Marc is on vacation this week. He has given the keys to his column to Kevin Draper, our sports business reporter. Get this newsletter in your inbox each week by clicking here. Ben Alamar went to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, like many N.B.A. front office executives, in the middle of April seven years ago. Most […] More
The former longtime Los Angeles Clippers broadcaster has retired to Oregon with his wife, “Sweet Jo,” but the team is still on his mind. More
PHILADELPHIA — There is no doubt that Jimmy Butler is one of the best basketball players in the world and has been for some time. He is tenacious on both ends of the floor and unafraid of any opponent or moment. On Saturday night, he returned here to take on the 76ers, his most recent […] More
Injuries happen in all professional sports. Players get hurt, even when they are in top physical shape. But what has happened in the N.B.A. this season has gone far beyond the norm, particularly for the league’s best. Four top-20 players have not seen the court much, if at all, this year. That’s not including the […] More
Injuries happen in all professional sports. Players get hurt, even when they are in top physical shape. But what has happened in the N.B.A. this season has gone far beyond the norm, particularly for the league’s best. Four top-20 players have not seen the court much, if at all, this year. That’s not including the […] More
Here is how strange the first month of the N.B.A. season has been: The Portland Trail Blazers, who have done O.K. offensively but poorly on defense, turned to Carmelo Anthony to solve their problems this week. They offered him a starting job right out of the gate, even though he is not known for defensive […] More
Wat Misaka, the son of Japanese immigrants, was a 5-foot-7 guard who starred for the University of Utah on teams that won two national tournament championships at Madison Square Garden in New York and then joined the Knicks there in 1947. The Knicks featured Misaka’s photo in an advertisement promoting their season opener, describing him […] More
LOS ANGELES — It rained in Los Angeles on Wednesday, one of those infrequent meteorological events that seem to transfix this city while paralyzing the traffic. At around the same time, the Clippers went through their morning shootaround ahead of their game against the Boston Celtics later that night. Shootarounds tend to be unremarkable, but […] More
