July 27, 2020 Say Cheese: Bench energy is real, and loud, at NBA restart Dion Waiters took an open 3-opener and about 75 feet away, a dozen or so of his Los Angeles Lakers teammates all seemed to leap from their seats in unison.
July 27, 2020 Spurs' Gregg Popovich: People who don't understand BLM movement 'just ignorant' San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, one of the NBA's most outspoken voices on social justice issues, took to task people who he said still did not understand the Black Lives Matter movement.
July 27, 2020 Irving commits $1.5 million for WNBA players skipping season Kyrie Irving is making sure WNBA players can sit out the season and not stress about a paycheck.
July 26, 2020 Embiid misses Philadelphia scrimmage with calf tightness Joel Embiid is hurting, and that's a cause for concern as the Philadelphia 76ers get set to restart their season this week.
July 25, 2020 NBA checking if LA Clippers' Lou Williams went to strip club while outside 'bubble': report NBA officials are investigating Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams after a photo surfaced, allegedly showing him at an Atlanta strip club Thursday, in what would be a breach of the league's coronavirus “bubble” regulations.
July 25, 2020 Knicks hiring Tom Thibodeau as next head coach It took seven weeks, but the Knicks got their man in Tom Thibodeau, according to an NBA source.
July 25, 2020 Pelicans' Zion Williamson returns to NBA bubble, as others dealing with issues Zion Williamson is back in the NBA bubble, after tending to a family situation.
July 24, 2020 NBA hires 'chief people and inclusion officer' to oversee diversity issues The NBA on Thursday announced the hiring of Oris Stuart as the league's "chief people and inclusion officer," a newly created administrative.
July 23, 2020 DraftKings study found sports fans divided about when to return to live games, have social distancing concerns Professional sports officials have been looking at how to resume hosting fans in stadiums and arenas in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic -- but fans have mixed feelings about whether they even want to begin coming back to the stands, according to a new study.
July 23, 2020 Lakers won't allow bubble to burst their championship push LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers were in rare form shortly before the coronavirus pandemic stopped the NBA season, and they're determined to find it again inside the bubble.
