Author: Rex Villas

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and the rest of Team USA have the basketball world still buzzing after they won the gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics. And one of the top takeaways from the tournament was how James and Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry looked great on the court together. Their teamwork with Team USA has fans and even players wondering about the possibility of both players being on the same NBA team. Lakers big man Christian Wood is among those who want to see it happen. “Bron and Steph should team up for the culture lol,”…

Former Duke Blue Devils star big man Kyle Filipowski has finalized a deal with the Utah Jazz, according to  Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. The Utah Jazz signed rookie Kyle Filipowski to a four-year, $12 million deal, league sources told @hoopshype. The deal is fully guaranteed for the first two years, is non-guaranteed Year 3, and has a team option Year 4. The former Duke star was the 32nd pick of the 2024 NBA Draft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoioA6H4Q5Q Many expected Filipowski to be taken in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft, especially since he was among those invited to the Green Room.…

Phoenix Suns superstar forward Kevin Durant is always all about business — on and off the court. After winning gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics with Team USA, it was reported that Durant has made what must be a lucrative investment in French football club Paris Saint-Germain. Via Boardroom: BREAKING: 2x NBA Champion Kevin Durant has invested in Paris Saint-Germain through his Boardroom Sports Holdings, LLC via Arctos Partners, the strategic minority investor in the club. Apparently, Durant was already in the middle of doing business shortly after landing in Paris with Team USA. It was also noted by Boardroom…

Now that Team USA has accomplished its mission to bring home a gold medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics, people are already starting to look four years into the future. The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is far away, but it’s also not too early to imagine what the composition of the United States men’s basketball squad would look like, especially when presuming that LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry will not be part of it. Team USA basketball managing director Grant Hill already has at least one player in mind. Via Joe Vardon of The Athletic: Paolo Banchero, another…

Los Angeles Sparks All-Star forward Dearica Hamby wants the WNBA and the Las Vegas Aces to pay for the treatment she got from her former team while she was pregnant and for the lack of action done by the league in its investigation of the case. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K9tkqSfhFc&pp=ygUQaGFtYnkgaGlnaGxpZ2h0cw%3D%3D The federal lawsuit filed by Hamby against the Aces and the WNBA revealed some headshaking details of her allegations, including getting traded by Las Vegas just because she was pregnant. The Aces sent Hamby to the Sparks in 2023 along with a first-round pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft in exchange for a…

Much has been said about Jayson Tatum’s Team USA benching at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but it was Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton who averaged the fewest minutes and appeared in the fewest games for the Americans in the City of Light. Unlike Tatum, though, it was widely expected that Haliburton would have a minimal role on the team. That being said, even that conservative expectation did not come to fruition because of the arrival of another guard in the form of Derrick White, who was Team USA’s replacement for Kawhi Leonard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Z3sL-SP30&pp=ygUTaGFsaWJ1cnRvbiBvbHltcGljcw%3D%3D Via Joe Vardon of The Athletic: Haliburton…

During a recent appearance on the All The Smoke’s Open Run with Rachel Nichols Team USA managing director Grant Hill said that the door is open for Boston Celtics star forward Jaylen Brown to become part of the roster in the 2028 LA Olympics. “I’m confident he and I will sit down at some point and talk about it and get to some level of understanding,” shared Hill. “Look, he’ll be a candidate if he wants in ’28” https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/1821541875079405940 However, Hill appears to have left fans perplexed over his statement, with many believing that the 2024 Paris Olympics was the perfect…

People are still talking about the Team USA benching of Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but for him, it was always about winning the gold and not how satisfied he was with his playing time. Via Joe Vardon of The Athletic: “I keep trying to say, I’m trying not to make it about me, all the storylines over the last few days — we won,” Tatum said after the Americans’ 98-87 triumph over France, in which Tatum did play and contributed two points and three rebounds in 11 minutes. “We won a gold medal, and…

Team USA got what it wanted in Paris, as it won the gold medal in the men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Olympics. However, the Americans’ trip to France was not without controversy, especially one that concerned the playing time — or lack thereof — for Boston Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum. It still is the talk of the town even after the Olympics, and the discussion has gotten more fuel after Tatum shared on his Instagram account a recent post on X (formerly Twitter) by musician Vince Staples. Staples wrote “WE WILL AVENGE JAYSON TATUM” on X then was…

Assembling the Avengers version of Team USA was a long process. Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward LeBron James had a big role in getting the stars together for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant remembered James “texting everybody” in 2023 about players who should be on Team USA, per Sam Amick of The Athletic. And when Durant learned that his former Golden State Warriors teammate Stephen Curry was going to be part of the squad as well, that’s when he realized that the trip and experience in Paris would be something different. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7pTpMjqNRM&pp=ygUebGVicm9uIG9seW1waWMgaGlnaGxpZ2h0cyAyMDI0 “Last summer, ‘Bron started texting…