Basketball
Ex-Laker Medvedenko auctions rings for Ukraine
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Sunday, 24 July 2022 13:41
LOS ANGELES -- Former Los Angeles Lakers player Slava Medvedenko is selling his two NBA championship rings to raise money for his native Ukraine.Medvedenko, 43, was a power forward on the Lakers' championship teams in 2001 and '02, playing alongside Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.SCP Auctions is donating the entire final sale price of both rings to Medvedenko's Fly High…
Sources: Suns, coach Williams agree to extension
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Saturday, 23 July 2022 10:55
The Phoenix Suns and Monty Williams, the NBA's reigning coach of the year, have agreed on a long-term contract extension, sources told ESPN on Saturday.Williams, who was voted the National Basketball Coach's Association's coach of the year in consecutive seasons, had two years left on his original five-year deal, and now moves under contract for several more years, sources said.Williams'…
Lakers' Reaves wants to shed 'AR-15' nickname
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Friday, 22 July 2022 08:41
LOS ANGELES -- Lakers guard Austin Reaves is open to a new nickname.During a surprisingly successful rookie season in which Reaves went from being an undrafted prospect to a two-way designation to signing a two-year contract and becoming a starter, he picked up a couple of monikers from the Lakers faithful: "AR-15" and "Hillbilly Kobe."Reaves would be OK distancing himself…
Ranking some of biggest trades of the past two decades -- and how they might inform Kevin Durant's future
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Friday, 22 July 2022 05:51
Throughout every iteration of the NBA, some of its best and most iconic players -- from Wilt Chamberlain to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Shaquille O'Neal -- have been traded during their pro careers.Soon, the Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant could become the latest all-time-great player on that list.As the basketball world waits to see what deal could come together for the future…
Barkley ready for blowback amid LIV interest
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Thursday, 21 July 2022 12:32
Charles Barkley has acknowledged meeting with LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman about a possible broadcasting role while pushing back at what he called "selective outrage" toward the Saudi-funded series.Barkley could receive a LIV offer from Norman after they met in Atlanta on Wednesday, but the Basketball Hall of Famer told the New York Post that it would need to be…
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