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Just as Don Nelson was being honored with the 2025 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, he attended Game 2 of the NBA Finals between Pacers and Thunder with some shiny shoes. During the news conference which announced him as the new accolade owner, he spilled the beans about his foot wear. The Hall of Fame […]
After a poor 2024-25 campaign, the Pelicans decided to hire new general manager Joe Dumars to make the difficult decisions needed going forward. The club’s front office are assessing their roster ahead of the NBA Draft, as they try to put the pieces together with their upcoming No. 7 overall pick. According to Yahoo Sports’ […]
Throughout the years, there have been many different occasions where NBA fans were left to assume that that the draft lottery was rigged. We can think of many, including back when the Knicks selected Patrick Ewing in 1985, or even the Cavaliers earning the No. 1 pick to select LeBron James in 2003. Even though […]
It was about time that the National Basketball Coaches Association selected Don Nelson as the winner of the 2025 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award. We are talking about one of only two coaches in league history to ever led three different teams to at least 250 victories. “History has already reflected Don Nelson’s staggering contributions […]
The first time a player reaches the NBA Finals, they usually shy down to the occasion, but not Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The OKC star led the charge in last night’s Game 2 victory to tie the series 1-1, combining for an impressive 72 points in his first two appearances in the league’s final stage. With these […]
The Phoenix Suns are expected to offer Devin Booker a two-year extension worth $150M in about a month. Booker becomes extension eligible on July 6th and is widely expected to be offered the extension, according to league insider Marc Stein. The superstar guard currently has three years remaining on an initial deal worth $200M over […]
Commissioner Adam Silver, speaking at an NBA Cares charity event, confirmed there would be conversations in the summer about returning the NBA Finals trophy logo back to the court. Since 2014, the NBA has done away with the iconic logo citing player safety and the slipperiness the painted on logo caused. The exception was the […]
Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers drew its lowest audience rating since 2007. The Pacers won what was a very entertaining game 111-110 on a Tyrese Haliburton jumper with 0.3 seconds remaining. The average viewership was 8.91 million viewers, the lowest since Tim Duncan and the San […]
Speaking at a league event in Oklahoma City, NBA commissioner Adam Silver shared that the association is still years away from a competition that involves Europe in some capacity. Back in March, Silver and FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis announced plans to form a new league in Europe. The NBA speaks directly with the EuroLeague […]
The Toronto Raptors are among the teams that covet Duke center Khaman Maluach at this year’s NBA draft. League insider Jake Fischer reported the information in The Stein Line Substack. Maluach is growing traction as the best center in the draft and is expected to be a top 10 pick. It’s also quite possible he’s selected […]
