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Two-way guard Donte DiVincenzo played on the Milwaukee Bucks alongside superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo for three seasons before agreeing to join the Warriors for the 2022-2023 season. DiVincenzo recently spoke on his transfer from an Eastern Conference powerhouse to a Western Conference powerhouse. “I played with a really dominant, great leader in Milwaukee in Giannis,” DiVincenzo…

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained in Russia for 265 days. On Wednesday, Griner’s legal team announced that she was in the process of being transferred to a Russian penal colony to serve her nine-year sentence for alleged drug smuggling. While Griner’s family may not know where she is for some time because…

According to multiple reports, the WNBA will reportedly allow coaches to challenge one play a game next season and are set to heighten the penalty for transition take fouls. No official announcement on the rule changes has been made. The League’s competition committee recommended the rules changes, and the WNBA Board of Governors approved the…

The Orlando Magic have been without their 2017 first-round pick Jonathan Issac for two consecutive seasons. Issac blowing out his ACL and meniscus in the 2020 NBA Bubble was a catastrophic loss to a franchise that would later compete in that year’s postseason. Since then, the Magic have settled in on their lottery picks with…

The Mike Brown-led Sacramento Kings are off to a 3-6 start to the new season, mainly because of their play in late situational moments of a game. Their last three games have all been decided by three points, with two being losses against the Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors, two teams that played in…

The Brooklyn Nets have upgraded Jacque Vaughn to head coach after a four-game stint as interim coach. Vaughn was named interim head coach following the departure of Steve Nash amidst a 2-5 start. Vaughn went 2-2 as interim head coach, and he was without Kyrie Irving for three of four games while Irving serves “at…

Jabari Smith Jr. has flat-out struggled through his last four games. The rookie forward recently fought the flu and returned to Houston’s lineup and was looking to bust through his slump when the Rockets played the Magic, but Coach Stephen Silas said that Smith “seemed out of rhythm” and directly attributed his lethargic play to…

Kith & SLAM have worked together to create a commemorative issue to celebrate our ongoing partnership with the New York Knicks.  This special issue features Derrick Rose & Jalen Brunson on the cover wearing the Kith for Knicks 2022 Collection, as well as story on them and this year’s team. It also includes an interview with Fieg about…

The cover of SLAM remains the Holy Grail for all basketball players, and we’re excited to announce that we’ve turned these six classics featuring NBA legends into NFTs. Ray Allen (SLAM 87)Dirk Nowitzki (SLAM 98)Tim Duncan (SLAM 47)Kevin Garnett (SLAM 134)Steve Nash (SLAM 92)Allen Iverson (SLAM 42) The SLAM Retro Covers Vol 1 Collection will…

Reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors have had a rocky start to the season, especially on the road. The Warriors have a 3-7 record through ten games and are 0-6 on the road. This includes a 5-game road trip where the Dubs went o-fer against the Hornets, Pistons, Heat, Magic, and Pelicans. Klay Thompson described…