-and-trade as part of the first six-team deal in NBA history. As a key figure …

Athletes love to fall back on the cliche “pressure is a privilege” — except it may not feel like it for these seven. Pressure in the NBA generally comes in two forms: Pressure to win and pressure to get paid. There are some of both of those on this list of the seven players facing the most pressure in the …

Forget the “easiest path” revisionist history coming from the get-off-my-lawn old-timers lately, the Boston Celtics were the obvious best team in the NBA and title favorites last season: 64 wins (a seven-game lead over second-place OKC), the best offense and second-best defense in the league, and a +11.7 net rating that was 4.4 better than anyone. When did Jayson Tatum …

Vince Carter began his 22-year career in the NBA with the Toronto Raptors. (Photo by Dave Sandford/Getty Images) It’s going to be a good year for Vince Carter’s legacy. The former NBA star will have his No. 15 retired by the Toronto Raptors this season, with a ceremony on Nov. 2 as the Raptors host Sacramento, per Josh Lewenberg of …

Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley tops the list of projected fantasy basketball breakouts this season. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) Hey, hoop heads! As we gear up for another electrifying NBA season, it’s time to uncover those hidden gems ready to shine on the hardwood. This week, we’re focusing on four dynamic guards set to make a splash in your …

Identifying value is essential to fantasy basketball drafts, but it’s an inexact science. With that in mind, the Rotoworld staff has identified a few of its “studs” and “duds” ahead of the 2024-25 season, predicting high- and low-value options projected to go in the early, middle, and late rounds of drafts. Next up is Zak Hanshew, who’s high on Phoenix’s …

Looney’s latest, greatest evolution as 10th Warriors season nears originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – Records are meant to be broken, and streaks always have an end point. Some have deeper meaning than a number. Some have a connection to the soul, reminding oneself of everything it took to make it and to never let anything …

Sixers to open their preseason by hosting New Zealand Breakers originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia There’s no more mystery about the Sixers’ preseason opener. The National Basketball League’s New Zealand Breakers announced that they’ll face the Sixers as part of their NBA tour. The game is scheduled for Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. ET in Philadelphia. The Breakers’ roster …

Tatum reflects on when he knew Celtics would win NBA title originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics were the NBA’s most dominant team by a wide margin last season. They finished 14 games ahead of the No. 2 seed New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference, then steamrolled to a 16-3 postseason record en route to their …

Identifying value is essential to fantasy basketball drafts, but it’s an inexact science. With that in mind, the Rotoworld staff has identified a few of its “studs” and “duds” ahead of the 2024-25 season, predicting high- and low-value options projected to go in the early, middle, and late rounds of drafts. First up is Raphielle Johnson, who believes a young …

It’s a time-honored basketball cliche for good reason: Defense wins championships. The Connecticut Sun had the best defense in the WNBA this season and it showed Sunday when they frustrated a top-three offense — Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever — throughout their playoff opener. Once the Sun found their offensive rhythm this game became a blowout. The Sun won …

As had been expected, the Houston Rockets and A.J. Griffin have agreed to the terms of a buyout the team announced. The buyout is for a reported $250,000 and allows “him to sit out the season while considering whether to continue his career, a person with knowledge of the agreement” told Jonathan Fiegan of the Houston Chronicle. Griffin — the …

Caitlin Clark isn’t planning to quit her day job to become a baseball announcer, but she did have some fun during a foray into an imaginary broadcast booth. The Indiana Fever rookie went viral Friday when teammate Lexie Hull posted a TikTok of her trying her hand at play-by-play in a game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies. A …

Could Luka Dončić have played alongside De’Aaron Fox? (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) The Sacramento Kings were faced with a choice in the 2018 NBA Draft: select Duke big man Marvin Bagley or European guard Luka Dončić? As most Kings fans are very aware, the team chose Bagley, then watched Dončić become one of the premier players in the NBA, …

Embiid joins Curry, other NBA stars in $500-million earnings club originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The NBA’s $500-million career earnings club continues to grow. Joel Embiid signed a three-year, $192.9 million maximum contract extension on Friday, keeping the center with the Philadelphia 76ers through the 2028-29 season and elevating his career salaries to $515 million. The 30-year-old center …

“One that I think is just always gonna be monitored around the NBA is if the wheels fall off the Bucks,” Amick told Tim Kawakami. “We know that Joe Lacob has had dreams of Giannis coming the Warriors’ way for a very long time. Again, unlikely, but Khris Middleton is gonna be a free agent next summer… I think Giannis …

Ex-Kings GM Divac states ‘time will tell’ if Luka draft snub was wrong originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area More than six years removed from the 2018 NBA Draft, Vlade Divac is not ready to admit that not drafting Luka Dončić was a mistake. Divac, the Hall of Fame center, who spent five as the Kings general manager, doubled …

The offseason Ben Simmons hype train is going full speed. Again. Simmons played in 15 games last season in Brooklyn before shutting things down for a partial discectomy (the surgeon removes a piece of herniated disc between vertebrates), a surgery hoped to be more of a long-term fix for the back impingement that has bothered him for years (he has …

Always draft the best player, regardless of position, then figure out the rest later. Always. That brings us to Vlade Divac, the Hall of Fame basketball player who spent five years as the Sacramento Kings general manager. As he has done before and will have to until his dying days, Divac defended his 2018 choice of drafting Marvin Bagley III …

How Steph’s Olympics showing ‘inspired’ Kuminga entering vital season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The upcoming 2024-25 NBA season is a big one for Jonathan Kuminga. It’s his fourth year with the Warriors, who soon will have to make a decision on extending their 2021 first-round draft pick. With training camp less than two weeks away, Kuminga highlighted …

Joel Embiid won the Paris 2024 Olympics with the United States [Getty Images] Centre Joel Embiid has signed a contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers. The 30-year-old Cameroon-born player’s new contract is for the maximum three years and worth $193m (£145m), according to US reports. The 2023 NBA Most Valuable Player has been at the Sixers since the 2014 NBA …