Lakers’ pick-and-roll offense has promise as Austin Reaves and Deandre Ayton mesh well in preseason

For all the focus on what adding a center could do for Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves looks as though he will be just as big a ...
Yardbarker

The Pick-and-Roll Game Will be Unleashed With the Brooklyn Nets

Media day and training camp started earlier this year for the Brooklyn Nets as they prepare for a trip to Macao for two preseason NBA China Games against the Phoenix Suns on Oct. 10 and 12. Despite ...

Three Standout Tar Heels in Two-Point Lost to BYU

North Carolina men's basketball fought all the way until the end against the BYU Cougars, but 19 turnovers were a big story ...

Women's college basketball preseason transfer impact rankings

With more than 1,300 transfers now acclimated to their new surroundings and about to play women's college basketball games ...
The Boston Globe

Celtics to run two-man game at ownership level with Bill Chisholm, and Wyc Grousbeck stays in great position to play on

The two-man game is a staple of basketball. Think of the high hoops art of Larry Bird and Bill Walton running the pick-and-roll. But the Celtics are prepared to run the two-man game at the ownership ...
Yardbarker

WNBA Finals Film Room: Can Mercury’s Pick-and-Roll Help Them Even the Series?

The Las Vegas Aces defended home court, getting one final stop in Game 1 to hold off the Phoenix Mercury, and again on Sunday, they took Game 2 decisively behind Jackie Young’s 32 points. The Aces ...

‘Incredibly tense’: Veteran speaks on coach’s FBI probe; surprise no-show explained — Aussies in NBA

Sure, Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said in the preseason that Proctor looked like “he belongs” in the NBA, but at least ...
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Why the Clippers want to drastically cut James Harden's usage this season: "We don’t want him to have to be in 60 pick-and-rolls every game"

With Chris Paul's return to the Los Angeles Clippers this summer, one of the most dominant duos of the past decade has been reunited. Back in Houston, Paul and James Harden were arguably the best ...
Sports Illustrated

Where Kansas Basketball Landed in The Athletic's Preseason Big 12 Rankings

Kansas was listed as one of the five best teams in the conference in The Athletic's new preseason Big 12 rankings. This falls in line with where many other analysts have KU. Most aren't willing to ...