NBA superstar Kawhi Leonard named AP Male Athlete of the Year
He was the Fun Guy. The board man who got paid. He overcame injury to reclaim his rightful place as one of the very best basketball players on the planet. He conquered the NBA world for a second time, bringing a championship to Canada. ...
Emotional Jeremy Lin says he's hit 'rock bottom' in NBA career
Jeremy Lin broke down in tears during an emotional appearance in Taiwan when he described hitting "rock bottom" and feeling abandoned by the NBA as he languishes as a free agent. Lin — the first Asian-American to win an NBA title — was part of ...
Star players from around globe help NBA to stretch worldwide growth
The NBA Finals returned to the United States on Monday after the best-of-seven showdown's first games were played in another nation, a sign of the league's growing global impact. Defending champion Golden State and the Toronto Raptors traveled from Canada to California after the Warriors ...
Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant will not play in the opening game of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors on Thursday because of a calf injury, coach Steve Kerr reiterated on Monday. Durant injured his right calf on May 8 in Game 5 ...
Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant is unlikely to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday against either the Toronto Raptors or Milwaukee Bucks. Durant has missed the past five games with a right calf injury and he told reporters on Friday ...
Golden State forward Andre Iguodala completed an individual workout pain-free on Saturday and is close to being cleared to return for the NBA Finals, ESPN's Chris Haynes reported Monday. It is unclear whether Iguodala can join Golden State's active roster in time for Game 3 ...
Spurs' Danny Green helping NBA spread basketball gospel to Japan
Danny Green watched the wild events at the end of regulation in Game 1 of the NBA Finals unfold like everyone else. Unlike everyone else, Green, a guard for the San Antonio Spurs, has the perspective of a nine-year NBA veteran who has won a ...
Kevin Durant was criticized by many for joining an already-stacked Golden State Warriors team last July but it is hard to question the move after watching how seamlessly he fit in with the NBA's newest super team. Durant was named the MVP of the NBA ...
Team trainer Nakayama revels in Cavaliers' long-awaited championship
As players get bigger, stronger and faster, it’s inevitable the world’s top athletes will need support from athletic trainers, strength coaches and therapists as they try to accomplish great feats. Yusuke Nakayama is one the people the Cleveland Cavaliers’ players have turned to the past ...
NBA Finals MVP Iguodala enjoyed first visit to Japan
An unexpected hero in June's NBA Finals, Golden State Warriors swingman Andre Iguodala made his first visit to Japan with both the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy and his Finals MVP Trophy in tow on the NBA Clutch Time Trophy Tour earlier this week. "It's been ...
Blatt getting little credit, respect despite background
It's been a heck of a year for David Blatt, hired in an unprecedented move by the Cleveland Cavaliers after two decades as the premier coach in international basketball, suddenly becoming the coach of superstar LeBron James, who elected to return to the Cavaliers ...
