Sam Amico
Sam Amico has covered the NBA for 20 years, previously for SI.com, FOX Sports, CBS Sports, Amico Hoops and the Boston Herald.
Agent: Lakers Coaching Vacancy May Not Be All That Attractive
An NBA coaching agent said the Lakers' opening may not have the appeal that it once did after the team failed to qualify for...
Lakers May Consider Jazz Assistant Alex Jensen For Coaching Vacancy
Jazz assistant coach Alex Jensen could be among the multitude of candidates for the Lakers' head-coaching vacancy, per Dan Woike and Broderick Turner of...
Former Wizards Coach Scott Brooks Candidate For Lakers Job?
Former Wizards and Thunder coach Scott Brooks may be among the candidates for the Lakers coaching vacancy, according to Dan Woike and Broderick Turner...
2022 NBA Draft Order, Lottery Odds
Now that the NBA has conducted a series of tiebreakers (story), all but the lottery has determined. The lottery is scheduled for May 17.
Multiple...
Results From 2022 NBA Draft Tiebreakers
The NBA held several tiebreakers for the 2022 Draft, helping to determine at least part of the order of selections.
Obviously, the draft lottery on...
Sixers’ Matisse Thybulle Officially Ruled Out For Game 3 vs. Raptors
As expected, 76ers guard Matisse Thybulle has been downgraded to "out" for Game 3 of the team's first-round playoff series against the Raptors, per...
Mavs’ Luka Doncic Could Return As Soon As Game 3 vs. Jazz
Mavericks star Luka Doncic could return as soon as Game 3 or 4 of the first-round series vs. the Jazz, according to Shams Charania...
Nuggets Coach Michael Malone: ‘We Have To Stick Together’
The Nuggets trail their first-round Western Conference series to the Warriors by a 2-games-to-0 count, and coach Michael Malone says it's important not to...
NBA Fines Nets’ Kyrie Irving $50K For Actions Toward Celtics Fans
The NBA has fined Nets star Kyrie Irving $50,000 for making "obscene gestures" and directing "profane" language toward Celtics fans, the league announced in...
Nets’ Ben Simmons Cleared For Contact, Takes Part In 4-on-4 Drills
Guard/forward Ben Simmons may be nearing his Nets debut, having been cleared for contact work and participating in a 4-on-4 run at practice, coach...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Blasts HBO Series ‘Winning Time’ On 1980s Lakers
NBA Hall-of-Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been utterly unimpressed with Winning Time, the HBO series on the Showtime Lakers of the 1980s, he suggested in...
Celtics’ Marcus Smart First Guard To Win DPOY Since 1996
Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been named NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the 2021-22 season, the league announced in a statement.
Smart becomes...
Playoff Notes: Bucks, Bulls, Suns
Bucks
Not every playoff win is going to be pretty for the defending champion Bucks. And that's just fine with them, guard Jrue Holiday said...
East Notes: Heat, Hawks, Cavs
Heat
Small forward Duncan Robinson said not to read too much into the blowout win over the Hawks in Game 1 of their playoff series.
"It's...
