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USC guard Kevin Porter Jr. emerged as the one of the most exciting players in high school basketball during his senior season. During a scrimmage against Team USA before the Nike Hoop Summit, Porter Jr showed that he’s...

There was no real reason to expect Kyrie Irving to leave the Celtics as a free agent next summer. He’s got a great role. An excellent team. A young squad that should keep getting better. And right now, the team has jus...

McGee says the League is systematically phasing out the center position. The post ‘They Don’t Want Us Here’: JaVale McGee Says NBA Marginalizing Centers appeared first on SLAMonline.

The Sonics left town 10 years ago. When will an NBA team call Seattle home again?

Lakers star LeBron James continued to be effusive in his praise of Brandon Ingram, whom he called a "special talent" looking to make "this next jump in his third year."

Jason Collins, who became the first openly gay active male athlete in North America's four major professional sports in 2014 while playing for the Brooklyn Nets, was honored by the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday as the team...

Puma has landed its first established All-Star and NBA talent, with Warriors star DeMarcus Cousins signing a multi-year offer sheet with the brand Thursday, sources told ESPN.

To make things as easy as possible for you, we've consolidated rankings and tiers for roto and points leagues into downloadable/printable PDF cheat sheets. Plus, a handy NBA schedule grid for looking ahead to the fantasy...

With Bam Adebayo and James Johnson on the injury list to start the preseason, Erik Spoelstra has used it as an opportunity to play centers Kelly Olynyk and Hassan Whiteside …

Jimmy Butler wants the Timberwolves to trade him. This has been reported for a while now. Here’s the Minneapolis Star Tribune reporting the words of a few Wolves players and what they had to say, on the record, about t...

G.O.A.T. talk. The post ‘Slight Edge’: Stan Van Gundy Says LeBron James is Better Than Michael Jordan appeared first on SLAMonline.

The Rookie of the Year has other goals. The post Ben Simmons: Shooting Threes Not ‘Main Goal at All’ appeared first on SLAMonline.

Bron is ready to lead the break in L.A. The post LeBron James: Lakers Will Be a Running Team appeared first on SLAMonline.

It began nearly 125 years ago, when Dr. James Naismith called upon A.G. Spalding to create the very first basketball in 1894. From then to now, as the sport has grown on a global scale, the ways in which people want to i...

"It's a lot of upside in that kid." The post ‘I Think He’s Next’: LeBron James Says Brandon Ingram Ready to Make Leap appeared first on SLAMonline.

Anyone who has followed the NBA for a long time knows that a team belongs in Seattle. That’s just a feeling, though. Business doesn’t work that way. People have to work together, on all sides, to make it happen. Can ...

James Dolan is doing just fine, for those who were wondering. Here’s the New York Post reporting: Madison Square Garden Chief Executive James Dolan got a hefty raise, the company said Thursday. Dolan will bring home ro...

Preseason is mostly a warmup period for many teams, but for the Lakers and other squads who made major offseason changes and have major chemistry development ahead of them, it’s more than that. The Lakers have a ton of...

The New York Knicks have signed guard Billy Garrett. Garrett, 6-6, 210-pounds, appeared in three games for New York's 2018 Summer League entry in Las Vegas and averaged 2.3 points over 9.4 minutes. He spent the 2017-18 s...

The Celtics star's return has been slower and more challenging than expected, and he talks about it.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Andre Roberson underwent a procedure on Thursday because of a setback during his rehab from left knee surgery and will miss at least an additional two months, a Thunder spokesperson said.

At an event for Celtics’ season ticket holders on Thursday night, All-Star Kyrie Irving told the crowd he intends to re-sign after this season. “If you guys will have me back, I plan on re-signing here next year,” ...