Basketball News
Smart (quad) planning to return for Greece tilt
ESPN - 7 Sep 2019 07:33
Marcus Smart, who missed Thursday's FIBA World Cup game against Japan with a left quadriceps strain, went through Friday's shootaround and is planning to play Saturday against Greece.
Sikma's HOF speech: 'It's time' for NBA in Seattle
ESPN - 7 Sep 2019 06:31
SuperSonics legend Jack Sikma, a driving force behind the franchise's only NBA title 40 years ago, pleaded with the league to bring back pro basketball to Seattle for the first time since 2008 during his Hall of Fame ind...
'Always about love': Divac leads Hall inductees
ESPN - 7 Sep 2019 03:23
Vlade Divac won an Olympic silver medal with Yugoslavia and another with Serbia after the country broke apart in a civil war, but in his Basketball Hall of Fame induction speech on Thursday, he focused on how the sport b...
Derrick Rose: 'I Am a Hall of Famer'
SLAMonline - 7 Sep 2019 21:22
Derrick Rose says he is a Hall of Famer, even if it may not be a universally-shared opinion. “I made it. I executed,” added Rose. Rose, 30, feels he has “a great chance” to win an NBA title as a member of the Det...
Sierra Canyon Is a HS Superteam! Bronny, BJ Boston, Zaire Wade & More
SLAMonline - 7 Sep 2019 20:49
Sierra Canyon is entering the 2019-20 high school basketball season with one of the most stacked teams in the country. Led by Ziaire Williams, Brandon Boston, Amari Bailey and Zaire Wade, the Trailblazers will also have ...
High School Hoopers Go THROWBACK | SLAM YERRR or NAHHH
SLAMonline - 7 Sep 2019 20:30
Friends? Tony Hawk video games? YouTube-to-MP3 converter? Our throwback edition of YERRR or NAHHH really had Josh Christopher singing the Jonas Brothers! Shoutout to BODYARMOR and Mr. Throwback NYC for making this episod...
Popovich's plan stops Giannis and Greece
ESPN - 7 Sep 2019 19:38
Giannis Antetokounmpo struggled against Team USA's defense in the second round at the FIBA World Cup.
Inside the Design of the Air Jordan 34
SLAMonline - 7 Sep 2019 19:30
They carved out the midsole on the Air Jordan 34. The lead designer on the 34, Tate Kuerbis, and Ross Klein, Senior Creative Design Director for Nike Basketball, took a chunk out of the 34 right from the jump. "We thou...
Bulls To Release Antonio Blakeney
SLAMonline - 7 Sep 2019 18:25
The Bulls and Antonio Blakeney are parting ways, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune previously reported that waiving Blakeney was a possibility for the Bulls. The team re-sig...