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Photo: Portland Trail Blazers/X Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach Scott Brooks is super impressed with rookie forward Toumani Camara. (via Portland Trail Blazers Docuseries: The Trail): “The first thing that stands out about Tou is, man, who is this guy? He competes every second of the game. He’s a good…

Photo: David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images According to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, the Atlanta Hawks are signing G League Long Island guard/forward Donovan Williams to a two-way contract and waiving swingman Jarrett Culver. Williams has averaged 15.6 points for Long Island this season. The Atlanta Hawks are…

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid discussed his decision to represent Team USA, noting the contrasting approaches of France and the U.S. Embiid, who recently acquired American citizenship and is set to make his international debut, was close to choosing France before selecting the United States. He revealed that France’s approach…

This offseason the Jazz traded Bojan Bogdanovic to the Pistons. Recently the 33-year-old Croatian forward penned a two-year contract extension with Detroit. According to Omari Sankofa II, the deal is worth $39.1 million and is partially guaranteed at $2 million. The amount of $2 million is the base amount and…

When Breanna Stewart first appeared on the cover of SLAM 229, we wrote that the portrait of a winner can be illustrated through longevity. That was published back in 2020, and since then Stewie has continued to ascend towards greatness. Now in her sixth season with the Seattle Storm, she’s…

Photo: New York Knicks/Twitter The New York Knicks shooting guard Josh Hart shared some of his thoughts on the impact of the Madison Square Garden crowd in the playoffs: “We need MSG to be rocking even more than they were the last two games. We need them every game that…