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Young uses odd analogy to show fans are ‘scared’ of Kyrie-Steph debate originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry and the Warriors helped Nick Young, a perennial role player, win his first and only NBA Championship in 2018. Curry, a beloved family man, is too generous. Young scored a mere five points in 38 garbage minutes through four …

Lakers legend Magic Johnson, left, gave a meaningful non-response to recent comments about old-school players by Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press; Matt Krohn / Associated Press) Magic Johnson is a champion many times over. As such, the Lakers legend has no interest in the opinion of any player with a championship résumé that pales in …

2024 USAB Men’s Training Camp in Las Vegas Cooper Flagg, the 17-year-old Duke freshman projected to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft next June, has signed a shoe deal before even stepping on an NCAA court. Flagg reached a deal with New Balance, a story broken by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN and confirmed by New Balance. Part …

Fresh off leading Team USA to gold at the Paris Olympics, Steve Kerr has officially staked his claim in the U.S. presidential race. The Golden State Warriors and men’s USA Basketball head coach spoke at the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday and made his case for voters to elect Vice President Kamala Harris as …

Sacramento Kings v Boston Celtics The Sacramento Kings made two of the bigger moves of the offseason — trading for DeMar DeRozan and re-signing Sixth Man of the Year candidate Malik Monk — yet still seem to be flying under the radar. Sacramento is going to be an elite offensive team next season. Kings All-NBA center Domantas Sabonis talked about …

Analyzing the 10 most skilled offensive players of post-merger NBA originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area I love watching Anthony Edwards play, but when he claimed Michael Jordan was the only NBA player “that really had skill” prior to Kobe Bryant’s arrival in the late 1990s, he was being impetuous or ignorant. Or both. Magic Johnson, who carefully picks …

DiJonai Carrington and the Connecticut Sun pulled out a tight win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday night in front of a sold-out crowd in Boston. But that game, the first WNBA game to ever be played at TD Garden, was limited to WNBA League Pass or the WNBA’s live stream outside of local markets. In fact, none of …

The NBA filed a comprehensive memo Friday night that urged New York Judge Joel M. Cohen to dismiss the breach of contract lawsuit brought by Warner Bros. Discovery and TBS. The main argument is that the plaintiffs didn’t match Amazon’s offer but instead proposed a new offer. To advance that claim, the NBA cited a laundry list of instances where …

Steve Kerr led the U.S. men’s basketball team to a gold medal at the Paris Olympics 10 days ago. He’s led the Golden State Warriors to four NBA championships. He was part of five NBA championship teams as a player. So given the opportunity to speak Monday night at the Democratic National Convention in support of Vice President Kamala Harris …

Fans will now use “Sue Bird Court” to get to games at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. (Aris Messinis/AFP) The Seattle Storm have found another way to honor longtime star Sue Bird. The city of Seattle renamed part of a street leading up to Climate Pledge Arena after the former Storm star on Monday. The stretch of road will now …

Few things will rile up players like their NBA 2K ratings. NBA 2K25 is available Sept. 6 (on your PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, or just about anything else), and the player ratings have been released over the last few weeks. This season 20 players ended up with an overall rating of 90 or higher, so we are breaking out the …

August 22 was a big day for many fantasy basketball fanatics, as Yahoo was “open for business” regarding mock drafts (Fantrax had opened things up a few weeks prior). As a result, many got in some early drafting reps, which can be valuable for checking out opinions on players, both good and bad. With that in mind, the Rotoworld basketball …

Cleveland Cavaliers v Minnesota Timberwolves There is real generational disrespect between some of the players currently (or recently) in the NBA and those that have gone before. The most famous example was broadcaster-turned-Lakers-coach J.J. Redick saying legendary 1960s Celtics guard Bob Cousey “was being guarded by plumbers and firemen.” The latest was Timberwolves star and newly minted gold medalist Anthony …

Who should be the No. 1 pick in fantasy basketball category leagues? (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) We are in the midst of witnessing something truly special in the NBA. Such is the rise of San Antonio Spurs phenom, Victor Wembanyama. [Create or join a Yahoo Fantasy hoops league for the 2024-25 NBA season] Wemby had a truly historic rookie …

These two juggernauts will be in play for the No. 1 fantasy basketball draft pick in points leagues. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) Fantasy managers are nothing if not adaptable, able to juggle multiple ideas and strategies and activites at once. We are built to multi-task. So while you’re in the midst of your fantasy football league, why not get …

Before he even steps on the court for Duke as a freshman, Cooper Flagg is cashing in on what promises to be a lucrative basketball career. Flagg, expected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, has signed a multi-year shoe deal with New Balance, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The agreement will include one NIL (Name, Image …

Defining Moments: Tommy Heinsohn embodied what it meant to be a Celtic originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics have employed some of the greatest players in NBA history, from Bill Russell and Bob Cousy to Larry Bird and Kevin McHale. But you could argue no one made a greater impact on the franchise than Tommy Heinsohn. Heinsohn …

Houston Rockets v Los Angeles Clippers Fan favorite Boban Marjanovic spent the last two seasons in Houston but remains a free agent looking for a team for next season. Marjanovic, who was in Slovenia taking part in the Goran Dragic farewell game last weekend, is still waiting on that contract for next season, but he’s not stressing about it he …

LeBron James is all smiles as he shows off his gold medal after the U.S. defeated France for the gold medal at the Paris Olympics. (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press) He carried this country to gold. But he might not be able to carry the Lakers into the playoffs? He was the leader of the team that beat the best …

Why Sabonis was ‘very surprised’ Monk re-signed with Kings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Fans who weren’t sure if Malik Monk would return to the Kings after entering NBA free agency during the offseason weren’t alone, as one of his All-Star teammates was shocked the dynamic guard re-signed with Sacramento. During Domantas Sabonis’ youth basketball camp in Rocklin …

Breaking down Sixers’ roster and key questions still to answer with offseason dust settled originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Last summer’s look at the Sixers’ depth chart was full of enormous asterisks. James Harden remained on the team, PJ Tucker was in line for another opening-night start, and everything was subject to dramatic change. A year later, the Sixers …

Breaking down Sixers’ roster and questions still to answer with offseason dust settled originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Last summer’s look at the Sixers’ depth chart was full of enormous asterisks. James Harden remained on the team, PJ Tucker was in line for another opening-night start, and everything was subject to dramatic change. A year later, the Sixers have …

Chicago Bulls v Cleveland Cavaliers Oklahoma City landing Alex Caruso in a trade was one of the best moves of the NBA offseason — the Thunder added an elite defender who can knock down 3s, has championship experience and fits right into their style of play. That we are talking about Caruso as that level of player at all is …

Memphis Grizzlies v Milwaukee Bucks Danilo Gallinari is looking for one more NBA contract. The 6’10” floor-spacing four is a free agent after spending last season with the Wizards, Pistons (who waived him), and the Bucks. Overall, he averaged 5.7 points a game and shot 32.3% from 3 last season, after missing all of the 2022-23 season recovering from a …

NBA: Denver Nuggets at San Antonio Spurs For the first time since 2016, we got to see Chris Bosh on a basketball court. The Hall of Fame big man was in Ljubljana, Slovenia, for the Goran Dragic farewell game — Bosh and Dragic were teammates in Miami — and spoke with Mindaugas Bertys of BasketNews about a number of topics, …