Dirk Nowitzki: “Dad wanted me to take over family painting business”

Photo: Dallas Mavericks/Twitter The Los Angeles Lakers have maintained that they are not interested in signing veteran guard Kyrie Irving this offseason, according to The Athletic’s Jovan Buha. “The Lakers, meanwhile, maintained on Monday that they aren’t interested in adding Irving this summer, according to multiple team sources who aren’t…

Photo: SLAM HS Hoops/Twitter Dominique Wilkins says that it’s cool for his son Jacob (high school junior) to see the statue of himself in Atlanta and be inspired. (via VladTV): “My son, who’s an upcoming basketball star, to get a chance to go down and see those things, and have…

Foto: FIBA In Manila, Italy is set to compete against Angola, the Philippines, and the Dominican Republic. The team can count both on experienced players and on a young core with the likes of Matteo Spagnolo, Gabriele Procida, and Alessandro Pajola among others. “I like what I see from our…

Stephen Curry’s status was shifted to “probable” in the Golden State Warriors’ Tuesday matchup against the Phoenix Suns, per ESPN’s Kendra Andrews. This recent status can only hand such great optimism for the Warriors, as Curry was re-evaluated last weekend and is initially being targeted to make a return later…

Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/Twitter Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ season-opening loss against the Denver Nuggets (107-119), sports analyst Stephen A. Smith didn’t hold back his criticism of Anthony Davis’s performance, labeling it as “atrocious” on ESPN’s First Take. Despite LeBron James leading the scoring with 21 points and Taurean Prince…

Photo: Boston Celtics/Twitter As chirpings of Jaylen Brown’s uncertain future in Boston have suddenly appeared once again, Celtics legend Paul Pierce provides his interesting notion about the possibility of the star swingman’s departure from Beantown. In his interview with The Ringer’s Logan Murdock, Brown revealed that he is noncommittal in…