Latest in NBA

Turns out Dwyane Wade knows how to shut down the opposition off the court as well as he did back in his Miami Heat days. In an emotional and no-holds-barred series of social media posts, the NBA legend eviscerated the recent departure (aka he’s says “fired”) of his spouse Gabrielle Union from America's Got Talent and…

Bret Just, who has been instrumental in brokering jobs for NBA and college coaches and front office executives, is joining WME’s Sports department. "We have long admired Bret for the business he has built. There is simply no one with his reputation, level of relationships and caliber of clients in the basketball…

EXCLUSIVE: A feature film about Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was named the NBA's MVP in June, is in the works for Disney+. The upcoming streaming service has put Greek Freak (w/t), which will look at Antetokounmpo's early life and current career, into development from Disney's live-action film…

There’s lots of NBA buzz in Los Angeles this year, with both the Lakers and the Clippers adding star players during the off-season and expected to contend. So the teams’ opening-night matchup was a strong local draw Tuesday night.. Despite going against the end of a tight World Series Game 1, the second game of the…

Tibetan rights activists protested tonight alongside Hong Kong democracy activists at the Brooklyn Nets vs Toronto Raptors game at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn. The protesters said their aim was to draw attention to the issue of China's occupation of Tibet and to send a message to the NBA, along with Nets' owner…

A string of events this month related to China and ongoing protests in Hong Kong has tarnished major U.S. brands from the NBA to Apple to Activision Blizzard. While Hollywood usually finds itself in the thick of such controversies, it has managed this time to mostly avoid major reputational damage, at least for now. Vi…

Commissioner Adam Silver is trying to change the narrative surrounding the National Basketball Association’s dealings with China. Silver said Thursday at a conference in New York that Chinese officials asked him initially to fire Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, who got into hot water for tweeting “Fight…

LeBron James has slammed NBA team owners for treating players with a "slave mentality" and weathered Fox New host Laura Ingraham's bellow that the L.A. Laker and other pro athletes should "shut up and dribble" when it comes to social and political topics. Not so much for Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey it seems. Turns…

For the Los Angeles Lakers, it’s a trip they’d rather forget. They lost two games, were in the middle of a geopolitical storm, and may be missing forward Anthony Davis for an extended period with a thumb injury. The Brooklyn Nets beat the Lakers 91-77 in Shenzhen, China today. Protests were mostly quiet, as a call…

The National Basketball Association said Friday it will not hold any media availability for the rest of its preseason trip in China. This comes amid the controversy following remarks Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey made last week in support of demonstrators in Hong Kong. “We have decided not to hold media availability…

The National Basketball Association continued to dig deeper into a public relations hole today, as an executive shut down a question from a CNN anchor on the league’s China problem. CNN’s Christina Macfarlane was cut off at a Japan press conference after an exhibition game between the Houston Rockets and Toronto…

UPDATE: 22:30 PM: Apple later on Wednesday removed an app that protesters in Hong Kong have used to track police movements from its app store with the argument that it violated rules because it was used to ambush police. PREVIOUS 930 AM: Apple is the latest U.S. company to enter China’s cross-hairs, making an app…