NBA News
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WNBA: Aari McDonald gets a lifeline from the Lynx
A former No. 3 pick, out of the league for a year The Minnesota Lynx announced on Monday that they have signed guard Aari McDonald. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. To make room, the franchise waived guard Eliska Joklova. McDonald is 28 and had not played a WNBA game since August 7, 2025.…
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Basketball World Cup: Nigeria vs France, what time is it on and where can you watch it today?
The French women are back on the Berlin floor at 2:30pm France’s women’s team are out again in Group B, taking on Nigeria this Monday, 7 September at 2:30pm. The World Cup runs in Berlin until 13 September, and this group also includes Hungary and South Korea. Final standings decide the quarter-final draw, so every…
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NBA: Chris Paul calls his Clippers exit disrespectful
Nine months after the Clippers sent him home, Chris Paul has finally said what he thinks of it. The word he used was disrespectful.
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Basketball: Alabama hires Nate Oats’ wife into a front-office role
A hire people are going to talk about The University of Alabama has named Alex Accetta director of men’s basketball program relations. Accetta married Nate Oats, the team’s head coach, last July. The school put it in a release Thursday. The reporting line does not run through her husband. Accetta answers to Shane Lyons, associate…
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NBA: Ben Simmons lands in Sacramento on a one-year deal
$3.5 million, twelve months, no promises Eighteen months without a competitive minute. That is the gap Ben Simmons is walking back into. The Australian has agreed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Sacramento Kings, his agents told ESPN. He sat out the entire 2025-2026 season with the chronic back trouble that has shadowed him…
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WNBA: Cathy Engelbert to step down as commissioner at the end of 2026
Seven years in charge. Two collective bargaining agreements signed, a broadcast audience that kept climbing, and an expansion map that runs to 18 franchises by 2030. Cathy Engelbert is walking away from all of it when the year closes out. A contract she could have renewed, and did not The WNBA commissioner told the league…
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NBA: Ben Simmons lands one-year Kings deal
Ben Simmons is back in the NBA. Sacramento handed the former No. 1 overall pick a one-year, $3.5 million deal after a full season lost to back trouble.
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Basketball: Francesco Totti joins a brand-new Rome club
A three-year deal, but not in football The headline caused a stir in Italy on Friday morning. Francesco Totti has signed a three-year deal in Rome, but not with AS Roma. The former Giallorossi No 10 is joining Maxima Roma, a brand-new basketball team set to play in Serie A1, Italy’s top flight, after buying…
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NBA: Rockets hand Amen Thompson a $208M extension
2,953 minutes, and now a nine-figure raise Nobody in the NBA played more last season than Amen Thompson. Houston just paid for it. The Rockets and their 23-year-old guard have agreed a five-year, $208 million extension, ESPN reported Thursday morning, with a 10% trade kicker written into the deal. The timing tells its own story.…