After about four months of break, action returns in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the 30 teams once again ready to jostle for the much-coveted Larry O’Brien trophy. Year in and year out, teams from the Western and Eastern Conferences go through a rigorous 82-game regular season schedule in order to secure a spot in the playoffs and hopefully reach the NBA Finals. With tip-off...
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been named the 2023–24 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), the league announced on Wednesday. The 29-year-old, who is the recipient of the Michael Jordan Trophy, wins his third MVP award, having previously gotten the accolade in the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. Nikola Jokić has been named the Kia NBA MVP for the third time, having previously earned the honor in...
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) have fired head coach Darvin Ham, the 17-time champions announced on Friday night. Ham, who became the Lakers’ head coach in 2022 after previously being an assistant in 2011, spent two seasons in Los Angeles as head coach, leading the team to the Western Conference playoff finals in 2023. The 50-year-old replaced Frank Vogel, who was...
The Los Angeles Lakers saw off the Minnesota Timberwolves 120-109 at the Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, and no one played better than nine-time NBA All-Star Anthony Davis. Davis, who was initially listed as questionable for the game in Los Angeles due to illness and left shoulder soreness, dominated the Timberwolves, who were shorthanded due to the absence of their “big men” pair of Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns....
Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has tendered an apology to teammate Kyle Anderson following an altercation that occurred during their 113-108 win against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. The two players had an argument during a team timeout in the second quarter, but the French basketball star seemed undone by something his teammate said, and he progressed to punch him in the chest before they...
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