Lakers secure 17th draft pick as Pelicans defer

Photo: Portland Trail Blazers/Twitter Check out these silky smooth highlights from Nick Van Exel (Portland Trail Blazers) torching Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers back on January 10th, 2005 at Wachovia Center. Stats Van Exel: 28 points/4 rebounds/5 assists/1 steal/10-19 FG/8-13 3-PT (7 made in second half) Iverson: 21 points/9…

Last October, SLAM teamed up with The Local Gallery for a partnership like we’ve never seen before. The result: SLAM presents The Local Gallery New York, the first permanent art gallery in the world dedicated solely to basketball, where the art is always inspired by the game. We just launched…

The 75th season of the NBA is nearing its end, with the NBA Finals starting on Thursday. The Warriors, for the first time since their tough 2019 loss to the Warriors. Their 2022 Finals appearance will be their sixth trip to the Finals since 2015. This is the Boston Celtics’…

Photo: Philadelphia 76ers/X Law enforcement has declared that the surveillance footage examined thus far in the reported hit-and-run incident involving the Philadelphia 76ers forward Kelly Oubre Jr. does not depict any evidence of an accident occurring at the Center City junction where Oubre claimed he was struck on Saturday night,…

Toronto Raptors sophomore Gradey Dick doesn’t want to be known as just a 3-point shooter. (via Toronto Raptors): “I’m always trying to grow my game. I feel like I’ve been talking about it since high school of not trying to be classified as just a shooter and try to show…

Photo: Getty Images Taking a part for his heavily determined Los Angeles Clippers squad, Paul George has already circled three key matchups against rivals and known title heavyweights for the impending basketball season to test their capabilities as an assumed title giant. The star swingman, citing “revenge” as a motive,…