The Los Angeles Lakers' season is going better than anyone expected when the team arrived at media day, and superstar LeBron James said he was dealing with scia

The Memphis Grizzlies plan to sign guard Kobe Bufkin via 10-day hardship exception, sources tell ESPN. Bufkin, the No. 15 pick in the 2023 draft, gets called up from the Lakers' South Bay G League team and enters his third NBA season.

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Alabama's head coach opens up about Graham Ike, Braden Huff and the Bulldogs' abilities on both sides of the ball before the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.

Former Heat center Udonis Haslem reveals to Dirk Nowitzki how he almost came to blows with coach Erik Spoelstra during the 2011 NBA Finals.

The Pelicans are 26th in defensive rating and prove particularly weak at the point-of-attack and in pick-and-roll scenarios. Daniels, a former New Orleans pick, is going to have the ball in his hands, empowered to get downhill and distribute to several shooters in the Atlanta lineup.

The Indiana Pacers made this one interesting, climbing back to within 10 points in the final quarter, but a final surge of offense from Cleveland put this one to bed. Four Cavaliers topped 20 points tonight, while Indiana’s Pascal Siakam, Bennedict Mathurin and Andrew Nembhard scored a collective 79 points. Mitchell 3. Mobley 3. Hunter 3.

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The Timberwolves are 4-2 in the last six games and 6-2 since Anthony Edwards return. While the record is impressive, Minnesota has beaten Washington, Dallas, Sacramento twice, and Utah twice with losses to Denver and New York. Minnesota actually hasn’t beaten a team with a winning record yet and can with a road game at Phoenix next.

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That is why LeBron James, who might have been constantly compared to Bryant in GOAT debates, understood just how infuriating those final years would have been for Kobe, especially as the L.A. Lakers willingly chose to shift their focus from being competitive to nurturing young talent.