Basketball

Monty Williams was voted Coach of the Year for the second year in a row after leading the Suns to a League-best 64-18 regular-season record. The award is named after former coaches executive director Michael H. Goldberg and is based on a vote tally from the NBA’s 30 head coaches….

Here’s a tougher-than-it-looks question we thought about a lot these past few months: What makes a good NBA team? It sounds easy. Lots of regular season wins. A strong postseason record. A championship. And there you go: a good NBA team.  Which, yeah, that’s true. But when you decide to…

LeBron James would reportedly be “very enthused” if the Lakers decided to hire Mark Jackson as the franchise’s next head coach. The Lakers are looking to hire a new coach after dismissing Frank Vogel after leading the Lakers to a championship in 2020 and a first-round exit last year against…

During exit interviews with the media, Russell Westbrook was candid about how he felt his first season went with the Los Angeles Lakers and the apparent ‘disconnect’ he had with former Laker coach Frank Vogel. “I think it’s unfortunate, to be honest because I’ve never had an issue with any…

The 2022 WNBA Draft has come and gone, and the hard work, resilience, and talent of 36 players has been awarded after they were selected by the WNBA’s 12 franchises. The 26th annual WNBA Draft was held at Spring Studios in New York and was broadcasted on ESPN. The 2022…

It’s been quite the journey for Long Island Nets guard Craig Randall II. From numerous college transfers and G League tryouts to now shining in his first pro season, the Youngstown, OH, native has not only solidified himself as a standout on the Long Island Nets, but also as a…

It’s a little after 9 a.m. on the first Wednesday of March and Celtics forward Grant Williams can’t help but lean back in his Mavix M9 gaming chair and reflect on how appalled he was when news dropped the day prior that the New York Liberty had been fined $500,000…

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…

Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Josh Giddey has been a revelation this season, so much so that he is even putting up stat lines that few have seen before. You may have had to do a double take if you saw the 19-year-old’s numbers in the box score on Sunday. In…