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Lauri Markkanen led the Utah Jazz (15-24) to a resounding 145-113 victory over the Toronto Raptors (20-20) on Friday night, scoring 22 points and securing nine rebounds. Markkanen’s performance was complemented by Jordan Clarkson’s 21 points and Collin Sexton’s 20, solidifying the Jazz’s dominance. Pascal Siakam led the Raptors with…

Heading into Game 4 of the Grizzlies-Warriors playoff series, Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that Ja Morant would miss the game due to a knee injury he suffered in Game 3. Grizzlies‘ Ja Morant (right knee) is likely to miss Game 4 vs. Warriors, coach Taylor Jenkins says. —…

Photo: Enes FREEDOM/Twitter Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom sent what he called the last warning to the league on Twitter. The 30-year-old publicly asked the NBA to stop ‘lying to his fellow Americans.’ “If you continue to lie to my fellow Americans, I’ll start exposing every team one by…

Every summer, trainer Chris Brickley’s star-studded Black Ops open runs garner buzz on social media. It’s an opportunity for basketball fans to see not only what their favorite players are up to, but to watch them hoop and match up against other top names in the game. He initially named…

Welcome to the first column of Hoops, Rap and Everything Black—a weekly column dedicated to exploring and celebrating basketball and hip-hop culture in its purest form along with elements of Black culture. For more about what you can expect on a weekly basis, read here. When I was deciding how…

Photo: Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images After shocking the NBA with his trade request, Kevin Durant dropped another bomb by giving an ultimatum to the Nets owner Joe Tsai to which he responded publicly by expressing support to his team’s staff. Reportedly, the two-time NBA champion told Tsai that…