The NBA regular season has come to an end and it was packed with incredible performances from first-year players. Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, did not disappoint in his rookie year and the future looks bright for the young star as the San Antonio Spurs continue to build their… Read More »
Each week during the 2023-2024 NBA season, we’ll dive deeper into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an effort to determine whether trends are based more on fact or fiction. [Last week: Does Nikola Jokić have any challengers in the MVP race?] This week’s topic: The Boston Celtics are worth rooting for This campaign… Read More »
In the span of a few weeks this past fall, the Milwaukee Bucks traded for perennial All-Star point guard Damian Lillard and signed two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo to a three-year contract extension, establishing themselves as the betting favorite for the 2024 NBA. championship and possibly beyond. Nothing has gone right for the Bucks since then,… Read More »
Vince Carter, Seimone Augustus, Chauncey Billups, Michael Cooper, Walter Davis, Charles Smith, Dick Barnett, Harley Redin, Michele Timms, Herb Simon, Bo Ryan, Doug Collins and Jerry West will be part of the 13-member Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024, which was announced Saturday. The 14 finalists for the Hall of Fame class… Read More »
Eric Musselman, center, is introduced as USC’s new men’s basketball coach by USC President Carol Folt (left) and athletic director Jennifer Cohen during a news conference Friday at the Galen Center. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) As a new day begins for USC men’s basketball, a white horse waited inside the doors of… Read More »
The phrase “unintended consequences” became ingrained in the minds of many NBA people eight years ago, when a spike in the salary cap led to Kevin Durant signing as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors, as if a major crime had been committed. Should Commissioner Adam Silver call the rework and recent developments… Read More »
Payton Pritchard is averaging 18.7 points and 7.7 dimes over his last three games for the Boston Celtics, who may be able to move on from some players and open up more minutes for Pritchard. That makes him a great player in fantasy basketball leagues. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Specially for Yahoo Sports With… Read More »
Day 1 of the NCAA men’s tournament is in the books and the brackets are already overwhelmingly broken. Thursday was an exciting, upset start to the tournament with a pair of No. 11 seeds and Jack Gohlke making sure 99.9% of perfect brackets were toast before the late games even tipped. If you’re part of… Read More »
The long grind of the regular season is coming to an end, with a new, more urgent grind on the horizon. Here are a few burning questions facing the NBA, a month away from the start of the playoffs. The refereeing has become lighter, the number of fouls has dropped and the scores are not… Read More »
NBA Power Rankings: Where Warriors, Kings sit with one month left originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area And just like that, the 2023-2024 NBA regular season ends in a month. Aside from the still-rising Boston Celtics, every team is vying for the best possible positioning, whether that’s for playoff seeding or draft purposes. The… Read More »