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Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail. June 13, 2024. Editorial: Mourning the loss of ‘The Logo’ Perhaps there is no West Virginian more renowned or more influential in the sporting world than Jerry West, who died Wednesday at age 86. West, a native of Chelyan,...
Analysis: It takes time to win, and that's a lesson Luka Doncic is learning
Michael Jordan needed seven seasons to win his first title. LeBron James needed nine seasons and two futile trips to the NBA Finals before he became a champion. Shaquille O’Neal got swept in his first finals. And the newly crowned champion Boston Celtics lost the finals in 2022 and lost in the...
A postseason like almost none other for Luka Doncic, even without a title
Luka Doncic's first trip to the NBA Finals didn't result in his first championship. That said, the Dallas star most definitely left his mark on these playoffs. Doncic finished the postseason as the NBA's leader in points (635), rebounds (208) and assists (178). He's...
Charles Barkley says next season will be his last on TV, no matter what happens with NBA media deals
Charles Barkley said Friday that next season will be his last on TV, no matter what happens with the NBA's media deals. The Hall of Fame player has spent the last 24 years working as a studio analyst for TNT, which could lose the rights to broadcast NBA after next season. ...
Analysis: Jerry West and Kobe Bryant were a match from Day 1, and the Lakers reaped the benefits
It was during the NBA Finals in 2010. Kobe Bryant was asked a question about whether he thought he was the greatest Los Angeles Laker ever. The answer was immediate. “No,” Bryant said. He wasn't being difficult or misleading and the question was...
Jerry West, a 3-time Hall of Fame selection and the inspiration for the NBA logo, dies at 86
The NBA has never confirmed the worst-kept secret in basketball, that Jerry West is the player whose silhouette is depicted in the league’s logo. There’s probably a reason for that: West never wanted to be the logo. “I’m just part of the game,” West said in a...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says finalizing the new media rights deals is 'complex' process
BOSTON (AP) — Getting the NBA's next round of media rights deals completed is an extremely complex proposition, Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday, especially because nobody can say with any certainty what the viewing landscape will look like in the future. Silver, speaking in...
Jason Kidd has a chance to join a very small club in these NBA Finals
BOSTON (AP) — Jason Kidd won an NBA championship as a Dallas player in 2011. He now has a chance to win one as a Dallas coach, which would put him in a very small club. There are only 14 people in NBA history to win rings as both a player and a head coach. That group: Rick...
The NBA Finals were too late for Dallas' Luka Doncic to watch as a kid. Now, he's in them
BOSTON (AP) — Luka Doncic didn’t stay up all night to watch NBA Finals games as a kid. They usually started at something like 3 a.m. in his native Slovenia. He had school to get to a few hours later. He’d wake up and find out who won. Make no mistake, though: Doncic was paying...
Wembanyama has 40 points, 20 rebounds, Spurs overcome Brunson's 61 points to edge Knicks in OT
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 40 points and added 20 rebounds and seven assists, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame Jalen Brunson’s career-best 61 points to beat the New York Knicks 130-126 in overtime on Friday night. Wembanyama made a 3-pointer to give...
