NBA legend Bob Pettit died on Wednesday. He was 93. Pettit was a blend of many things. Born in Louisiana during the Great Depression, Pettit attended LSU, and was one of the first great players in the NBA. Drafted by the Milwaukee Hawks in 1954, Pettit averaged 20.4 points and 13.8 rebounds per game that season, and won Rookie of …

The long, drawn-out saga of the recruitment of Tyran Stokes felt like something out of Groundhog Day. Day after day, moment after moment, the Stokes recruitment would add another piece of information that would make one fanbase happy for that moment, even though nobody knew where he was actually headed. Stokes would ultimately choose Bill Self and Kansas over Mark …

It’s been a tale of two summers for the Los Angeles Lakers. After getting swept in the second round of last year’s playoffs and losing LeBron James to free agency, president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka was emboldened by Mark Walter’s heavy investment in building out the front office to overhaul the roster around Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves. Advertisement …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will take the floor next Saturday, Oct. 3, for the annual Kraziness in the Kennel event – a chance for fans to take in what will be a very new-look roster in Spokane. Of course, part of the story next Saturday is not which players will be there, but the ones that might not …

Ongoing Warriors contract negotiations once again will be the focus of media day originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry has made his rounds through the media carwash.  The message has been the same, whether it’s to us (NBC Sports Bay Area), ESPN, The Athletic, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Standard, ABC 7, MSNBC and anybody …

After opening media availability with a moment of silence for Lawrence Tanter, the Lakers thanked LeBron James for his eight seasons in Los Angeles. “I thought it would be appropriate, at the front, just to express gratitude for the LeBron era here,” general manager Rob Pelinka said to open Thursday’s news conference. Advertisement “Clearly, new team, new players, and that’s …

The Celtics training camp roster is set, and it includes 21 players — and plenty of familiar faces. The Celtics have 14 players under standard contract The Celtics have 14 players under contract to begin the season. That includes 10 returners: Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Sam Hauser, Payton Pritchard, Hugo Gonzalez, Luka Garza, Baylor Scheierman, Neemias Queta, Ron Harper Jr., …

An 11-time NBA All-Star and one of the league’s greatest scorers and rebounders in its history has died. Bob Pettit, the first NBA MVP winner, died at the age of 93, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Thursday. Advertisement Pettit spent 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Hawks organization, first in Milwaukee and then in St. …

For the second consecutive preseason media availability, Rob Pelinka was limited with what he could say about a pending Lakers’ ownership change. Last year, it was the $10 billion sale of the Lakers from the Buss family to Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter.  Advertisement This summer, it was the historic $12.5 billion sale from Walter to businessman Josh Kushner and …

The Los Angeles Lakers are about to embark on a new era of basketball, as they are set to endure a full season without LeBron James as a member of the roster for the first time in eight years. During Thursday’s media availability, Lakers head coach JJ Reddick might’ve accidentally taken a shot at James when he told reporters that …

When it comes to the Lakers, only one thing matters. Are they championship contenders? That’s what happens when you’re a 17-time championship organization. That’s what happens when guys named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant have worn your jersey. It’s title or bust. It’s Larry O’Brien or 911. Advertisement So, when Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka learned that LeBron …

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The Lakers enter training camp with coach JJ Redick feeling “pretty confident” in three of the five spots. Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Walker Kessler will make up 60% of the first unit as the team’s “Big Three”. Advertisement As for the final two starters? Those are up for grabs. Redick doesn’t know who will fill those slots, but was …

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While the Los Angeles Lakers added a bevy of guards and wings this offseason, they’ll certainly be hard-pressed to replace Marcus Smart, whose defense and playmaking on both ends of the floor were integral to their success last year. Smart agreed to a two-year, $12.4 million deal with the Houston Rockets during free agency. Varun Shankar of the Houston Chronicle …

There are a lot of great games on the schedule for Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs this season, but none as anticipated as a late February showdown with the Duke Blue Devils. That game, which is set to be broadcast as part of an exclusive deal between Duke and Amazon Prime, will take place on Feb. 20, giving the …

There was a point this summer when keeping track of the Celtics roster started to require an unreasonable amount of concentration. Jaylen Brown is in Philadelphia. Paul George and Mitchell Robinson are in Boston. Mike Conley is somehow beginning Year 20 in a Celtics uniform. Chris Cenac Jr. and Dillon Mitchell joined through the draft, while Brad Stevens spent part …

Memphis is 3-1 through four games to start he 2026 season, and it has the week off before starting conference play next week against Charlotte. With the Tigers’ not playing a game this week, it’s a good time to take a look at what the rest of the conference has done to start the season. It was unclear what the …

The 2026-27 NBA season is quickly approaching, and Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick still has questions to answer before training camps begin Monday, Sept. 29. Redick and Rob Pelinka, the team’s President of Basketball Operations, spoke reporters to address where things stand from a roster reconstruction standpoint within the organization. Advertisement Redick was clear that guards Luka Dončić and …

The honeymoon stage is nearly over for every college basketball coach taking on a new job, but for now optimism is widespread, and all of them remain undefeated at their new stops. Whether it was due to NBA departures, mutual partings of ways, retirements, coach firings, or coaches leaving for other power-five jobs, 13 power-five jobs changed hands this cycle. …

El Segundo, Calif. — Training camp opening is always a time of unbridled optimism around the NBA. The Los Angeles Lakers are no exception. “I think with this group, probably for the first time in my three years here, I feel like the pieces actually fit together,” Lakers head coach JJ Redick said Thursday, speaking to the media. Advertisement The …

Finally, at least one true floor leader is guaranteed to suit up for coach Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the highly anticipated 2026-27 campaign. BeBasket was the first to report yesterday that Nathan De Sousa has been cleared to play this upcoming season. The 23-year-old arrived in Spokane, Washington, back on Aug. 29. De Sousa has been a …

NEW ORLEANS — Bob Pettit, an imposing scorer and rebounder for the St. Louis Hawks and winner of the NBA’s first Most Valuable Player award in 1956, has died. He was 93. Pettit’s alma mater, LSU, announced Thursday that he died a day earlier. The university did not provide a cause of death. Advertisement Pettit was an All-American at LSU …

The Spurs got to the Finals last season mostly on the strength of their core players. It’s typically how things go for contenders, since they are not expected to field a deep rotation as the playoff rounds go on. The strange thing is that the reigning Sixth Man of the Year was one of the guys who just couldn’t contribute …

Good news, Knicks fans. Jalen Brunson is good to go for the start of the regular season. The Knicks guard told attendees at a live edition of his and teammate Josh Hart‘s Roommates Show, that he is healthy and ready for the regular season. Advertisement “As you guys know, I had surgery this offseason,” Brunson told the crowd. “And I …