Victor Wembanyama: 'I told Kevin Durant that I wanted to perhaps steal one or two of his secret techniques' (2024)

Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Complete Nuggets schedule breakdown, including the games you have to circle on your calendar.
Including…
– 11/23 at Lakers (Russell Westbrook vs. his haters)
– 12/23 vs. Suns (Kevin Durant vs. Nuggets Twitter)
– 3/15 vs. Wizards (Jokic 100 point game)
thednvr.com/nuggets-schedu… – 6:10 PM

Mark Giannotto @mgiannotto
Took a stab at rounding up the most anticipated games of the 2024-25 NBA season now that they schedule is out. Includes Klay’s return to GSW, Tatum vs. Kerr in Boston, Paul George back in LA, Wembanyama’s Paris moment and more …
usatoday.com/story/sports/n… – 5:14 PM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
On Jan. 13 (home game vs. Wemby and San Antonio), the Lakers will be thrilled to add the newest Purple and Gold member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Michael Cooper, into the rafters, retiring his No. 21 alongside the rest of the Laker greats. – 3:34 PM

Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
NBA schedule released. Among highlights: Celtics-Knicks on ring night, Kevin Durant going back to school (for one night), LeBron gets his 40th birthday off and lots, lots more in here … apnews.com/article/nba-sc… – 3:16 PM

Mike Curtis @MikeACurtis2
New: The Mavs will begin their quest to defend their Western Conference title with a season opener at the AAC vs. Victor Wembanyama & the Spurs on Oct. 24.
It’s part of an early stint of home games for Dallas, which will play 7 of its first 10 gms at home.dallasnews.com/sports/maveric… – 3:14 PM

Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
Raptors 2024-25 key home games
Opening night: Oct 23 vs CLE
Champ Celtics: Jan 15/Feb 25
Nurse/Lowry/Sixers: Oct 25/Mar 12
OG/Knicks: Dec 9/Feb 4
Siakam/Pacers: Nov 18/Dec 3
FVV/Rockets: Dec 22
Murray/Nuggets: Oct 28
SGA/Thunder: Dec 5
Bronny/Lakers 😏: Nov 1
Wemby/Spurs: Mar 23 – 3:13 PM

John Karalis @John_Karalis
Notable home games this upcoming season:
10/28 MIL
11/6 GSW (getting the Kerr hate out early)
11/24 MIN
12/7 MEM (Smart’s first healthy game?)
12/25 PHI
2/6 DAL
2/12 SAS (Wemby)
3/2 DEN
3/8 LAL
3/12 OKC – 3:08 PM

John Karalis @John_Karalis
Notable home games this upcomign season:
10/28 MIL
11/6 GSW (getting the Kerr hate out early)
11/24 MIN
12/7 MEM (Smart’s first healthy game?)
12/25 PHI
2/6 DAL
2/12 SAS (Wemby)
3/2 DEN
3/8 LAL
3/12 OKC – 3:06 PM

Tom Petrini @RealTomPetrini
Kevin Durant will have an Austin homecoming when the Suns visit the Spurs at the Moody Center this season!
Game is February 20 – 3:05 PM

Nets Daily: The day after Bridges returns to Barclays on January 21, Kevin Durant does the same thing on January 22. Kyrie Irving returns March 24. James Harden March 28. -via Twitter @NetsDaily / August 15, 2024

On Thursday, Feb. 20, TNT will present San Antonio’s home game against Phoenix at the Moody Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, where 14-time NBA All-Star Kevin Durant of the Suns was a college standout with the Longhorns (9:30 p.m. ET). -via NBA.com / August 15, 2024

Why should comic book enthusiasts get all the fun? The first ever Fanatics Festival — a massive event billed as “the Comic Con of sports” — will be held at the Javits Center this weekend, Aug. 16 to Aug. 18. Over three days, fans will be able to meet and get autographs from top athletes such as Peyton and Eli Manning, Kevin Durant and Derek Jeter, attend dozens of panels and buy tons of merch to cheer on their favorite teams. “I walked into Comic Con … and thought this thing is insane… there’s quarter of a million people dressed in costumes,” Michael Rubin, CEO of Fanatics, the $31 billion sports merchandise and collectible behemoth behind the event, told The Post. -via New York Post / August 15, 2024

Jeff McDonald: The Spurs and Victor Wembanyama will open the regular season Oct. 24 at Dallas in a game nationally televised on TNT. It will mark the second season in a row the Spurs have opened against the Mavericks, though last year’s tip-off game was in San Antonio. -via Twitter @JMcDonald_SAEN / August 15, 2024

Marc Stein: The first game of Victor Wembanyama’s second NBA season — which doubles as Chris Paul’s official Spurs debut — is scheduled for Oct. 24 at Dallas, sources tell @TheSteinLine. Opening Night for both teams on a TNT Thursday. More NBA: marcstein.substack.com 📷: @bballforever_ pic.x.com/rnqksexnx2 -via Twitter @TheSteinLine / August 13, 2024

Dwyane Wade: ‘We’ve been respecting the rest of the world since 2004, since we won the bronze medal in ’04, and every year it gets better and better. The game grows around the world. It’s exposed, anyone has an opportunity. You can’t hide anything anymore, you get to see it all. Serbia, France, Canada, Germany, they will be back in four years. There’s 68 NBA players in this field alone and will probably be more in another four years, so the world is all good at the game of basketball. It is the US game, we continue to keep dominating the game when it comes to gold medals, but it’s not going to be easy. This is not 1992, everybody needs to get that out of their minds.’ -via reddit / August 12, 2024