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While you were sleeping
Chelsea defender joins Juventus, Butler benched indefinitely, Burnley hold Leeds
Miami Heat suspend NBA veteran Jimmy Butler without pay, while Juventus hand over US$4.19 million to take Chelsea player on loan.
28 Jan 2025 - 8:30AM
NBA
American superiority? Ex-NBA star calls it ‘arrogant’ at Lunar New Year event
26 Jan 2025 - 3:14PM
NBA
Singapore to host league to rival NBA? LeBron James ally advises group behind it
16 Jan 2025 - 7:19PM
East Asia Super League
Macau to host EASL basketball play-offs, its second multi-game event of season
East Asia Super League agrees a deal for Macau to stage the season-ending Final Four mini-tournament in March.
16 Jan 2025 - 4:35PM
Eastern’s Christopher McLaughlin (right) vies with Jabari Narcis of San Miguel Beermen as the two sides met for their EASL clash in the Philippines. Photo: Xinhua
East Asia Super League
‘It’s Friday, must be Manila’: Hong Kong Eastern basketball team’s mad 48 hours
Eastern players become frequent fliers as they zigzag between Hong Kong and the Philippines to pursue success in multiple competitions.
15 Jan 2025 - 11:29AM
NBA
James breaks Jordan’s record for 30-point NBA games with his 563rd haul
Jordan set the record in 2003, taking 1,072 games over 15 seasons, while James broke the mark in his 1,523rd appearance over 22 seasons.
4 Jan 2025 - 7:21PM
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NBA
Crowd sees funny side as giants of industry dwarfed by basketball giant Yao
Alibaba Group boss Joe Tsai and Olympic champion gymnast Li Ning have to stand on chairs for picture with former NBA star Yao Ming.
23 Dec 2024 - 4:46PM
Alibaba Group chairman Joe Tsai (right), alongside Yao Ming (centre) and Li Ning at the Education Seminar on Using Physical Education to Cultivate People. Photo: Handout
East Asia Super League
Referee fine adds insult to bloody head injury for Jeremy Lin
Former NBA star left with injury that needed stitches after physical game between his New Taipei Kings and Taipei Taishin Mars.
22 Dec 2024 - 3:25PM
NBA
Emotional Cui’s NBA dream ends in heartbreak, after trade, season-ending injury
Cui Yongxi waived as result of Dennis Schroder trade between Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors.
17 Dec 2024 - 10:00AM
NBA
NBA legend Parker backing France to take US Olympic crown at 2028 LA Games
Four-time NBA champion says Victor Wembanyama and Zaccharie Risacher can lead country to gold.
8 Dec 2024 - 4:47PM
Kai Tak Sports Park
‘Too bright to play basketball’ – coaches reflect after Kai Tak Arena test event
The 10,000-seat indoor arena was the second facility of the HK$30 billion Kai Tak Sports Park to be tested.
7 Dec 2024 - 7:52PM
Secretary for Culture, Sports, and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui (centre) inspects the basketball test event at Kai Tak Arena. Photo: Nora Tam
NBA
NBA chief plays down chances of regular-season games in Asia after Macau deal
The Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns will play each other twice in three days for pre-season at the Venetian Arena next October.
7 Dec 2024 - 2:00PM
NBA
NBA’s deal with Macau marks end of 5-year China exile, Nets, Suns heading to city
Basketball league and Sands China sign multimillion-dollar partnership to host pre-season games at Venetian Arena starting in 2025.
6 Dec 2024 - 8:19PM
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NBA
Macau’s better finances, infrastructure crucial in winning race to host NBA games
Sources tell Post why Macau was considered a better option than Hong Kong for five-year agreement, even if Kai Tak Arena had been available.
6 Dec 2024 - 6:00PM
NBA
NBA signs deal with Sands China for pre-season games in Macau
The Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns will kick off the partnership with two games on October 10 and 12 next year, said the NBA’s deputy commissioner Mark Tatum.
