NBA All-Star x HBCU Student Showcase: Eric January

Of the 65 referees in the NBA this season, nine attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In celebration of Black History Month, we explore the unique bond that these officials have with one another and the impact that attending an HBCU had on their personal and professional lives. We open our series with Derrick Stafford,…

All-Stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons played four seasons together. The twists and turns of Ben Simmons’ standoff with the Philadelphia 76ers finally converged at a resolution Thursday when the club moved the three-time All-Star along with Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and two first-round picks to Brooklyn for superstar guard James Harden. A two-time member…

Al Horford is shooting a career-best 48.8% on 3-pointers this season. Boston Celtics center Al Horford will get a longer stay in town. Horford and the Celtics have agreed to a reported two-year contract extension that will keep the former All-Star center with Boston through the 2024-25 season. Horford was set to become an unrestricted…

Full Focus: Clint Capela and Trae Young helped the Hawks oust the Knicks in Game 5. The Atlanta Hawks flipped the script on the New York Knicks. The Knicks were the top-five defense in the regular season under new head coach Tom Thibodeau, winning ugly* more than twice as much as the Hawks did. New…

Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri (left) talks with GM Bobby Webster during a game in 2019. The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday they have signed general manager Bobby Webster to a multi-year contract extension. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released. Webster, 36, a native of Hawaii, was named Raptors general…

Here is Daryl Morey’s chance to tell the Chuckster to go (bleep) himself. I’m putting it on a tee for him. This was last Thursday, in the hallway outside the Houston Rockets’ locker room at Toyota Center — the locker room with the yuuuuuge HD video screen in front, and the ribbon of player stats…