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Sources: Trail Blazers G Damian Lillard, Spurs G DeMar DeRozan back out of Team USA
They are the seventh and eighth players to pull out ahead of training camp which starts Aug.5


Zion signs deal with Jordan Brand
67% of NBA players currently are wearing Nike.

 

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Ranking the top 15 remaining free agents
No.1 Iman Shumpert, No.3 Jeremy Lin, No.5 Joakim Noah, No.7 Vince Carter, No.9 Carmelo Anthony, No.14 Nene.

 

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Blazers CJ McCollum gets 3-year, $100M extension
McCollum average 21 points in each of the last two regular seasons.

 

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Zion signs multiyear partnership with NBA 2K
Williamson joins a list of elite, active NBA athletes with similar deals. LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Stephen Curry and James Harden.

Vetern PG Trey Burke signs with 76ers
Burke was the No.9 overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft. He spent time with the Jazz, Wizards, Knicks and Mavericks.

 

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Drummond. Harrell depart from USA FIBA team

 

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Inside a tense NBA owners meeting that might change free agency
The league has the power to punish teams it finds to be guilty of tampering. Commissioner Adam Silver encouraged the open airing of grievances in Las Vegas

 

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Draymond Green, Warriors reach four-year max extension
The new deal, which starts with the 2020-21 season, brings the total length and value of Green's contract to five years, $118 million. Green's extension will pay him $22.2 million, $24 million, $25.8 million and $27.6 million over the course of the deal. Green has averaged 12.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.5 blocks in 123 career playoff games with the Warriors. In 22 playoff games last season, Green averaged 13.3 points, 10.1 rebounds and 8.5 assists. He has been on the NBA's All-Defensive first or second team for five straight seasons and was the Defensive Player of the Year in 2017.

 

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Team USA faces big questions heading into camp
For the first time in 15 years there is a new head coach, Greg Popovich.

 

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Team USA green monster: A Boston quartet could take on the world
After so many stars withdrew, Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown were invited to join teammates Jayson Tatum and Kemba Walker on the Team USA roster.

 

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'Heatlifer' Udonis Haslem, 39, returns for 17th season with the Miami Heat
The Miami native is the Heats all-time leader in rebounds and ranks in the top five in games played, starts, minutes, double-doubles and field goals made.

 

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What is Greg Popovich doing coaching Team USA
Popovich coached as an assistant in 2002 (finished 6th) and 2004 (winning bronze).

 

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NBA Power Rankings: Who are the league's best teams now?
The league has changed seemingly overnight.

 

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Team USA cuts Thaddeus Young and Bam Adebayo after scrimmage
The team now has 17 players on the roster.There probably will be another cut next week.

 

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NBA draft takeaways from the 2019 Nike Basketball Academy

 

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Raptors Kyle Lowry (thumb) pulls out of World Cup
Lowry decision means there are 15 players in the running for 12 spots on the final roster

 

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Team USA at the FIBA World Cup: Latest Rosters, Schedules and News
Team USA is looking to pull off a FIBA World Cup three-peat, which has never been done in the 69-year history of the event.

 

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Team USA rebounds from loss to beat Canada 84-68
On Saturday, Australia stunned the U.S. 98-94, a result that ended the Americans 78-game winning streak.

 

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Sources: Rockets G Eric Gordon reach $54.5M deal
Gordon has averaged nearly 17 points in his three seasons with Houston, including an NBA Sixth Man of the Year award.

 

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Kemba Walker, Jayson Tatum pace Team USA in FIBA 88-67 victory.
They combined for 20 points in the first half.