Professional sports can be a tough business. When Mikal Bridges was dealt from the Suns to the Nets, his friend Cam Payne had to give the news to Sonny and Uno.
Category: National Basketball Assn
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The Celtics Won’t Have Inexperience to Blame if They Don’t Win This Year
Boston has superstar leaders, a deep bench, a hot new head coach and recent N.B.A. finals experience. What the team won’t have, if it loses in the postseason, will be excuses.
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Red McCombs, Car Salesman Turned Media Mogul, Dies at 95
A Texas entrepreneur, he co-founded the media giant Clear Channel, owned pro sports teams and created more than 400 businesses in a variety of industries.
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This Stanford Freshman Wants His Play to Represent India
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.
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Luka Doncic Only Makes Basketball Look Easy
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.
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Boston Celtics Hire Joe Mazzulla, Cutting Ties With Ime Udoka
The Boston Celtics had named Mazzulla the interim head coach in September after suspending Udoka for the season for violating team policies.
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A Missed $140 Million Payment Sends Sports TV Negotiations Into Overdrive
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.
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How the Nets Fell Apart From the Top
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.
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NBA Trade Deadline 2023: Suns Get Durant as Power Shifts to the West
No move was bigger than Phoenix Suns’ trade for Kevin Durant. But the Lakers and Mavericks look stronger after deals of their own.
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Lakers Agree to Trade Russell Westbrook in a Three-Team Deal
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.
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Lakers Agree to Trade Russell Westbrook in a Three-Team Deal
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.
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LeBron James Fans Around the World Came to See Him Break The Scoring Record
Fans of James, the N.B.A.’s biggest star, came from all over the world to see his record-breaking performance Tuesday. “I’m not going to regret the money that was spent. I would have regretted missing it,” one said.