Vlatko Cancar undergoes surgery for torn ACL

Kyrie Irving is entering free agency with the mindset that he wants to help the Nets and close friend Kevin Durant win a title next season. However, GM Sean Marks said that the Nets hadn’t decided on extending Irving’s contract should he opt out of his player option for the…

Portland Trail Blazers rookie Scoot Henderson appreciates playing for a head coach he can relate to in Chauncey Billups. (via Portland Trail Blazers): Reporter: “I asked Chauncey the other day about how when he came up… he was the third pick too, he struggled, how he’s used those experiences to…

Photo: nba.com The Orlando Magic were one of the luckiest expansion franchises ever. Consecutive lottery wins handed them Shaquille O’Neal and Penny Hardaway, which allowed them to go from nothing to the NBA Finals in just 6 years. The Magic looked like the team of the future …. but they…

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…

The Brooklyn Nets are bringing on Juwan Howard as an assistant coach. Howard was recently relieved of his duties after serving as the head coach at his alma mater, Michigan, for five seasons. Selected as the fifth overall pick in the 1994 draft, Howard enjoyed a 19-season career in the…

Photo: Philadelphia 76ers/Twitter The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has signed guard Shake Milton. Last season with the Philadelphia 76ers, Milton, 6-5, appeared in 76 games (11 starts) and averaged 8.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and a career-high 3.2 assists in 20.6 minutes per game. He scored 20+ points in…