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Durant: Lakers may not get star to help LeBron

The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t landed a superstar player yet to pair with LeBron James – and Kevin Durant thinks they may struggle in that effort. In a recent interview with...... Read more NBA opens new training centre in Senegal

The National Basketball Association on Monday cut the ribbon on a new training centre in Saly, Senegal, where it hopes to develop a new generation of African players for the league....... Read more LeBron James passes Chamberlain on NBA scoring list

LeBron James has become the fifth highest points scorer in NBA history, passing Wilt Chamberlain, as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Portland Trailblazers 126-117. The 33-year-old beat Chamberlain’s record of...... Read more Kevin Durant leads Warriors past Hawks 110-103

Kevin Durant never found his typical offensive flow and found it a little strange playing without fiery Draymond Green, even if they have yet to make up from all that went...... Read more Lakers set franchise low with early 25-point hole

The Lakers followed up perhaps their best win of the season on Saturday with one of the worst first quarters in franchise history on Sunday. The Toronto Raptors outscored Los Angeles...... Read more Oladipo’s 3-pointer sends Pacers to 102-101 win over Celtics

Victor Oladipo heard the final buzzer and pranced to the sideline, pointing both index fingers to the floor, and mouthing, “My city.” Oladipo’s 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds remaining Saturday night gave...... Read more Kobe named ambassador for ’19 FIBA World Cup

Kobe Bryant has been named the global ambassador for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The former Lakers star, who won five NBA titles with Los Angeles as well as two...... Read more LeBron James hits a triple-double in first home Los Angeles Lakers win

LeBron James had a triple-double in his first home win for Los Angeles Lakers as they made a late surge to beat Denver Nuggets 121-114 James hit a game-high 28 points...... Read more Warriors celebrate NBA title with reversible rings featuring diamonds

The Golden State Warriors celebrated Ring Night in style prior to their regular-season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night. In honor of their 2017-18 NBA championship, players, coaches...... Read more FIBA chief Baumann dies of heart attack

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann passed away on Sunday (Manila time) at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina due to a heart attack. He...... Read more Lakers, Celtics draw most bets to win title

The public is betting on the NBA like it’s the 1980s. “It’s all Lakers and Celtics,” MGM sportsbook director Jeff Stoneback said. Book by book across Las Vegas, the Los Angeles...... Read more FIBA WWC: USA end Nigeria’s fairytale run, beat gallant D’Tigress

D’Tigress lost to United State of America 71-40 in the ongoing FIBA Women’s World Cup in Spain. The D’Tigress started the encounter in massive way and won the first quarter 17-9...... Read more Shareef O’Neal, Shaq’s son, out for season with heart ailment

Shareef O’Neal, the son of Shaquille O’Neal and a four-star recruit at UCLA, will miss the entire 2018-19 season after doctors discovered a heart ailment that will require surgery. O’Neal told...... Read more Fans can buy 4th quarter of NBA games on League Pass

The NBA announced on Thursday that fans can, for the first time, purchase a portion of an in-progress game to watch. Fans will be able to purchase the remainder of any...... Read more Breaking News: D’Tigress beat Greece to qualify FIBA World Cup quarter-final

D’Tigress becomes the first African team to qualify for the quarter-final of the FIBA Women’s World Cup following their hard-fought 57-56 win against Greece, and the First African team to win...... Read more Two wins in a row for Nigeria as FIBA World Cup as D’Tigress beat Argentina

The Nigerian women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, recorded their second-straight win at the ongoing FIBA Women’s World Cup with a hard-fought 75-70 victory over Argentina in Spain on Tuesday. The keenly contested...... Read more LeBron James says Lakers will have to work to be great

Speaking with an all-business tone in his first news conference with his new team, LeBron James said the Los Angeles Lakers have “a long way to go” before getting on the...... Read more Kemba Walker wants to stay with Hornets, not join a super team

Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker says he doesn’t want go play for a super team. He wants to stay in Charlotte. The two-time NBA All-Star becomes an unrestricted free agent...... Read more FIBA Women’s W/Cup: D’Tigress Record First Win; Beat Turkey 74-68

Nigeria’s D’Tigress recorded their first ever win at the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup in Tenerife Spain defeating Turkey 74-68 in a Group B encounter at the Santa Cruz de Tenerife...... Read more FIBA Women World Cup: D’Tigress open campaign with ‘fiery’ clash against Australia

The battle for honours in the on-going FIBA Women World Cup was expected to be difficult for Nigeria’s women national team, D’Tigress. The girls, even as African champions, are rated among...... Read more NBA approves three rules changes for the 2018-19 season

The NBA’s Board of Governors unanimously approved all three rules changes proposed by the competition committee for the 2018-19 season, according to a press release from the league. Beginning this season,...... Read more Basketball: Round 2 Savannah Conference Kwese Premier League dunks off

The Kwese 2018 Basketball Premier League second round playoff for the Savannah Conference dunked off on Friday in Bauchi with eight team struggling to secure a place in the four slots...... Read more Dallas Mavericks boss donates $10m after NBA probe

The owner of NBA side Dallas Mavericks will give $10m (£7.6m) to women’s and anti-domestic violence groups after an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations within the organisation. Billionaire Mark Cuban agreed...... Read more Nigeria qualifies for China 2019 FIBA World Cup, beats CAR 114-69

Following their 114 to 69 victory over Central Africa Republic in the on-going FIBA 2019 Africa World Cup qualifier taking place in Lagos, Nigeria men’s basketball team became the first official team...... Read more Basketball star player who slept with 341 women confesses on TV

Former Detroit Pistons center Jason Maxiell revealed to a national television audience that he has slept with 341 women before and during his marriage to high school sweetheart Brandi Maxiell. This...... Read more