Houston’s Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green have both been suspended for two games for entering the Los Angeles Clippers’ locker room after a game earlier this week to confront another player. The NBA announced the suspensions Wednesday. Ariza and Green went into the Clippers’ locker room after a game Monday night in Los Angeles, one […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA is planning to speak with players from both the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers to determine the specifics of late-game and postgame events involving the teams. NBA spokesman Tim Frank said Tuesday that the league would look into the matter. Tempers boiled over Monday night late in the […]
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police say former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been arrested on suspicion of DUI in Southern California. Lt. Rachel Johnson of the Newport Beach Police Department says Rodman was pulled over late Saturday for a traffic violation. Johnson says officers administered a field sobriety test, which Rodman failed. She says […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State coach Steve Kerr called LaVar Ball “the Kardashian of the NBA” on Monday night, and said he thinks the father of Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball has zero credibility. Disgusted, Kerr made his remarks before the Warriors’ game against Denver. He was asked about LaVar Ball after the demonstrative dad […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hall of Famer Julius Erving has been released from a hospital after he became ill at a Philadelphia 76ers’ game. Erving’s management team said Saturday that Erving had undergone a comprehensive medical evaluation and was expected to make a full recovery. They did not provide further details. The 67-year-old attended the game […]
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines has apologized to two members of the Memphis Grizzlies’ NBA G League affiliate who were kicked off a plane in Dallas after a flight attendant wrongfully accused them of stealing blankets. Airline spokesman Joshua Freed said Tuesday that Memphis Hustle guard Marquis Teague and forward Trahson Burrell boarded the Sunday […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although Kobe Bryant has been asked many times, he still isn’t sure who would win a game of one-on-one between the young Kobe in his No. 8 Lakers jersey and his older self, who wore No. 24. The Lakers couldn’t choose, either. So they honored both eras of Kobe’s incredible career. […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities charged a man Tuesday in connection with the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, more than seven years after Wright’s bullet-riddled body was found decomposing in a Tennessee suburb. Billy Turner, 46, was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder, and was being held on $1 million bond, said […]
LaVar Ball has pulled his son LiAngelo off the UCLA basketball team to get ready for the NBA. There’s just one problem – he's not projected to be in the NBA Draft.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Retired NBA star Ray Allen believes he is a victim of “catfishing,” and has asked a court to throw out a case where he is accused of stalking someone he met online. Allen says Bryant Coleman “pretended to be a number of attractive women interested in” him. In documents filed Tuesday, […]
President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to resolve the theft case of thee UCLA basketball players.
BOSTON (AP) — Lonzo Ball is in a shooting slump, and he thinks he knows where the problem is. “It’s just in my head to be honest,” Ball said. “I know I can shoot the ball.” The Lakers rookie had nine points in a 107-96 loss to Boston on Wednesday night, shooting just 4 of […]
