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Pau Gasol reached a historic milestone as he played his 200th game for the Spanish national team in the first game of the 2017 EuroBasket against Montenegro. 200GRACIAS !!! pic.twitter.com/NGcAivxgvY — Pau Gasol (@paugasol) September 1, 2017 Gasol had 10 points, eight rebounds, and five assists in 18 minutes to help Spain to an easy […]

LeBron James’ potential free agency next season has been a hot-button topic during the NBA offseason. The Cavs are reportedly operating under the assumption that James will indeed opt out of his contract next summer and take his talents elsewhere once again. Perhaps the most prevalent rumor has linked James with the Los Angeles Lakers. […]

Cameron Payne hasn’t spent a very long time in the Chicago Bulls organization. He came over in February as a highly-regarded prospect whom the Bulls traded Taj Gibson and Doug McDermott to the Oklahoma City Thunder in order to acquire. Apparently, though, it took just two short practices for Bulls coaches to determine he wasn’t […]

Miami Heat forward Justise Winslow is now participating in full-contact work after completing his six-month rehabilitation from a torn labrum and expects to be ready to go for the start of the season, per Anthony Chiang of the Palm Beach Post. “My shoulder is feeling great. I’m 100 percent now,” said Winslow, who is promoting […]

The Philadephia 76ers have not made the NBA playoffs since 2012, but rookie Markelle Fultz has set his sights high and aims to get back there on his first try with the team. The No. 1 pick in this year’s draft told Jessica Camerato of CSNPhilly.com that the rest of the Sixers team shares his […]

The New Orleans Pelicans have suffered a significant injury blow as starting small forward Solomon Hill could miss most of the season due to a torn hamstring, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. Story on ESPN: New Orleans loses starter Solomon Hill to hamstring surgery, could miss most of season. https://t.co/w1VAIp89Rg — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 27, […]

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Doug McDermott is hard at work this NBA offseason in terms of adding more skills to his game. McDermott is already a solid three-point shooter, but as Nick Gallo of NBA.com notes, the incoming four-year pro is not content with staying the same and feels he still has a lot more […]

In the wake of Nerlens Noel opting to sign the one-year, $4.1 million qualifying offer to return to the Dallas Mavericks, there has been some contention as to whether the Mavs had initially offered a $70 million deal. ESPN’s Chris Haynes reported that the initial offer was “non-existent.” However, Noel’s former agent, Happy Walters, refuted that […]

Stephen A. Smith gets a lot of grief — and rightly so — from people for his over-the-top takes. But you’ve got to give “Screamin’ A.” some credit when credit’s due, and based on a tweet from Astasia Williams, you can’t deny Smith’s unreal self-confidence to unleash his slick dance moves onto the world. Y'all…. […]

Nerlens Noel’s former agent, Happy Walters, has refuted ESPN reporter Chris B. Haynes’ reporting regarding his old client. Haynes initially reported on Twitter the news that Noel had signed with the Dallas Mavericks for the one-year, $4.1 million qualifying offer. He also added that the $17 million per year deal the Mavs reportedly offered to […]

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George was in Las Vegas to take in the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor weigh-in, but he still couldn’t escape questions about his future and the possibility of him taking his talents to L.A. SB Nation’s Kristian Winfield asked the All-Star forward about the chances of him ending up with the Los […]

Jahlil Okafor is getting himself into great shape ahead of the new NBA season. The Sixers big man told CSN Philly’s Jessica Camerato that he has already lost 20 pounds from his weight last year thanks in part to a mostly vegan diet. Caught up with Jahlil Okafor today at Sixers Shore Tour. He's down […]

While the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers are still busy making blockbuster trades in late August, the rest of the NBA is in the middle of a dead period in the offseason. Most teams have already made their moves, leaving their Twitter accounts with precious little to post. So in the midst of the offseason […]

For some strange reason, the recently-traded Isaiah Thomas got the jersey-burning treatment from some Celtics fans. This despite him basically not having any say in him getting traded out of Boston. LeBron James and Jaylen Brown have been quick to come to Thomas’ defense and condemn those incidents of people burning Thomas’ jersey on social […]

Dwyane Wade’s homecoming in Chicago is all but over, with the veteran guard and the Bulls expected to come to terms on a buyout agreement sometime in the near future. And according to ESPN’s Nick Friedell, the younger members of the Bulls team can’t wait to see the back of D-Wade. Friedell reveals that the Bulls’ […]

Ben Simmons sure looked like he was fully recovered from the foot injury which cost him his entire rookie year during a pickup game he played in recently in Melbourne, Australia. Simmons put up 34 points in that game, including 17 in the fourth quarter. The question, though, was whether Simmons had actual clearance from […]

