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The 2024-25 NBA season is here. At the end of an uneventful offseason, we take our annual trip too close to the sun, daring you to stand the swelter of these views. This is Hot Takes We Might Actually Believe. The Milwaukee Bucks are teetering on dissolution. For whatever reason we do not feel comfortable talking about it. We like …

Draymond explains how DeRozan move will help Sabonis, Kings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Kings’ biggest offseason move received a stamp of approval from an unlikely NBA rival. Golden State Warriors veteran forward Draymond Green, Sacramento’s nemesis since the team’s first-round playoff series run-in two seasons ago, is a big fan of the Kings’ DeMar DeRozan addition. …

NBA fans humorously blame Steve Kerr for Jayson Tatum’s stellar game vs. Knicks originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston 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 …

The NBA is “likely” to launch an investigation into the Philadelphia 76ers regarding the participation of center Joel Embiid, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. The report doesn’t note what rules the 76ers may have violated, nor specifically what the potential investigation would focus on. It also doesn’t note the potential consequences if a violation is found. The report dropped hours before …

Report: NBA likely to investigate Sixers regarding Embiid’s status originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The absences of Joel Embiid (left knee injury management) and Paul George (left knee bone bruise) are the largest Sixers storyline leading into the team’s opening-night matchup Wednesday vs. the Bucks. In the case of Embiid, the NBA may reportedly want to take a closer …

Tatum becomes first Celtics player ever to post this crazy stat line originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics raised their 2024 NBA championship banner, received their rings and kicked off the new season in style Tuesday night at TD Garden. The Celtics beat the rival New York Knicks 132-109 in a dominant performance that included Boston tying …

Sharpshooter Matt Ryan and the Knicks certainly have mutual interest in working out a deal, but it’s a little complicated. Ryan, a former Iona Prep star, is a free agent. Technically, the Knicks have the roster space and money to sign Ryan or any other free agent. They have 12 players on traditional NBA contracts and have $3.6 million in …

What Huerter likely starting for season opener means for Kings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area With their 2024-25 NBA season opener just one day away, the biggest question looming over Mike Brown and the Kings is who will be starting alongside star point guard De’Aaron Fox in the backcourt. Brown seemingly put those questions to rest Tuesday, stating …

The 2024-25 NBA season is officially underway after Tuesday’s games, which featured Jayson Tatum and the Celtics dismantling the new-look Knicks, as well as JJ Redick securing his first win as a head coach in the NBA. That means that it’s finally the time of year where all of your hard work as a dynasty manager pays off. Every Wednesday …

LOS ANGELES — From the moment Karl-Anthony Towns was traded to New York, this contract extension was inevitable. Minnesota is building a roster around Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert is this team’s center and defensive anchor, and the only question was what would the price be for his extension. Three years, $110 million is the answer, a story broken by Shams …

LOS ANGELES — J.J. Redick wants his Lakers team to shoot a lot more 3s than they did a season ago, and for a half of their opening night game against the Timberwolves they did that, taking 19. The problem? They made just two of those. For the game, the Lakers were 5-of-30 from beyond the arc. One can argue …

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 …