New Jersey Nets’ Vince Carter goes to the net during a game Next month, Vince Carter will be formally inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame — a worthy inclusion. Come Jan. 25, the Brooklyn Nets will retire Carter’s No. 15 jersey, something the club announced back in May but formally set the date for this week. “We are …
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Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Center draft tiers for 2024-25 NBA season
Which is your favorite center for the 2024-25 fantasy basketball season. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) The 2024-25 NBA season is fast approaching, so in conjunction with my latest points and category fantasy basketball rankings dropping, it’s time to dig into my position-by-position tiers. I’ve covered the point guards, shooting guards, small forwards and power forwards earlier this week, …
Read More »Joel Embiid signs three-year, $192.9 million max extension that keeps him in Philadelphia through 2029
Philadephia’s championship dreams start with Joel Embiid being an unparalleled dominant force in the paint. Which is why the 76ers have locked him up for the next five years. In a move widely expected, the 76ers agreed to a three-year, $192.9 million max contract extension, locking him in with the 76ers for five years at a total of $299.5 million. …
Read More »WNBA Playoffs 2024: Schedule, how does it work, format, bracket, rounds, past winners
What has been an unrivaled, wildly popular WNBA season now heads to its brightest spotlight — the playoffs. The New York Liberty have been the best team in the W all season, but the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces have put it together lately behind A’Ja Wilson, who is about to win her third MVP award, and are a …
Read More »Fantasy Basketball: 2024-25 Southwest Division Team Previews
By Raphielle Johnson The 2024-25 NBA season is a little over one month away, making this prime time for fantasy managers to prepare for their drafts. Rotoworld will have articles dropping throughout this time, beginning with fantasy-related thoughts on every team. Next up in our division-by-division previews is the Southwest Division. After a few seasons in which Denver’s Nikola Jokic …
Read More »Joel Embiid signs a reported 3-year, $193M extension with 76ers
Joel Embiid won the NBA’s MVP award in 2023. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) The Philadelphia 76ers have signed center Joel Embiid to a reported three-year, $193 million extension, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Embiid, according to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps, will decline his $59 million player option for the 2026-27 season and sign this new $193 million extension. This …
Read More »Joel Embiid signs 3-year, $192.9 million extension with Sixers: Report
Joel Embiid signs 3-year, $192.9 million extension with Sixers: Report originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Add a few more years to the Sixers’ longest-tenured contract. Superstar center Joel Embiid has agreed on a three-year, approximately $192.9 million extension with the team that runs through the 2028-29 season, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reported Friday morning. The seven-time All-Star is set to …
Read More »Oscar Robertson recounts time he got a telegram from KKK saying if he played ‘they’re going to shoot me’
2024 NBA All-Star – NBA All-Star Game Oscar Robertson was a force of nature in college at Cincinnati — the team lost nine games total in his three seasons. He averaged 33.8 points per game in college and won the national scoring title each of his three years, led Cincy to two Final Fours, and his senior year was named …
Read More »Report: Warriors add two players on Exhibit 10 contracts
Report: Warriors add two players on Exhibit 10 contracts originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors have filled out their roster ahead of training camp opening on Tuesday, Oct. 1 in Hawaii. Forwards Javan Johnson and Donta Scott agreed to Exhibit 10 contract with the Warriors, Hoops Hype’s Michael Scotto reported Tuesday, citing league sources. The additions of …
Read More »How much will Nick Nurse lean on Sixers’ older players in 2024-25?
