Paolo Banchero set to return Thursday or Friday

Photo: Golden State Warriors/Twitter The Golden State Warriors point guard Gary Payton II will spend the next month on rehab and strength and conditioning. “I know my body, so I think I’ll know when I’m ready to go out there and get to be able to be myself,” Payton said….

During the Warriors’ triumph over the Suns on Saturday, tensions flared between Jusuf Nurkic and Draymond Green. The two players engaged in verbal taunts throughout the game, altering Nurkic’s perception of Green from before the heated exchanges. “It’s sad. He didn’t learn anything. Just a matter of time. He’s going…

Breanna Stewart has spent her entire career playing for the Storm since getting drafted in 2016. After falling to the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA semifinals, Stewart’s future with thStewart’s uncertain. A big part of why the 28-year-old returned to Seattle during free agency last year was to play…

We’ve seen all the viral highlights from his overseas days, his Summer League games, his preseason performances. We’ve read about him, watched his interviews, consumed countless social media posts about him. Now, finally, it’s time to watch rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama play NBA basketball. To celebrate the moment, we got…

Joel Embiid has been officially ruled out of the Philadelphia 76ers’ games this week. The team will open their season against the Milwaukee Bucks, but will be without their star player, as well as Paul George, for the upcoming games. This decision to rest Embiid appears to be precautionary, ensuring…

Chiney Ogwumike discussed the WNBA’s growth this year, noting that the increased attention, due to the Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark, has come with ‘growing pains’: “I think that with all of the growth that Caitlin [Clark] has brought, it has caused a lot of growing pains. … Now you…