Fans lined up under grey skies outside KeyArena. A buzz began to build as the smell of popcorn and hot dogs filled the concourse. The roars electrified the stadium as hometown favorite Kevin Durant dazzled on the court. For a brief few hours on a cool fall evening in Seattle, it was as if the NBA had never left town a decade ago ― a symbol of the team that was lost, and the league that could someday return again. This booming city hosted an NBA game Friday night for the first time since the SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City in… Read More
A startup wants to help basketball players improve their jump shot — with just a smartphone. Among the flurry of announcements made at its press event on Wednesday, Apple showed off HomeCourt, a new iPhone app that uses augmented reality to track basketball shots. AR tech built into the iPhone — including the new A12 Bionic chip — and artificial intelligence technology developed by HomeCourt maker Nex Team can detect a hoop and basketball to measure kinematics, trajectory, release times, and number of shots made. Apple brought out former NBA star point guard Steve Nash and a Nex Team founder… Read More
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While retired NBA All-Star basketball player Chris Bosh plans his next career moves, he and his wife Adrienne are taking a time out to witness the launch of NASA’s Mars InSight lander from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Based on their tweets, the Boshs are having a great time and firing up the space crowd as well. More importantly, they’re inspiring their children to reach even higher than a basketball rim: I’m behind the scenes of the @NASAInSight launch Tune in to see us go live on @Nasa TV , or https://t.co/A0JBpdE3Hc , or https://t.co/ive9Djd3X0 in a little… Read More
Steve Ballmer has established himself as a man who is as passionate about basketball today as he was about software during his days as CEO of Microsoft. A new story from The Ringer shines a revealing spotlight on where the owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers may have first showcased his competitive hoops spirit. Zach Schwartz writes that he was a member of a Boys & Girls Club basketball team called the Bellevue Beavers that was coached by Ballmer in 1999. The kids were third graders and Ballmer was about to begin a 14-year run as head of the… Read More
