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Now that the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 has been announced, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith took to comparing two of the best NBA players of this remarkable class. Smith said Tim Duncan had a better all-around carer than Kobe Bryant, as the two will soon be enshrined as Hall of Famers along […]

The Masters Tournament is aiming for a potential Nov. 9-15 event date to hold the lauded major after dutifully postponing it on March 13 amid the wildfire postponements and cancellations of several sports around the world. This has to be great news for golf fans, though all of these timelines remain relatively fluid, considering the […]

The R&A has decided to cancel The Open in 2020 due to the current crisis amid this novel coronavirus pandemic. The 149th Open is now slated to take place at Royal St George’s from 11-18 July 2021 and The 150th Open at St. Andrews from 10-17 July 2022. “We care deeply about this historic championship […]

The NBA is going through a difficult stretch with a potential long hiatus since the season came to a halt on March 11. Los Angeles Lakers forward Jared Dudley has seen the situation get more dire by the day, a feeling that is shared with many NBA executives and owners around the league. Dudley stressed […]

Jared Dudley went up to bat for his Los Angeles Lakers teammate LeBron James in a long offseason chat with The Athletic. The veteran forward has been known to be a thorough analyst of the game and he gave his reasoning as to why he would give his teammate the slight edge over reigning MVP […]

The Toronto Raptors nearly got a gem and a future Hall of Famer in Kevin Garnett after Isiah Thomas was hired to be executive vice president of basketball operations for the then-expansion team in 1994. The soon-to-be Hall of Famer had scouted Garnett as one of his first jobs as an executive and was anxious […]

Shaquille O’Neal took yet another dig at Dwight Howard, cutting him loose in a game of “start, bench, cut” in which he picked an NBA star from the 2000s for one of each action. Given the choice between LeBron James, Howard, and Yao Ming, the NBA personality rightfully went with James to start but had […]

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal took on a friendly game of “start, bench, cut” in which he gets three players to choose from for each of these actions. His choices were none other than Allen Iverson, Chris Webber, and Tim Duncan — three of the best picks of the ’90s. Unsurprisingly, he picked fellow Hall of […]

Some players within the New York Knicks, including rookie RJ Barrett, have been frustrated by Julius Randle’s penchant for over-dribbling and lack of ball movement, something that has proved to be a season-round trend, according to Marc Berman of The New York Post. Randle turned the ball over a lot less over the last two […]

The Chicago Bulls have started a formal search process to hire a new top executive with full authority on basketball decisions, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ownership has discussed this plan of action with Executive VP of Basketball Operations John Paxson and general manager Gar Forman. Paxson is likely to continue in an advisory role […]

Miami Heat sniper Duncan Robinson is partnering with Dunkin’ to support Feeding South Florida, a hunger-relief organization serving Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties. The marksman is one of many NBA players who have pledged to help first responders during this worldwide coronavirus pandemic. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-hQpRxJ7gf/ Robinson will start with Feeding South Florida and partner […]

The English Premier League has pushed back the targeted early May interval for a potential restart to the 2019-20 season. The “overriding priority is to aid the health and wellbeing of the nation and our communities” during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Friday official release. “The Premier League will not resume at the beginning […]

The expected lengthy hiatus of the 2019-20 NBA season will bring along plenty of headaches for the league and its executives. But with it comes the potential to bring much-needed changes to the year-round infrastructure of the league. A few team executives have pushed to hold free agency before the NBA Draft takes place, something that […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Al Horford has donated $500,000 to aid those affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic in his home country of the Dominican Republic and various regions of the U.S., according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Besides his charitable donation to his homeland, the Sixers big man is also helping those […]

Potential Top-3 NBA draft pick LaMelo Ball and his manager Jermaine Jackson have purchased the rights to his Australian National Basketball League team, the Illawarra Hawks, according to ESPN. “We own the team,” Jackson said. “It’s a done deal.” Ball arrived in Australia in August as part of the league’s “Next Stars” program, quickly establishing […]

Doc Rivers knows the acquisition of Lou Williams taught him not to judge a book by its cover. The Los Angeles Clippers coach candidly opened up about his first reactions upon learning Williams was coming in return for dime maestro Chris Paul in a blockbuster trade during the summer of 2017. “When we traded for […]

The future of the 2019-20 NBA season is still in limbo, but any hopes of having a traditional postseason are long gone. According to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, the NBA is keenly aware that it can’t hold the playoffs as they are constructed and hope to have a reasonable end to this campaign. While […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum is donating $170,000 to communities in Portland, Oregon, and Canton, Ohio for relief of the novel coronavirus, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro Area will receive a $70,000 donation and the Akron-Canton Food Bank will receive $100,000. McCollum, a Canton […]

Even in the midst of a hiatus period for the NBA, the New York Knicks are still looking for a general manager to take a seat next to new hire Leon Rose, who became president of basketball operations a month ago. Philadelphia 76ers general manager Elton Brand has emerged as a potential candidate for the […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel has the tough task of keeping his team engaged during what’s expected to be a long NBA hiatus. The Lakers helmsman found out two of his players had contracted the novel coronavirus, but admitted even he didn’t know who they were. Vogel is okay with that: “I don’t […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard reacted to plenty of alarmed fans in his social media mentions after a Los Angeles Lakers fan account “reported” he was considering joining the Lakers. This was just one of the many April Fools’ Day pranks on Twitter, with even more of them sprouting up now that the NBA […]

