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Jae’Sean Tate Rockets from Sydney Kings to NBA starter

In less than a year, Jae’Sean Tate has gone from a star import with the Sydney Kings to a starting forward for the NBA’s Houston Rockets. The 25-year-old Ohio native’s rapid rise was not a surprise to those who followed his All-NBL first team season with the Kings where he repeatedly proved a match-winner. Tate admits that 17 games into […]

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College basketball transfer scorecard: Who has surprised, who has disappointed?

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. The transfer portal has begun to own the college basketball offseason. Sure, there’s the coaching carousel and the NBA draft early-entry deadline, but much of the discussion surrounds transfers. Preseason top 25s are dictated heavily by incoming transfers or players who sat out — everyone who sat out […]

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Key factor in NBL’s NSW return

The NBL’s return to Sydney and Wollongong in round 5 will be contingent on the NSW government increasing indoor venue capacities as the league gives the green light for basketball to return to the state. There has been no basketball in NSW to start the NBL season due to the coronavirus pandemic, forcing the Kings and Hawks to play games […]

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NBA: Rockets' John Wall prevails in first match-up with Wizards

(REUTERS) – John Wall scored a team-high 24 points in his first match-up with his former team as the hosts Houston Rockets earned a 107-88 National Basketball Association victory over the short-handed Washington Wizards on Tuesday (Jan 26). Eric Gordon and Victor Oladipo added 20 apiece for Houston, which extended their season-best winning streak to three games. Wall added five […]

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Mike Krzyzewski apologizes to Duke student-reporter whose question drew the coach’s ire

Things are OK with Coach K. Jake Piazza, a student-reporter for Duke’s school newspaper, The Chronicle, made waves for being the target of Mike Krzyzewski’s displeasure following a 70-65 loss to Louisville on Saturday. Piazza, an economics major, asked Krzyzewski, “What the next steps forward is for the team as you move towards a new week of basketball,” to which Krzyzewski replied […]

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Michigan moves up to No. 4 amid 2-week pause

Gonzaga, Baylor and Villanova remained atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll Monday, while ninth-ranked Alabama climbed to its highest ranking in 14 years. Mark Few’s Bulldogs earned 61 of 64 first-place votes in the latest Top 25, while Scott Drew’s Bears claimed the other three. Those two teams have been 1-2 in all 10 polls this season. Villanova […]

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Lemanis: Bullets lacking belief

Brisbane Bullets coach Andrej Lemanis has urged his players ignore the “white noise” as they bid to avoid a hat-trick of NBL losses. Having lost their first two games of the season – both at home to the Hawks – the Bullets again play at Nissan Arena on Tuesday, this time against the Sydney Kings. The Kings won for the […]

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NBA: Clippers down Thunder for seventh win in a row

LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – Kawhi Leonard had 34 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and the Los Angeles Clippers earned their seventh consecutive National Basketball Association victory with a 108-100 win over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday (Jan 24). Serge Ibaka contributed 17 points and six rebounds for the Clippers, who defeated the Thunder for the second time […]

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