Former Los Angeles Lakers guard and Hall of Famer Jerry West has passed away at the age of 86, the Los Angeles Clippers announced on Wednesday. A one-club man, West, whose silhouette is the inspiration behind the NBA logo, enjoyed a stellar career as a player, playing in nine NBA Finals and winning one title with the Lakers in 1972. Jerry West, the personification of basketball...
Rivers Hoopers’ heroics at the just concluded Basketball Africa League (BAL) did not go unnoticed, as three of its starters have been named to the All-Tournament teams released on Wednesday. Experienced point guard and lethal shooter Will Perry was named to the All-BAL First Team for his outstanding performances in the fourth season of the tournament, while the duo of Kelvin Amayo and Devine Eke were...
Eight-time All-Star Kyrie Irving says he is better prepared to face the hostile crowd of Boston Celtics fans as he prepares to face his former side with the Dallas Mavericks ahead of this year’s NBA Finals. Irving was an All-Star in both of his seasons with Boston before leaving to join the Brooklyn Nets in 2019 as a free agent. Despite vowing to remain with the...
History was made for the Rivers Hoopers on Friday as they beat South Africa's Cape Town Tigers 80-57 in the third-place game at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, to become the first Nigerian side to win a medal at the Basketball Africa League. The King's Men, who are the first Nigerian team to win back-to-back games at the BAL and the first Nigerian team to...
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards said the team never seemed to get going throughout their Western Conference Finals series against the Dallas Mavericks. The 22-year-old, who has had an amazing run this postseason, finished with 28 points at the Target Center on Thursday night, but the Timberwolves still fell to Dallas 124-103 in Game 5 of the West Finals as they bow out of the playoffs...
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