Basketball

9/4/2025 |  NBA moving closer to a US vs. International format for the All-Star Game, AP source says (Associated Press (AP)) Having the U.S. vs. the world is getting closer to an NBA All-Star reality.
The NBA is closing in on finalizing another new format for this season’s All-Star Game, one where three eight-man teams — two from the U.S. and one composed of international players — would square off in a round-robin tournament, a person with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday.

9/4/2025 |  NBA says it will open investigation into report that Clippers broke cap rules with Leonard deal (Associated Press (AP)) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA said Wednesday that it will investigate if a $28 million endorsement contract between Kawhi Leonard and a California-based sustainability services company allowed the Los Angeles Clippers to circumvent league salary cap rules, following a report by journalist Pablo Torre.

9/4/2025 |  The Redeem Team had one goal at the 2008 Olympics. Its final reward awaits in the Hall of Fame (Associated Press (AP)) Jerry Colangelo still remembers all the meetings. They were in 2005 and 2006, sit-down sessions, often over breakfast, with the likes of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and more. Colangelo would lay out his vision for how the U.S. Olympic team would look for the Beijing Games in 2008, then sit back and wait for a response.

9/4/2025 |  Dwyane Wade claps back at Mark Cuban for saying 2006 Finals were stolen from Mavericks: 'It wasn't rigged' (CBS Sports) There's a lot of NBA conspiracy theories fans like to feed into like the 1985 NBA Draft being rigged for the New York Knicks to land the No. 1 pick to draft Patrick Ewing or the officiating in the 2002 Western Conference Finals heavily favoring the Los Angeles Lakers against a Sacramento Kings team on the verge of beating the dynastic Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal Lakers.

9/4/2025 |  NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley defends the league adding second tax apron: 'Y'all don't want to compete' (CBS Sports) The NBA's collective bargaining agreement is perhaps the most talked about CBA across all professional sports leagues in America, and that's because of the new second tax apron. When the new CBA went into effect in July 2023, the second tax apron was a huge discussion point because it effectively installed a hard cap on teams for the first time ever.