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KD’s mom jokes he would have ’20 rings’ if star stayed with Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors might have won another championship or two — or 17 — if Kevin Durant still was on the team to this day. After signing with Golden State in 2016, Durant won two championships with the Warriors in 2017 …

The Knicks will be hitting the road to start the 2024-25 NBA season. New York will face the Boston Celtics in the league’s opening game of the season on Tuesday, Oct. 22, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Knicks will be looking to spoil the banner-raising and ring ceremony for last season’s NBA champions. The full NBA schedule …

Report: Klay’s first Mavericks game at Warriors set for mid-November originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Warriors fans will not have to wait long to welcome Klay Thompson back to Chase Center. The longtime Golden State guard will face off against his former team in San Francisco for the first time as a member of the Dallas Mavericks on …

Boston Celtics v New York Knicks The NBA schedule is starting to leak out—we’ve already seen the Christmas Day games—and now a handful more dates, including opening night, have come out. Here are more dates, via Shams Charania of The Athletic. Opening night, Oct. 22• New York Knicks at Boston Celtics• Minnestoa Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers The Knicks on …

TD Garden will be rocking again on opening night of the 2024-25 NBA season. (Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) It’ll be the New York Knicks that get the pleasure of watching the Boston Celtics get their NBA championship rings on opening night of the 2024-25 NBA season. According to Yahoo Sports’ Jake Fischer, the regular season …

LeBron James may be 39, but he was still Team USA’s best player — and it wasn’t particularly close. (Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports) LeBron James was the best player for Team USA — and it wasn’t close James led Team USA in rebounds (6.8), assists (8.5) and was second in scoring (14.2), so it’s not really a debate as …

Perkins wouldn’t be surprised if Steph, LeBron, KD join forces again originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It’s not completely inconceivable that Steph Curry, LeBron James and Kevin Durant could figure out a way to join forces once again after teaming up to secure gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics. At least according to ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins. The former …

LeBron James may be 39, but he was still Team USA’s best player — and it wasn’t particularly close. (Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports) LeBron James was the best player for Team USA – and it wasn’t close James led Team USA in rebounds (6.8), assists (8.5) and was second in scoring (14.2), so it’s not really a debate as …

TOPSHOT-BASKETBALL-OLY-PARIS-2024-FRA-USA-MEDALS “There’s the Dream Team, [the] Redeem Team, what’s this team?” NBC’s Zora Stephenson asked LeBron after he led Team USA to gold at the Paris Olympics. “The Avengers.” It wasn’t just LeBron embracing the Avengers nickname, so did Stephen Curry. It works: Earth’s greatest, most iconic basketball heroes teaming up to form something greater than themselves. The Avengers nickname …

TD Garden will be rocking again on opening night of the 2024-25 NBA season. (Photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) It’ll be the New York Knicks that get the pleasure of watching the Boston Celtics get their NBA Championship rings on opening night of the 2024-25 NBA season. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the regular season …

2024-25 Celtics schedule tracker: Latest updates on best games, dates originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston For the first time in 16 years, the Boston Celtics will open a new NBA season as the defending champions. The Celtics won a league record 18th championship by defeating the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the 2024 NBA Finals back in June. …

Celtics to raise banner, get rings vs. Knicks on NBA Opening Night originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics will kick off the new NBA season by raising their 2024 championship banner and receiving their rings on Tuesday, Oct. 22. And one of their most historic rivals will be there. The Celtics will welcome the new-look New York …

Report: Sixers to open 2024-25 season vs. Doc Rivers’ Bucks originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers will reportedly start their 2024-25 season almost exactly as they did last year. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Monday that the Sixers will begin a second consecutive season by matching up against the Bucks. This time, the Sixers will host Milwaukee on …

Report: Klay’s first Mavericks game vs. Warriors set for mid-November originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Warriors fans will not have to wait long to welcome Klay Thompson back to Chase Center. The longtime Golden State guard will face off against his former team in San Francisco for the first time as a member of the Dallas Mavericks on …

2024 Olympics – Men’s Gold Medal Game: France v USA Savor this moment, we may never see anything like Paris again. Three of the top 15 players ever to lace them up joined forces on the court — LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant — and all rose to the occasion to bring home gold for Team USA. It …

Ex-Celtics star Isaiah Thomas makes bold Jayson Tatum prediction for 2025 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston You don’t have to look far to find someone who thinks Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum’s lack of playing time at the 2024 Paris Olympics will motivate him entering the 2024-25 NBA season. One of his former teammates is willing to go even …

Four pitfalls that Celtics must avoid in quest to defend title originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Welcome to basketball’s summer doldrums. We were spoiled with basically 10+ months of nonstop Celtics news spanning from the Jrue Holiday acquisition in late September 2023 to Boston’s Team USA trio securing gold in Paris. Now we’ll likely see a 45-day downshift (though …

PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 10: Stephen Curry of United States gestures during Men’s Gold Medal Game of Basketball between France and United States on Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Olympics Games on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo By Manu Reino/Europa Press via Getty Images) Stephen Curry’s clutch 3-point shooting helped Team USA held off a late rally …

Basketball – Olympic Games Paris 2024 – Day 15 Guerschon Yabusele has evolved into an impressive player in the past five years — and he’s ready to return to the NBA. Yabusele spent two seasons in Boston from 2017-19, but the Yabusele Celtics fans remember was not this strong, his game was not this polished and mature, and he wasn’t …

French announcers bemoan ‘this devil named Curry’ during Steph flurry originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry went demon mode, literally, in Team USA’s win over France in the 2024 Paris Olympics gold medal game. Curry scored 24 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field and 8 of 13 from 3-point range with one rebound, five assists and …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie On this episode of the Good Word with Goodwill, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by James Edwards III to talk all things Team USA after LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry secured gold with a win over France on Saturday. The …

BASKETBALL-OLY-PARIS-2024-FRA-USA-MEDALS We fans will always have Paris. This has been an Olympics to remember for hoop fans and USA Basketball, when a generation of all-time great players came together to have some fun, push each other and win gold. They did just that, beating France in dramatic fashion on Saturday. For fans, it was a chance to savor watching these …

Basketball – Olympics Games Paris 2024: Day 15 Few things are as awe-inspiring in sports as when Stephen Curry gets red hot — as he did in the final minutes against France in the gold medal game of the Paris Olympics. There may be nothing that unites our nation right now like a Curry flurry. His performance — 24 points …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill reacts to Team USA’s 98-87 win over France and discusses the significance of the American win. View more Video Transcript Stephen Curry was bound to have a moment, an Olympic moment, a golden moment in his first Olympics. It was on him to close the door on a game, France team and a …

Tatum, White join exclusive club with NBA title, Olympic gold in same year originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It’s been a very good year for Boston Celtics stars Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday and Derrick White. Not only did this trio win an NBA championship with their Celtics teammates back in June, they also helped the United States men’s basketball …