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Thunder planning Westbrook’s tribute since September, Chantal thinks of the reception
Russell Westbrook’s number 0 will be retired by the Thunder on 7 February 2027, against the Knicks. Sam Presti explained in September that the franchise was already working on the tribute, without revealing what form it would take.
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Wembanyama with the Provence rugby players: Darnell’s mother asks who was defending
Victor Wembanyama spent several days this summer training with Provence Rugby, a club in the French second division (Pro D2), to work on new movement patterns; Harrison Barnes joined the same sessions.…
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Bailey suspended for five games over accumulated technicals: the table knew the column
Jasmine Bailey, of Chartres, is suspended by the FFBB (the French basketball federation) until 22 October in the Boulangère Wonderligue (France’s top women’s league) for technical fouls accumulated in 2025-26. The club…
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War sounds and a military academy at the Celtics: Dimitri still has no blackout
Joe Mazzulla took the Boston Celtics to The Citadel, a military academy in South Carolina, to continue their camp before the preseason opener on October 8. The coach has already used spikeball…
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Wizards “held back” for Dybantsa, no NBA sanction: the scorer’s table seeks a box
According to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the NBA will not sanction Bub Carrington, guard of the Washington Wizards, or his team, based on the information available. In an interview with WUSA9,…
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A challenge asked for, never delivered, a technical instead: Martine has the column
The Las Vegas Aces knocked out the Indiana Fever 94-83 in Game 3 of their WNBA playoff series and move into the semi-finals. Fever coach Stephanie White, given a technical foul over…
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The Wizards hadn’t been told to be “the best version”, Dimitri announces it
In a video published Thursday by WUSA9, Bub Carrington, guard for the Washington Wizards, said the team hadn’t yet been told to give its best, with the franchise after AJ Dybantsa, first…
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Sixteen contracts, fifteen spots at the Lakers: in Indiana, Darnell’s mother recounts
The Los Angeles Lakers have 16 players on guaranteed contracts for an NBA regular-season limit of 15. Dalton Knecht, Jaden Hardy and Bronny James are named by several journalists, while JJ Redick…
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Duren stays in Detroit, announced late Thursday by an insider: Dimitri redoes the intro
Jalen Duren’s agent, Chafie Fields, confirmed to ESPN’s Shams Charania late Thursday night that the centre was returning to the Detroit Pistons for five years. The deal came a few hours before…
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Reaves asks Doncic for English mid-game, the scorer’s table notes it in one language
Austin Reaves, the Los Angeles Lakers guard, told ESPN LA that the hardest part of playing with Luka Doncic is understanding him when he talks fast and switches from English to Slovenian…
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LeBron flies off, Maxey waits on the kerb: Darnell’s mother has a question
As the Philadelphia 76ers’ media day ended, LeBron James left by helicopter while Tyrese Maxey, who had car trouble, sat on the kerb. Maxey told it laughing, according to BasketNews.
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Twelve permanent spots and four on merit in NBA Europe, Martine looks for the column
The NBA is working on a 16-team NBA Europe, with 12 permanent members and four places earned on the court, according to The Athletic. It is talking to PSG, Real Madrid, FC…
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A first in WNBA history, since 2022: Dimitri keeps the jingle in reserve
Minnesota Lynx, the number one seed, are out in the first round of the WNBA play-offs, beaten 87-71 by number eight New York in game two. It is a first, which Sporza…
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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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