No. 1 overall draft pick Zion Williamson has already built a strong fan base in the NBA, but there might not be a bigger fan within his own team than veteran marksman JJ Redick. The New Orleans Pelicans sniper went on ESPN’s Get Up on Tuesday, lauding Williamson’s potential and expressing optimism for what he’s […]

UEFA has indefinitely suspended operations for the Champions League, Europa League, and Euro 2020 qualifying playoffs on Wednesday, considering the lasting effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to ESPN. UEFA and their 55 associates met two weeks ago, hoping there would be enough time to complete all games by June 30, when player contracts are […]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was hopeful the NBA could return as soon as May, but after the last few weeks of accumulated data, the Mavs owner has since backed off from that optimistic view. At the time, Cuban’s window for a return seemed pessimistic, with some owners and players expecting the hiatus to only […]

The potential of playing with the Brooklyn Nets’ All-NBA duo of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving has become an attractive proposition to a “number of veterans” in the upcoming free-agency period. Brian Lewis of the New York Post told fans in a mailbag article that while he doesn’t know who may come to join the […]

NBA legend Vince Carter might witness a rather anticlimactic end to his playing career depending on what happens with the 2019-20 season. Memorabilia from his playing days with the Toronto Raptors will get harder to come by the minute. Tas Melas, former host of “The Starters” on NBA TV and currently with The Athletic, thought […]

ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins made a jaw-dropping revelation during the latest edition of Hoop Streams. The former NBA center admitted his kids spent a whopping $16,000 on the popular video game Fortnite, a rude awakening for the big man. “I hate video games,” said Perkins. “My kids drive me crazy with it. I do not indulge […]

The NBA is full of superstars and All-Star-caliber players, but many guys play an unsung role for their respective teams. Perhaps not a household name nor one filling the stat line every day, these players do the work without much attention or praise attached to their name. Here are 15 NBA players from the Western […]

Kevin Durant and his other three Brooklyn Nets teammates that tested positive for the novel coronavirus are now symptom-free according to general manager Sean Marks. Those who are free of any symptoms include the coaching staff and the traveling party that went to San Francisco, according to Alex Schiffer of The Athletic. Recently, the Utah […]

Derrick Rose still remembers playing O.J. Mayo as a young kid trying to get to the NBA. While the Chicago Bulls drafted the hometown kid with the first overall pick of the 2008 NBA Draft, there was a time where Mayo was schooling the likes of Rose and others of this draft class. This goes back […]

The rest of the 2019-20 NBA season should have brought a fair share of cameos from Stephen Curry after returning from a four-month absence due to a broken left hand. The Golden State Warriors point man returned for one game against the Toronto Raptors but missed the next two with the flu before the season […]

The NBA 2K20 Tournament is bound to make waves during a relatively silent sports season. Some of the best real-life NBA players, including Kevin Durant, Andre Drummond, and Donovan Mitchell will participate in the video game tournament, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. The league is still finalizing some of the details of this […]

The Chinese government has put strict restrictions on the resumption of team sports, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, dealing a significant blow to the return of basketball in the Chinese Basketball Association and potentially the NBA as well. This comes on the heels of the CBA delaying a planned resumption of its regular season since it […]

Following the clamor of many quarantined Americans, ESPN pushed up the release of its 10-part Chicago Bulls documentary “The Last Dance,” now set to premier with its first two episodes on April 19. The network announced that two episodes will be released every Sunday, culminating with a May 17 finale: Mark your calendars. #TheLastDance pic.twitter.com/4ARKdzTq6p […]

Before the NBA season came to a halt, center DeMarcus Cousins continued his ACL rehabilitation within the Los Angeles Lakers’ facilities. But according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the Lakers are likely to bail on the injury-prone big man after this season, instead looking to keep Dwight Howard as the backup center. Via TalkBasket.net: “I don’t […]

The NBA is full of superstars and All-Star-caliber players, but many guys play an unsung role for their respective teams. Perhaps not a household name nor one filling the stat line every day, these players do the work without much attention or praise attached to their name. Here are 15 NBA players from the Eastern […]

The Brooklyn Nets could be looking at a “big-name coach” in the upcoming months after parting ways with former helmsman Kenny Atkinson days before the 2019-20 season went on hiatus. Rumor has it that the two superstars who signed with the Nets this summer, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, are behind this process: “One of […]

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum acknowledges how the coronavirus could potentially affect some of the top teams in the East, as his C’s, the Raptors, and the Bucks could be impacted by this hiatus. “[The hiatus] will help the teams that have had guys injured. It’ll definitely give them a lot more time. I think […]

The Brooklyn Nets will have plenty of decisions to make in the offseason. Among them is deciding how to shape their roster, and ESPN’s Brian Windhorst believes they will make any moves necessary to reel in a third star to play alongside Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving: “I believe they have telegraphed they intend to […]