The National Basketball Association (NBA) on Tuesday announced that the 2025 NBA Draft will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Afrosport reports. The NBA Draft, which will be a two-day event for the second consecutive year, will take place on 25-26 June 2025 at the home of the Brooklyn Nets. The first round of the draft will be held on June 25, while the second...
The Atlanta Hawks selected French teenager Zaccharie Risacher with the first overall pick in a first-of-its-kind NBA Draft on Wednesday night at the Brooklyn Nets’ Barclays Center in New York. The 2024 NBA Draft, which will last for two days for the first time in league history, provided the Hawks, who missed out on the playoffs last season, the chance to pick one of the top...
American billionaire Mat Ishbia has agreed to buy NBA and WNBA teams Phoenix Suns and the Phoenix Mercury in a historic deal worth $4 billion. The 42-year-old mortgage executive agreed to a deal in principle with owner Robert Sarver, who has endured a tumultuous tenure after he was suspended for racist and sexist behaviour. Ishbia graduated from Michigan State University, where he played on the team...
Cameroon-born Joel Embiid combined with 10-time All-Star James Harden to secure an emphatic 133-122 overtime win for the Philadelphia 76ers over the Los Angeles Lakers at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The Lakers welcomed the return of star duo LeBron James and Anthony Davis after they both missed the last game due to an ankle injury and flu-like illness, respectively. However, it was Embiid who...
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