* * * The Oklahoma City Thunder made a big splash by trading for Paul George. Are you convinced OKC will be significantly better next season? * * * Steve Aschburner: I’ll skip any quibbling over what we mean by “significant” and just say yes. For this season, sure, adding a Paul George who’s ready …
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They’re fighting back. It may amount to nothing in a year’s time, but those who would challenge the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference didn’t sit on their hands and whine about how unfair the world was. And that set up what was an unexpectedly vigorous first week of free agency and trades — …
The L.A. Clippers announced today that they have re-signed free agent forward Blake Griffin. “I just want to say how excited I am to be back. Obviously, this has been my home since I have been drafted.” Griffin said. “In the end, I realized this was a no-brainer for me. This was the best place …
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SAN ANTONIO — It’s always said that close-out games in a playoff series are the toughest. But in winning back-to-back sweeps in the first two rounds, the Warriors had no trouble dropping the hammer. Golden State finished off the Trail Blazers 128-103 in Portland and never gave the Jazz a flicker of hope in a …
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NEW YORK – The NBA today announced the finalists for six major awards that honor top performers from the 2016-17 regular season: Kia NBA Most Valuable Player, Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, Kia NBA Sixth Man Award, Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, Kia NBA Most Improved Player and NBA Coach of the …
NEW YORK — The National Basketball Association announced today that Charlotte will host NBA All-Star 2019. The 68th NBA All-Star Game will take place at Spectrum Center, home of the Hornets, on Sunday, February 17, 2019. Regarding the announcement of Charlotte as the host of the 2019 All-Star Game, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said: “For …
NEW YORK — The National Basketball Association announced today that Charlotte will host NBA All-Star 2019. The 68th NBA All-Star Game will take place at Spectrum Center, home of the Hornets, on Sunday, February 17, 2019. Regarding the announcement of Charlotte as the host of the 2019 All-Star Game, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said: “For …
CLEVELAND — Boston Celtics star guard Isaiah Thomas has visited one hip specialist and plans to see others. Thomas, who is done for the season with a right hip injury he sustained in March and aggravated in the playoffs, told Celtics coach Brad Stevens that he intends to get “one or two more opinions” before …
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Let’s face it. For all the talk about stability and commitment, most NBA franchises change coaches the way the rest of us change t-shirts — often and without even thinking twice. But for a change, when the regular season begins in two months, for the first time in recent memory there will not be a …
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> Tune In: Team Africa vs. Team World (Saturday 11 a.m. ET, ESPN2) > Game Info: Rosters, stats and complete game coverage > #NBAAfricaGame JOHANNESBURG AND NEW YORK – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced today the full rosters for NBA Africa Game 2017, the league’s second game …
