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Former NBA player Scot Pollard found a heart transplant donor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was admitted Feb. 7. His wife, Dawn Pollard, broke the news on Friday. “Scot wanted me to let everyone know that the pre-heart transplant hair is gone, it’s go time!” Pollard’s wife Dawn posted […]
Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin won the 2024 NBA Rising Stars MVP award after scoring 18 points and hitting the game-winning shot in the semifinal appearance against Team Tamika and adding four points in a 26-13 win over Team Detlef in the final. Despite the highly anticipated matchup between rookie stars Victor Wembanyama and Chet […]
Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson came off the bench for the first time since his rookie season to knock down seven 3-pointers and score a season-high 35 points in Thursday night’s 140-137 win over the Utah Jazz. Thompson was a reserve for the first time since March 11, 2012. Rookie guard Brandin Podziemski replaced […]
The Milwaukee Bucks contacted Boston Celtics governor and majority owner Wyc Grousbeck prior to hiring Doc Rivers. Speaking on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” on Friday, Grousbeck revealed that he was a reference call on behalf of Rivers. “I love Doc,” Grousbeck said. “I got a reference call on Doc from the Bucks. Truthfully, I […]
The Milwaukee Bucks lost 113-110 against the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday night as 14.5-point favorites, making it their third-largest upset loss in the last 30 years. For the most embarrassing part, the Bucks were coming off a 123-97 loss to a Miami Heat squad that didn’t have Jimmy Butler, Josh Richardson, or Terry Rozier. In […]
Utah Jazz guard Keyonte George tied the NBA record for the most 3-pointers made in a game by a rookie, matching Rodrigue Beaubois (March 27, 2010) and Yogi Ferrell (Feb. 3, 2017) in Thursday night’s 140-137 loss to the Golden State Warriors. The Baylor product recorded a career-high 33 points, two rebounds, six assists, and […]
Deni Avdija became the first Washington Wizards player since NBA Hall of Famer Moses Malone in 1987 to record at least 40 points and 15 rebounds in a game, during Wednesday night’s 133-126 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. Avdija, 23, is also the first player with these stats since the team rebranded the franchise […]
The Milwaukee Bucks are signing free agent forward Danilo Gallinari to a veteran minimum deal, his agent Michael Tellem of Excel Basketball announced Thursday. Gallinari, 35, started the 2023-24 season with the Washington Wizards. Washington traded the 6-foot-10 wing and Mike Muscala to the Detroit Pistons last month for Marvin Bagley III, Isaiah Livers, a […]
NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum said Wednesday during an interview with SDNA that an agreement on a new media deal has to come first before league expansion can be negotiated. The NBA has 30 teams — 15 franchises per conference. Seattle and Las Vegas are each rumored to receive a club in the coming years. […]
Anthony Davis and Rui Hachimura became the first Los Angeles Lakers duo with 35 points each in the same game since Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal in 2003, during Wednesday night’s 138-122 win over the Utah Jazz. Davis recorded 37 points and 15 rebounds and Hachimura scored a career-high 36 points. The Lakers rested LeBron […]
