Derrick White on his shooting slump

SLAM has partnered with the Black Coaches Association on a content series that will spotlight Black coaches from every level. To learn more about the past and present of the BCA, and to register as a member of the BCA, click here. Five days after the news dropped that he’d be taking over as just…

Photo: Portland Trail Blazers/Twitter The Trail Blazers are dangerously close to missing the postseason for the second straight season. It is also the second year when Chauncey Billups is the head coach of the team. Some attribute Portland’s disappointing performance to Billups but the team’s star Damian Lillard thinks the…

Photo: Washington Wizards/Twitter The Washington Wizards and big man Kristaps Porzingis are in serious discussions on a contract extension as the franchise prioritizes new deals for him and small forward Kyle Kuzma, via Shams Charania. “Porzingis and the Wizards have been serious discussing a new deal in which he would…

Photo: Barça Basket/X The reigning champion of the Spanish ACB League, Barcelona, kicked off the new season with a 95-79 victory against Joventut Badalona in the Catalonia derby. This victory was achieved with five of their players scoring in double digits. In his ACB debut, Jabari Parker contributed 13 points…

Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/Twitter Retired NBA player-turned-TNT analyst Shaquille O’Neal says the Los Angeles Lakers veteran forward LeBron James deserves a statue from the team. “He did win a title with the Lakers and lot of people say that it doesn’t count. … LeBron has broke the record [scoring record]…

Photo: Denver Nuggets/Twitter The Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner shared his thoughts on the difference between Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic: “When Jokic goes out there, it’s like he’s painting himself on that canvas … Embiid you can control a little more, Jokic it’s like there’s stuff that’s out…