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July 2024

  • Klay Thompson is known for his three-point shooting

    Klay Thompson to end sparkling Warriors career and join Mavericks on $50m contract

  • Paul George will sign a four-year, $212m max contract with the Sixers.

    NBA free agency: Paul George reportedly jilts Clippers, joins 76ers on $212m contract

28 June 2024

  • Olivier Rioux, in 2022 when he was 16 and 7ft 5in, waits to take the court at the Canada Summer Games

    Is 7ft 9in teenager Olivier Rioux too tall for basketball?

    The Canadian towers over his opponents, even in a sport for the very tall. But his attributes may not suit the modern game

27 June 2024

  • Bronny James played one season in college at USC.

    NBA draft: Bronny James unites with father LeBron at LA Lakers

  • Atlanta had only a 3% chance of landing the top pick in the NBA draft.

    French revolution: Atlanta Hawks select Zaccharie Risacher with No 1 pick in NBA draft

26 June 2024

  • Mikal Bridges was the runner-up for the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2022.

    New York Knicks acquire Mikal Bridges in ‘crazy’ trade with Brooklyn Nets

  • Bronny James had limited experience with USC in college

    The son also rises: what if Bronny James is the safest pick in the NBA draft?

  • Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark have become two of the most famous basketball players in America

    Race, celebrity and greatness: Is Caitlin Clark v Angel Reese really the WNBA’s Magic v Bird?

  • JJ Redick was introduced as the new Lakers coach on Monday

    New Lakers coach JJ Redick denies allegation he used N-word at college

22 June 2024

  • Caitlin Clark added 16 points and seven assists as the Indiana Fever won their fourth straight game on Friday night.

    Caitlin Clark sparks resurgent Fever to fourth straight win before record crowd

    Caitlin Clark added 16 points and seven assists and the Fever beat the Dream 91-79 on Friday in front a record-breaking 17,575 fans at State Farm Arena

20 June 2024

  • JJ Redick looks on before Game 4 of the 2024 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center.

    JJ Redick hired as Los Angeles Lakers coach on four-year contract – report

  • Caitlin Clark had six assists and four steals on Wednesday night

    Caitlin Clark’s double-double helps Fever win third straight game

19 June 2024

  • Cameron Brink had got off to a positive start to the WNBA season

    WNBA star rookie Cameron Brink out of Olympics after tearing ACL

    Los Angeles rookie Cameron Brink tore the ACL in her left knee, the Sparks announced on Wednesday
  • The Detroit Pistons have fired coach Monty Williams after just one season, a person with knowledge of the decision told the Associated Press on Wednesday.

    Monty Williams fired by Detroit Pistons after one year with $65m left on deal

    The Pistons have fired coach Monty Williams after just one season, a person with knowledge of the decision told the Associated Press on Wednesday
  • The Boston Celtics celebrate their record 18th NBA championship.

    The Big Three era is dead and the Knicks are back: 20 things we learned from the NBA playoffs

    The NBA postseason remains an eight-week psychodrama of moments, memes and memories unlike anything in sport. Our writer looks back at the 20 biggest takeaways

18 June 2024

  • The Celtics celebrate their dominant win over the Mavericks after a 4-1 series victory in the NBA finals

    Boston’s brilliant technocrats micromanaged their way to the NBA title

    This Celtics team, while not quite as luminously talented as peak Steph Curry Golden State, have much of their predecessors’ machine-like air of inevitability
  • Jaylen Brown celebrates after a Boston Celtics basket against the Dallas Mavericks during Game 5 of the NBA finals

    NBA finals 2024 Game 5: Boston Celtics beat Dallas Mavericks to win title – as it happened

    Minute-by-minute report: The Celtics sealed a record 18th NBA championship with an emphatic victory at TD Garden
  • Jayson Tatum celebrates as his Boston Celtics make their way to victory over the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA finals

    Boston Celtics beat Dallas Mavericks in NBA finals to win record 18th title

    The Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night to claim a record 18th NBA title, one more than their old rivals the Los Angeles Lakers

17 June 2024

  • FILE -FILE - Los Angeles Lakers Jerry West, right, passes the ball to Wilt Chamberlain Monday night, April 28, 1970, during a game with the New York Knickerbockers at New York's Madison Square Garden. Covering West are Knicks Willis Reed (19), left, and Walt Frazier (10), center. Jerry West, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times in a storied career as a player and executive and whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning, June 12, 2024, the Los Angeles Clippers announced. He was 86.(AP Photo, File)

    Jerry West obituary

  • Caitlin Clark was selected with the No 1 overall pick in this year’s WNBA draft.

    The right’s fury over Caitlin Clark is about everything except Caitlin Clark

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