Basketball is a game, an industry, a cultural brand, a means to an end. The longer you stayed within that first parameter, the closer you were to Paul Westphal. Westphal coached in the 1993 NBA Finals for the Phoenix Suns. He also coached Southwestern Baptist Bible College in Scottsdale, Ariz. Other than the fact that…
Paul Westphal created his own lanes, but they always came back to basketball — Pasadena Star News
Amid the Clippers’ collapse last season, Paul George heard it from opponents, former players and even teammates.
Paul George says he’s hearing more trash talk: ‘People think it’s sweet because I was down’ — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
Bogdanovic: “It’s not the part that you were traded (that bothered him), but it’s more like you feel a little be-traded.”
Report: Bucks felt double-crossed in Bogdan Bogdanovic situation with Kings — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
There are nine people who have been on the court to start four different games at Staples Center so far this season. Only eight of them are players. The other is referee Scott Foster.
In the NBA this season, teams will see same referees more often — The Denver Post
Nets star Kevin Durant will not play in Tuesday’s matchup against the Utah Jazz, the team announced. He is out due to the NBA’s coronavirus health and safety protocol. The team did not explain why Durant needed to enter the league’s health and safety protocol; whether he was diagnosed with the virus again or was […]
Kevin Durant ruled out for Nets game; in Covid-19 health and safety protocol — Daily Republic
Lori Riley, Hartford Courant The first time John Gallagher met K.C. Jones, Jones walked up to Gallagher, then an assistant for the Hartford men’s basketball team, and introduced himself. “He said, ‘Hey, how you doing? I’m K.C. Jones,’” Gallagher, now the head coach at Hartford, recalled Thursday. He was still incredulous, after all these years. “First […]
Commentary: K.C. Jones may have been part of Boston sports lore, but he left his mark in Hartford, too — Daily Republic
Glenn Anton Rivers is a lot of things to a lot of people. He’s a father of four. He’s the son of a former Chicago police officer. But to most people, he’s Doc Rivers, highly successful 22-year NBA coach who just ascended to 10th on the league’s all-time coaching regular-season wins list. Rivers hit that […]
Doc Rivers inspires others while hitting a coaching milestone — Daily Republic
With Jeff Teague out and Marcus Smart questionable, Payton Pritchard is in line for a lot of playing time Monday night when the Celtics visit the Raptors.
Get Ready For A Lot Of Payton Pritchard When Celtics Play Raptors Monday Night — CBS Boston
Bulls forward Chandler Hutchison tested positive for coronavirus.
Bulls: Tomas Satoransky tested positive for coronavirus — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
Ahead of the Clippers’ game Sunday in Phoenix, Coach Tyronn Lue said all seven of the staffers who had to return to L.A. to quarantine in accordance with the NBA’s coronavirus protocols are “healthy and feeling pretty good, that’s the most important thing.” Nothing in the team’s preparation for their game against Suns — a…
Tyronn Lue says Clippers’ quarantining staffers are ‘healthy and feeling pretty good’ — Pasadena Star News
Jaylen Brown can’t seem to miss. Seriously. The Boston Celtics wing has been on fire offensively this season, playing like a deserving All-Star candidate playing with a chip on his shoulder after being on the fringe last year. On Sunday against the Detroit Pistons, Brown led the Celtics in scoring with 31 points, shooting 81.3% […]
Jaylen Brown Ranks At Top Of These NBA Scoring Categories For Celtics — NESN.com
When rookie center James Wiseman curled around a screen and drilled an open jumper with near-textbook form on the first play of Friday’s loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, he impressed more than just Warriors coaches and teammates. “Everybody can see that he’s a very talented young man,” said Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts…
Warriors’ Steve Kerr tempering expectations for James Wiseman: ‘You can’t rush it’ — East Bay Times
The view from left field 