Category: NBA Headlines
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Friday he erred by holding a basketball clinic in Cuba this week without first consulting with the Heat. “Yes, I can confirm that they were miffed,” Silver said of the Heat’s angry reaction, which was reported by The Miami Herald earlier this month. “I have had multiple conversations with those […]
And yet, on Thursday, Love validated James’ belief in him. He buried Boston on a 3-pointer with 26 seconds remaining on a kick-out pass from James, and he picked up the slack for Kyrie Irving (13 points, 3-for-11 shooting). “People have focused my whole career on what I couldn’t do rather than what I could,” […]
UConn men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie has told those close to him on campus that he is staying at the school despite the current vacancy with the Oklahoma City Thunder, sources told ESPN’s Andy Katz on Thursday. via Andy Katz of ESPN
The San Antonio Spurs listed point guard Tony Parker as questionable Thursday for Friday’s Game 3 matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference playoffs due to tightness in his right Achilles tendon. Parker entered the club’s Game 2 victory over the Clippers already nursing a twisted left ankle and a bruised left […]
Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle joined “The Afternoon Show with Cowlishaw and Mosley” on KESN-FM 103.3 on Thursday to talk all things basketball. On what he would have done differently with (Rajon) Rondo situation: Carlisle: “Nothing. I think we all did what we could do. And I think he did what he could do, so […]
(Sixers CEO Scott) O’Neil learned at last week’s NBA Board of Governors meeting that the Sixers rank fourth in the league in new full season-ticket packages with roughly 1,000. “The market continues to be excited,” said O’Neil in a Thursday telephone conversation. “Is some of that the high lottery picks we could get? I hope […]
And it was a prompt for (LeBron) James to speak up in support of the Big Three’s most maligned member (Kevin Love). “He’s played an unbelievable series,” James said of Love, who is averaging 18.3 points and 9.0 rebounds through the Cavs’ 3-0 start to the playoffs. “He’s been highly criticized this year, and I […]
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday he is ”on the fence” about intentional fouling away from the ball and expects the league to be ”very engaged” about the tactic over the coming months. via Brian Mahoney of The Associated Press
Basketball great Dikembe Mutombo sank baskets from seemingly every position on the court Thursday as a half-dozen Cuban players watched admiringly on the first day of an NBA training camp aimed at boosting the game’s popularity on the communist-run island following the declaration of detente between Washington and Havana. The flags of Cuba and the […]
The San Antonio Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard, who became only the sixth forward to lead the NBA in steals per game since the league started tracking the statistic 42 years ago, is the recipient of the 2014-15 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, the NBA announced today. He becomes the first Spurs player to […]
