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LeBron became the first active NBA player worth USD 1 billion© AFP Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has become the first active player in NBA history to have a net worth of $1 billion, Forbes magazine reported Thursday. The 37-year-old forward, a four-time NBA champion and four-time NBA Most Valuable Player, ranks second on the league’s all-time scoring list and has played in the league since 2003. On Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid athletes from May 2021 to May 2022, James ranked second in total earnings with US$121.2 million, behind only Argentine playmaker and Paris Saint-Germain…

Bob Lanier spent 14 seasons in the NBA until his retirement in 1984.© Twitter Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Lanier died Tuesday after a brief illness, the NBA said. He was 73 years old. Lanier, who spent 14 seasons in the NBA until retiring in 1984, averaged 20.1 points per game in 959 appearances. He spent the first decade of his career with the Detroit Pistons before joining the Milwaukee Bucks for the 1979–1980 campaign, where he would play for five seasons. “Bob Lanier was a Hall of Fame player and among the most talented centers in NBA…

Miles Bridges plays for the Charlotte Hornets. American basketball player Miles Bridges has been fined $50,000 for hitting a girl with his mouthpiece. The incident occurred during Wednesday’s National Board of Accreditation (NBA) game as Bridges’ Charlotte Hornets lost to the Hawks 103-132 at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. Bridges received two technical fouls and was ejected for arguing a goaltending call. As he was heading to the locker room, the NBA player was heckled by a fan. He then threw his mouthpiece into the stands, which hit a young woman. Miles Bridge. 😳pic.twitter.com/QikkqdnHsr— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) April 14,…

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry surpassed Ray Allen for the NBA all-time record for three-pointers made with two baskets from beyond the arc in Tuesday’s opener against the New York Knicks. Curry tied Allen’s record with his 2,973rd three-pointer with his first shot of the contest with 10:50 left in the first quarter. He missed a chance to break the record but minutes later he switched to 2,974 to send the crowd at Madison Square Garden into a frenzy. Curry let out a loud scream as teammates celebrated with him. He exchanged an emotional hug with coach…

LeBron James was ejected for just the second time in his career.© AFP LeBron James has been suspended for one game after a bloody collision with Detroit Pistons player Isaiah Stewart, the NBA said Monday. Los Angeles Lakers star James was ejected for the second time in his career after fouling Stewart during Sunday’s win over the Pistons. After the flashpoint, Stewart’s face was bleeding from injuries and repeatedly had to be restrained by teammates and staff as he tried to confront LeBron James. Stewart, 20, was handed a two-game suspension for his part in the altercation. The…

The victims’ families sued the county for emotional trauma.© AFP Relatives of those killed in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant will receive $2.5 million in damages for graphic photos of the crash that were secretly taken by sheriff’s deputies and firefighters. The settlement, agreed to by Los Angeles County on Tuesday, does not apply to the NBA legend’s widow, who is suing over those unauthorized photos. Los Angeles Lakers star Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died in January 2020 in a mountain accident near Los Angeles. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board…

NBA player Enes Kanter on Wednesday denounced Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “brutal dictator” and declared that “Tibet belongs to the Tibetan people” and risked reigniting tensions between Beijing and the US basketball league. Tibet has fluctuated for centuries between independence and control from China, which claims it “peacefully liberated” the region in 1951 and brought infrastructure and education to the previously underdeveloped region. But human rights campaigners and exiles have accused China of cultural degradation through religious repression, torture, forced sterilization and forced re-education.”Dear brutal dictator XI Jinping and the Chinese government. Tibet belongs…

Only the second Indian to debut in the NBA Summer League, young basketball player Princepal Singh says his journey has been nothing short of a “dream” and is working on his fitness and skills to achieve his next goal of playing in the NBA. Singh, who hails from Gurdaspur, Punjab, followed his Ludhiana Basketball Academy teammate Satnam Singh in making his Summer League debut for the Sacramento Kings against the Washington Wizards in Las Vegas on Tuesday night. “Playing in the Summer League is amazing. I’m very happy with my progress as a player. I played in the…

NBA star Luka Doncic had a triple-double to lead Slovenia past Lithuania 96-85 and into their first Olympic basketball tournament on Sunday. Slovenia punched their ticket to Tokyo with a win at the FIBA ​​Olympic qualifying tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania. Doncic, 22, scored 15 of his 31 points in the second quarter and added 11 rebounds and 13 assists to lead Slovenia. Lithuania, led by NBA stalwarts Domantas Sabonis and Jonas Valanciunas, twice came back from double-digit deficits. But Slovenia took control for good with a 14-0 scoring run in the third and fourth quarters, and the Lithuanians…

Basketball “superfan” Nav Bhatia becomes the first fan to be honored in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The Toronto Raptors, the NBA team Bhatia supports, tweeted to congratulate their fans. “A true icon. @Hoophall, congrats on being inducted into @superfan_nav”, tweeted the Toronto Raptors. Bhatia posted several pictures on her Instagram account to celebrate the honour. “In the greatest building in basketball, the name superfan Nov Bhatia will be immortalized. There is now a turban and the first fan to be honored in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame,” Bhatia wrote on Instagram. A…