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Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/Twitter The Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham expresses confidence in point guard D’Angelo Russell after a tough game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. “You know, you’re gonna have rough nights out here. I have all of the confidence in the world in DLo,” Ham said. “We’re…

Photo: Denver Nuggets/Twitter The Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone talked about his team’s mentality heading into Game 5 of the NBA Finals: “Our approach has to be that we’re down 3-1. They’re desperate, we have to be more desperate. They’re hungry, we have to be hungrier.” “Our approach has…

Credit: AP The New York Knicks big man Isaiah Hartenstein acknowledged on Wednesday that he has been asked to play more like a traditional center with the team. “It’s adjusting to a different role where it’s playing more like (the Knicks’ other centers), I guess. Not more of what I’m…

Photo: abcnews.go.com The Brooklyn Nets are trading point guard Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks for Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, a first-round, and multiple second-round picks. The Mavericks are sending a 2029 unprotected first-round pick, a 2027 second-round pick, and a 2029 second-round pick to the Nets. Brooklyn also is…

Photo: gangatatto/IG Just 48 hours after the news broke that Bronny James got the green light from doctors to make a complete comeback to basketball, and a mere four months post his cardiac arrest incident, the Southern California freshman hit the court for pre-game warmups alongside his teammates. Unfortunately, they…

Photo: Charlotte Hornets/Twitter A video has emerged of Michael Jordan appearing to de-escalate a fight between influencers Wack 100 and Charleston White at the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio in 2015: Michael Jordan breaking up a fight between wack 100 and Charleston White. This is the most…