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The rookie punched it on King James. The post ‘I'm Glad I Did’: Jayson Tatum on Bumping LeBron James Following Poster Dunk appeared first on SLAMonline.

Shareef O’Neal announced on his Instagram account that he has a heart condition he and his family previously didn’t know about. Playing basketball could’ve put O’Neal at a serious risk, but he says surgery will a...

"It comes off to me as a little bit insecure when you're taking shots at somebody that's 10, 12 years younger than you." The post Dwight Howard Says He Makes Shaquille O’Neal Feel Insecure appeared first on SLAMonline.

The San Antonio Spurs have exercised their fourth-year team option on guard Dejounte Murray and center Jakob Poeltl for the 2019-20 season. In addition, the Spurs have exercised their third-year option on guard Derrick W...

Look. Preseason starts tonight. Which means for the next week or so, there is going to be tons of speculation about which young players are ready for a breakout season. Of course, players who were rookies last year and s...

Preseason is a warmup period. Many stars play sparingly. Plenty of players suffer very minor bumps and bruises and wind up sitting out more than probably necessary, just to be on the safe side. But personal tragedy, whic...

John Wall spent summer ’18 gearing up to blow the NBA Eastern Conference playoff race wide open. Sporting fresh new corn rows, Wall had classic battles with Terry Rozier and other pros in Miami and turned up at Team US...

The Rockets were an excellent defensive team last season. It was a total team effort, but a couple of key individual reasons why the squad defended well are no longer wearing Rockets jerseys. Presumably, they’ll drop o...

Some Heat notes on a Friday: The view here is that the Heat is showing smart restraint by not succumbing to Minnesota's immense compensation demands for Minnesota's Jimmy Butler. …

Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem talks about teammate Bam Adebayo after practice on the last day of the Miami Heat training camp in preparation for the 2018-19 NBA season at FAU Arena on Friday, September 28, 2018 in Boc...

View photos from the last day of the Miami Heat training camp in preparation for the 2018-19 NBA season at FAU Arena on Friday, September 28, 2018 in Boca Raton, FL. …

Miami Heat forward Bam Adebayo talks to the media after practice on the last day of the Miami Heat training camp in preparation for the 2018-19 NBA season at FAU Arena on Thursday, September 27, 2018 in Boca Raton, FL. �...

Bam Adebayo admits he played nervous as a rookie. But as Adebayo enters his second NBA season, the Miami Heat is trying to get him to play more aggressive. So …

Svi Mykhailiuk was surprised. The L.A. Lakers rookie was not surprised by the fact that he had just hit 20 threes in a row. No. No. He was surprised by the media coverage around it, the retweets, reposts and commentary. ...

"It's a special time to be a Warrior," says Thompson, who will be a free agent next summer. The post Klay Thompson Plans to Stay in Golden State Long-Term appeared first on SLAMonline.

The Utah Jazz are a talent-filled serious Western conference team that won 48 games last season and should only keep getting better. Their backcourt is on the crowded side, however. Which can make it tough on a coach to ...

The Lakers underwent big-time changes this summer, adding LeBron James and an interesting cast of supporting players, but the core of the team aside from James remains the youth: Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma and Lonzo Ball...

NBA preseason action begins tonight with Celtics vs Hornets as the lone matchup. The Celtics remain built around Kyrie Irving, Jaylen Brown, Gordon Hayward, Jayson Tatum and Al Horford, with support from Marcus Morris, M...

Lonzo Ball called Thursday the most intense basketball he has played in five months. The point guard missed the final eight games of his rookie season because of a knee injury.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have hired Liron Fanan as Director of G League Player Development. In her role, Liron will work to enrich Canton Charge players off the court through both League and team initiatives. In addition ...

The Orlando Magic have exercised their third-year team option on forward Jonathan Isaac. Isaac is now signed through the 2019-20 season. Isaac (6'10", 210, 10/3/97) played in 27 games (ten starts) during his rookie campa...