How much will Nick Nurse lean on Sixers’ older players in 2024-25? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The 2024-25 Sixers will begin training camp on Oct. 1 in the Bahamas. As that date approaches, we’ll dive into several significant topics for the team in Nick Nurse’s second season as head coach. We’ve looked so far at what the Sixers will be …
Read More »Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson breaks Angel Reese’s single-season rebounding record
A’ja Wilson, after setting a pair of all-time scoring marks already this season, has now broken the league’s single-season rebounding record. (Ian Maule/Getty Images) Another game, another record for Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson. The WNBA MVP frontrunner, just minutes into the Aces’ 85-72 win over the Seattle Storm on Tuesday night, broke the league’s single-season rebounding record. That …
Read More »Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Power forward draft tiers for 2024-25 NBA season
Few players can tilt a fantasy basketball matchup more than Giannis Antetokounmpo. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) The 2024-25 NBA season is fast approaching, so in conjunction with my latest points and category fantasy basketball rankings dropping, it’s time to dig into my position-by-position tiers. I’ve covered the point guards, shooting guards and small forwards, so next up are the …
Read More »Fantasy Basketball: 2024-25 Pacific Division Team Previews
By Noah Rubin The 2024-25 NBA season is a little over one month away, making this prime time for fantasy managers to prepare for their drafts. Rotoworld will have articles dropping throughout this time, beginning with fantasy-related thoughts on every team. Next up in our division-by-division previews is the Pacific Division. While the Lakers couldn’t make any significant moves, that …
Read More »Judge dismisses sexual assault, sex trafficking lawsuit against Knicks owner James Dolan
A U.S. District Court judge in California has dismissed a federal lawsuit against Knicks owner James Dolan, a suit that accused him of sexual assault and sex trafficking in 2013. The lawsuit had been filed earlier this year, and the judge’s ruling came down on Tuesday, with ESPN’s Baxter Holmes breaking the news. The former plaintiff, Kellye Croft, alleged she …
Read More »Warriors have multiple paths to properly celebrating franchise icons
Warriors have multiple paths to properly celebrating franchise icons originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Sometime in the foreseeable future, perhaps by 2030, the folks calling the shots for the Golden State Warriors will begin the process of retiring jerseys and putting up statues outside Chase Center. It will be fun, a dream come true for the team’s elite …
Read More »Mike Conley’s home burglarized, jewlery stolen while he was at Vikings game
Sunday seemed like a great day for Mike Conley. The Minnesota Timberwolves guard was a guest of honor at the Vikings game and got to sound the Gjallarhorn pregame as Minnesota went on to upset San Francisco in a key early-season result. Then Conley got home and found his house had been burglarized. From Paul Walsh of the Minnesota Star …
Read More »Ramp to Camp: Final(s) predictions for how Celtics’ season will end
Ramp to Camp: Final(s) predictions for how Celtics’ season will end originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston During his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week, Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum offered a prediction for the 2025 NBA Finals, suggesting that Boston and Dallas will meet again on the championship stage. So, for the 14th and final …
Read More »Trinity Rodman takes Steph’s ‘night night’ celebration to next level
Trinity Rodman takes Steph’s ‘night night’ celebration to next level originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Superstar Warriors guard Steph Curry’s signature “night night” celebration has left its native hardwood and reached the pitch. American soccer star Trinity Rodman hit Curry’s celebration Saturday after striking a 46th-minute goal from just outside the box to put her NWSL Washington Spirit …
Read More »How Warriors’ summer of discovery shaped franchise’s greatness
How Warriors’ summer of discovery shaped franchise’s greatness originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Inasmuch as the Warriors not so long ago were a microscopic dot on the national sports landscape with a loyal but seemingly cursed fan base, their rise to global phenomenon and, the most valuable team in the NBA is the most stunning in recent American …
Read More »Grading NBA news & alternative over/unders with Jake Fischer | Devine Intervention
This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie On a very special episode of Devine Intervention, Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Dan Devine is joined by Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter (and co-host of No Cap Room) Jake Fischer. It’s the payoff to what he, and what many of the listeners, have been asking …
Read More »Can Lonzo Ball bounce back for the Bulls? | Devine Intervention
Yahoo Sports Senior NBA writer Dan Devine and Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Jake Fischer discuss the outlook this upcoming season for the Chicago guard – who’s missed the last two seasons with a knee injury. Hear the full conversation on “Devine Intervention” – part of Ball Don’t Lie – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. …
Read More »Philadelphia mayor announces deal to build new 76ers arena in Center City
When the news went public about Camden, New Jersey, trying to lure the Philadelphia 76ers across the river with a new arena development, it was an obvious bit of leverage for the franchise. That’s why the 76ers’ comment on the proposal was, “We must take all potential options seriously, including this one.”It worked. Or at least pushed the arena deal …
Read More »Judge dismisses sexual assault, trafficking lawsuit against Knicks chairman James Dolan
Warning: The following article contains descriptions of alleged graphic sexual assault. A judge dismissed a federal lawsuit filed against New York Knicks and Rangers team owner James Dolan on Tuesday night that accused him of both pressuring a woman into unwanted sex and coordinating an encounter with former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, according to ESPN’s Baxter Holmes. Kellye Croft initially …
Read More »Woj bomb: Adrian Wojnarowski retiring from ESPN to become GM of his beloved St. Bonaventure
Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from journalism, a career where he emerged as the No. 1 breaker of NBA news. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images) If you only know Adrian Wojnarowski as an NBA insider, Twitter newsbreaker, draft pick revealer and ESPN personality, then his final Woj Bomb — as his true but out-of-nowhere reports became famously known — may not …
Read More »2024-25 Fantasy Basketball: What to do with every first-round pick
These two star big men are the top-two fantasy basketball choices for the No. 1 pick this season. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Drafting a fantasy team is one of my favorite hobbies on the planet, and it’s fun to see how every draft plays out. Each one is different, and adapting to those changes is what turns a good …
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