7 Dec 2024 - 9:46AM
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A giant basketball outside The Londoner hotel in Macau, signifying the strategic partnership between the NBA and Sands China, on December 6, 2024. Photo: SCMP
FIBA
Hong Kong basketball referee Chan’s conundrum: which career, and which format?
Hongkonger, a successor to veteran Edmond Ho, has both 3x3- and regular-basketball licences, and works as an electronics product manager.
30 Nov 2024 - 3:50PM
CityU
Facing regional rivals often ‘is key to raising levels’: City University coach
Hong Kong’s university champions are beaten 89-49 by Korean powerhouses Yonsei in a test event for a pan-regional collegiate league next year.
30 Nov 2024 - 10:00AM
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FIBA
Hong Kong basketball chief wants to naturalise players – but who is eligible?
It has become popular in Asia in recent years to naturalise players, but Norman Chan says it is up to clubs to let him know who can qualify.
26 Nov 2024 - 6:21PM
Hong Kong players Duncan Reid (left) and Leung Shiu-wah competing for space below the rim with Taiwan’s naturalised player Brandon Gilbeck. Photo: Fiba
NBA
Cui Yongxi learning the ropes at Brooklyn Nets, will share experience with China
The former CBA rookie of the year says he is settling in and has already seen improvements in his game since joining the Brooklyn Nets.
26 Nov 2024 - 10:00AM
FIBA
Serbian player who lost kidney at World Cup helps national team make EuroBasket
Borisa Simanic, who lost the organ after being elbowed, scored 12 points to help his team secure a spot in the 2025 European championships.
25 Nov 2024 - 10:00PM
FIBA
World basketball bosses sign new 10-year deal to stage events in Hong Kong
Fiba gives city organisers ringing endorsement after success of 3x3 World Tour Final in Causeway Bay.
25 Nov 2024 - 8:30AM
FIBA
Mongolia the benchmark for 3x3 basketball, says Canadian legend Sir
Steve Sir has been coaching the country’s senior and under-23 teams since 2022, and believes Hong Kong can learn from his experience.
23 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM
Steve Sir (right) hit a winner at the buzzer for Ulaanbaatar MMC Energy in their game against Amsterdam. Photo: Jonathan Wong
NBA
NBA legend Yao says sports can’t ‘hide’ from politics after 2019 controversy
Yao was asked about a 2019 incident when Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted support for the anti-government protests in Hong Kong.
22 Nov 2024 - 5:30PM
NBA
Meet Hongkonger Hansen Wong, who’s on first-name terms with NBA’s biggest stars
The 46-year-old has worked for the Indiana Pacers for about 20 years, but wants to help develop players, coaches and executives nearer home.
15 Nov 2024 - 1:10PM
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Chinese Basketball Association
Chinese NBA champion Sun Yue’s former CBA teams to retire his jerseys next month
The former LA Laker player’s No 9 jersey at the two Beijing teams for which he played will be retired on December 6 – the day he turns 39.
15 Nov 2024 - 9:13AM
OPINION
Mike Chan
Opinion
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Postcard from Paris: 3x3 basketball a lesson Hong Kong organisers could learn
2 Aug 2024 - 3:15PM
Josh Ball
Opinion
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Hong Kong’s sporting teams need to think bigger – by looking beyond its borders
29 Nov 2022 - 10:03AM
Jonathan White
Opinion
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Lin hints at NBA retirement but he’s no longer shy and retiring
20 May 2021 - 12:27AM
Patrick Blennerhassett
Opinion
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Steve Nash is the NBA’s coach of the year
3 May 2021 - 8:24PM
Jonathan White
Opinion
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Is Jeremy Lin getting the Colin Kaepernick treatment?
24 Apr 2021 - 10:23AM
Patrick Blennerhassett
Opinion
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What does Jeremy Lin do now?
23 Apr 2021 - 2:42AM
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