The Oklahoma City Thunder promoted assistant Mark Daigneault to head coach, succeeding Billy Donovan who departed in September after the team's playoff exit. Daigneault has risen to the position after six years with the club that included a head coaching assignment with Oklahoma City's...
The NBA's board of governors formally approved a deal for a shortened 2020-2021 season on Tuesday, with the new campaign tipping off on December 22. An NBA statement said the league's board unanimously approved adjustments to the current collective bargaining agreement, which has been impacted by...
LeBron James' Twitter account NBA star LeBron James didn't need any caption to describe his mood over the victory of Democratic bet Joe Biden against Republican Donald Trump in the US Presidential Election. In a caption-less Instagram post Sunday , LeBron shared an edited throwback meme of Biden...
NBA team owners and the players union will conduct separate meetings Thursday that are expected to produce a deal to start the 2020-21 campaign on December 22, according to multiple reports Wednesday. The National Basketball Players Association and the league are expected to agree upon a season...
Just like any mother, actress Jackie Forster won't allow anyone to judge her children. That's why when a netizen left a "negative" comment about her 23-year-old son Kobe, she couldn't help but respond to it. "Sayang kung nakapagtiis lang sya at nag tiyaga sana nasa NBA na sya at regular ngaun si...
Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz and Tony Bradley of the Utah Jazz high-five during a game on December 7, 2019 at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP Ryan Smith, co-founder of software developer Qualtrics, has agreed to purchase the NBA's Utah...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver (Photo by Stacy Revere / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) The NBA is looking at starting a 72-game 2020-21 season in December and finishing in time for players to compete at the Tokyo Olympics according to multiple reports Friday. The Athletic and ESPN, citing unnamed...
This year's NBA Draft will be staged in virtual fashion from the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut, the league announced Thursday. The Covid-19 pandemic that halted the season in March and led to the playoffs being staged at a quarantine bubble in Orlando will also wipe out the usual gathering...
Photo from Instagram account of Jimmy Butler Jimmy Butler must be loving the Miami life. After lifting the Heat to their first NBA Finals appearance in six years, Butler found himself chilling during the well-deserved offseason vacation. In a series of photos and Instagram Stories, Butler can be...
Photo from Giannis Antetokounmpo's Instagram account Giannis showed a proud brother moment after welcoming Kostas, the first of the four Antetokounmpo brothers to win an NBA title, at a Greek airport in a social media post Friday. View this post on Instagram In a four-minute video posted by...
Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, whose tweet last year supporting Hong Kong freedom led to a China rift with the NBA, is stepping down, according to multiple reports October 15, 2020. (Photo by Bob Levey / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) China's state broadcaster CCTV warned Friday...
Lakers fans celebrate in front of the Staples Center on October 11, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. People gathered to celebrate after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP Nearly 80 people were arrested and eight police officers...