Category: NBA News Wire
A weekend preseason date between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets will be a trial case for an abbreviated game length of 44 minutes. The game Sunday at Barclays Center will be reduced as the NBA examines “the flow of a shorter game as compared to the standard 48-minute game.” Four 11-minute quarters and a […]
Detroit Pistons guard Jodie Meeks is expected to be sidelined for up to two months with a stress reaction in his lower back. The Pistons announced Tuesday that the injury was found during a CAT scan on Monday by team medical personnel. Meeks was bothered by back spasms last week and was tested when the […]
Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash missed his third straight practice after injuring his back while carrying bags Wednesday. The latest injury is another setback that casts doubt about his future in the NBA. The 40-year-old has battled injuries the past few years. Last season, he was limited him to 15 games. Nash, the […]
Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki heard about the NBA experimenting with shorter games in the preseason, but he has another idea. He would like to see a shorter season, as in fewer games, rather than games with 11-minute quarters instead of 12. A workable number of games, in his view, would be somewhere in the […]
Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki heard about the NBA experimenting with shorter games in the preseason, but he has another idea. The 36-year-old Nowitzki would like to see a shorter season, as in fewer games, rather than games with 11-minute quarters instead of 12. A workable number of games, in his view, would be somewhere […]
Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant could miss six to eight weeks with a foot fracture. The team confirmed the injury but could not pinpoint a specific time frame for when Durant would return. Durant, the reigning NBA MVP, injured his right foot during practice on Saturday. “After practice yesterday, Kevin made us aware of […]
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal underwent an MRI exam Saturday that revealed a non-displaced fracture of the scaphoid bone in his left wrist and the team announced the injury will require surgery. The non-shooting injury occurred during the first quarter of Washington’s preseason game against the Charlotte Hornets in Greenville, S.C., on Friday. Beal averaged […]
Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said he was concerned that forward Chandler Parsons put on too much weight in the offseason. Parsons, who signed a three-year, $46 million deal, bulked up over the summer to get stronger. However, Carlisle believes Parsons added too many pounds. Parsons, who is 6-foot-9, had been listed at 215 pounds […]
With LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavalier teammates in Brazil to play an exhibition game Saturday against the Miami Heat, much of the talk has turned to the game’s best player and the 2016 Olympics, coincidentally in Brazil. It’s just too early to make a decision, James said Friday. “I’m undecided,” the 29-year-old James said. […]
Point guard Kyrie Irving suffered a right ankle injury during practice before the Cleveland Cavaliers traveled to Brazil for their preseason game with the Miami Heat, ESPN.com reported Wednesday. Irving was wearing a walking boot on his right foot while sightseeing with teammates in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. According to ESPN, Irving had X-rays […]
