Durant and Silver have different views on trading requirements in the NBA

Melissa Rohlin FOX Sports NBA reporter SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving defended filing trade requests during their All-Star weekend to practice media availability on Saturday, with Durant going so far as to call it “great for the league.” A few hours later, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who has repeatedly stubbornly […]

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NBA All-Star Weekend Highlights: Celebrity Game, Top Rising Stars Games

NBA All-Star Weekend is here! The celebrations are already underway with the Celebrity All-Star Game and Rising Stars Challenge taking place on Friday. In the Celebrity All-Star Game, Seahawks receiver DK Blinded Metcalf to become MVP and help Team Dwayne beat Team Ryan 81-78. There was some controversy at the end of the match when […]

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‘We’ve got work to do’: Kevin Durant ready to roll with Suns

Kevin Durant has been watching the Phoenix Suns from afar in recent years, admiring the rising core of Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton. Now he’s thrilled to be a part of it. “We have all the prerequisites to be successful,” Durant said. The 13-time All-Star was unveiled on the floor of Footprint Arena […]

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Draymond Green opens up about the ‘brutal’ feeling following the Michigan State shooting

Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green said Monday’s mass shooting at his alma mater in the state of Michigan, a tragedy that killed three people and injured five others, struck near his home and left him deaf awakened that he had developed towards such incidents. “We’ve had a lot of these mass shootings in America […]

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Anthony Davis Deactivates Instagram Account After Losing It: Something or Nothing? | THE IMPORTANT THINGS FIRST

Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes discuss whether the Los Angeles Lakers have lost all hope of Anthony Davis this season following a series of strange events that have transpired over the past few weeks. The group looks at Davis’ actions in choosing clothes, sitting down during LeBron’s record-breaking moment and most recently taking […]

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2023 NBA Buyout Market Tracker: Where Will Wall, Westbrook Land?

The NBA trade deadline has officially ended, but teams still have one last opportunity to improve their rosters in the post-trade buyout market. More often than not, the buyout market is the result of one of two things: teams not being able to find new homes for their disgruntled veterans before the trade deadline, or […]

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Nets’ Cam Thomas fined $40,000 by NBA for televised derogatory slur

Brooklyn Networks guard Camera Thomas was fined $40,000 NBA on Friday for using derogatory and derogatory language during a live television interview. Thomas was interviewed along with Spencer Dinwiddie on TNT after the Nets’ 116-105 win over Chicago on Thursday night. He was asked about Dinwiddie’s joke that he and Dorian Finney-Smith, who came together […]

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Should LeBron have just made the layup against the Celtics? Nick holds referee accountable | What is Wright?

The Los Angeles Lakers missed overtime against the Boston Celtics with a 125-121 loss. But there was talk of NBA umpires missing Jayson Tatum’s foul call after visibly hitting LeBron James on the wrist to win the game. The NBA apologized for the call and tweeted that “referees like everyone else make mistakes. We did […]

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LeBron James & Giannis Antetokounmpo Named Starters for 2023 NBA All-Star Game | UNDISPUTED

The starters of the NBA All-Star Game were announced yesterday. LeBron James was the west captain with Zion Williamson, Nikola Jokic, Steph Curry and Luka Doncic joining him. Giannis Antetokounmpo will be the opposing team captain and the four other East starters are Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Jayson Tatum and Donovan Mitchell. Skip Bayless and […]

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