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Known as the elite high school basketball players’ favorite all-star game, the SLAM Summer Classic is BACK and will bring together the top boys and girls from across the country. The SLAM Summer Classic Vol. 4 will take place at the famed Holcombe Rucker Park in Harlem, NY on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. The details…

WNBA legend Sylvia Fowles stepped off the court for the last time Sunday as the Minnesota Lynx fell to the Connecticut Sun, eliminating Fowles and the Lynx from playoff contention. Fowles, who dropped 10 points and 12 rebounds, left the game to a standing ovation at Mohegan Sun Arena and was embraced by teammates and…

The Las Vegas Aces have more than one reason to celebrate after securing the top seed and home-court advantage on Sunday. Las Vegas’ top two scorers, Kelsey Plum and A’ja Wilson, finished the 2022 campaign as the first set of teammates to score 700+ points in one season. First teammates in @WNBA history to score…

The WNBA playoffs are here after a historic regular-season full of record-breaking performances and retirement tours for a couple of League legends. The playoff race came down to the final day of the season as the Liberty and Mercury clinched the final two postseason berths. Final day of WNBA regular season and there’s 2 spots…

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks will always be linked to changing each other’s lives. When the Bucks drafted the Greek Freak 15th overall in the 2013 NBA Draft, he was an athletic, lanky, and raw prospect with a lot of room to grow. Nearly a decade later, Antetokounmpo has filled out his potential and…

 This story appears in SLAM 239. Get your copy here. There were levels to the crowning moment (so far) of Simeon Wilcher’s high school basketball career. Back in March, Wilcher led his Roselle Catholic squad to a 61-58 victory over Camden HS in the New Jersey Tournament of Champions final. That this was the last-ever…

The Las Vegas Aces won their third straight game to take over the top WNBA playoff spot after beating the Chicago Sky, 89-78. The Thursday night win also gave Vegas their franchise record 25th win over the season. Make that three in a row! Plum: 25 PTS // 5 AST // 4-5 3PM // 61%…

The Phoenix Mercury announced that Skylar Diggins-Smith will miss the final two games of the year due to “personal reasons.” The Phoenix Mercury have announced that guard Skylar Diggins-Smith will miss the team’s final two regular season games due to personal reasons. The team intends to sign a replacement player tomorrow and that player will…

Luka Doncic and Goran Dragic will be teammates on the Slovenian national team playing in the upcoming 2022 Eurobasket tournament. The tournament will be another chance for the Slovenian countryman to team up and for Dragic to take a backseat to one of the most dominant basketball forces in the world in Luka Legend, who…

Last week a Russian judge found WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner guilty of drug charges and sentenced her to nine years in prison. On Thursday, Russia confirmed that negotiations were underway between Washington D.C. and Moscow on a possible prisoner swap. The United States proposed a deal to exchange Griner and fellow…