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Luol Deng, President of South Sudan Basketball, responded to Gilbert Arenas’ “disrespectful and cruel” comments. Deng expressed disappointment rather than anger, especially since the remarks came from respected individuals. He emphasized that while he isn’t affected and takes pride in being African, such comments can harm the self-esteem of young…

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: Los Angeles Lakers/Twitter There are “strong” indications that the Los Angeles Lakers are trending toward a new two-year deal with free agent point guard D’Angelo Russell, reports Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports. According to Fischer, that two-year contract could be worth in the neighborhood of $40 million in total,…

Photo: Kosarkarska zveza Slovenije/Twitter Luka Doncic and Slovenia’s trip to Japan has been nothing but enjoyable so far as they aim for World Cup supremacy until a jolting failed missile blast from North Korea triggered a temporary massive scare. In his introductory press conference for his home nation ahead of…

Photo: Peter Baba Former NBA player JJ Redick does think the Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant deserves some sort of punishment for flashing a gun on Instagram Live but doesn’t believe the NBA should “lay down the hammer” on him. Sports analyst Jason Whitlock took to Twitter to react to…