Basketball

1/24/2025 |  LeBron James picked for 21st straight All-Star Game, extending NBA record (Associated Press (AP)) LeBron James is extending his All-Star records. And Giannis Antetokounmpo is the people’s choice, again.

The NBA revealed the starters — some of them, anyway — for the revamped All-Star Game on Thursday night, and there wasn’t much in the way of surprises. James is now officially an All-Star for the 21st year, and Antetokounmpo is now the ninth player to win the fan vote in back-to-back seasons.

1/24/2025 |  2025 NBA All-Star Game starters: LeBron James named to 21st All-Star Game, Victor Wembanyama misses the cut (CBS Sports) We've officially reached the mid-point of the 2024-25 NBA season, and you know what that means: All-Star Weekend is coming. We're still a few weeks away from the league-wide pilgrimage to San Francisco, but for now, we still need to pick the teams -- and the first 10 players were unveiled on Thursday night. 

1/24/2025 |  Victor Wembanyama's dominant outing in Paris should be the beginning of a new annual NBA tradition (CBS Sports) Spurs star Victor Wembanyama dominated the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, but to be frank, Wembanyama dominating is nothing new. He finished the game, a 140-110 win for San Antonio, with 30 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and five blocks, a stat line that would represent a career-best for most players, but it was one he had already achieved twice in his young career. We've come to expect excellence out of Wembanyama, the second-year French superstar. It's no longer a surprise when he delivers it.

1/24/2025 |  Top sports agent says WNBA salaries are ‘blatantly unfair’ to players (CNBC Sports)

• Top sports agent Jeff Schwartz said the pay discrepancy between men’s and women’s basketball “blatantly unfair.”
• Schwartz’s Excel Sports Management represents more than 500 clients and has negotiated billions in athlete contracts over the years.
• WNBA players are currently negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement with the league. 

1/24/2025 |  Victor Wembanyama's dominant presence at Paris Games shows why NBA's possible plans for a European league could work (Yahoo Sports) PARIS — Before the first game between the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers on Thursday at the Accor Arena, the league scheduled its annual commissioner's news conference, a tradition that allows for questions raised by American and international media members to NBA commissioner Adam Silver.