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NBA All-Star Game 2024: Is the league prepared to move on from LeBron James?
James' legendary career is winding down, but based on what the league put on display Sunday night, it may be in trouble.
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NBA All-Star Weekend: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks look to reset after much-needed break
Antetokounmpo has made it clear during All-Star Weekend that he's confident the Bucks can get back on track.
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How to watch the 2024 NBA All-Star Game tonight
Are you ready for another Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. LeBron James NBA All-Star showdown?
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NBA All-Star Weekend: LeBron James hopes to end his career with the Lakers
"I am a Laker, and I've been very happy being a Laker the last six years, and hopefully it stays that way," said James.
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NBA All-Star Weekend: Mac McClung defends title in dunk event desperate for star power
The league tried — really tried — but it could not deliver a dunker better than the G League sensation.
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NBA All-Star Weekend: Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu put on a show — on a night that needed it
Apparently the NBA's superstars have forgotten what the “Star” means in “All-Star Saturday night.”
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NBA Slam Dunk Contest: Mac McClung defeats Jaylen Brown to go back-to-back
The judging was a major subplot in the 2024 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
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NBA All-Star Weekend: Adam Silver is 'pleased' with the state of the game, but the league is losing its balance
Silver discussed the NBA's recent scoring explosion on All-Star Saturday.
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NBA All-Star Weekend: Stephen Curry wins unprecedented 3-point contest against Sabrina Ionescu
The highly anticipated competition didn't disappoint.
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How to watch the NBA dunk contest, 3-point contest and Steph vs. Sabrina tonight during 2024 All-Star Weekend
Are you ready to watch the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities?
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NBA All-Star Weekend: Scoot Henderson didn't have his coming out party, but he may be inching closer to his arrival
After a rough start to his rookie season, the No. 3 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft is showing promising signs.
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NBA All-Star Weekend: Victor Wembanyama continues to set high expectations, refuses to skip steps along the way
The 7-foot-4 French phenom is far from a finished product but is still doing things we haven't seen before.
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Former Kansas and NBA center Scot Pollard receives successful heart transplant after difficult donor search
"Thank you to everyone for the continued prayers and support, but most of all, deepest thanks to the donor, our hero," Pollard's wife said via social media.
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Gary Payton believes LeBron James will finish his career with the Lakers
Payton, slated to be one of the judges for the AT&T Slam Dunk Competition on Saturday night, thinks James' nomadic days are over.
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Bucks' Doc Rivers says 'we had some guys in Cabo' after brutal loss to Grizzlies before All-Star break
The Bucks are 3-7 under Doc Rivers.
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Klay Thompson goes off for season-high 35 points after being moved to bench for 1st time since rookie year
The Warriors might have something with Bench Klay.
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NBA All-Star Weekend: What you need to know about 3-Point Contest, Steph vs. Sabrina, Slam Dunk Contest and the big game
Here are a few things to keep an eye on as the league’s best and brightest strut their stuff across three days of basketball-related activities.
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NBA fines Clippers' P.J. Tucker $75K for public trade demands
The news comes after the Clippers reportedly sent Tucker home from a road trip due to his frustrations.
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The 2023-24 fantasy basketball All-Star team
With the NBA heading into its All-Star break, fantasy analyst Dan Titus presents the wide range of players getting it done for us this season.
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Warriors attempt LeBron trade, Knicks protest, Magic retire Shaq's number & All-Star thoughts | No Cap Room
Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Jake Fischer and Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Dan Devine get together to talk through the basketball news of the week, including a report that the Warriors tried to trade for LeBron James.
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Pistons C Isaiah Stewart arrested for punching Suns' Drew Eubanks in face before Wednesday's game
The Pistons-Suns pregame got heated.
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver says Las Vegas 'definitely on our list' of expansion cities
Fresh off the NFL playing its first Super Bowl and the NBA in-season tourney taking place in Las Vegas, the city receives more love.
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LeBron James and Stephen Curry together? You're missing the real story
The Warriors reportedly approached the Lakers about the possibility of trading for James at the deadline — and it makes sense.
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Warriors reportedly tried to trade for LeBron James to pair with Steph Curry
Golden State took a shot at landing LeBron James, but it ultimately failed.
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Yahoo Sports AM: NBA MVP race
In today's edition: Resetting the NBA MVP race, my new favorite Patrick Mahomes stat, German soccer's juggernaut, the only two winless D-I hoops teams, and more.
