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Damian Lillard had been a hot topic over the past month as the biggest superstar who teams could look to trade for this offseason. Although he's currently playing with Team USA leading up to the Tokyo Olympics, the guard...

Nigeria's became the first African country to beat the USA when they shocked the number one-ranked side 90-87 in a pre-Olympics exhibition game, and D'Tigers coach Mike Brown told ESPN that it was no fluke.

On a night Suns center Deandre Ayton struggled with foul trouble, coach Monty Williams pointed out the free throw disparity in Phoenix's Game 3 loss: "We had 16 free throws tonight. One person had 17." That one person wa...

The official podcast of the basketball bible. SLAM Presents “No Pump Fakes”, hosted by Theus McBee and Ahmad Smith, is an exclusive podcast that dives into the pureness of the game while giving in-depth analysis and ...

2014 WNBA champion Maya Moore, a champion for criminal justice reform, was the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2021 ESPYs on Saturday night. The four-time WNBA champion was presented with the award by R...

For the eighth time in FIBA U19 World Cup history, the USA Men’s U19 team is bringing the gold back home. The star-studded roster capped off its dominant run in the World Cup with a 83-81 victory over France. No better...

When Candace Parker showed up for her first (very much overdue, we know and acknowledge that) SLAM cover shoot in June of 2021, we had a four-hour HOV playlist blasting out the speakers. She knew every single song. The t...

Destiny has a funny way of finding you. When you least expect it, you look around and realize that everything you've gone through has led you to this point. That this moment in time is what was meant for you. Destiny is ...

Paige Bueckers took home the ESPY for being the Best Women’s College Athlete on Saturday night. But it was the acceptance speech that came from UConn’s star point guard celebrating Black women that had the sports wor...

Ray Young, the father of Atlanta Hawks’ superstar point guard Trae Young, posted a picture from 2013 of a young Trae with Brad Stevens and Danny Ainge. The caption on the post told an interesting story that the elder Y...

As the United States kicked off their Olympic experience this summer, they faced Nigeria in an exhibition game on Saturday night. While Team USA rolled out five NBA superstars in their starting lineup with an impressive ...

The Bucks played well even without their star on the floor, and cut the Suns' lead to two games to one.

In a must-win matchup, the Milwaukee Bucks looked like a different team will home court advantage, dominating Game 3 on Sunday to get back into the series. While the Phoenix Suns had looked like the better team all serie...