Articles by James Foglio (3882)
The 2023 NBA Draft is next Thursday, June 22, and the early entry withdrawal deadline was this past Monday at 5 p.m. ET. According to the withdrawal list, 108 players have notified the league that they wish to be removed from the early entry list for next week’s draft. Purdue center Zach Edey was one […]
The Denver Nuggets are now the ninth team to lose only one game in the conference finals and NBA Finals combined to win the championship. Denver is the first team since the 2017 Golden State Warriors to have just one loss over the course of both playoff series in the same postseason. The Nuggets swept […]
Team USA defeated Canada 118-36 for the gold medal in the 2023 FIBA U16 Americas Championship. In youth basketball, Team USA is 43-0 in all-time international matchups and has now won eight straight gold medals since 2009. The Americans’ 82-point win in Mérida, Mexico, was their largest margin of victory (surpassing the 78-point margin against […]
James Nnaji is a projected first-round pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, and the 6-foot-11, 250-pound Nigerian basketball star has decided to keep his name in next week’s draft ahead of Monday’s early entry withdrawal deadline. Draft candidates have until 5 p.m. ET to withdraw their names. The 2023 NBA Draft is next Thursday, June […]
Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets became the first player to record 10 or more assists in his first four career NBA Finals games. In Friday night’s 108-95 win over the Miami Heat in Game 4 of the 2023 NBA Finals, the sixth-year guard finished with 15 points, three rebounds, 12 assists, and one steal […]
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra understands his team is now facing a 3-1 series deficit after losing 108-95 to the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of the 2023 NBA Finals. It’s a situation that Spoelstra is all too familiar with. Miami has now fallen into 3-1 holes in each of its last three finals appearances […]
Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura has enjoyed playing on the West Coast in purple and gold. However, the fourth-year wing is unsure of his future. During a segment on ESPN’s “Hoop Streams” prior to Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night, Hachimura discussed the Wizards-Lakers trade. “The reason why I requested the […]
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets is nine rebounds away from becoming the first player in NBA history to record 500 points, 250 rebounds, and 100 assists in a single postseason. Game 4 of the 2023 NBA Finals begins tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET. In Denver’s 109-94 win over the Miami Heat in Game 3, […]
The 2023 NBA Finals ratings for Game 3 between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Nuggets are down 3% from last year’s Warriors-Celtics matchup. In Denver’s 109-94 win over Miami this past Wednesday night, Game 3 averaged a 6.0 rating and 11.237 million viewers on ABC. It was a 3% drop in ratings and 2% loss […]
The Detroit Pistons are expected to exercise Alec Burks’ $10.5 million team option for the 2023-24 season, according to sources. His club option deadline is June 29. This is part of the three-year, $30 million contract the guard signed with the New York Knicks in August 2021. Burks earned $10,012,800 with Detroit in the 2022-23 […]