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The Philadelphia 76ers’ first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets is set Saturday 2:30 p.m. ET, but Joel Embiid may or may not be playing. According to Embiid, he began to experiencing pain in his left knee after he returned from February’s All-Star break. A medical update from the 76ers stated that Embiid’s initial status ahead [...]

On Tuesday night, after the Dallas Mavericks won over the Phoenix Suns, Dirk Nowitzki officially announced his retirement from the NBA. “As you guys might expect, this is my last home game,” Nowitzki told the crowd at American Airlines Center during a postgame ceremony to honor him. “I’m trying my yoga breathing, but it’s not [...]

In a bombshell that sent shock waves throughout the Lakers organization, Magic Johnson announced on Tuesday evening that he was stepping down immediately after just two years as the team’s president of basketball operations. “It’s a difficult decision. I cried before I came here,” Johnson said. “I am about to cry now. It’s hard when [...]

Utah Jazz’s Kyle Korver, reflected on race relations in America and pondered his position as a white man playing in the NBA in an intensely personal essay published Monday on The Players’ Tribune. In the piece titled “Privileged” Korver touched on a variety of race-related topics and shared how he has struggled with the privilege [...]

Beating the LA Clippers in their final-regular season game 131-104 on Sunday night, the Golden State Warriors have clinched the Western Conference’s top seed. Steph Curry scored 27 points and Kevin Durant added 16 points and seven assists. Draymond Green just missed a triple-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and DeMarcus Cousins [...]

New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis has been fined $15,000 over an obscene gesture toward a fan after the Pelicans home loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday. Davis, who didn’t play against the Hornets, gave the middle finger to a fan while leaving the bench after the game. According to Pelicans Wave, the Instagram [...]

Oklahoma City Thunder’ Russell Westbrook joined the great Wilt Chamberlain by recording the NBA’s second-ever 20-20-20 game on Tuesday in a 119-103 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Westbrook finished with 20 points, 20 rebounds and 21 assists logging his 31st triple-double of the season. Chamberlain set the gold standard for NBA triple-doubles in 1968, [...]

It was previously reported that Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball was distancing himself for the Big Baller Brand, turns out that he is also now suing BBB co-founder Alan Foster for more than $2 million in damages. In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday Ball alleges Foster orchestrated a “fraudulent scheme” [...]

Two league sources told The Dallas Morning News’ Brad Townsend on Sunday that back in January, when the New York Knicks traded Kristaps Porzingis to the Dallas Mavericks, they failed to mention a pending rape allegation against the power forward. On the other hand, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski stated that New York informed the Mavericks a [...]

A Boston Celtics fan has reportedly been banned from the TD Garden through the end of next season for yelling a racial slur at Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins. The fan in question reportedly called Cousins the N-word when the Warriors made their only visit to Boston on Jan. 26. There has been no [...]