Monthly Archives: August 2026

Warriors fans expect the team to at least reach Play-In Tournament

Despite all the noise and rumors, the Golden State Warriors ultimately had an extremely quiet offseason. The Dubs are heading into 2026-27 season with largely the same roster that finished 37-45 last year. Rookie first-round pick Yaxel Lendeboorg is currently the only addition currently slated to play a large role in head coach Steve Kerr’s rotation. The Dubs barely reached …

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James Harden gets new $97 million contract weeks after gun arrest

The Cleveland Cavaliers and James Harden agreed to a new contract on Thursday, just a few weeks after the superstar guard was arrested in Houston. Harden is now slated to get $97 million over the next three years from the Cavaliers, the 11-time All-Star’s agents told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Advertisement The pact, which includes a player option as well as …

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Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter wouldn’t want Smith, Loyer, Kaufman-Renn back

Purdue basketball will have a new look in the 2026-27 season: NCAA career assists leader Braden Smith, Boilers career 3-pointers leader Fletcher Loyer and big man Trey Kaufman-Renn are gone after becoming the recruiting class with the most wins in program history. However, given the recent rounds of NCAA rules changes, lawsuits and injunctions, any or all of them could …

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Did Luka Just Make This Pass Curve? | #Shorts

Shorts Luka threads the needle to find Finney-Smith in the corner Stream More Live Games With NBA LEAGUE PASS: … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM6Mejvmhdo Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

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Lakers minority owner dishes intentions with 4% stake in team after sudden Buss sale

Lakers minority owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong reportedly has no intention of selling his 4% stake in the team following Bob Iger and Josh Kushner purchasing the franchise from Mark Walter last week for a record-breaking $12.5 billion. “Dr. Patrick is absolutely not selling his minority share of the Lakers,” Chuck “Tiger” Kenworthy, the Soon-Shiong family attorney, told ESPN on Thursday. …

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The Lakers got out of the Mark Walter business right on time

When it was reported that Mark Walter would buy the controlling stake in the Lakers at a $10 billion valuation in June 2025, many fans — me included — rejoiced. We rejoiced that the owner of the Dodgers — the same organization that had become the model franchise in all of Major League Baseball and was in the process of …

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Purdue basketball coach Matt Painter wouldn’t want Smith, Loyer, Kaufman-Renn back

Purdue basketball will have a new look in the 2026-27 season: NCAA career assists leader Braden Smith, Boilers career 3-pointers leader Fletcher Loyer and big man Trey Kaufman-Renn are gone after becoming the recruiting class with the most wins in program history. However, given the recent rounds of NCAA rules changes, lawsuits and injunctions, any or all of them could …

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Collins: Northwestern Basketball Counting on 21 PPG Transfer This Season

Coach Chris Collins was originally known as a defense-first tactician upon his arrival to Evanston, Ill. to coach the Northwestern Wildcats, but his offensive coaching has taken center stage over the past few years. Collins helped mold Brooks Barnhizer into a NBA Draft pick and contributor to the Oklahoma City Thunder and also helped develop Nick Martinelli into a back-to-back …

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Tyrese Maxey: ‘Nobody on this team can have an ego’

The Philadelphia 76ers have added a couple extremely high-profile names this offseason, somewhat understandably overshadowing the fact that Tyrese Maxey is coming off an All-NBA Third Team season. Still just 25 years old and with his 1 percent better mantra, it’s reasonable to expect Maxey to continue improving coming off that career-best campaign. He recently conducted an interview with HoopsHype …

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Jaylen Brown will be the most motivated player in the NBA

The NBA is a business. We often hear that phrase when a player is traded or when contract negotiations go sour. It’s true. It’s a league run by billionaires, many of them running their franchises like assets. Advertisement You can tell players not to take it personally, but how could they not? Sure, they make millions of dollars and have …

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Winners, losers from Peyton Watson trade to Cleveland Cavaliers

Trades in the second half of August are a rarity. Usually, at this point in the summer, teams wait until closer to training camp opens to make their moves. Not Denver and Cleveland, they agreed to a big trade on Wednesday. Peyton Watson had been looking for a sign-and-trade that got him paid and he found it with the Cavaliers. …

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Finalists named for MSU basketball transfer Jaxon Kohler, commitment expected soon

Michigan State basketball transfer Jaxon Kohler is reportedly down to two schools, with a decision expected as soon as Thursday afternoon. Jack Pilgrim of KSR reported on Thursday afternoon that the former Spartans star forward is now only considering BYU and Kentucky for his commitment. Kohler is seeking a fifth year of eligibility through a recently passed court injunction, meaning …

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Former Badgers star heading to 9th school in 9 years

One of the Wisconsin Badgers biggest transfer portal hits over the last few years was wing AJ Storr, who had significant interest in the portal after his freshman season at St. John’s. Wisconsin, believing he could break out after Storr averaged 8.8 points and shot over 40 percent from three, beat out several other teams and made him a focal …

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Arizona men’s basketball bounces back with dominant win over Ukraine national team

Anyone who panicked after Arizona men’s basketball dropped its opening game of the Lithuania tour in blowout fashion can take a deep breath. This team is going to be good. Arizona defeated the Ukrainian national team 107-85 on Thursday, a day after putting up an uncompetitive performance against the Lithuania ‘B’ team. Sophomore forward Ivan Kharchenkov scored 20 of his …

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