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With Victor Wembanyama leading the way, Spurs add Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes for playoff push
San Antonio Spurs Last season: 22-40, missed playoffs for fifth straight season after matching the league record with 22 straight postseason appearances. COACH: Gregg Popovich (29th season, all with Spurs, 1,388-821). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 24 at Dallas. ...
Chris Paul makes exhibition debut with the Spurs, sets up Wembanyama for dunk with 1st assist
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama seem to already be clicking. Paul — a 12-time All-Star entering his 20th season in the NBA — made his preseason debut with San Antonio on Wednesday night, getting a loud ovation from his new home crowd when he was the final...
Spurs bring in veteran guard Paul to provide leadership for Wembanyama and their youthful roster
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs tried to provide David Robinson and Tim Duncan with all they needed to develop quickly, but were lacking a bit when it came to their newest superstar, Victor Wembanyama. Robinson and Duncan had veteran players like Paul Pressey, Terry Porter...
Diamond Sports will continue to broadcast NHL, NBA games through upcoming season
HOUSTON (AP) — The largest broadcaster of regional sports networks across the country will continue to televise games for more than a dozen NBA teams and nine NHL teams through the 2024-2025 season even as it moves through bankruptcy proceedings, according to court filings on Friday. ...
NBA schedule released. Among highlights: Celtics-Knicks on ring night, Durant going back to school
Boston will get its championship rings on Oct. 22, and the rival New York Knicks will be there for the celebration. The NBA schedule was released Thursday for the coming season, and Game 1 on the slate is the Celtics hosting the Knicks on opening night — the one where the NBA...
Basketball icons Anthony, Gasol and Popovich on hand in Paris for France-Canada matchup
PARIS (AP) — Some of the most celebrated players in international basketball history turned out Tuesday when Victor Wembanyama and France played in Paris for the first time since the start of the Olympics. Carmelo Anthony, who became the first player from any country to win three...
Wemby's Olympic debut: 19 points as France eases past Brazil at Paris Games
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — This was Victor Wembanyama's opening ceremony. No Eiffel Tower, no Celine Dion, no Zinedine Zidane, no Rafael Nadal, no Serena Williams and no floating cauldron required. Just a 7-foot-4 kid with the eyes of the basketball world on him for his...
Patty Mills has played his best ball for Australia. He's back to take on a stacked Olympic field
MARCQ-EN-BAROEUL, France (AP) — Patty Mills kept putting up shots after Australia finished a two-hour practice at a training facility not far from where it will open the Paris Olympics basketball tournament Saturday against Spain. “OK, I’m good,” Mills said after watching...
Wembanyama returns home for Olympics. The basketball star will be one of Paris' biggest attractions
PARIS (AP) — Sports often are a secondary attraction in Paris, with athletes having a difficult time standing out in a cultural sphere driven largely by food, fashion and the arts. Victor Wembanyama may use the Paris Olympics to be the first homegrown sports star to dismantle that...
