Shaquille O’Neal continued his criticism of Ben Simmons as Simmons continued his holdout in Philadelphia. Shaquille O’Neal has a reminder for Ben Simmons. The two have at least one thing in common. “In all my championships, I shot 30-40 percent in the Finals ( from the free-throw line ),” O’Neal told FanSided. “That’s not what
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Unvaccinated NBA players who break quarantine in Toronto may be subject to face criminal charges, including prison time and fines. In 2020, when the NBA resumed the season in the bubble, the proposed punishment for leaving the bubble was a mandated quarantine, more rigid COVID testing and a deduction in pay for any games missed.
The NBPA released a memo to players informing them that they will not be subject to random tests for marijuana during this season. After the NBA season froze in March 2020, the league stopped testing NBA players for any types of drugs. But when players were brought back for the NBA Bubble restart in July
Federal prosecutors announced an enormous fraud case Thursday morning, which included the arrest of 18 former NBA players. The final days before the NBA season finally starts are usually filled with injury updates, glowing assessments of preseason games and optimistic goals for the upcoming season. Oh, and accusations of massive, collaborative insurance fraud. On Thursday,
This week, The Long Two looks at how Jordan Poole could help fill in for Klay Thompson and whether the Knicks can replicate last year’s success. Given the variables at play, it’s nearly impossible, and certainly exhausting, to confidently project a likely outcome for the Golden State Warriors this season. Uncertainty over how Klay Thompson
Washington Wizards forward Kyle KuzmaMandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports With the 2021-22 NBA season scheduled to begin soon, these five players have the most to prove this season. The NBA off-season is a time filled with hot takes, trade and free agency rumors, player rankings and a lot of criticisms. While media discusses this
Kevin Durant, LeBron James, MVP Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports LeBron called Carmelo Anthony directly to ask him to join the Lakers by Josie Rohach How are the Broncos and Raiders the last two undefeated teams in the AFC? by Jummy Owookade Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant is the MVP favorite for the 2021-22
Michael Porter Jr. is confident a healthy Denver Nuggets team is ready to win an NBA championship in 2021. Michael Porter Jr isn’t going anywhere. Well, if you ask him he plans on going up — as in winning an NBA title — but he doesn’t expect to do that anywhere other than with the
With their latest additions, the Brooklyn Nets have beefed up the supporting cast around their Monster Big 3. But what does their depth look like now? Last season, the Brooklyn Nets had just a few complications: The health of their Big 3, their depth and their defense. While the trio of Kevin Durant, James Harden and
A previously underreported twist in Kobe Bryant’s 2003 sexual assault case was illuminated by a new batch of documents just released by the FBI. The 2003 sexual assault allegations against Kobe Bryant, and the subsequent trial, are a piece of his personal history that’s generally left out or glossed over. At the time Bryant admitted
UFC Vegas 36: A brief timeline leading Paddy Pimblett to the UFC by Curtis Calhoun It’s hard to determine what was better about the new Drake music video, Way 2 Sexy, featuring Kawhi Leonard — the memes or the tweets? It was a very good Friday for folks hoping to break up the Twitter doom
Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James and rapper Drake (Photo by George Pimentel/Getty Images) USMNT vs El Salvador live stream reddit: Watch FIFA World Cup Qualifying – CONCACAF by Scott Rogust With Drake’s new album, Certified Lover Boy, set to drop in the coming hours, NBA stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant reacted on social media.
The Cavaliers’ young frontcourt trio might pan out, but is it worth the investment the team made to bring them Lauri Markkanen, Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley together? It’s difficult to grasp the rationale behind the Cavaliers giving Lauri Markkanen $67 million over the next four years, even before accounting for their other moves this
Isaac Okoro, Cleveland Cavaliers. (Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports) Look for these five second-year NBA players to have breakout campaigns in 2021-22 season. When an NBA team drafts a player, especially in the lottery portion, they are hoping he “pops” by year two in the league. While there are only a handful of All-Star-level players taken
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After two strong offseasons and a Conference Finals run, the Hawks have moved to the fringes of the NBA title picture. Can they break through as a true contender? Among the most difficult questions to answer in the NBA is how an overachieving young team will carry its success into the next year. Improvement isn’t
A trading card with eight signatures from professional athletes is making its rounds across the internet for the star power and the price coming with it. Trading cards can go for cheap or beyond expensive, but sometimes it’s hard for an untrained eye to really tell a card’s worth. Sometimes you can just look at a
The biggest question of the 76ers’ offseason isn’t whether they’ll trade Ben Simmons, but how much he’s worth to the rest of the NBA. In the summer of 2019, the Philadelphia 76ers signed Ben Simmons to a five-year, $170 million extension, likely with the expectation that he’d be worth the investment and then some. Two
Glory Days, the new book from L. Jon Wertheim, chronicles the summer of 1984, one of the most pivotal stretches in sports history. There are certain periods of time when events of massive importance seem to all happen at once. According to longtime Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon Wertheim, for the sports world, the summer
Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports With the Los Angeles Lakers finding their point guard in Russell Westbrook, here are the top three destinations for free agent Kyle Lowry. This NBA offseason, there are set to be plenty of teams in search of a starting point guard, from teams on the rise to those planning
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