It’s undetermined how many asterisks will be needed when (if?) a new NBA champion is crowned in an empty gym in October. But the march for a ring – not an Oura ring — begins Thursday (Friday AEST) with the opening of training camps in Disney World.
San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills said Wednesday he will donate his salary from eight upcoming NBA games — more than $1 million — to social justice organisations in his homeland.
Philadelphia’s All-Star guard Ben Simmons says he’s at full strength heading into the NBA restart, having used the coronavirus shutdown to recover from injury.
Completing the final three months of the season at the Walt Disney World Resort is set to cost the NBA more $150m ($A216m), according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.
The NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans have had three players test positive for COVID-19 while three members of the Denver Nuggets organization also contracted the virus, according to ESPN reports Tuesday.
Emoni Bates, the No. 1 ranked player in the class of 2022 and considered by many to be the best high school prospect since LeBron James, announced his verbal commitment to Michigan State.