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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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Rob Pelinka, Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations and general manager, said Thursday that every season is a little bit like the “Odyssey.” “You launch a season, and there’s things that happen throughout that you can’t predict, but you have to stay together as a group and stay strong,” Pelinka continued. Advertisement Third-year Lakers head coach JJ Redick, sitting …

This is a lie. I don’t intend it to be, but it is—or at least it will be. How can one stay true under the test of time? After all, memory is as fickle as a five-year-old’s latest “favourite.” But I will try my best. That I can promise. Advertisement First, close your eyes. Inhale. Attune yourself with your NBA …

This feeling surrounding this upcoming Sixers’ season is one of great anticipation. Sure, most of that has to do with the monumental additions of LeBron James and Jaylen Brown, but I’d argue that no small part of that excitement should be for the second season of VJ Edgecombe. Here in Philadelphia, expectations are always set high, even for the youngest …

The news conference Thursday began with Lakers president of operations Rob Pelinka saying he wanted to “express gratitude” to LeBron James for the eight years he spent playing for Los Angeles before departing to Philadelphia as a free agent over the summer. It didn’t take long for Pelinka to pivot into Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, and how they are …

Ah, training camp. Finally back into the swing of things with basketball. It really is a lot more peaceful as defending champions, isn’t it? Let’s see what’s going on as Media Day nea- Ah, I guess we were overdue for something negative. Advertisement Karl-Anthony Towns is eligible for a contract extension this offseason. It’s been assumed, especially after a championship, …

Bob Pettit, the first man to receive the NBA’s MVP (most valuable player) award, has died aged 93. Pettit won the award twice, in its first year in 1955-56 and again in 1958-59, when he topped the scoring charts in both seasons. Advertisement He was also named an NBA All-Star in all 11 of his seasons and was the first …

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Karl-Anthony Towns and the New York Knicks are approaching training camp without a contract extension, and one of the biggest financial questions surrounding their championship core remains widely unresolved. ESPN’s Shams Charania and Vincent Goodwill first reported Wednesday that extension talks have stagnated following extensive offseason discussions. An agreement is considered unlikely before training camp, with media day scheduled for …

The Lakers lost one of its longest-tenured employees. Lawrence Tanter died at 76 after spending more than 40 years as the Lakers public announcer. Tanter, known as LT by fans, retired in June after suffering a stroke late in the regular season and missing the team’s final six home games plus the postseason. Advertisement Luka Dončić posted the Lakers’ tribute …

LeBron James used to salute Lakers public address announce Lawrence Tanter at every home game. Tanter died at 76 years old, the Lakers announced Wednesday. James shared a heartfelt tribute for Tanter on social media the following day. Longtime Los Angeles Lakers announcer Lawrence Tanter retired in June. AP “REST IN PARADISE Lawrence Tanter! Loved seeing you pretty much every …

In his first real move running the Sixers, new president of basketball operations Mike Gansey took Alabama guard Labaron Philon Jr. out of Alabama with the 22nd pick. His first free agency move was to reunite with Dean Wade, a player Gansey helped find as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ front office. He moved quickly on signing former New …