Steve Aschburner
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With Russell Westbrook gone, Oklahoma City reaches end of an era
LAS VEGAS – Just when you thought it was safe to step out from under a doorway, another seismic trembler rumbled through the NBA Las Vegas Summer League Thursday evening. Earthquake again? Nope → Read More
How a span of 25 days altered the NBA landscape
LAS VEGAS – So maybe it didn’t boast the same drama and shock value as “The Day The Earth Stood Still.” As far as historical significance and political turmoil, socialist-journalist John Reed → Read More
Silver: NBA has 'work to do' on tweaking free agency
LAS VEGAS – The feeding frenzy of NBA free agency did more than keep the league in the sports headlines in July or commit upwards of a half billion dollars to player contracts in the days after the → Read More
Summer of 2020 takes on additional importance for Bucks
As important as the 2019-20 season and postseason are to the Milwaukee Bucks, in proving to themselves and to the basketball world they can take that next step (Finals) or two (championship), they → Read More
Pelicans get their man: Zion Williamson brings franchise-changing potential to New Orleans
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Eventually, as with every NBA Draft, there will be a “re-draft” of the Class of 2019. That’s the irresistible exercise in hindsight from media outlets that rank a particular → Read More
2019 NBA Draft taking on strong Canadian flavor
NEW YORK — At the same time the 2019 NBA Finals were being decided, Nickeil Alexander-Walker was on the West Coast. A lottery prospect in Thursday's 2019 NBA Draft, the Virginia Tech sophomore → Read More
Seven takeaways from Lakers' reported trade for Anthony Davis
Here are seven takeaways on the reported (but not official until July 1) blockbuster trade sending New Orleans star forward Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers for a package of three players → Read More
Five things we learned from Game 6 of The Finals
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Five things we learned from the Toronto Raptors’ 114-110 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals at Oracle Arena: 1.  → Read More
Five things we learned from Game 5 of The Finals
Five things we learned from the Golden State Warriors’ 106-105 victory against the Toronto Raptors in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena: 1. Winning for Durant > → Read More
VanVleet embodies Toronto's toughness, tenacity
TORONTO – Fred VanVleet left some of his blood on the court at Oracle Arena on Friday and, no, that’s not some hokey metaphor for the Toronto guard’s intensity and passion in the Raptors → Read More
Five things we learned from Game 4 of 2019 Finals
OAKLAND, Calif. – Five things we learned from the Toronto Raptors’ 105-92 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of the 2019 NBA Finals on Friday at Oracle Arena: 1. → Read More
Aches and pains nabbing Golden State's spotlight in Finals
* Tonight on ABC: Game 4, Raptors vs. Warriors (9 ET) OAKLAND, Calif. – Some of the greatest or, at least, most memorable moments in the history of The Finals have been defined by injuries → Read More
Five things we learned from Game 3 of 2019 Finals
OAKLAND – Five things we learned from the Toronto Raptors’ 123-109 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the 2019 Finals Wednesday at Oracle Arena: 1. What Stephen Curry learned → Read More
Raptors' defense in question ahead of critical Game 3
*Wednesday on ABC: Game 3, Raptors vs. Warriors (9 ET) OAKLAND, Calif. – The Toronto Raptors already regret what they didn’t get done against the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of the → Read More
Five things we learned from Game 2 of 2019 Finals
TORONTO – Five things we learned from the Golden State Warriors’ 109-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 2 of the 2019 Finals Sunday at Scotiabank Arena: 1. Hey, 109 is enough → Read More
For Frank Layden, the 2019 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award means ultimate validation
TORONTO -- Frank Layden was best known during his NBA coaching days as a not-so-distant relative of baseball’s Max Patkin, ostensibly the head coach of the Utah Jazz but famous more so as a clown → Read More
Five things we learned from Game 1 of 2019 Finals
TORONTO – Five things we learned from the Toronto Raptors’ 118-109 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of The Finals Thursday at Scotiabank Arena ... 1. So much for ‘ → Read More
Silver addresses global topics ahead of international Finals
TORONTO -- It was only fitting that talk of international basketball and opportunities globally dominated NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s annual pre-Finals news conference Thursday. Game 1 between → Read More
Is Draymond Green the NBA's best defender ... ever?
TORONTO -- Absolutes can be tricky business, because whatever the claim, it only takes one exception to disprove it. So when Golden State forward Draymond Green said earlier this NBA → Read More
Oh, Canada!: Great moments in Canadian pro hoops history
TORONTO – Hard as it might seem to top the euphoria at Scotiabank Arena and in the immediate vicinity around it Saturday night, there have been other highlights to the city’s and the nation’s → Read More