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Just days after the Los Angeles Lakers parted ways with Luke Walton, he was hired by the Sacramento Kings as their head coach. Neither the Kings nor Walton waited long. Sacramento fired coach Dave Joerger on Thursday and Walton was dismissed by the Lakers just a day later. The Kings GM, Vlade Divac, met with [...]

The Detroit Pistons may have lost, not only Game 1 against the Bucks but also their all-star forward Blake Griffin. Blake Griffin who sat out the series opener is likely to also miss the remainder of the first round due to a left knee injury. Griffin will be listed as day-to-day for the remainder of [...]

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. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/1115784011345842176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1115784011345842176&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportingnews.com%2Fus%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fmagic-johnson-lakers-tenure-ends-with-an-embarrassment-of-epic-proportions%2Fvu57m36hqsiq1kdkn4bixqnvm] “It’s a difficult decision. I cried before I came here,” Johnson said. “I am about to cry now. It’s [...]

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” [...]

While everyone expects Duke freshman sensation Zion Williamson to declare for June’s NBA draft, he is not yet ready to make it official. “I mean, it’s obviously a high chance that I’m obviously going to enter the draft,” Williamson said after Duke’s loss to Michigan State on Sunday. “I’m not going to make it official [...]

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 [...]

The Golden State Warriors suspended Jordan Bell he reportedly placed a hotel charge on the personal credit card of assistant coach Mike Brown. Golden State announced his suspension for “conduct detrimental to the team.” The suspension was served in Wednesday’s win against the Memphis Grizzlies. Apparently Bell had charged an item or items to assistant [...]