Basketball

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.

4/22/2025 |  Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison Claims He Didn’t Know How Valuable Luka Doncic Was (DEADSPIN) It’s probably time for Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison to just stop talking.
The Mavericks were unceremoniously bounced from the NBA Play-In Tournament, and Harrison wasted no time facing the noise on this failed season when he met with the media on Monday afternoon.
“I did know that Luka was important to the fan base,” Harrison said. “I didn’t quite know it to what level.”

4/22/2025 |  Brooklyn Nets 2025 Offseason Preview (Spotrac News) Offseason Approach
Starting the first full cycle of the rebuild with a high lottery pick
Actual Cap Space
-$32.1 million
Practical Cap Space
$54.5 million

4/21/2025 |  NBA 2025 awards: Full list of finalists for MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and more (CBS Sports) The NBA's regular season has come to a close, and while most of our attention will be spent on the playoffs ahead of us, we aren't quite finished looking back on the 82 games that were just played. In the coming weeks, the NBA will announced the winners of this season's major awards, and on Sunday, the league revealed the three finalists for each of the seven most prestigious individual honors in the league. They are as follows:

4/21/2025 |  Doug Gottlieb, Green Bay land transfer LeBron (no, not that one) out of junior college (CBS Sports) Doug Gottlieb and his Green Bay Phoenix on Sunday reportedly landed a big-name player -- one named LeBron. 
No, he has no relation to LeBron James, but the addition of LeBron Thomas should provide Gottlieb's program a promising young prospect around which to help establish backcourt depth for the 2025-26 season. s