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The lingering contract stalemate between Jalen Duren and the Detroit Pistons has reached its conclusion. Duren and the Pistons have agreed to a five-year, $200 million fully guaranteed extension to his rookie contract, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Thursday. Duren entered the offseason as a restricted free agent at the conclusion of his four-year, $19.5 million rookie contract. The two sides …

The saga between the Detroit Pistons and Jalen Duren has finally ended as the disgruntled center agreed to a new five-year, $200 million contract to return to Detroit, according to multiple reports. The agreement came in ahead of Thursday’s 11:59 p.m. ET deadline to decide on a $9.62 million qualifying offer. Advertisement Duren averaged 19.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in …

Derrin Horton has been hired as the Los Angeles Lakers’ next public address announcer on Thursday, Oct. 1. Horton will take over the role at the Lakers’ home games at Crypto.com Arena. He will be a familiar face to some, having worked as a sports broadcaster for more than 35 years. Advertisement Horton has served as an anchor, reporter, host …

Let’s check out the Southeast Division Dub Nation, a spicy part of the NBA this year. Last season, the Warriors split two with Miami, and only one of them still stings. The Heat took the first one 110-96 in November, against a Golden State roster so short-handed it looked like a Santa Cruz scrimmage. Then on MLK Day at Chase …

D’Angelo Russell is taking his talents to China. News broke on Wednesday that the 30-year-old former Los Angeles Lakers guard signed a deal with the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. This comes after he was released by the Memphis Grizzlies earlier in September. Advertisement The Lakers selected Russell with the No. 2 overall pick of the 2015 NBA …

Warriors training camp takeaways: Starting five competition underway in Hawaii originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area LAIE, Hawaii – While the second day of Warriors training camp on the campus of BYU-Hawaii was a bit lighter than the first, the team again went through controlled 5-on-5. Wednesday’s emphasis was a lot of work in transition.  Advertisement “We were a …

Austin Reaves was asked what he has learned from playing alongside Walker Kessler at Lakers practice on Wednesday. He began waxing poetic about Kessler’s care factor — before abruptly cutting himself off. Advertisement Reaves lost his train of thought. Something stunning caught his eye. He came to a full stop. He had to acknowledge it. Los Angeles Lakers player Luka …

Isiah Thomas is back in the Knicks orbit. The Hall of Famer will be appointed to the Knicks board of directors when Madison Square Garden Sports Corporation splits the Knicks and Rangers into two publicly traded companies next month. Advertisement The transaction, contingent on approvals by the NBA and NHL, is set to be completed Oct. 26, creating MSG Knickerbockers …

Wellp we did it Dub Nation, we took a look at the entire Atlantic divison to start the season. And we end it with the champions. The Golden State Warriors went 1-1 against the New York Knicks last season, winning 126-113 at home in January and dropping a 110-107 game at the Garden in March. Those were two regular-season games …

Landry Shamet has never had this luxury. Entering his ninth season in the NBA, Shamet is with the same team three years in a row for the first time. At this point the past two years, he was on nonguaranteed deals and had to fight his way onto the Knicks roster. Advertisement Last year, he seemed to be on the …

A Michael Jordan jersey from his ‘Last Dance’ season has sold for $12.3m (£9.3m), a record for a piece of Jordan memorabilia. The jersey was worn in game three of the 1998 NBA Finals in his last season with the Chicago Bulls. Advertisement Jordan helped the Bulls win the series 4-2 for his sixth and final NBA Championship. He was …

The battle for the last Knicks roster spot has taken a twist. They waived John Konchar on Wednesday and signed Tony Bradley to a nonguaranteed Exhibit 9 deal as a training camp tryout. Bradley will join Drew Eubanks and James Wiseman as centers trying to win that battle. Advertisement Coach Mike Brown acknowledged that “we’re looking at that position heavily,” …

The word on the street coming out of the islands is Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr spent the first day of camp in Laie, Hawaii, drilling transition defense. He called the live work controlled, with possessions going up and back maybe three times max. Let’s hope that live work translates because anybody who sat through last season watching …

When asked what Michael Porter Jr. had to show amid salary negotiations, Nets GM Sean Marks was transparent in saying consistency and intangibles. Porter was just as honest in his self-evaluation, admitting he has more to prove to get the kind of contract he wants from Brooklyn. Advertisement “Yeah, of course. There’s always more to show,” Porter said. “The main …

The Washington Wizards have been floated as a potential trade destination for Jalen Duren over the past week. It remains unclear whether there is any actual fire amid the billowing smoke. The Wizards were among four teams ESPN’s Marc J. Spears mentioned during Monday’s episode of NBA Today that were said to “have interest in a potential sign-and-trade” for Duren. …

JJ Redick acknowledged something he hadn’t planned to divulge. When asked how different it feels being in his third year as an NBA coach than his first, he opened up. “I probably shouldn’t admit this,” Redick said at Lakers practice Wednesday, “but early in my coaching career I felt like I was cosplaying a little bit, you know? It’s like …

Julius Randle spent a half-decade lifting the Knicks from cellar-dwellers to contenders, only to get traded away before they finally earned a championship. Now he’s back in the city, across town in Brooklyn, happy to have seen his old teammates become winners while trying to help his new ones on the Nets do the same. Advertisement “I’m happy [for the …

I’ve been in the Warriors birthday letter business for a minute now. I wrote Brandin Podziemski one when he turned 22, then another when he turned 23 and was ripping down 30 boards in two games like the ball owed him money. I wrote Jonathan Kuminga a whole armchair therapy session for his 23rd. So when I sat down to …

Lakers coach JJ Redick made the mandate to the team’s crop of wings clear: It’s on them to establish the team’s defensive physicality. They’re the ones who can set the tone in front of premier rim protector Walker Kessler. Advertisement After Tuesday’s practice, the second of the team’s training camp sessions, consider the message heard and fulfilled, to the point …

Knicks coach Mike Brown has spent much of the early days of training camp answering questions about how his team will address what he labeled “elephants in the room.”  Miles McBride’s expiring contract is one of the biggest.  Advertisement The 26-year-old McBride is entering the final year of his three-year, $13 million contract and is set to become a free …

Isiah Thomas is returning to the New York Knicks, whether Knicks fans like it or not. The Hall of Fame Pistons point guard who’s worked for the Knicks in various post-playing capacities is re-joining the franchise as a member of its newly formed board of directors. Advertisement The board is being formed as part of a business split between the …

We are three weeks away from opening night for the Rockets, when they open their season at against Cooper Flagg, Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks. It seems hard to believe, but the day is fast approaching. I thought now would be a good time to ask what your expectations are for the season, the playoffs, and what constitutes a …

After being an unrestricted free agent for less than a day and receiving multiple two-way offers from around the NBA, lead guard Ryan Nembhard has signed with the Denver Nuggets. Combo guard KJ Simpson was released from his two-way contract in order to make space for the former Gonzaga Bulldog. Nembhard was traded by the Dallas Mavericks to the Atlanta …

Kawhi Leonard may no longer be with the Clippers – or even be in the United States – but the scrutiny surrounding him has followed him north of the border. Pablo Torre, the Pulitzer-winning journalist whose reporting about the Clippers’ salary cap circumvention sparked an investigation by the NBA, released another episode of “Pablo Torre Finds Out” related to Leonard’s …

Gonzaga Bulldogs great Kelly Olynyk is leaving the NBA to join BC Roma of Italy’s Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroCup, according to multiple reports. The club was co-founded by Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic, who also serves as a minority owner. On his way to an NBA Finals appearance with the San Antonio Spurs this past summer, …