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The Los Angeles Sparks are reportedly finalizing a deal to make Curt Miller their next head coach, per Rachel Galligan of Just Woman’s Sports. View this post on Instagram A post shared by WSLAM (@wslam) Miller will be coaching the Sparks for the second time. He worked for the Sparks as an assistant in 2015…

This story appears in SLAM 240. Get your copy here. 94 feet of uneven asphalt is one of the most intimate environments that hoopers find themselves in. Barely visible three-point lines. Cracked and shifted baselines. Sun-faded half-court circles. Weeds sprouting from the sidelines. Chipped backboards with rusted chainlink nets. The basketball court is a ravishing…

It started out of necessity. That’s how Colombian professional hooper Braian Angola got into sports at a young age growing up in a small town in Colombia. At the time, Angola says, there was a war going on between the rebels and the government, but sports kept him away from trouble—he played everything from volleyball…

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was asked about the team’s recent shooting performances after suffering their second straight loss to start their 2022-2023 campaign. After last night’s 103-97 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, where the Lakers shot 9 of 29 from three-point range, James had the following statements to say post-game; “I’m definitely…

Following a rocky season with the 2021-22 Brooklyn Nets and a nagging hamstring injury, James Harden vowed to come back a different player for the Philadelphia 76ers.  Harden reflected on his last two years in the League, per USA Today,. “These last two years, it was a lot of drama, a lot of negative energy,…

Coach Darvin Ham told reporters on Thursday that he and Russell Westbrook have “moved on” and have formed “an understanding” after the former MVP linked the hamstring injury he suffered to coming off the bench during the Lakers’ preseason finale against the Kings. Westbrook has started every game he’s played since he was a rookie….

After returning to the court after surgery and rehab for an ACL injury, Kawhi Leonard decided to come off the bench in the Clippers’ recent game versus the Los Angeles Lakers. The SLAM 240 cover star opened up about why coming off the bench was the correct choice. In a post-game interview with Ohm Youngmisuk,…

The Golden State Warriors are willing to take all the necessary measures to place themselves in the best position to win back-to-back for the second time since 2017-2018. Right off the bat, Coach Steve Kerr has decided to put four-time champions Klay Thompson and Draymond Green on minute restrictions to start the campaign for conditioning….

Last year’s Western Conference Finalist, the Dallas Mavericks, were put to the test on Wednesday to open up their season. They matched up with the Phoenix Suns, the team they eliminated in the Western Conference Semifinals last season. Despite building a 22-point lead, the Mavericks lost the game, 107-105, courtesy of a game-winning shot by…

Patrick Beverley played for the Clippers from 2017-2021, thriving as a two-way bulldog of a point guard that consistently got under opposing players’ nerves. One team that got the worst of that bulldog mentality was the Lakers, the Clippers’ rival from down the hall. The two LA franchises have experienced a big bro-lil bro since…