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Image for presentation only.© AFP Prime Video today unveiled the official logo for coverage of the NBA on Prime, which begins in October 2025 as part of an 11-year global media rights deal. The deal marks a significant expansion of Prime Video’s live sports offering, with the NBA joining New Zealand cricket in India at no additional cost to Prime members. As part of this global deal, Prime members in India will get coverage of 67 regular-season NBA games, including seven games in the knockout round of the Emirates NBA Cup, every game in the post-season SoFi NBA…

File photo of Alex Lane© AFP Ukrainian center Alex Lane has signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA club announced Tuesday, following an earlier trade for Mark Williams. Lane, a 31-year-old seven-footer (2.13 m), in his 12th NBA campaign, joined the Lakers, his sixth NBA club, just three days after being released from Washington. The Lakers made a deal with the Charlotte Hornets for US seven-footer Williams at last week’s NBA trade deadline, but the big man reportedly failed a physical and the trade was called off.The Lakers needed a big man to…

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, celebrating his 40th birthday Monday, said he’ll play five to seven more years in the NBA at a high-powered level — though he acknowledged he’ll likely retire before then. The basketball superstar, speaking after a Lakers practice session, also said he plans to finish his NBA career with the Lakers and not return after leaving the league — whenever that will be. When asked what might have made him decide to retire, James declared that lack of competition would not be a factor.”It won’t happen because I can’t play this game at…

File photo of Nikola Jokic.© X (Twitter) Champions in 2023, the Denver Nuggets have been indifferent for the past 18 months. After going through the regular season last year, they didn’t make it to the NBA Finals. But franchise cornerstone Nikola Jokic has stood in the way of a third MVP title due to his lone streak. Although the Nuggets struggled early in the 24-25 season, Jokic is likely having his best year yet. What’s so mind-boggling about the big Serbian’s campaign this year is that the Nuggets have a thin squad in terms of depth. And just…

File photo of Kobe Bryant© AFP The locker used by Kobe Bryant for most of his legendary NBA career sold for $2.9 million in New York on Friday, as part of a rare sports memorabilia auction at Sotheby’s. The price of the Staples Center locker, which Bryant used while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, is nearly double the $1.5 million it was estimated to bring. Bryant, an 18-time NBA All-Star guard, died in a 2020 helicopter crash at the age of 41. He spent his entire NBA career with the Lakers from 1996-2016. According to Sotheby’s, a…

File photo of Kobe Bryant and Joe Bryant© X (Twitter) Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, a former NBA player and father of Basketball Hall of Fame guard Kobe Bryant, has died at the age of 69, La Salle University announced Tuesday. Bryant played at the Philadelphia School from 1973–1975 and coached the Explorers from 1993–96, and played in Europe alongside the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, then San Diego Clippers, and Houston Rockets from 1975–1983. “We are saddened to announce the passing of La Salle basketball great Joe Bryant,” the school said in a statement. “He was a beloved member of the…

Brony James, the 19-year-old son of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, was selected 55th overall by the Lakers in the second round of the NBA draft on Thursday, establishing the first father-son combination in NBA history. It’s a dream come true for four-time NBA Most Valuable Player James, who said he’s dreamed of playing with his son for years. “Never in the history of the NBA has a father and son shared an NBA basketball court,” Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said. “It seems like something that could be magical.” LeBron, the 39-year-old Lakers playmaker and four-time…

LeBron James became the first NBA player to reach 40,000 career regular-season points on Saturday, with the 39-year-old superstar scoring nine to achieve the milestone against defending champion Denver. James, who surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA’s all-time scoring mark just over a year ago, is a four-time NBA champion and four-time NBA Most Valuable Player as well as the league’s oldest active player, now in his 21st campaign. “It’s a huge, huge testament to all the work he’s put in over the years, how well he’s taken care of himself, the way he’s played at such a…

NBA superstars LeBron James and Stephen Curry are among several top players interested in competing for the United States at next year’s Paris Olympics, multiple reports said Monday. According to The Athletic, James, a two-time Olympic champion and four-time NBA champion, is recruiting fellow NBA stars for a U.S. squad that will seek a fifth gold medal next year in France. Curry, a four-time NBA champion guard with the Golden State Warriors, has expressed his desire to play on the Olympic squad coached by Warriors coach Steve Kerr, ESPN reported. The news comes a day after a U.S.…

Retired NBA stars Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwyane Wade and Pau Gasol and legendary San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich were among those inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday. The Class of 2023 features French guard Parker, German forward Nowitzki, Spanish center Gasol and US guard Wade along with the 74-year-old Popovich, who has coached the Spurs since 1996, a tribute to global talent. “This is really a powerhouse class,” Gasol said. “I am humbled and very lucky to be a part of this class with all these amazing people.” “I think I made it…