Kyrie Irving’s new number with his new team has been revealed. After wearing No. 2 for his entire Cleveland Cavaliers — and NBA — career, the brand new Boston Celtics point guard will now wear No. 11. Kyrie Irving will wear No. 11 in Boston! (📸 @celtics/IG) pic.twitter.com/Gds3PCReIO — SB Nation NBA (@SBNationNBA) August 23, […]

After engineering the deal that saw them get traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge thanked Isaiah Thomas and Jae Crowder in a press release for their service to the Celtics. “Isaiah embodied what it meant to be a Celtic. He captured fans’ hearts not only with his spirit, […]

There is no love lost between Rudy Gobert and Isaiah Thomas. The two got into a Twitter beef earlier this summer when Gobert sent out a tweet disparaging the potential suitors for then-unrestricted free agent Gordon Hayward. Gobert put a poop emoji next to a clover, which was meant to signify the Celtics. 🌴🗑☘️💩🎷🏆 — […]

Burning a player’s jersey when he leaves a team has become a thing aggrieved fans have become accustomed to doing over the past few years. And after Isaiah Thomas’ blockbuster trade to the Cleveland Cavaliers, some Boston Celtics fans have already begun with the ritual. https://twitter.com/kylegordon28/status/900146707295596544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thescore.com%2Fnews%2F1356703 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J0B6iC-vcE On one hand, it’s sort of understandable that […]

It’s been a while since anyone’s thought of Lamar Odom doing well on a basketball court. His NBA career flamed out horribly after moving to the Dallas Mavericks in 2011-12, and then the Los Angeles Clippers in 2012-13. Eventually, everyone found out about his near-fatal substance abuse problems, which were a major reason for his […]

Pau Gasol is back in Spain for the summer, and it looks like he’s spending his time off pretty well. The San Antonio Spurs big man recently took a tour of the Picasso Museum in Malaga, a picture of which he posted on his Twitter account. This morning I've had the pleasure of visiting the […]

If anyone knows what it’s like to be stuck in second place, it’s Jerry West. The former Lakers legend made it to the NBA Finals nine times during his terrific playing career, but had the misfortune of losing eight times, most of which came against Bill Russell and his great Boston Celtics. But West came […]

It’s been a whirlwind offseason for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The team has been transformed by the arrivals of Jimmy Butler, Jeff Teague and Taj Gibson, as well as the departures of Ricky Rubio, Zach LaVine and Kris Dunn. Cole Aldrich easily could’ve been included on that list of departures, as his name has been prominently […]

The New Orleans Pelicans are forming quite a contingent of former Kentucky Wildcats. Apart from their two superstars, Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins, they’ve also added a couple more former Wildcats in swingman Darius Miller and veteran point guard Rajon Rondo during the NBA offseason. Kentucky head coach John Calipari was the big reason why […]

With the gradual rollout of the new NBA 2K18 ratings, a handful of players have expressed their displeasure with how low they think the game rated them. The fact that NBA players think their rating is too low isn’t much of a surprise. These athletes are generally incredibly confident people who think very highly of their […]

Being part of a gold medal-winning Olympic team is truly an honor which not a lot of NBA players can experience. Harrison Barnes happens to be one of those select players when he won gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil. Someone asked the Dallas Mavericks forward on Twitter what the best thing about […]

John Wall is one of the best passers in the NBA. He was second to James Harden with 10.7 assists per game last season, and is capable of dropping sublime highlight-reel dimes to his teammates on a consistent basis. So is it any surprise that Wall also knows how to pass the ol’ pigskin like […]

When James Harden’s video of doing the #DriveByDunkChallenge on a speedboat came out and immediately went viral, you had a sense that there was another shoe to drop. And don’t you know it, there actually was. As per Uproxx, Adidas has dropped Harden’s Vol. 1 Yacht Club on Saturday, Aug. 19. The new shoe, which […]

Even after winning the NBA championship, Kevin Durant continues to battle trolls from all corners of the globe on Twitter. Durant’s latest exchange came with a fan from New Zealand (probably a Steven Adams fan?) who wondered whether Durant was thinking about ditching the Warriors and joining his 7-0 college team. Apparently, Durant wasn’t impressed […]

Aside from being a terrific knockdown shooter and the reigning Sixth Man of the Year, what else do you really know about Houston Rockets shooting guard Eric Gordon? If that’s basically it, you can now add “a greedy jerk who doesn’t like kids” on the list. Gordon was seen in an Instagram video participating in […]

Members of the defending champion Golden State Warriors have been busy with trips around the world this offseason. The exploits of Splash Brothers, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, during their promotional tours in Asia have been particularly notable. Veteran big man David West was on his own overseas trip recently, but instead of promoting shoes, he […]

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will be part of a completely new starting backcourt for the Los Angeles Lakers this upcoming season alongside much-hyped rookie Lonzo Ball, and the former Detroit Piston is already excited about the prospect of playing with his new backcourt mate. In an interview with Uninterrupted’s Open Run podcast with Jesse Williams and Stefan […]