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The Memphis Grizzlies' COVID-19 issues got worse Thursday as the NBA postponed their next three games in accordance with the league's health and safety protocols. The Grizzlies won't play at the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday, and they won't host the Sacramento Kings on Sunday and Monday. The news comes after Wednesday's game with the Trail Blazers was postponed […]
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James became irritated last season with the vast majority of voters that chose Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo as the regular-season MVP over him. But after the Lakers finished with a 113-106 win over the Bucks on Thursday, James sounded apathetic over winning the head-to-head scoring matchup over Antetokounmpo (34-25). “I […]
Two Michigan State basketball players have tested positive for COVID-19. One of them is Tom Izzo’s son. Freshman Mady Sissoko and sophomore Steven Izzo will not travel with the Spartans when they play No. 8 Iowa on Thursday, coach Tom Izzo announced during his Wednesday news conference. “At least for me, I can tell my […]
The NBA season is barely a week old, and things are already starting to go sideways for the Washington Wizards. Washington fell to 0-4 with a 115-107 loss against the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday. The Wizards have been in every game early, but they've looked listless at times during second halves and watched their chances of […]
Ja Morant's ankle injury was the latest blow to the Memphis Grizzlies in a young season. Now they'll be without their star at least through the middle of January. The Grizzlies announced Tuesday that Morant will be sidelined three to five weeks after suffering a Grade 2 ankle sprain in Monday's overtime win against the Brooklyn Nets. Morant left the game in […]
The Houston Rockets star missed the beginning of training camp. He would have missed the Rockets’ season opener had the NBA not postponed the game because of a lack of available players. But despite those circumstances, James Harden showed for at least one night why he remains worth the Rockets’ headache. Though the Rockets finished […]
A lot has changed since Daryl Morey pressed send on a tweet demonstrating support for protesters in Hong Kong last year. At that time, Morey was the general manager of the Houston Rockets. Russell Westbrook and James Harden hadn't yet played a game together for that organization; Westbrook is a Washington Wizard now and Harden seems […]
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver emphasized that the league will not skip ahead of anyone for COVID-19 vaccinations. “It goes without saying that in no form or way will we jump the line,” Silver said in a conference call with NBA writers on Monday, a day before the 2020-21 season begins. “We will wait our turn […]
The NBA, like other pro and college leagues, is trying to pull off a season under difficult circumstances. The NBA completed its 2019-20 season in a bubble-like environment and managed to keep COVID-19 from spreading through the mini-city on the Disney campus near Orlando. But there is no bubble this season, making it perhaps even […]
The NBA does not have clarity on if and when all of its 30 teams can host games with fans in their home arenas. But with the NBA slated to begin the 2020-21 season on Dec. 22, the league will transition away from hosting virtual fans as it did during the season restart on a […]