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Adam Silver says new Hack-A-Shaq rule could be in place by July

Edit CBS Sports 22 Apr 2016
The NBA is the fastest sport among the four major leagues, yet the Hack-A-Shaq rule makes games seem like they sometimes drag on ... The NBA plans to combat this issue as soon as possible, and have a new rule in place before the start of the 2016–17 season ... That pales in comparison to the jump during last season's NBA playoffs, which experienced 10 times more Hack-a-Shaq fouls than the postseason before it....

Former Syracuse recruit Moustapha Diagne to enter NBA draft

Edit Syracuse 22 Apr 2016
-- Moustapha Diagne, the former Syracuse basketball recruit, will enter his name in the NBA draft, a source said Thursday ... He spent this past season at Northwest Florida State (Junior) College ... They can also hold one workout with each NBA team....

Nuggets end-of-season evaluations 2016: Kenneth Faried

Edit Denver Post 22 Apr 2016
Faried was among the NBA leaders in field goal percentage ... E-Mail Alerts & Newsletters Nuggets Ink blog Denver Nuggets photos Nuggets Mailbag archive Ask Mailbag questions Nuggets stats, roster NBA standings. In some ways, Kenneth Faried was very happy with his fifth NBA season, all with the Nuggets ... His 55.8 shooting percentage ranked seventh in the NBA and was his highest since his rookie season....

Sports on TV: OKC Thunder slips to fourth place in local NBA ratings

Edit The Oklahoman 22 Apr 2016
The Oklahoma City Thunder slipped to fourth place in the NBA local TV ratings for the 2015-16 season. The Thunder averaged 6.7 in its telecasts on Fox Sports Oklahoma, a 7 percent drop from last season in which it placed third with a 7.2 ... The Golden State Warriors led the NBA with a 9.76 average rating on CSN Bay Area, including an NBA record-setting 23.2 for their season finale against Memphis....

The NBA makes new play in Africa in pursuit of fans

Edit Topix 22 Apr 2016
The NBA is making a new play for fans in Africa by splitting with the continent's biggest sports broadcaster and teaming up with a Zimbabwean telecommunications entrepreneur who started his first business with $75. The NBA announced Thursday that it has a new multiyear deal with Econet Media to show live games and other NBA programs on Econet's pay TV, Internet and mobile platforms in sub-Saharan Africa from the 2016-17 season ... ....

Marquette guard Wally Ellenson leaving basketball team

Edit Tampa Bay Online 22 Apr 2016
His departure from basketball comes more than two weeks after his younger brother, Henry, decided to leave Marquette after his freshman season to enter the NBA draft....

Texas guard Isaiah Taylor skipping senior year for NBA

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 22 Apr 2016
Austin, Texas • Point guard Isaiah Taylor has decided to skip his senior season at Texas and enter the NBA draft. The 6-foot-3 Taylor averaged 15 points, five assists and 2.8 rebounds as he started 33 games last season for the Longhorns, who went 20-13 in their first season under coach Shaka Smart. Texas was a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but lost 75-72 in the first round on a halfcourt shot at the buzzer by Northern Iowa ... ....

AP Sources: Scott Brooks to be Washington Wizards next coach

Edit The Oklahoman 22 Apr 2016
He helped develop Durant and Russell Westbrook into perennial All-Stars and led the Thunder to the NBA Finals in 2012 ... The Wizards succumbed to injury and inconsistency in Wittman's final season and were among the league's most disappointing teams after reaching the second round of the playoffs the past two seasons ... toward the end of the season....

Adam Silver: NC law may force NBA to move All-Star game

Edit Syracuse 22 Apr 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — Commissioner Adam Silver believes the NBA has been "crystal clear" that the 2017 All-Star Game only stays in Charlotte if a North Carolina law goes. Political and business leaders he's spoken with in the state believe it will, so he's holding off for now on setting any deadlines for when the NBA might act ... Silver said the use of the strategy increased by 2 1/2 times over last season....

NBA commissioner threatens to move All-Star game out of North Carolina if anti-LGBT law is not dropped

Edit Business Insider 22 Apr 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — Commissioner Adam Silver believes the NBA has been "crystal clear" that the 2017 All-Star Game only stays in Charlotte if a North Carolina law goes. Political and business leaders he's spoken with in the state believe it will, so he's holding off for now on setting any deadlines for when the NBA might act ... Silver said the use of the strategy increased by 2 1/2 times over last season....

The Heat's Hassan Whiteside problem

Edit Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2016
The Vertical Front-Office Insider Bobby Marks takes a look at the challenges Miami will face this summer in retaining Hassan Whiteside, one of the top defensive players in the NBA ... When the Heat signed Hassan Whiteside in November 2014, NBA executives looked at the move as a project signing for the franchise’s NBA Development League affiliate in Sioux Falls ... More NBA coverage from The Vertical.....

Warriors vs. Rockets Game 3 live stream online info, 2016 NBA playoffs odds

Edit The Examiner 22 Apr 2016
Game 3 of the 2016 NBA live streaming and TV playoff games arrives via the TNT networks Thursday night ... Curry sat out of Game 2 several days ago, but his teammates were able to step up as the reigning NBA MVP cheered them on from the bench ... NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala also came off the bench to add 18 points ... Against the spread, the Warriors are 43-31-2 as favorites and 22-18-1 on the road this season....

Sports and Tech Mixer- WeWork SF 5/17 6pm

Edit The Examiner 22 Apr 2016
Over the recent years the Bay Area has become the home for champions ... As the leading record-breaking team in the NBA this current season and the Championship winner of last season, the Golden State Warriors has become a nationwide sensation ... ....
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