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While Lonzo Ball soldiers on with the Los Angeles Lakers, his brothers, LaMelo and LiAngelo are making moves. LaMelo, 17, announced on Tuesday he will return to high school for his senior season, this time at Spire Prep Academy in Geneva, Ohio: As SLAM’s Franklyn Calle noted, LaMelo is eligible to play at Spire because [...]

The NCAA has dealt with a lot of scrutiny in recent years (fully warranted) and after the FBI probe of college basketball it is fully aware that its archaic institution is in some need of change. That process has started as the NCAA announced that it will now allow undrafted players to return to college [...]

With Frank Ntilikina, Tim Hardaway Jr., Emmanuel Mudiay, Courtney Lee and Trey Burke already on the roster, the New York Knicks don’t really need another guard. But that may not stop team president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry from giving a long, hard look to Trae Young. Ahead of an individual dinner and [...]

Who would Michael Porter Jr. pick with the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft if he were the Phoenix Suns’ general manager? Himself. Duh. Okay, that’s expected. It takes a special kind of self-aplomb to be a professional athlete. Few of this year’s prospects will just come right out and say they’re [...]

The top prospects taking part in this year’s NBA draft combine will be wearing custom-made apparel from Under Armour and socks by Stance for the 2018 NBA Combine taking place from May 16-20 in Chicago. In its second year as the presenting sponsor of the Combine, Under Armour is providing all 69 participating players with [...]

If NBA teams are hoping to get a last look at Luka Doncic before this June’s draft, they’ll need to pore over a bunch of film. Because he’s not holding an official audition for them. From Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: That’s an issue for any team hoping to draft Doncic, though. His commitment to Real Madrid [...]

Shortly after the 2018 NBA draft begins on June 21, Texas’ Mohamed Bamba will hear his named called and he’ll officially be a professional baller in line for a multimillion-dollar contract. All the while, as he walks up to the stage to greet commissioner Adam Silver, he’ll be thinking: “Why’d it have to take so [...]

The idea of ending the NBA’s current “One and Done” rule which mandates players can’t enter the NBA Draft until a year after high school, is gaining traction seemingly by the day in the aftermath of the NCAA’s FBI investigation. A commission was put together that featured former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and has [...]

Despite only having a 2.5 percent chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NBA draft, the New York Knicks still plan to scout Slovenian sensation Luka Doncic. To be sure, this is standard practice. Every lottery team has no doubt checked him out. But the Knicks’ top execs are expected to [...]

The case to end the NBA’s one-and-done rule is getting support from an unlikely source: Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari, who more than anyone has seemed to master the recruiting hurdles that exist as a result of the one-and-done constraints. Speaking with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram‘s Mac Engel, Calipari offered his endorsement of changing the [...]