Breanna Stewart, a two-time W.N.B.A. champion with the Seattle Storm, announced on Wednesday that she will sign with the Liberty, ending months of speculation about where she would sign in free agency. The announcement, on the first day that W.N.B.A. free agents could sign new contracts for the 2023 season, pairs Stewart with Jonquel Jones, … Read more
Very soon now, LeBron James will have scored more points in the N.B.A. than any player ever. He closed in further on the record on Tuesday night with a team-high 28 points as his Los Angeles Lakers beat the Knicks, 129-123, in overtime. It was James’s first appearance at Madison Square Garden in three years … Read more
Damian Lillard should get angry more often. Through thick and thin with the only N.B.A. team he has known, Lillard, the Portland Trail Blazers’ luminescent point guard, has always possessed a remarkable calm. Still, he is not above letting defeats get to him, as he showed after a recent meltdown loss to the Los Angeles … Read more
BOSTON — LeBron James was warming up for the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night when an old foe wearing shamrock-themed pajama pants strode onto the court to greet him. Paul Pierce, the former Celtics star, embraced James, who got a kick out of Pierce’s outfit. It was a warm moment that lacked any sort … Read more
Although the final score was close, and the outcome was in doubt until the game’s last moments, much of what happened at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night could be called mundane. The Knicks won a game in which they were neither perfect nor putrid, against a middle-of-the-road Eastern Conference opponent. But in outlasting the … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Jared Dudley, an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks, put together a pickup game earlier this month when his team had an official day off. He invited players who usually don’t see much time on the floor, including Jaden Hardy, Theo Pinson and Frank Ntilikina, as well as A.J. Lawson, who had … Read more
One of my clearest memories of Maya Moore has nothing to do with basketball, and nothing to do with her fight for justice. It is a memory of watching her sing four years ago, in a choir at Passion City Church in Atlanta. I do not recall the song, but I remember the impression she … Read more
Chet Holmgren didn’t feel like he’d arrived in the N.B.A. after the Oklahoma City Thunder selected him with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2022 draft. And he didn’t feel like he’d arrived after starring in the Summer League, setting a record with six blocks in his debut. So in the late summer, instead … Read more