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This year marks LeBron James fourth time playing for Team USA in the Olympics. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) The USA Basketball Men’s National Team is headed to France at the end of next week to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics, but before they arrive in the City of Light, they’re competing in a week-long series of exhibition games against some …

Alex Sarr might have had the roughest game of his career in Summer League. (Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images) You should never call bust on a prospect because of one Summer League game, but Washington Wizards No. 2 overall pick Alex Sarr did his detractors plenty of favors on Tuesday. The big man went a horrific 0-for-15 from the field …

3 observations after Sixers grind out foul-filled summer league win originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers survived a foul-filled summer league game Tuesday evening. On a night in which they shot 40 for 44 at the free throw line (90.9 percent) as a team, the Sixers ground out a 92-90 win over the Timberwolves and improved to 2-1 …

2024 NBA Finals – Game Five Kyrie Irving underwent surgery to repair a fractured left hand suffered earlier this month while training, the Dallas Mavericks announced Tuesday. There were no other details—what kind of fracture to the hand, what was done with the surgery, or what the recovery timeline will be. The team’s one-paragraph release did not say he would …

2024 NBA Summer League – Phoenix Suns v Golden State Warriors Utah management has been clear from the start they intend to re-sign Lauri Markkanen and keep him as part of the team’s core going forward. However, the 27-year-old All-Star forward is in his prime and not really on the Jazz’s rebuilding timeline, and the expectation in league circles is …

Plowden has real chance to be Warriors’ next two-way success story originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Daeqwon Plowden digested my question relatively quickly, and his reply indicated he had conducted extensive research on the Warriors. “This is a franchise where I’d fit in as a 3-and-D guy,” Plowden said 10 days ago, “essentially with my defense being kind …

Kyrie Irving is recovering from a fractured left hand. (Cary Edmondson/Reuters) The Dallas Mavericks announced on Tuesday that guard Kyrie Irving suffered a fractured left hand while training and required surgery. The Mavericks didn’t provide further details of Irving’s injury or his timeline to return. It’s not clear how he sustained the injury or what specific bone or bones in …

WATCH: Josh Giddey stuffs stat sheet, drops dimes against Team USA originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Bulls’ new point guard Josh Giddey is competing for Team Australia in the Paris Olympics this summer. In preparation, his team competed against Team USA in an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi recently. Australia made a valiant, late-game comeback against the United States. …

2024 NBA Summer League – Detroit Pistons v Houson Rockets LAS VEGAS — Summer League should forever be played in Las Vegas, because the city and the NBA’s summer showcase go hand-in-hand — both have tenuous ties to reality. Derrick Rose and Trae Young were legendarily terrible in their early Summer League outings. Meanwhile, the list of Summer League MVPs …

Lindsey Harding, formerly an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings, becomes the first female assistant in Lakers history. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press) Lindsey Harding, last season’s G League coach of the year, will join JJ Redick’s first staff with the Lakers, The Times has learned from multiple people not authorized to discuss the negotiations. Should she be hired, she’d …

The Knicks’ Summer League team dropped their second straight contest, 92-85, to the Nets on Tuesday evening in Las Vegas. After two games, the Knicks are 0-2. New York got off to a fast start and took advantage of a lazy Brooklyn defense to get out to a 28-11 lead. The Nets shot 4-of-16 while New York went 12-of-16 in …

Why Lacob won’t just trade Warriors youngsters to win ‘for Steph’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Warriors owner Joe Lacob won’t shy away from a trade to make his team better, but not at the expense of his franchise’s future. The CEO recently addressed what Golden State is willing to do in order to take advantage of Steph …

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 07: Sacramento Kings Assistant Coach for Player Development Lindsey Harding passes the ball during the warm up before the game against the New York Knicks at Golden 1 Center on March 07, 2022 in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the …

Warriors’ vow to maximize Steph’s prime on line in Markkanen trade talks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The contract extension signed by Warriors coach Steve Kerr last February, lining up neatly with contracts previously signed by Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, sent a clear message about the immediate future. The front office believes these three men can extend …

Lacob shares candid reaction to Klay’s ‘unfortunate’ Warriors exit originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Like the majority of Dub Nation, Warriors owner Joe Lacob is having a hard time processing Klay Thompson’s departure from the Bay. Lacob joined The Athletic’s “Hoops Adjacent” podcast with Marcus Thompson and David Aldridge and shared his honest feelings about losing a franchise …

BASKET-UAE-USA-AUS Through two exhibition games, Anthony Davis has been the best player for Team USA: A combined 27 points, 25 rebounds and six blocks on 11-of-22 shooting. He’s been a force on both ends of the court. He’s done all that off the bench, Joel Embiid has been the starting center for Team USA. Embiid looked better in Game 2 …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill and basketball analyst Isis Young discuss the pros and cons of the New York point guard’s decision to sign a contract extension this year instead of next and leaving $113M on the table. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe …

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 Isis “Ice” Young and the show kicks off with a look at Team USA, who defeated Australia in men’s basketball on Monday. We’re learning a lot from …

The Milwaukee Bucks’ roster had a question at shooting guard, but the team has now added the best shooter still available. Gary Trent Jr. has agreed to a one-year deal with the Bucks, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Last season with the Toronto Raptors, Trent averaged 13.7 points, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals. Most importantly, he shot 39% on 3-pointers, …

Lakers guard Bronny James struggled against the Boston Celtics during Summer League play Monday in Las Vegas. He scored two points on one-for-five shooting and went zero for three from three-point range. (Adam Hagy / NBAE via Getty Images) NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown had courtside seats to watch his Boston Celtics beat the Lakers in a Summer League game …

Patrick Beverley had yet to find a new contract in NBA free agency. So it appears that the veteran guard is leaving the contract for his next deal. Beverley, 36, is signing with Hapoel Tel Aviv BC of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, according to Beverley himself via his “Pat Bev Pod” social media feed. (A new episode of the …

New York won the day that Leon Rose took over the Knicks. I don’t mean that in, like, a global sense; I mean it literally. On March 2, 2020, the orange-and-blue scored a 125-123 upset win over the Houston Rockets: To watch those highlights is to step into an extremely specific time machine. (And, considering it’d drop you off about …

Bronny James Jr. and the LA Lakers are playing in the NBA Summer League this Wednesday. (AP Photo/David Becker) The NBA’s annual Summer League kicked off this weekend in Las Vegas, and so far, all eyes are on the 2024 Championship-winning Boston Celtics who are currently 1-1 after a win against the Los Angeles Lakers, and their star rookie Bronny …

Utah Jazz v Los Angeles Lakers, Game 2 Former NBA player Joe “Jellybean” Bryant — who is better known as the father of Kobe Bryant — has died at the age of 69. The announcement came from his alma mater, La Salle University. We are saddened to announce the passing of La Salle basketball great Joe Bryant. Joe played for …

Another member of the Purple People Eaters defense will be joining the team’s immortals. The Vikings have announced that cornerback Bobby Bryant will enter the Ring of Honor on September 22. He’ll be the first cornerback in franchise history to receive the distinction and the third defensive back, joining Paul Krause and Joey Browner. A seventh-round pick in 1967, Bryant …