Revealed: Dan Hurley’s NBA buyout that Lakers would have to pay

This year’s NBA Dunk Contest champion Mac McClung is not getting a chance to play in the league. The 23-year-old point guard who was signed by the 76ers to a two-way deal in February continues playing in the G League. Most recently McClung was named the G League Player of…

Photo: Troy Taormina/USA TODAY Sports James Harden has no other outside ideas about the sudden murmurs that he intends to aim for a reunion with the Houston Rockets in the next offseason. Before the Philadelphia 76ers’ Christmas day win over the New York Knicks, the narrative has quickly shifted to…

The Patrick Beverley–Russell Westbrook backcourt has started off strongly after the two competitive guards dapped each other up and Westbrook “threw the first dime of the year” to Beverley after tossing his teammate a towel to wipe his sweat off. Pat Beverley and Russell Westbrook greeting each other after Pat’s…

Photo: Washington Wizards/Twitter Washington Wizards head coach Wes Unseld Jr. is impressed with how rookie Bilal Coulibaly approaches the game. (via Washington Wizards): “There’s a youthful maturity about him. I don’t know if that’s just he’s played professionally at a young age, he’s been around a little bit. But there’s…

Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Vanderbilt guard Scotty Pippen Jr., who is the son of Chicago Bulls legend and Basketball Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen, has agreed to a two-way NBA contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. After the news, Scottie Pippen took to Twitter to react to his son’s accomplishment:…

Much of the credit for Miami’s Game 1 over Boston will be given to their second-half effort on defense. But an equal amount of credit is owed to the two-way efforts of Jimmy Butler, who was the lynchpin of Miami’s defensive masterpiece in the final 24 minutes of the game….