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The Spurs coach doesn't have anything to prove. So why is he sweating out practices in the desert with an undermanned Team USA squad?

Kyle Kuzma believes he can become the Los Angeles Lakers’ third superstar alongside LeBron James and new teammate Anthony Davis. “I don’t feel no pressure,” says Kuzma, who averaged 18.7 points and 5.5 rebounds l...

Kevin Durant says he didn’t hear Raptors fans cheering his devastating Achilles injury in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. But Durant had an acidic response to the Toronto faithful’s classless gesture. KD was determined to ...

Kemba Walker doesn’t feel any pressure to “be better” than Kyrie Irving was in Boston last season. Walker, who went through some “fucking tough days” this summer as he left the Charlotte Hornets as an unrestric...

Kevin Durant says the Warriors are not to blame for the devastating Achilles rupture he suffered in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Durant, 30, reports that he had targeted that pivotal game all along for his return to the cou...

Rudy Gobert is always going to tout himself to win a one-on-one duel at the rim -- with anyone.

Veteran free agent Michael Beasley, who last suited up for the Los Angeles Lakers, has been suspended by the NBA for five games as a result of violating the league’s anti-drug policy, Shams Charania of The Athletic rep...

WE’RE RUNNING IT BACK. Volume 2 of the SLAM Summer Classic is set for 2PM ET August 18th at the legendary Dyckman Park in New York City. It’ll be streaming live on Twitch, Twitter, FB and YouTube. Several of the top ...

A couple of weekends ago, on a warm and humid morning in Brooklyn, 36 men's and women's teams stepped foot onto the Nets' posh practice facility in an attempt to get closer to achieving their Olympic dreams. Next summer ...

Carmelo Anthony tried to join USA Basketball this summer, but was turned down by its czar, Jerry Colangelo. Melo’s participation “would've been more of a distraction,” according to Colangelo. Team USA has been rebu...

Update #1, 1:04 pm: The NBA has announced that they’ll release the full schedule on Monday, August 12 at 3:00 pm EST. Although it hasn’t been formally announced, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports that opening da...

Miami's Kelly Olynyk appeared to hurt his knee after slipping and falling during Canada's win over Nigeria in a FIBA exhibition game and will get X-rays, coach Nick Nurse said.

Kevin Durant says the Nets were “always” going to be his pick if he were to leave the Golden State Warriors as an unrestricted free agent this summer. Durant credits Brooklyn’s “creative” front-office for what ...

Kadary Richmond dropped a #NYvsNY-record 51 points as he punched Gersh’s ticket to next week’s semifinals. Check out this week’s scores and highlights below. Watson 85, Lincoln 52 Gersh 90, Tri-State 64 The post #N...