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A local sheriff’s office near Oakland alleges that Raptors president Masai Ujiri assaulted a sheriff’s deputy just moments after Toronto won its first NBA title. The alleged incident took place on the court at Oracle Arena just after the Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors. A spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office says the deputy asked [...]

After 24 seasons, the Toronto Raptors can now call themselves champions for the first time. Toronto defeated the Golden State Warriors 114-110 in Thursday’s Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals to win the series. The Eastern Conference champions didn’t lose a single away game away stopping the Warriors from winning three straight titles and [...]

Kyrie Irving has made it official, he will not opt into his $21.3 million contract with the Boston Celtics for next season, allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. What was already set to be one of the biggest summers in NBA history now has a brand new element with Kevin Durant’s [...]

Facing the basket and seeing an opening, Kevin Durant made a quick move to his left and then crumpled to the hardwood, clutching the Achilles tendon in his right leg. Large sections of Raptors fans started cheering as Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant was helped to the locker room. Players from both the Warriors [...]

The Nets appear like they’re in a good position to sign Kyrie Irving. According to ESPN, Brooklyn “has emerged as a serious contender” to sign Irving this summer. The team is also hoping to be an attractive destination for the “biggest free agents in the marketplace.” The Nets may have improved their chances of landing [...]

Head coach Steve Kerr has announced that Kevin Durant will miss Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Raptors as he continues to heal from his calf injury. “The training staff says he’s not ready to play yet – that’s all,” Kerr said. This is the ninth straight game that KD has missed since [...]

The injury bug is in full swing when it comes to the Golden State Warriors. To begin with, Kevon Looney is done for the year. On Monday, he was diagnosed with a non-displaced first costal cartilage fracture and will be out indefinitely. An injury he suffered during an awkward fall in the first half of [...]

According to the Portland Business Journal, Kawhi Leonard has filed a federal lawsuit against Nike. Leonard claims he designed the “Klaw” logo before signing an endorsement deal with Nike, and that the company copyrighted it without his consent, according to court documents. [tweet https://twitter.com/srl/status/1135664650899660802] The lawsuit states that Nike “falsely” claimed it created a logo [...]

Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson, left Game 2 of the NBA Finals with left hamstring tightness and did not return, but luckily for the Warriors he thinks he will be good to go for Game 3 on Wednesday. “No, I don’t see myself missing Game 3,” Thompson told Haynes. Thompson will undergo an MRI today [...]

A Game 1 loss in the NBA Finals may be forcing the Warriors to speed up Kevin Durant’s rehab. On Wednesday, Steve Kerr said that Durant was cleared to take part in individual on-court basketball activities, but the 10-time All-Star actually began his on-court basketball workouts earlier this week. Now some members within the Warriors’ [...]