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Mark Kiszla: Nuggets should start Bruce Brown and let Michael Porter Jr. be big dog off bench

Why would the Nuggets waste the best years of Nikola Jokic’s career on wishes and prayers that Michael Porter Jr. will grow up to be an all-star?

The Denver Post

Jon Scheyer wants Duke's defense to be great as new era begins for Blue Devils

DURHAM, N.C. — So many unknowns surround Duke basketball as the program embarks on the long-planned — but still uncertain — time after Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski's retirement. Jon Scheyer has known since late May 2021 he'd be the Blue Devils head coach when they opened this season…

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Injury rules Cooks out of Boomers squad

An ankle injury has ruled NBL MVP candidate Xavier Cooks out of the Boomers' next Basketball World Cup qualification match.

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Dom Amore: UConn fans could finally see all of what a healthy, smooth Jordan Hawkins can do, and the Huskies would benefit from Game 1

STORRS, Conn. — Flash back to last March 17, the night the UConn men’s basketball season flamed out in Buffalo with a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to New Mexico State.

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UConn women’s basketball 2022-23: Huskies take on a distinct international flavor as Geno Auriemma transforms Storrs into the crossroads of the world

HARTFORD, Conn. — The notes app on Azzi Fudd’s iPhone is a Rosetta Stone of sorts. Fascinated with how kids grow up learning multiple languages overseas, the UConn women’s basketball guard started picking up Hungarian from Pecs native Dorka Juhász last season and is now trying her hand at French…

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UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis haunted — and energized — by national title loss

North Carolina’s 1991 Final Four loss to Kansas antagonized Hubert Davis as a player so much that he said he repeatedly watched a replay of it annually until he, as an assistant coach under Roy Williams, was part of the Tar Heels’ 2017 national title team.

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Jon Scheyer’s journey — and time in Illinois’ FAAM league — prepared him for this moment

This was the first time Jon Scheyer felt any kind of pressure to prove himself. The first time he could sense others’ doubt and skepticism. He was in the sixth grade when he walked into a gym in Evanston, Ill., not far from his hometown of Northbrook, a well-off suburb…

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‘We want Westbrook!’ chants aren’t enough to lift Lakers past disciplined Jazz

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 6,000 miles from the Crypto.com Arena in Limoges, France, a 7-foot-4 basketball prospect pushed the ball between his skyscraper legs before taking a one-footed three-point shot that swished through the rim, evoking some ungodly mix of Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitzki.

Los Angeles Times

LeBron James gifts Ohio State basketball team new shoes as season approaches

LeBron comes through once again with some sweet swag for the Ohio State basketball team. #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

Smaller and slower games like walking basketball and pickleball making sports accessible to all ages and abilities

In the past two decades, professional sport has only gotten bigger and faster, but people at the grassroots level are embracing slower-paced sports like pickleball and walking basketball.

ABC News

The NBA hasn’t been any fun at all so far this season and that’s such a shame

But it's the league's own fault that things are this way

USA Today Sports Media Group

KD’s desire for the Nets to ‘keep quiet’ about Kyrie are emblematic of players’ silence on antisemitism

The NBA holds a Jewish presence in the past, present and future.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Celtics’ Sam Hauser helps break in new basketball court at Dorchester YMCA

It seems that Boston Celtics reserve forward Sam Hauser is making himself right at home in the greater Boston community in one of the best ways possible.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bold predictions for the 2022-23 women’s college basketball season: Tournament seeding, awards and more

Will South Carolina run the table?

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EKU women's basketball team prepares to take the floor in coach's sophomore season

The Eastern Kentucky University’s women’s basketball team opens season play Monday night in Richmond. The team’s led by a coach with more than three decades of experience.

Sports Illustrated

Women’s College Basketball Preseason Favorites

Experts break down the top teams’ chances, most hyped players and championship-ready squads ahead of the season’s start.

The Independent UK

Kyrie Irving finally apologises over antisemitic film tweet – after Brooklyn Nets suspended him without pay

The basketball star’s statement came hours after the Nets announced it had suspended him without pay and the ADL refused to accept his donation

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Scott Fowler: ESPN’s Jay Bilas on hoops, Duke-UNC and tangling with Barney the Dinosaur

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jay Bilas, ESPN’s leading college basketball analyst, is this week’s interview subject for “Sports Legends of the Carolinas.”

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UConn women’s basketball 2022-23 team by the numbers

HARTFORD, Conn. — The UConn women’s basketball season is just around the corner. Fans and media will get their first glimpse at the 2022-23 Huskies in an exhibition game against Division II Kutztown this Sunday, followed by the season opener against Northeastern on Thursday night.

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NBA star Irving apologizes after suspension in antisemitism row

Kyrie Irving, the point guard for the National Basketball Association’s Brooklyn Nets franchise, has apologized after being suspended from playing for failing to “disavow antisemitism” when he was given an opportunity to do so.

WEKU

The Brooklyn Nets suspend Kyrie Irving for at least 5 games for an antisemitic post

Basketball star Kyrie Irving posted a clip on Twitter from a film that contained false and antisemitic comments. The post has since been deleted and Irving now faces a suspension of at least 5 games.

Sports Illustrated

Coach K Makes Honest But Surprising Admission About Coaching

The former Duke coach retired after the 2021–22 season after 47 years of coaching college basketball.

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REPORT: Former Michigan State basketball star Miles Bridges pleads no contest to felony domestic violence charges

Miles Bridges pleads no contest to felony domestic violence charges, will accept 3 years of probation

Al Jazeera

US embassy officials visit Brittney Griner in Russian prison

White House spokeswoman says jailed US basketball star is ‘doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances’.

Newcastle Herald

Astley, McLean to coach Falcons in expanded NBL1 East for 2023

Sydney Comets, Basketball Australia's Centre of Excellence (CoE), Penrith Panthers and the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Spiders join next year's state competition.

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