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Spencer Dinwiddie's Lakers contract includes massive $1 bonus for NBA title win
Dinwiddie signed with the Lakers after clearing waivers on Saturday.
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Shaquille O’Neal becomes first player in history to have his jersey retired by the Magic
Shaquille O’Neal, who got his NBA start with the Magic, is now just the third player in league history to have his jersey retired by three different teams.
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Knicks reportedly filing protest with league after controversial foul call, loss to Rockets
There have only been six successful protests in NBA history.
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Updating the MVP race, Wemby dominates & Bucks defense improving | Devine Intervention
Chris Herring from ESPN joins Dan Devine to talk about all of the things that they love about the NBA right before the league heads into its all-star break.
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NBA MVP rankings: Top contenders with Joel Embiid out of the picture
Let's reset the MVP race, featuring four favorites, with roughly 30 games to go in the season.
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Fantasy Basketball Trade Analyzer: Who to target and deal away with the NBA trade deadline in the rearview
With multiple players on new teams, things are starting to take shape for the stretch run. It's time for savvy fantasy managers to take advantage.
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Rockets sneak past Knicks after late, controversial foul call on Jalen Brunson that left Tom Thibodeau irate
Both Jalen Brunson and Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau were stunned after a foul was called at the buzzer.
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Victor Wembanyama stifles Raptors with second career triple-double, this time with blocks
This is the kind of rare stat line the San Antonio Spurs envisioned when they landed the No. 1 pick in last summer's draft.
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Spencer Dinwiddie finishes first practice with Lakers, explains decision to sign
Spencer Dinwiddie will have his first chance to play with the Lakers on Tuesday vs. the Pistons.
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Report: Hornets president Mitch Kupchak stepping down, moving into adviser role
Kupchak is in his seventh season with the Hornets as their president of basketball operations following a three-decade run with the Lakers’ front office.
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Steve Kerr, Warriors staff attend funeral for assistant coach Dejan Milojević in Serbia
Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević experienced a heart attack at a team dinner last month and died. He was 46.
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Warriors finding themselves, Lowry signs with 76ers & Dinwiddie signs with Lakers | Good Word with Goodwill
Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill talks about the NBA news coming out of the weekend and into buyout season before discussing the suddenly resurgent Golden State Warriors.
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JJ Redick will reportedly replace Doc Rivers on NBA Finals broadcast team
Redick is reportedly joining Doris Burke and Mike Breen on ESPN's No. 1 NBA broadcast team.
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The Playlist: Week 17 fantasy basketball waiver pickups and lineup advice
Fantasy basketball analyst Dan Titus offers up a full-scale breakdown of Week 17 of the season, when the NBA will take its All-Star break.
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Jimmy Butler taking leave of absence from Heat because of a death in his family
Butler is absent for Sunday's game against the Boston Celtics.
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Tyrese Haliburton improvises his way to wildest assist of NBA season
Just your standard off-the-backboard assist.
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Kyle Lowry reportedly agrees to buyout with Hornets, plans to sign $2.8 million deal with Sixers
The Philly native is coming home.
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Spencer Dinwiddie reportedly to sign with Los Angeles Lakers after clearing waivers
Dinwiddie was waived by the Nets after being acquired from the Raptors this week.
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Sixers' Daryl Morey says he's 'hopeful' Joel Embiid will return this season
Embiid's knee will be reevaluated next month.
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NBA Fact or Fiction: Did any trade deadline move impact the championship picture?
Each week during the 2023-24 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward.
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Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Marvin Bagley III leads pickups post-NBA trade deadline
After the NBA trade deadline, some players will gain extra minutes on the floor and are good targets to add to your fantasy basketball roster.
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Kobe Bryant immortalized with Lakers statue in downtown Los Angeles
The Lakers great and basketball icon was honored in a ceremony in downtown Los Angeles.
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Heat's Haywood Highsmith cited for careless driving after involvement in car crash driving home from win over Magic
A man was left critically injured after the crash on Tuesday night.
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NBA trade deadline 2024: Low-key day improves odds for summer blockbusters
Teams like the Lakers and Knicks will have more flexibility and draft capital to make major moves this offseason.
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NBA trade deadline 2024: Winners and losers, featuring the Lakers, Knicks and our collective perspective
Here are first-draft-of-history impressions of which teams scored and which ones stumbled in this season’s grand NBA roster reshuffling.
