Basketball

4/25/2025 |  WNBA training camps opening. Here’s why not every draft pick will make her team’s roster (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA training camps are set to open this weekend and there’s no doubt that No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers is primed for a pro career in the league.
Not all 38 selections from this year’s draft will have such assurances. The WNBA has potentially 156 coveted roster spots among 13 teams, and other options for pro careers in women’s basketball either in the U.S. or overseas are scarce. Teams can have up to 12 players on their rosters if they fit under the league’s salary cap, but most franchises carry only 11.

4/25/2025 |  Oklahoma Activities Association Approves Measures to Implement Shot Clocks for HS Basketball Games (Athletic Business) The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association on Wednesday approved two motions that would clear the way for shot clocks to be used in high school basketball games. 
“It changes the game,” said Brian Lester, the assistant director of OSSAA told KFOR. “Is it going to make our game better or is it possibly going to make it worse?” 

4/25/2025 |  Napheesa Collier on how Unrivaled’s success will pay off for women in all sports: ‘We have more leverage now than we’ve ever had’ (CNBC Sports)

• Napheesa Collier, one of the WNBA’s top players, has been a big reason why women’s basketball has grown to a new level of ratings, popularity and revenue.
• Collier, along with fellow WNBA star Breanna Stewart, created Unrivaled, a three-on-three women’s basketball league.
• After a successful first season, Collier told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin at the recent CNBC Changemakers Summit in Los Angeles that she believes its growth can “raise the ecosystem of not only women’s basketball, but women’s sports in general.”

4/25/2025 |  A Geography Lesson Could Save the NBA Playoffs (DEADSPIN) Among the things the NCAA does better than the NBA in postseason play is avoiding regional matchups for as long as possible.
This year’s NCAA Tournament produced the ultimate conclusion — four No. 1 seeds making the Final Four.
The remarkable aspect of the occurrence was that the semifinalists — Florida, Houston, Duke and Auburn — all could have been drawn into the South Regional. Hey, it would have saved on travel expenses.

4/22/2025 |  Mavs GM Nico Harrison says fans’ love for Luka Doncic was deeper than he knew, but stands by trade (Associated Press (AP)) DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison says he miscalculated the depth of love his club’s fans had for Luka Doncic before the trade that sent the young superstar to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis.
Despite the persistent catcalls from fans for him to be fired in the 2 1/2 months since the deal, Harrison still believes it was the right move for building a championship contender in Dallas.