NBA - Page 5

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The National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams and is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

Luka Doncic (centre, covering his face with his hand) was taken off off during the first quarter against the Chicago Bulls

NBA fine Dallas Mavericks $750,000 for resting key players

 05:22 15/04/2023

The Dallas Mavericks have been fined $750,000 by the NBA for resting key players against the Chicago Bulls despite being in play-off contention.
Emoni Bates played one season at Eastern Michigan, in his hometown, Ypsilanti, but is expected to enter the upcoming N.B.A. draft.Credit...Jeff Blake/USA Today Sports, via Reuters

He Was Billed as the Next LeBron. But Will Emoni Bates Make It at All?

 10:45 03/03/2023

Bates was on a magazine cover at 15. He was playing Division I college basketball at 17. Now he’s 19, his college career may be over, and N.B.A. success is anything but guaranteed.
Lakers forward LeBron James chats with injured teammate Anthony Davis on the bench during a game against the Hornets at Crypto.com Arena on Dec. 23.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Lakers stay optimistic as Anthony Davis and other injured players work toward return

 09:18 15/01/2023

In the meantime, there’s still a growing faith in the fill-in players’ abilities to make a difference.
Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images

Star sends NBA world into meltdown ​

 06:22 12/11/2022

NBA star Stephen Curry left the basketball world in utter disbelief as he went supernova to enter the record books.
(photo credit: WENDELL CRUZ-USA TODAY SPORTS)

NBA player Kyrie Irving suspended for repeated antisemitism

 20:42 03/11/2022

The suspension comes one day after Irving and the Nets pledged to donate $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League.
Bill Russell, seen in 1956 while playing at the University of San Francisco, was known for his defensive work on the court and his civil rights advocacy.BETTMANN VIA GETTY IMAGES

Bill Russell, NBA Trailblazer, Dies At 88

 22:46 31/07/2022

One of the greatest to ever step onto the hardwood, the former Celtic revolutionized basketball.
Warriors' Stephen Curry drives by Jayson Tatum of the Celtics during Game 6 Thursday night in Boston.

Golden State Warriors win NBA championship with Game 6 victory over Boston Celtics

 23:43 16/06/2022

Golden State clinch NBA title at Boston’s TD Garden
Ben Simmons is on the move. Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images/AFP

Simmons finally booted in blockbuster trade ​

 13:49 10/02/2022

Ben Simmons is finally leaving Philadelphia courtesy of a blockbuster trade that has reverberated around the NBA.
A Simmons-Harden trade would shake up the NBA championship race. (Photo by Christian Petersen / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

​$321m Simmons trade would shake up NBA ​

 06:41 05/02/2022

Ben Simmons could well be traded before the mid-season deadline after a rival came to the table, willing to swap on of its superstars.
Kyrie Irving has discussed his vaccination saga © Instagram / kyrieirving | © Vincent Carchietta / USA Today Sports via Reuters

‘It’s not about the money’: NBA’s Irving insists vaccine choice is about freedom... but top pundit blasts ‘flat-out stupid’ stance

 10:44 14/10/2021

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving has insisted he is "doing what's best" for him and will not retire after being exiled for not taking a Covid vaccine – leaving a top NBA pundit unable to contain his rage at his "stupidity".
Chris Bosh: ‘It’s such a great thing that everyone has and knows their voice’. Photograph: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Chris Bosh: ‘Friends told me to buy a Ferrari, I just wanted a car I could fit in’

 09:32 13/09/2021

In his 2021 book, Letters To A Young Athlete, Bosh seeks to guide them (“and any person with a goal”) through the tribulations he faced, combined with the wisdom he acquired as that self-professed “elder statesman” of the NBA.
It is unclear if the Sixers will run it back again.Source:AFP

Simmons betrayed by his own teammates ​

 09:38 21/06/2021

Ben Simmons has been sold out by his own team in an extraordinary airing of dirty laundry that has the team ready to implode.
LeBron James has made the surprising decision to ditch the number 23. Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/AFPSource:AFP

LeBron announces shock change

 09:24 10/06/2021

2020 NBA Finals - Game FourAfter making an early exit from the NBA Playoffs, LeBron James has sought to move on from the disappointment by making a surprising change.
Russell Westbrook had 28 points, 13 rebounds and 21 assists for the Washington Wizards on Monday

Russell Westbrook: Washington Wizards point guard breaks triple-doubles NBA record

 12:40 11/05/2021

Washington Wizards point guard Russell Westbrook broke Oscar Robertson's NBA record for the most career triple-doubles in his side's defeat by the Atlanta Hawks on Monday.
Kentucky guard Terrence Clarke (5) drives to the basket against North Carolina during a game on Dec. 19, 2020. Clarke died in a car accident on Thursday night. (Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports)

Former UK basketball player Terrence Clarke dies in car accident

 10:04 23/04/2021

NBA star Donovan Mitchell was super close with Clarke and considered him a "little brother."
Alex Rodriguez is trying to buy into the NBA. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)

Reports: Alex Rodriguez and businessman Marc Lore finalizing $1.5 billion deal to buy Timberwolves, Lynx

 09:46 12/04/2021

Alex Rodriguez may be buying a sports team after all, just not in the sport everyone expected.
Paul Pierce went live on Instagram on Friday night in a room full of dancers while drinking, smoking and playing poker with friends. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Report: ESPN, former Celtics legend Paul Pierce split after wild Instagram Live

 09:23 06/04/2021

Pierce has worked for ESPN since he retired from the league after the 2016-17 season
James made his NBA debut in 2003

LeBron James: LA Lakers great marks 1,300th NBA regular-season game with victory

 10:10 01/03/2021

LeBron James marked his 1,300th NBA regular-season game by helping the Los Angeles Lakers to a 117-91 victory over the Golden State Warriors.
Houston Rockets guard James Harden, top center, joins the huddle during a preseason game on Dec. 17. PHOTO: MARK MULLIGAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

NBA Postpones First Game on Second Day of New Season

 23:32 23/12/2020

After positive Covid tests, quarantines and James Harden’s rules violation, the Rockets didn’t have enough players for their Wednesday opener
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers.Source:Getty Images

Defending champions Los Angeles Lakers toppled by cross-town rivals in season opener

 13:46 23/12/2020

The Los Angeles Lakers sure didn’t have long to savour their 17th NBA title, with their cross-town rivals spoiling the ring ceremony.
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