Stephen Curry will be seeking his third award and Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid are aiming for their career firsts after the NBA announced its three Most Valuable Player finalists on Thursday. Golden State Warriors All-Star Curry hopes to add to the MVP awards he won in 2015 and 2016, […]
Harden gets nod as a reserve for 70th NBA All-Star showcase
James Harden headlined the list of 2021 NBA All-Star Game reserves announced on Tuesday, joining Brooklyn teammates Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to mark the first time the Nets have had three All-Star selections. Irving and Durant were previously named starters for the 70th All-Star Game, to be played March […]
Covid-19 kerfuffle sees Durant forced out of Nets-Raptors NBA duel
Kevin Durant, who was forced to come off the bench for the first time in his NBA career yesterday, was pulled from the Brooklyn Nets contest in the third quarter all because of Covid-19 contact tracing. The strange turn of events started with Durant being ruled out of the starting […]
Los Angeles, fans remember Bryant one year after deadly crash
Basketball fans gathered across Los Angeles on Tuesday to remember Kobe Bryant, one year to the day after the former NBA superstar perished in a helicopter crash with daughter Gianna and seven others. Fans laid flowers and Los Angeles Lakers memorabilia at a makeshift memorial outside the Staples Center, the […]
As NBA pushes to restart, 11 players positive in three days
Professional sport has resumed in a ‘bio-secure bubble’ amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Major European football leagues are played in empty stadium while cricket aims to follow suit when England host West Indies next month. The National Basketball Association (NBA) though will cast a wary eye on the fiasco that was […]