Category: Basketball

This Stanford Freshman Wants His Play to Represent India

The New York Times – Sports:
Ryan Agarwal, a Cardinal shooting guard who was born in Texas, is hoping to increase Indian representation in the N.C.A.A. and beyond.
Luka Doncic Only Makes Basketball Look Easy

The New York Times – Sports:
The Dallas Mavericks guard is having the best season of his career. Long media-shy, he’s now opening up about life in the N.B.A. spotlight, and his plans for life after.
Boston Celtics Hire Joe Mazzulla, Cutting Ties With Ime Udoka

The New York Times – Sports:
The Boston Celtics had named Mazzulla the interim head coach in September after suspending Udoka for the season for violating team policies.
A Missed $140 Million Payment Sends Sports TV Negotiations Into Overdrive

The New York Times – Sports:
The owners of the regional television channels branded as Bally Sports have nearly $9 billion in debt and owe hefty rights fees to M.L.B., N.B.A. and N.H.L. teams. Now, they’re all on the clock to find a solution.
Keep the Dunk Contest Weird

The New York Times – Sports:
It’s a campy celebration of basketball’s pugnacious spirit, and a jolt to the predictable pageantry of the N.B.A.
4-2 Game Rekindles Shot Clock Debate in High School Basketball

The New York Times – Sports:
One of the two teams from Oklahoma, the Anadarko High School Warriors, passed the ball around for nearly the entire game in what an announcer called “stall ball.”
4-2 Game Rekindles Shot Clock Debate in High School Basketball

The New York Times – Sports:
One of the two teams from Oklahoma, the Anadarko High School Warriors, passed the ball around for nearly the entire game in what an announcer called “stall ball.”
Two Women’s Basketball Coaches, Cheryl Reeve and Janice Washington, on Mentorship and Adjusting Expectations

The New York Times – Sports:
Cheryl Reeve, a three-time W.N.B.A. Coach of the Year, and Janice Washington, the new head coach at Lincoln University, discuss “the persistence of women in leadership who have pulled us forward.”
How the Nets Fell Apart From the Top

The New York Times – Sports:
Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant have become the faces of their superteam’s failure, but the Nets leadership could have averted disaster several times, and didn’t.
NBA Trade Deadline 2023: Suns Get Durant as Power Shifts to the West

The New York Times – Sports:
No move was bigger than Phoenix Suns’ trade for Kevin Durant. But the Lakers and Mavericks look stronger after deals of their own.
Nets Agree to Trade Kevin Durant to Phoenix Suns

The New York Times – Sports:
The Nets are set to receive a package of players and first-round picks for Durant, just days after trading away Kyrie Irving.
Lakers Agree to Trade Russell Westbrook in a Three-Team Deal

The New York Times – Sports:
Westbrook, a nine-time All-Star, would head to Utah after not fitting smoothly with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Minnesota’s D’Angelo Russell will return to the Lakers, who drafted him in 2015.