NBA Nuggets announce coronavirus positive in ‘organization’
New York (AFP) – A member of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets organization tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus on Thursday, the club announced in a statement. The club did not specify whether the...
View ArticleLakers, Sixers announce coronavirus positives
New York (AFP) – Two members of the Los Angeles Lakers have tested positive for the new coronavirus on Thursday as the Philadelphia 76ers also confirmed that three of their players had contracted the...
View ArticleNBA launches global campaign to help cope with virus shutdown
NEW YORK (AFP) – The NBA launched a global social engagement campaign Friday aimed at educating, inspiring and helping people respond to the coronavirus pandemic that has shut down the league season....
View ArticleBoston’s Smart warns everybody to take virus seriously
Los Angeles (AFP) Boston Celtics star Marcus Smart said he has the new coronavirus and urged young people to take the threat seriously and practice social distancing. Smart tested positive Thursday...
View ArticleNBA uncertain about salary payments after April 1
NEW YORK (AFP) – The NBA plans to pay full salaries to players as scheduled on April 1 but could begin cutting salaries to recover money from canceled games by April 15, ESPN reported Saturday. Citing...
View ArticleClippers owner buying LA Forum arena
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said Tuesday he’d reached an agreement to purchase the iconic Los Angeles Forum, eliminating a hurdle in his plan to build a new arena for his NBA team...
View ArticleEx-NBA tries to broker 10 million masks to NY from China
Former NBA star Stephon Marbury, now coaching in China, says he has a deal with a Chinese manufacturer to provide 10 million coronavirus protective masks to his hometown of New York. The New York Post...
View ArticleDurant top seed in NBA 2K tourney
NBA fans starved for action amid the shut-down forced by the coronavirus pandemic will get a taste of competition in an NBA 2K Players Tournament starting on Friday. Kevin Durant may have been...
View ArticleMavericks owner Cuban sees NBA return, but no idea when
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Wednesday he expects the NBA will have some sort of resumption to a season halted by coronavirus but has no clue when it might start. The 61-year-old US...
View ArticleHeat’s Jones upsets Durant in NBA 2K Players Tournament
With the NBA season on an indefinite hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, a handful of the league’s players provided some live entertainment Friday night. The 16-player NBA 2K Players Tournament...
View ArticleNBA, Knicks, Nets help donate one million masks
The NBA, the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets are collaborating with China’s consul general Huang Ping to donate one million surgical masks to the New York City area, governor Andrew Cuomo...
View ArticleSilver: Decision on NBA resumption likely in May
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he thinks it will be at least May before any decision can be made about resumption of the 2019-20 season that was shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic....
View ArticleBetting suspended after NBA 2K20 results leaked online
Online bookmakers, already hit by the stoppage of live sports due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, suffered a further setback when the results of an NBA 2K20 video game tournament were leaked online....
View Article‘Misled’ Australian basketball fans to get refunds for Team USA games
SYDNEY (AFP) — A sports promoter has promised to refund fans left disappointed by poor views and a lack of big-name NBA stars, such as LeBron James, at two Australia vs USA basketball matches last...
View ArticleGarnett on Wolves owner: ‘I don’t do business with snakes’
Kevin Garnett still carries hard feelings toward Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor after an acrimonious split in 2016. Garnett, who was recently selected to be enshrined into the Basketball Hall...
View ArticleGiannis, brothers donate masks to Greek city
ATHENS (AFP) – Greek basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo and his brothers donated 10,000 surgical masks to the Athens suburb of Zografou on Wednesday to help fight the coronavirus outbreak. “The...
View ArticleLeBron hopes Lakers can sustain their revival season
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – LeBron James says the abrupt shutdown of the NBA season due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic has left the Los Angeles Lakers feeling like they still have something to prove....
View ArticleMagic hopeful NBA can crown a champion despite coronavirus
Magic Johnson says if the NBA does resume this season it will be without fans and the players shouldn’t have any trouble adjusting on the fly to playing in empty stadiums. The former NBA star and...
View ArticleTowns’ ma passes away
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Jacqueline Towns, mother of Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns, died Monday of complications of the coronavirus, the NBA team announced. “Jackie, as she was...
View ArticleRussell donates 650 computers
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Houston Rockets star guard Russell Westbrook has donated 650 computers to children who need the devices with schools shut down because of COVID-19. Westbrook’s Why Not? Foundation...
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