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Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died at the age of 29. The news broke on Tuesday, May 12, when the Grizzlies and Clarke’s agency each made separate statements about his passing. He was remembered as a light in the community and for his passion on the court. Advertisement NBC4 Los Angeles reports that Clarke’s death is being investigated as …

With their season over, the Los Angeles Lakers are facing an abundance of significant offseason questions, most notably around the futures of LeBron James and Austin Reaves. General manager Rob Pelinka and head coach JJ Redick addressed those topics with media Tuesday, a day after their Game 4 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Advertisement Per Pelinka, the Lakers want …

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died at the age of 29, the NBA team has confirmed. The Canadian was a first-round draft pick in 2019 and had played only two games this season because of injuries. Advertisement The Grizzlies said they are “heartbroken” by the loss. A cause of death has not yet been revealed. “Brandon was an outstanding …

Austin Reaves did his damnedest. After missing the Los Angeles Lakers’ final five regular-season games and the first four games of the 2026 NBA playoffs with a Grade 2 oblique strain, the sweet-shooting guard logged long hours in a hyperbaric chamber to fast-track the healing process in hopes of getting back on the court as soon as possible. He returned …

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke died on Tuesday afternoon. He was 29 years old. ESPN reporter Shams Charania broke the news. Clarke spent all seven of his NBA seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies after being the No. 21 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. Clarke’s journey to being a first-round pick was an inspiring story: he spent two seasons …

Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke died, his agency announced. He was 29. Clarke’s agency, Priority Sports, confirmed the news in a social-media post Tuesday. The agency’s full post read: “We are beyond devastated by the passing of Brandon Clarke. He was so loved by all of us here, and everyone whose life he touched. He was the gentlest soul who …

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama is playing in Game 5 of the Spurs’ Western Conference semifinal series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, after getting ejected early in Game 4 for throwing an elbow. The Spurs are obviously relieved about that. And if Wembanyama is angry about missing most of Game 4, then even better, Spurs guard Devin Vassell …

If you have remained a Cleveland Cavaliers fan since LeBron James departed the franchise for a second time back in 2018, you would know that, despite the varying degrees of success the team has endured since then, the main question on everyone’s mind has been whether and when LeBron would end his career in the Wine and Gold. As the …

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Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. In some alternate NBA timeline, Victor Wembanyama was suspended for his katana-like elbow on Naz Reid. In that dimension, the Western Conference semifinals look very different. Advertisement But in our universe, the league isn’t holding out one of its biggest superstars for Game …

LeBron James may be on the move, and how often have we been able to say that? In 2010, when he made The Decision to take his talents to South Beach. In 2014, when we had an inkling he would leave the Miami Heat for a return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. And in 2018, when all signs pointed to him …

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James has said it consistently all season long: He doesn’t know what’s next for him. He doesn’t know if he will play another season, and if so, whether it will be with the Lakers or another team. He — and the people around him — have consistently said he had not come close to making that …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder insist they haven’t been perfect during their NBA title defense. Their record at the playoffs’ halfway point disagrees. The Thunder completed their second straight series sweep of the spring Monday night when they held off the resilient Lakers 115-110 in Game 4 of the second round. Oklahoma City went 8-0 against LeBron …

With the NBA Draft order now set following Sunday’s lottery — the Washington Wizards landed the top pick in one of the most anticipated drafts in recent memory — Kevin O’Connor dropped his Mock Draft 5.0 on Yahoo Sports, mapping out how every pick could play out now that the board is locked in. We used KOC’s projections as the …

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell tied an NBA playoff record with 39 points in the second half and the Cleveland Cavaliers evened their second-round series against the Detroit Pistons with a 112-103 victory Monday night. Mitchell matched the mark of Eric “Sleepy” Floyd on a free throw with 27.6 seconds remaining. He had a chance to break the record, set …

It was their closest game of the postseason so far, but the Oklahoma City Thunder still haven’t slipped. The Thunder held on late in a wild final few minutes to grab a 115-110 win over LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night at Crypto.com Arena. The win completed the sweep for the Thunder, who have now won …

As the Los Angeles Lakers were facing a possible sweep at the hands of Western Conference No. 1 seed Oklahoma City Thunder, one face in the crowd couldn’t be happier to see it all unfold. Dillon Brooks, the Phoenix Suns wing, enforcer, villain and LeBron James pest, was spotted sitting courtside at Crypto.com Arena with a smile on his face …

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell had his worst first half in a playoff game since joining the Cleveland Cavaliers in September 2022. No problem. The All-Star guard followed it up with one of the best 24-minute stretches by a player in NBA playoff history Monday night. Advertisement After scoring only four points in the first half, Mitchell responded with 39 …

J.B. Bickerstaff didn’t hesitate to call out the officiating Monday night. Bickerstaff and the Detroit Pistons stumbled in the second half and fell to Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-103, with their second-round playoff series now tied 2-2. Advertisement But it wasn’t just the loss, or the record-tying performance Mitchell had in the second half, that Bickerstaff was upset …

J.B. Bickerstaff didn’t hesitate to call out the officiating on Monday night. Bickerstaff and the Detroit Pistons stumbled in the second half on Monday and fell to Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-103. The loss in Game 4 of their second-round playoff series tied it up 2-2. Advertisement But it wasn’t just the loss, or the record-tying performance that …

The Cleveland Cavaliers tied the series, beating the Detroit Pistons in Game 4. All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. Donovan Mitchell 43 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover Advertisement Mitchell only scored 4 points in the first half. His first bucket came midway through the second quarter. He’d immediately break out of …

There were a lot of things to note in this game: A red-hot Donovan Mitchell dropping 39 in the second half, James Harden spraying the ball all over the floor and racking up 11 assists, the way the Cavaliers attacked the Pistons’ defense, getting them in rotation (and the way Detroit kept helping off good 3-point shooters for some reason), …

Uhhhhhh. Andrej might not be coming back. The Illini wing put on a show Monday night at the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago. A good week for Stojakovic in the Windy City could push him to stay in the NBA Draft rather than return for his second year at Illinois (and his fourth overall in college). Advertisement In the maximum …

James Harden set them up. Donovan Mitchell knocked them down. And the Cleveland Cavaliers ran away with a 112-103 Game 4 win over the Detroit Pistons Monday night. A series that the Pistons once led, 2-0 is now up for grabs at 2-2. Advertisement Harden paced the Cavaliers early with 11 straight Cleveland points in the first quarter. Mitchell then …

As Adou Thiero was standing in front of the scorer’s table at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City early in the second quarter of the Lakers’ Game 2 loss to the Thunder, a familiar face followed Thiero’s path with a message. Luka Doncic, the team’s star player who’s been sidelined since April 2 because of a strained left hamstring, made the …