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NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal isn’t pulling any punches … literally … with his assessment of Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons following Simmons’ rough performance in Game 7 on Sunday. O’Neal ripped into Simmons, criticizing the guard’s hesitancy to shoot the ball in a big game. O’Neal later said that if he was Simmons’

The Philadelphia 76ers have a Ben Simmons problem, and it smacked them dead in the face as yet another opportunity was wasted in the playoffs. Championship windows don’t stay open long in today’s NBA, and it seems like three years have been squandered with the Simmons experiment, people talking themselves out of what they see

8:41 PM ET As he walked into the tunnel moments after posting his first career triple-double, with big man Deandre Ayton walking alongside, Devin Booker grabbed his phone to make a FaceTime call. “You seen them 11 assists, right?” Ayton said into the phone. “You seen him throw out 11 dimes, right?” On the other

The United States went undefeated and won the 2021 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup gold medal in Puerto Rico on Saturday with a team comprised solely of collegiate basketball players.  Team USA went 6-0 and defeated host Puerto Rico 74-59 to claim the country’s second straight gold medal and fourth overall. The U.S. is 30-7 all-time at

Lonzo Ball is JOINING The New York Knicks For a Chance at the NBA Title Lonzo Ball is acutely aware of the business of basketball. He’s changed agents multiple times, left his family’s shoe company and even allegedly been swindled out of a significant sum of money by a close family friend and advisor. But

11:58 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Before these NBA playoffs began, Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked if he thought his Milwaukee Bucks were better prepared for the postseason this year, after the disappointments that befell them each of the past two years. “I don’t know if this year is gonna be different,” Antetokounmpo said.

Kevin Durant did everything in his power to lead the Brooklyn Nets out of Game 7 and into the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night. Somehow, though, it wasn’t quite enough. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks survived a thrilling overtime battle with the Nets 115-111 at the Barclays Center to reach their second conference

After a string of high-profile injuries, the Los Angeles Lakers are apparently now in the market for a new head athletic trainer. The Lakers declined to renew Nina Hsieh’s contract, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. Hsieh was promoted to the top training job ahead of the 2019-20 season. She’s spent more than a decade working

2:30 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Looking back on it now, there was no way to see what Terance Mann did in the Los Angeles Clippers’ 131-119 series-clinching win over the Utah Jazz on Friday night coming. No way. Anyone who says they foresaw the second-year player scoring 39 points to send the Clippers to

The Los Angeles Clippers are headed to the Western Conference finals for the first time in franchise history. However, it wasn’t easy as the Clippers were down 22 points at halftime. It wasn’t Paul George who led the comeback in the second half. Not Reggie Jackson or Marcus Morris either.  It was a second-year player

Nets head coach Steve Nash informed the media that guard Kyrie Irving is officially out for Game 7 against the Bucks and doesn’t have a timetable for his star player if the Nets are to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Nash is proud of how his team has overcome so much adversity this season