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Nick Nurse and Kawhi Leonard paid off. And who would guard Stephen Curry in the finals? Fred VanVleet was up to the challenge.

On Monday, Kevin Durant ruptured the Achilles' tendon in his right foot. On Thursday, Klay Thompson tore the anterior crucial ligament in his left knee.

Update #1, 2:20 am: Larry Tanenbaum, the owner of Maple Leaf Sport and Entertainment which owns the Raptors, has told Michael Grange of Sportsnet that there’s no chance Ujiri will leave Toronto. The Washington Wizards ...

Philadelphia 76ers guard Jimmy Butler will turn down his 2019-20 player option, Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reports. As expected, Butler will hit unrestricted free agency this summer. By turning down his $19.8 million p...

Golden State called a timeout it did not have at the end of Game 6, but don't think of it as a mistake. It may have been the only chance to save its season.

Kyrie Irving is reportedlly “prepared” to sign on the dotted line in Brooklyn as a free agent next month. Irving, 27, parted ways with his agent and is expected to join Roc Nation. Kyrie and the Boston Celtics are he...

Bronny James, Mikey Williams, Elijah Fisher, Gabe Cupps and several others make up an insanely loaded Class of 2023. Peep their highlights in the video above and let us know: Who’s the best rising freshman? The post Wh...

The New York Knicks have exercised their 2019-20 team option on Allonzo Trier, Shams Charania of The Athletic writes. The undrafted guard caught on with the club after the draft and established himself as a rotation scor...

Video of a physical altercation between Masai Ujiri, Raptors president of basketball ops, and an Oakland sheriff’s deputy was captured Thursday night after Toronto won the NBA championship with a 114-110 Game 6 victory...

Battered and bruised, the Warriors finally succumbed Thursday night, as the Toronto Raptors won Game 6 of the NBA Finals 114-110 to claim their first ever championship. Draymond Green says Golden State went down fighting...

It's no grand secret that NBA players have more stardom, greater salaries and better perks than their female counterparts. In recent years, the inequality has made for some pretty striking headlines: "WNBA superstars mak...

Kawhi Leonard is an NBA champion again, and lamented that “people doubted” him and insinuated that he “faking the injury” that ultimately led him to leave San Antonio and join the Raptors. Leonard, 27, ignored th...

Kyle Lowry reached the pinnacle of his sport Thursday night in Oakland, helping lead the Raptors to their first NBA title in franchise history. Lowry says his critics can say whatever they want, but it won’t matter: �...

Kawhi Leonard leads Toronto to the NBA chip while taking down Finals MVP in his New Balance OMN1S. The post 2019 NBA Finals Kicks of the Night: Game 6 appeared first on SLAM.

Nick Nurse and Kawhi Leonard paid off. And who would guard Stephen Curry in the finals? Fred VanVleet was up to the challenge.

In an interview with ESPN's Rachel Nichols, Kyle Lowry said of his Raptors teammate Kawhi Leonard: "I told him, day one, this is his team. He the man. And I'm gonna make sure he's the man. And when he did special things,...

What's next for Toronto, Golden State and the rest of the NBA? We're ranking every team heading into a pivotal offseason across the league.

Golden State called a timeout it did not have at the end of Game 6, but don't think of it as a mistake. It may have been the only chance to save its season.

For the second time in his nine-year career, Kawhi Leonard has been named Finals MVP. The forward was a nearly unanimous winner of the award, the lone dissenting vote going to Raptors guard Fred Van Vleet. Leonard averag...

Warriors guard Klay Thompson tore the ACL in his left knee Thursday night in the third quarter of Game 6 of the NBA Finals, the team announced.

Warriors guard Klay Thompson injured his left knee after landing awkwardly following a dunk attempt late in the third quarter and was ruled out for the rest of the game.

Warriors guard Klay Thompson will not return to Game 6 after injuring his knee, the team’s public relations department has announced. Thompson tweaked his left leg landing after a dunk attempt in the final minutes of t...