The final 2019 NBA Mock Drafts are in, and the big question is: Which teams will instantly improve on NBA Draft night? Which teams will make trades or other roster moves? A lot is up in the air as Chris Paul is reportedly unhappy with James Harden and the Houston Rockets, Anthony Davis has been...
Media scrums at these NBA events are mostly a clutter of nonsense. There are too many reporters, too many cameras and the players — especially the teenagers in these pre-draft settings — are trained to reveal absolutely nothing. But as an evaluation, the sessions serve one purpose. And RJ Barrett...
Many high school basketball stars can’t wait to finish their first year of college so they can make themselves available for the NBA draft. Several of them, such as former Maryland center Diamond Stone, leave before they’re ready. For Bruno Fernando, the dream of becoming the first Angolan to play...
Magic Johnson didn’t make many right calls as the Lakers’ president of basketball operations, so it’s little wonder he credited the wrong people for the Anthony Davis trade. General manager Rob Pelinka didn’t make the trade happen. Co-owner Jeanie Buss didn’t either. Rich Paul did. The agent strong-armed...
In a rematch of last year’s second-round playoff matchup, the Washington Mystics again routed the Sparks 81-52, spoiling Candace Parker’s return after a hamstring injury. The Sparks and Parker struggled offensively. Parker started the game 0 for 4 before scoring her first basket of the season three...
A deputy suffered a concussion and is on medical leave after an altercation with the president of the Toronto Raptors as he tried to join his team on the court to celebrate their NBA championship, a lawyer said Tuesday. The 20-year-veteran of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office also has a serious...
The hangover hit quick. Hours after LeBron James agreed to join the Lakers last summer, with fans throughout Los Angeles still raising toasts to the King, he was followed into town by a misfit court. Showing up first was Lance Stephenson. What? Here came JaVale McGee. Seriously? Next up was Rajon...
The Lakers became favorites to win the NBA championship next season, at least in the eyes of Vegas, when they agreed to a blockbuster trade to acquire Anthony Davis. Teams don’t hang banners for having the lowest betting odds in June, but this is a long overdue transaction for a franchise that...
Last week the Toronto Raptors won their first NBA title after 24 years in the league. Their 114-110 win over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night also clinched the city’s first major sports championship since the Blue Jays won the World Series in 1993. In other words, the citizens of Toronto...
Jarrett Culver made himself a top-flight NBA prospect by pushing Texas Tech to within a win of its first national championship. Culver is regarded by many as the top shooting guard in Thursday's draft, part of a rapid rise from solid freshman contributor to Associated Press All-American. He could...
“Today, the basketball gods smiled upon the Nets.” In the summer of 2013, Mikhail Prokhorov, the Nets’ billionaire owner, took a victory lap in the news release announcing his team’s trade for a pair of future Hall of Famers. The cost to get Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to Brooklyn was extreme...
The details of the blockbuster trade that will make Anthony Davis a Laker are still being sorted out. Chief among them: the timing of the trade. For now, the plan is to execute the trade on July 6, right after the moratorium ends on the start of free agency — and while both sides are open to moving...
Jeff Sherman is laughing as he sits in front of four computer screens in an office behind the ticket takers at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook on Saturday morning. Sherman, the vice president of risk management at the popular sports book, was the first to post odds on next season’s NBA champion...