Kyrie Irving issues an apology

For three decades we’ve covered many amazing basketball characters, but some stand above the rest—not only because of their on-court skills (though those are always relevant), but because of how they influenced and continue to influence basketball culture, and thus influenced SLAM. Meanwhile, SLAM has also changed those players’ lives…

Photo: YouTube Draymond Green has taken his side regarding the Rudy Gobert-Kyle Anderson scuffle that summarized the entire Minnesota Timberwolves’ lopsided campaign and bannered the final day of the NBA’s 2022-23 regular season. In the latest release of his podcast, Green went on to defend Gobert while criticizing Anderson’s poor…

Photo: FIBA Basketball Olympiacos saw significant departures from last season, with Sasha Vezenkov heading to the NBA with the Sacramento Kings and Kostas Sloukas transferring to their arch-rivals, Panathinaikos. “Surely, last year cannot predict the next. Every time you start, you start from scratch. No matter how many changes you…

Italy coach Gianmarco Pozzecco got ejected for a second technical foul and left the Mercedes Benz Arena in tears. But before he left, he kissed each of his players and even said goodbye to the opposing Serbia bench. “He said: ‘Just win for me.’ That’s what he said,” Italy guard…

Photo: Jerry Lodriguss/The Philadelphia Inquirer Amid the swirling tauntings that surrounds him up to this day, Tyronn Lue has no ill feelings after being terrorized by Allen Iverson in Game 1 of the 2001 NBA Finals. Lue fell as a poor victim of Iverson’s historic night to hand the Los…

Photo: Phoenix Suns/Twitter A video recently posted on Snapchat has shown the Phoenix Suns big man Deandre Ayton in the company of Katt Leya, who is recognized as both a social media model and an adult film star. In the clip, Ayton was observed playfully brushing Leya’s hair as the…