Month: August 2021

All-Star point guard Trae Young is expected to sign a five-year contract extension with the Atlanta Hawks worth $170 million. The Hawks and Trae Young are ready to keep the train rolling in Atlanta. As soon as the NBA allows, the Hawks and Young are expected to finalize a maximum contract extension for five years […]

Chinese nationalists vented their fury online following Taiwan's shock win over the heavily favoured China in the Olympic badminton event on the weekend.

Australia's last male Olympic individual gold medallist on the track, Ralph Doubell, has long bemoaned a defeatist attitude among the country's men in athletics.

Chris Paul will be ready to go for training camp after reports surfaced that he’s had surgery on his left wrist after the 2021 NBA Finals. It was a minor flaw that could have been easily overlooked for any fan casually sifting through the NBA Finals, but now it all makes sense. The Phoenix Suns‘ […]

All-Star forward Jimmy Butler is expected to sign a maximum contract extension with the Miami Heat for four years and more than $184 million. Jimmy Butler has spent two fruitful seasons with the Miami Heat. They’re looking forward to keeping him on board for another four. Butler is on the verge of signing a huge […]

The Phoenix Suns are keeping Chris Paul after the two sides agree to a four-year deal. One of the biggest free agents is off the board less than an hour into 2021 NBA free agency, and as expected, he isn’t going anywhere. As first reported by Yahoo! Sports’ Chris Haynes, the Phoenix Suns have agreed […]

NBA Free Agency has started with a bang, and now-former Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry is taking his talents to South Beach. Lowry’s time in Toronto has come to a close. The 35-year-old will always be remembered as a legend in the Six, having secured the franchise’s first NBA title in 2019 alongside Kawhi […]

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It took all of one minute for the Chicago Bulls to land Lonzo Ball in a sign-and-trade at the start of NBA Free Agency. The trade was a wild one and, despite NBA provisions, was likely discussed in the lead-up to Tuesday. Ball signed an offer sheet with the Bulls on Tuesday, a four-year contract […]