Basketball Page 357 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Thunder 1st-round pick Nikola Topic has surgery for torn ACL
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Nikola Topic underwent surgery in Los Angeles to repair a torn ACL, the team announced Wednesday.,Topic, who is expected to miss the 2024-25 season, sustained the injury in April. The 18-year-old was selected by the Thunder with the 12th overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft...
Report: Knicks, coach Tom Thibodeau agree to 3-year extension
The New York Knicks are signing coach Tom Thibodeau to a three-year contract extension, ESPN reported Wednesday.,No financial figures were available for the deal, which will run through the 2027-28 season, per the report.,The Knicks were the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs after finish...
Hawks rookie Nikola Durisic undergoes foot surgery
Atlanta Hawks rookie forward Nikola Durisic is recovering from surgery to repair his fractured left foot, the team announced on Wednesday.,The 2024 second-round pick underwent a procedure Monday to repair his left fifth metatarsal bone with Dr. Robert Anderson in Charlotte, N.C.,Durisic sustained th...
Report: Andrew Nembhard, Pacers agree to 3-year, $59M deal
Guard Andrew Nembhard and the Indiana Pacers are in agreement on a three-year, $59 million contract extension, ESPN reported.,He will be under contract through the 2027-28 season once he signs the deal. The Pacers will decline their $2.2 million team option for the 2025-26 campaign, replacing it wit...
76ers introduce Paul George, celebrate ‘patient’ Tyrese Maxey
The Philadelphia 76ers now have their Big Three, introducing forward Paul George on Tuesday as the star joins forces with guard Tyrese Maxey and center Joel Embiid.,The Sixers reeled in George with a four-year, $212 million max contract earlier this month. They were able to do so because Maxey waite...
WNBA All-Star Game shatters ratings record
The WNBA All-Star Game in Phoenix drew a record number of viewers on Saturday, crushing the old mark set 21 years ago.,In all, 3.44 million people watched the game on ABC, topping the previous record of 1.44 million viewers in 2003. That game featured an array of current and future Hall of Fame memb...
Report: Reggie Jackson to join 76ers after clearing waivers
Veteran guard Reggie Jackson plans to join the Philadelphia 76ers upon clearing waivers, ESPN reported Tuesday morning.,Terms of the deal were not disclosed for Jackson, who agreed to a contract buyout from Charlotte Hornets.,The Hornets acquired Jackson and three future second-round draft picks fro...
WBD, parent of TNT Sports, matches Amazon’s bid for NBA rights
TNT Sports may not be out of the NBA broadcast game yet.,Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), TNT's parent company, announced Monday it had matched one of the offers from the latest round of NBA television rights negotiations.,Several reports indicated that TNT matched the bid of newcomer Amazon, estimated...
WBD, parent of TNT Sports, matches Amazon’s bid for NBA rights
TNT Sports may not be out of the NBA broadcast game yet.,Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), TNT's parent company, announced Monday it had matched one of the offers from the latest round of NBA television rights negotiations.,Several reports indicated that TNT matched the bid of newcomer Amazon, estimated...
Report: Mavs signing G Spencer Dinwiddie
The Dallas Mavericks are signing veteran guard Spencer Dinwiddie to a one-year contract, The Athletic reported Monday. ,Dinwiddie, 31, scored 17.7 points per game with the Mavericks during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. ,He split time last season between Brooklyn and the Los Angeles Lakers, averag...
Bulls sign G DJ Steward to two-way contract
The Chicago Bulls signed free agent guard DJ Steward to a two-way contract on Sunday.,A Chicago native, Steward, 22, was a standout for the Bulls' Las Vegas Summer League team, including a 37-point effort on Friday against Atlanta.,The 6-foot-2 Steward appeared in 32 games (five starts) for the Main...
Reports: Celtics' Sam Hauser agrees to 4-year, $45M extension
Boston Celtics forward Sam Hauser has agreed to a four-year, $45 million contract extension, multiple media outlets reported Sunday.,Hauser, who will make $2.1 million in the upcoming season, will be under contract through 2028-29. ,Hauser, 26, averaged 9.0 points and 3.5 rebounds in 79 games (13 st...
WNBA could add 4 games to 2025 schedule
WNBA teams could play a 44-game schedule in the regular season in 2025, an increase of four per club.,Commissioner Cathy Engelbert confirmed the potential for expansion on Saturday while speaking to reporters before the league's All-Star Game.,"We're looking at the footprint for next year," Engelber...
Jaylen Brown Is Right: Bronny James Is Not a Pro Basketball Player
Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown went viral after a clip surfaced where he seems to say that Bronny James isn't a pro. The thing is, Brown might actually be correct....
Report: Cavs F/C Evan Mobley lands 5-year, $224M extension
Forward/center Evan Mobley has agreed to a five-year, $224 million maximum rookie extension that will keep him with the Cleveland Cavaliers through the 2029-30 season, ESPN reported Saturday night. ,Mobley could end up making as much as $269 million, per the report. ,A first-round draft pick (third ...
Arike Ogunbowale carries Team WNBA over Team USA in All-Star Game
Arike Ogunbowale scored a WNBA All-Star Game record 34 points to lead Team WNBA to a 117-109 victory over Team USA on Saturday night in Phoenix. ,It's the second time that the non-Olympian WNBA players have beaten Team USA in this sort of exhibition, also doing so in 2021. Just like in that game, Og...
Dream G Allisha Gray sweeps 3-point, skills competitions
Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray became the first player to win the 3-point shooting contest and skills challenge in the same year on Friday night when she stood out in the competitions held in Phoenix, one night before the WNBA All-Star Game.,Gray took home $115,150 in prize money -- $110,000 from ...
Caitlin Clark's Fever on pace to set WNBA attendance record
The Indiana Fever hit the WNBA All-Star break with an 11-15 record, putting them in the bottom half of the standings and 10 1/2 games behind the league-leading New York Liberty.,However, that doesn't tell nearly the full story of the first half of the Fever's season -- or the impact of superstar roo...
Caitlin Clark, home-team stars headline 2024 WNBA All-Star Game
The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game takes the stage Saturday night in Phoenix, when a group of players headlined by rookie phenoms Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese take on the U.S. national team in a tune-up exhibition before the Americans head to the Summer Olympics seeking an eighth consecutive gold medal.,I...
Nets acquire F Ziaire Williams, draft pick from Grizzlies
The Brooklyn Nets acquired forward Ziaire Williams and a second-round pick in the 2030 NBA Draft from the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday.,The Grizzlies received forward Mamadi Diakite and the draft rights to 31-year-old Serbian wing Nemanja Dangubic, the 54th overall pick of the 2014 NBA Draft. Diakite...