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Joel Embiid won the Paris 2024 Olympics with the United States [Getty Images] Centre Joel Embiid has signed a contract extension with the Philadelphia 76ers. The 30-year-old Cameroon-born player’s new contract is for the maximum three years and worth $193m (£145m), according to US reports. The 2023 NBA Most Valuable Player has been at the

Which is your favorite center for the 2024-25 fantasy basketball season. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) The 2024-25 NBA season is fast approaching, so in conjunction with my latest points and category fantasy basketball rankings dropping, it’s time to dig into my position-by-position tiers. I’ve covered the point guards, shooting guards, small forwards and

NBA Insiders Sep 20, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re in the final weeks of the NBA offseason before teams convene for training camp ahead of the Oct. 22 opening date for the 2024-25 season. Several All-Stars and key players will be looking to bounce back after seeing their 2023-24 campaigns mitigated because

Jamal Collier, ESPNSep 19, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A few days after the official start of NBA free agency this summer, Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers flew from his Los Angeles-area home to Miami for a recruiting visit. After the initial flurry of signings around the league were complete, Rivers was surprised

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie On a very special episode of Devine Intervention, Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Dan Devine is joined by Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter (and co-host of No Cap Room) Jake Fischer. It’s the payoff to what he, and what many of

2023 NBA Finals – Denver Nuggets v Miami Heat Adrian Wojnarowski, the ESPN NBA insider who changed how the league was covered and became a trusted news breaker of trades and signings, had one final “Woj bomb” to drop — he announced his own retirement from ESPN and basketball coverage. He will take over as

Multiple Contributors Sep 17, 2024, 08:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In December 2020, with no fans in arenas and lines of credit and loans to owners growing, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league was taking a fresh look at the idea of expanding after nearly two decades. In the three-plus years since he

Have Sixers done enough to address their defensive rebounding problem? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The 2024-25 Sixers will begin training camp on Oct. 1 in the Bahamas. As that date approaches, we’ll dive into several significant topics for the team in Nick Nurse’s second season as head coach. First, we looked at what the Sixers

These two superstars headline the fantasy basketball point guard tiers for 2024-25. (Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images) The 2024-25 NBA season is fast approaching, so in conjunction with my latest points and category rankings dropping, let’s dig into my position-by-position tiers, starting with the point guards. NOTE: Only some players will have analysis when listed

Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 14, 2024, 02:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cleveland Cavaliers and restricted free agent forward Isaac Okoro agreed to a three-year, $38-million contract Saturday afternoon, agents Michael Tellem, Jeff Schwartz and Marcus Monk told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Okoro, 23, was the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, and was

Christian Koloko showed real promise during his rookie season in Toronto, a mobile 7-foot rim-protecting center whose offensive game was improving. However, it all came to a halt because he suffered from a blood clot issue that sidelined him all of last season — his fate was in the hands of the NBA’s Fitness-to-Play Panel,

Bronny James was far from the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, selected No. 55 overall by the Los Angeles Lakers to be teammates with his father, LeBron James. However, he was arguably the top attraction of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. As a result — in addition to a presumably

We are in the midst of witnessing something truly special in the NBA. Such is the rise of San Antonio Spurs phenom, Victor Wembanyama. Wemby had a truly historic rookie year (fantasy basketball analyst Dan Titus has more on Wembanyama’s unreal achievements here) and many fantasy basketball managers are itching for a chance to draft

Associated Press Sep 10, 2024, 02:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The NBA has expanded the permissible scope of coach’s challenge reviews on some out-of-bounds plays, saying Tuesday that if a foul should have been called on the play it now can be assessed shortly after the fact. The league’s Board of

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie On this episode of the Good Word with Goodwill, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by The Athletic’s David Aldridge and the guys kick off the show by talking about Jamal Murray’s 4-year max contract extension with the

For the first time in years, the Knicks appear to be entering a new season with an established identity. Opposing players and fans are well aware that when New York comes up on the calendar they should expect a bruising effort, a fight on the glass, and tough defense. But one facet of the game

Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 10, 2024, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that there wasn’t discussion of expansion at this week’s meeting of the league’s board of governors but that the topic will be addressed at some point “this season.” “There was not a lot of discussion

NBA commissioner Adam Silver hands majority owner Wyc Grousbeck of the Boston Celtics the Larry O’Brien Trophy at TD Garden on June 17, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) NEW YORK — NBA commissioner Adam Silver couldn’t help himself, referencing the NFL’s success — or rather the illusion — of having every team