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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

On Tuesday night at the American Airlines Arena, Chris Bosch became the fourth player in Miami Heat history to have his jersey retired by the organization. The Heat recognized Bosh’s significance in a ceremony that included a touching video tribute, fireworks and, of course, one last primal scream. With several former teammates, the current Heat [...]

Jusuf Nurkic is done for the season. The Trail Blazers center went up for a rebound in the second overtime of his team’s matchup against Brooklyn before suffering a gruesome leg injury. Nurkic left the court on a stretcher and did not return. The Blazers big man was attempting to tip in a teammate’s missed [...]

Looks like Kawhi could be staying in Toronto after all. According to TSN, the Raptors are increasingly confident that they will re-sign Kawhi. Their intention is to pitch him on “trust, familiarity, a commitment to maintaining his health, and the shared goal of chasing a championship.” They can also offer him a maximum five-year extension [...]

If Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is going to become the NBA’s representative, it’ll be on his terms. Giannis says that he will change his personality to fit into American mainstream culture in order to become the face of the NBA. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Giannis says he’s thought about how his European [...]