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The Connecticut Sun announced on Tuesday that Jasmine Thomas would miss the 2022 Season due to a torn ACL she suffered on Sunday against the Indiana Fever. Thomas, the captain of the Sun, will have reconstructive surgery on her knee. The team didn’t provide a timetable for the surgery or rehabilitation, per Connecticut. “Of course,…

The Boston Celtics dominated the Miami Heat from the opening tip in a convincing 102-82 victory at home to tie the Eastern Conference Finals at 2-2. The Heat scored just 11 points in the first quarter and immediately found themselves down 18 at the end of one. Miami then went on to only reach 33…

Coach Ime Udoka says Derrick White should be available for Game 5 against the Miami Heat after White suffered a hamstring injury in Boston’s Game 4 win. White grabbed his hamstring after Udoka sat him down in the fourth quarter. White played a game-high 41 minutes Monday night and finished Game 4 with 13 points,…

The Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons are going to Paris in 2023, per the NBA. The NBA announced the decision for NBA Paris 2023 on Tuesday, with the NBA Paris game scheduled for January 19. The #NBAParis game next season will feature the @chicagobulls and @DetroitPistons at Accor Arena It will mark the @NBA‘s first…

Jayson Tatum finished Monday’s Game 4 with 31 points, eight rebounds, and five assists to lead Boston to a 102-82 win over Miami. The double-digit win helps Boston improve to 5-0 in the playoffs after a loss and 11-1 in their last 12 games. Buckets in Boston. 31 PTS 8 REB 5 AST 2 STL…

Last week, SLAM announced which NBA stars made the 2021-22 All LeagueFits awards. From LeagueFits mainstays like Jordan Clarkson and Kelly Oubre Jr. (the first-ever League Fits MVP) to dripped out rookies such as Scottie Barnes and Jalen Green, the competition for the 2021-22 season was tuff. Devin Booker has been named 2021-22 LeagueFits MVP,…

As the League continues to celebrate its 75th season, we’ve dedicated an entire special issue, SLAM Presents TOP 75 NBA Teams of All Time (shop here), to ranking the best 75 individual season teams ever. We argued and shouted at each other for a while, eventually deciding that our north star in these debates would…

Trae Young fully embraced being a premiere NBA villain in his first taste of the playoffs last year against the New York Knicks. Young took on the legendary Madison Square Garden and the iconic Knicks fans inside during his playoff debut and became the most hated opposing point guard in modern Knicks history. Young became…

The Golden State Warriors have gone through a lot in the three seasons since they were last at the peak of their powers, making the last of their five initial NBA Finals appearances in 2019, ultimately losing in six games to the Toronto Raptors. That subsequent offseason featured a roster overhaul after two-time Finals MVP…

The hustle don’t stop when you headed to the top! Marcus Smart, the 2021-2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year is still showing the world that defense will always matter. On Monday, Smart added to his trophy case after winning the 2021-2022 NBA Hustle award, an award that consists of tracking deflections, loose balls recovered,…