Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman, a former basketball star who became a billionaire businessman and brought a $600 million beverage production and distribution center to Montgomery, has died at 71.
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58.
Former NBA and Auburn basketball star Charles Barkley says that next season will be his last on TV, no matter what happens with the NBA’s media deals.
Jerry West, selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times as a player and executive, and whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo, has died.
Bill Walton has died at the age of 71 after a long fight with cancer. He was the NBA’s MVP in the 1977-78 season and had many awards over his spectacular career,
LeBron James questioned retirement after his Lakers were swept by the Denver Nuggets despite the highest-scoring postseason half of James’ matchless NBA career.
Nikola Jokic is a player unlike almost anything the NBA has ever seen, and now he’s taking his Denver Nuggets somewhere they’ve never been.
Alabama All-American forward Brandon Miller is heading to the NBA.
The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88.
Houston Rockets select Auburn’s Jabari Smith at the number three overall pick.
