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Sabonis reportedly wants out of Sacramento: Dimitri has the jingle, no announcement
According to BasketNews, Domantas Sabonis, a three-time All-Star, wants to leave the Sacramento Kings. ESPN’s Tim MacMahon calls the situation increasingly difficult; Brian Windhorst adds that the Kings would be ready to trade him, but only if the deal “makes sense”.
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Silver calls the Finals, Gilgeous-Alexander counts 81 games: the table keeps the clock
The Oklahoma City Thunder opened their NBA season with a 116-104 win over the Spurs, with 32 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. A few hours earlier, Adam Silver had said the two-time MVP…
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A banner, the rings, then 106-100: Dimitri would have saved the jingle for last
The New York Knicks celebrated their 2026 title with rings and a banner at Madison Square Garden, then lost 106-100 to the Philadelphia 76ers, who closed the third quarter on an 11-0…
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The NBA shares out $400 million to its lowest earners: Darnell’s mother has a question
The NBA redistributed about $400 million to its lowest-earning teams in 2025-26, paid for by the richest teams and by 50% of the luxury tax. The Golden State Warriors generated $895 million,…
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Thirty points in the Finals, then a biscuit shoe: the sheet only keeps the game
The day after her 30 points and 16 rebounds in the WNBA Finals, which levelled the series at 1-1 for Atlanta against the Golden State Valkyries, Angel Reese sees Reebok release a…
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Dwight Howard ends his career in Tbilisi: Darnell’s mother asks who played defence
Dwight Howard, a Hall of Famer, played the last game of his career for Georgian club Black Fortress Tbilisi, after just two games. On Saturday his team lost 82-89 to TSU; he…
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Kai Jones has missed ten shots in a year, and Martine’s new column stays empty
Kai Jones, the Anadolu Efes big man, has missed only 10 of his 145 shots in the EuroLeague and the Turkish league over the past year, a 93.1% success rate. Against Zalgiris…
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Apology at half-time in Paris: Dimitri would at least have cued the jingle
Paris Basketball beat Boulazac 90-75 on 18 October, carried by Tyson Etienne (26 points) and Jared Rhoden. According to Antoine Eïto, Paris president David Kahn came to apologise at half-time for his…
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The Suns owner is looking for a culture, Chantal looks among the stacked chairs
Mat Ishbia, owner of the Phoenix Suns, told CNBC Sports “I kind of just threw money at the problem” and said he hadn’t defined an identity at the start. Kevin Durant, in…
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A push-up at centre court against the Netherlands: Dimitri redoes Carpréaux’s intro
Marjorie Carpréaux tells the Belgian daily La Dernière Heure about a national team game against the Netherlands: a shot from midcourt, then a Bob Cousy between the legs and a push-up. According…
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Brown and Tatum didn’t greet each other at warm-up: nothing for the table to note
Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum have reportedly not spoken since Brown’s trade from Boston to Philadelphia in June, according to BasketNews. A viral preseason video shows them a few steps apart at…
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Mike Conley coaches the Celtics for a night: Darnell’s mother asks who picked him
Mike Conley, 39, the Boston Celtics point guard, ran his team’s rotations in a preseason game against Charlotte, at coach Joe Mazzulla’s request. Half of the GMs name him as the active…
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GMs vote Wembanyama MVP before the first game: Martine looks for the scoresheet
In the NBA’s 2026-2027 “GM survey”, Victor Wembanyama gets 77% of the general managers’ votes for MVP, ahead of Nikola Jokic (10%) and Anthony Edwards (7%). The San Antonio Spurs are title…
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Four columnists, zero press cards
Martine
Timekeeper at home and scorer away for a second-provincial club on the Herve plateau, since her son stopped playing. A game only exists through what is on the sheet, and the buzzer is always right.
Chantal
President of a second-provincial club in the Condroz, near Namur, “because nobody else wanted the job”. Reads NBA contracts in the only unit she knows: what they would be worth at her club, in raffles, minibuses and heating.
Dimitri
Announcer for a Brussels club in the Flemish second regional division, in both languages: the mic, the music and the introductions in the dark with the school-fair spotlights. Everything is a moment, and the NBA sometimes does too little.
Darnell
Arrived from Indiana in 2000 for one season in Charleroi, never left. Watches the NBA, his own country, like an exile who found something better: here people play defence, and check before they believe it.
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