Barnes and Young named All-Star replacements

Photo: YouTube screenshot Here’s former NBA scoring machine Jamal Crawford discussing talented youngsters Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic) & Brandon Miller (Charlotte Hornets). (via NBA.com): July 5th Q&A  Which rookie from last year do you think will improve the most next year? – from Grant in Iowa Paolo Banchero because his…

Photo: YouTube.com The Chicago Bulls’ adorable, unsung heroine who influenced the Toronto Raptors’ disastrous showing from the free throw line en route to their 109-105 Play-In defeat is sadly won’t be present in South Beach this Friday. Speaking in postgame, star swingman DeMar DeRozan told reporters that his daughter, Diar,…

Just two weeks before she cemented her name in Kentucky’s record books by becoming the program’s second all-time leading scorer, senior guard Rhyne Howard admitted over the phone in February that when she first arrived in Lexington, she “never thought it would be like this.”  “I knew I was gonna…

This story appears in SLAM 244. Shop now. The United States will enter the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in August as the second- ranked country in the world. Yes, the second-ranked country. For the first time in more than a decade, US men’s basketball slipped to No. 2 in…

Photo: Peter Baba The Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd was asked about Luka Doncic possibly being suspended after receiving his 16th technical foul on the season. “You’re never gonna replace him,” Kidd said. “It’s gonna take a group. Next man up mentality with Timmy [Tim Hardaway Jr.], and you…

Photo: Associated Press After a long-standing complication between him and the Brooklyn Nets, Kyrie Irving is back in the gym and reportedly juicing it up for a potential major year in his career. Sources told Bally Sports’ Brandon Robinson that Irving is working out and “focused” on establishing an MVP-type…