2021 FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers: Nigeria choose 12
Nigerian basketball has extended an invitation to 12 players for the final camp ahead of the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers to be held between Wednesday, 17th of February and Sunday, 21st of February.
With Nigeria sitting comfortably atop group B...
Durant, LeBron lead early NBA All-Star Game voting
Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant and Los Angeles Lakers playmaker LeBron James are the leading vote-getters in early balloting announced Thursday for the NBA All-Star Game.
No showdown of elite Eastern and Western conference squads is on the schedule due...
NBA working postponed games into schedule
The NBA is tweaking its schedule to begin working in games postponed because of coronavirus safety measures, the league said in a statement on Wednesday (January 27).
Twenty-two games have been postponed since the season began on December 22 as...
‘King’ James celebrates birthday with milestone in Lakers win
Los Angeles superstar LeBron James celebrated his 36th birthday Wednesday with another NBA milestone, scoring double-digit points for the 1,000th straight game in the Lakers' 121-107 victory over the Spurs in San Antonio.
James finished with 26 points to extend...
NBA says no players were Covid-19 positive in past week
No new NBA players from among 495 tested since last Thursday have returned positive Covid-19 results, the league announced Wednesday (December 30).
Any players returning a confirmed positive result would be isolated until they are cleared to return to team...
NBA fine 76ers exec Morey $50,000 for Harden tweet
Philadelphia 76ers' president of basketball operations Daryl Morey, whose tweet last year about Hong Kong protesters led to an NBA-China rift, is in trouble again for another social media posting.
The NBA said Monday it has issued Morey a $50,000...
Durant ‘scary’ after long injury layoff
Kevin Durant's smooth-as-silk NBA return is "kind of scary for the rest of the league," Steve Kerr, his former coach at the Golden State Warriors, has said.
Kerr coached Durant through two NBA Championship runs with the Warriors and had...
NBA champion Lakers rout Mavs while Nets, Bucks, Heat roll
Anthony Davis scored 28 points while LeBron James added 22 as the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers routed Dallas 138-115 in Friday's feature game of a record-setting Christmas slate.
James had a game-high 10 assists and seven rebounds in...
Harden to return but NBA Rockets send only nine to Portland
Three-time reigning NBA scoring champion James Harden will play for the virus-hit Houston Rockets when they open the season Saturday at Portland with only one player over the league minimum.
The Rockets were forced to cancel their scheduled opener Wednesday...
Tatum hits game-winner as Celtics edge Bucks, Heat fall in NBA opener
Boston Forward Jayson Tatum banked in a game-winning three pointer over Giannis Antetokounmpo with 1.5 seconds left to give the Celtics an 122-121 NBA season-opening victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday.
Antetokounmpo, the two-time defending NBA Most Valuable Player,...