Jacque Vaughn on Ben Simmons: “We expect him to be back”

The Spanish team Basquet Girona announced this week that former NBA guard Gabe York has joined their roster. York, who had brief stints with the Indiana Pacers, playing in five games over two seasons from 2021 to 2023, previously competed for the G League Ignite earlier in the current season….

Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer notes that Saturday’s blowout loss in Atlanta was particularly concerning for Hornets head coach Steve Clifford. Despite experiencing numerous losses since his return to the sidelines last season, Clifford was especially disappointed by his team’s lack of competitiveness in this game. Charlotte’s defeat marked…

Indian Fever guard Bria Hartley has been in the WNBA for eight years, and she’s had someone special by her side for five of them. Her son, Bryson Hartley.  This month is the 50th anniversary of Title IX, so this story on a really great @WNBA player who’s also a…

Photo: SLAM HIGH SCHOOL/YouTube screenshot Bryce James, the youngest son of basketball icon LeBron James, is making a return to Sierra Canyon, as reported by Tarek Fattal of SBLive Sports. After commencing the 2023 fall semester at Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks, Bryce has officially unenrolled, turning in school and basketball equipment,…

Photo: Golden State Warriors/Twitter Former New York Knick Iman Shumpert says he wanted to throw his team’s minute restriction plans for him out the window during Steph Curry’s 2013 Broadway Show at Madison Square Garden (54 points). (via All The Smoke): Shumpert: “Hey New York, my bad if I was…

Photo: Chicago Bulls/Twitter The NBA has officially granted the disabled player exception request of the Chicago Bulls for Lonzo Ball in the upcoming 2023-24 season, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. Ball, who will miss the next NBA campaign, has a $20.4MM salary for next season. With the DPE approval…