The NBA on Sunday suspended LA Laker’s Brandon Ingram four games without pay, Rajon Rondo three games without pay and Houston Rocket’s Chris Paul two games without pay for their role in Saturday’s altercation as the Rockets beat the Lakers 124-114.

Paul will lose $491,781, Rondo $186,206 and Ingram $158,817 in unpaid salaries.

Announcing the suspensions, NBA’s vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe said Ingram was suspended for aggressively returning to and escalating the altercation and throwing a punch in the direction of Paul. The 21-year-old also received a harsher penalty for confronting a game official and shoving off Rocket’s James Harden.

Rondo was suspended for instigating the incident, spitting at and throwing multiple punches toward Paul. Chris was suspended for poking Rondo’s face and throwing multiple punches at Rondo. The vice president also added that Rondo received one more game than Paul because he threw the first punch.

“We try to judge each one of these (incidents) on merits: who does what, who instigates, how dangerous the situation becomes and is,” VanDeWeghe said. “And also the discipline is an act of deterrence. We want to make sure that we deter this further action and make a statement that this is not acceptable. Fighting’s not acceptable in our league and never has been.”

Paul began serving his suspension on Sunday night as the Rockets lost 115-112 at Staple Center.

Rocket’s coach Mike D’Antoni disagreed with the length of Paul’s suspension.

“It’s just not equitable, he said. “If you want to suspend him one “(game) I get, just to make a statement.  Then you’re talking momentarily, he’s paying three times more than the other guys are paying for missing games? That doesn’t seem to be right.”

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The Golden State Warriors celebrated ring night in style before defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-100 in their first NBA regular season game this season.

The Oracle Arena was packed as a sellout crowd and coaches roared and celebrated Warriors’ players as they received rings in honor of their 2017/18 NBA Championship win.

“Last year was an unbelievable journey,” Warriors’ Stephen Curry said. “Let’s celebrate this to the fullest.”

The Warrior’s player rings were colored blue and white like the team’s jersey. They had 74 sapphires and 74 diamonds on opposite sides to represent the team’s total wins last season. The rings were made of a reversible top side that reveals the club’s mantra, “Strength in Numbers.”

Hard-fought Win

Steve Kerr’s team was splendid from the start, and superstar Steph Curry went on to score 32 points. Thunder kept pushing last year’s Championship winners. But without point guard Russell Westbrook who is out with injury, they found it hard to score past the Warriors.

Thunder’s former player Kevin Durant scored 27 points while Draymond Green made 13 rebounds to put to life the team’s mantra strength in numbers’ and win the game. Paul George was Thunder’s best player as his 27 points, combined with rookie Dennis Schroder’s 21 ensured Oklahoma went home after a hard-fought game.

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Tinseltown finally found itself the biggest star of all: LeBron James officially signed with the Lakers!

Everything James has been, the Lakers want. With the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers, James featured in the last eight NBA finals. Meanwhile, his three wins put the Lakers missing the last five seasons’ playoffs to shame.

The Lakers confirmed the signing on Twitter, capturing the moment for posterity:

Officially signed with the @Lakers @KingJames pic.twitter.com/A5jHZxXEP4

— Klutch Sports Group (@KlutchSports) July 10, 2018

The Lakers President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson wasted no time in justifying the $153.3m James will be paid over the next four years. “LeBron is special,” he told the Lakers official website.

“He is the best player in the world. He loves to compete and is an awesome leader who is about winning and making sure that his teammates are successful.”

The Lakers are confident of matching the Cavs and Golden State Warriors when 2018-19 reaches the business end of the season. Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka isn’t taking success for granted, however.

“When LeBron James – a perennial NBA MVP and champion who is playing at the most astonishing levels of his career – chooses to join the Lakers, it serves as the ultimate validation for what we are building here. However, we all know that the work is not yet done. We will continue forward and do all that is necessary to achieve our shared obsession of bringing banner No. 17 to the world’s best fans – Lakers Nation.”

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Kevin Knox of the New York Knicks is hoping to be crowned NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2018-19 season.

Knox was selected by the Knicks during the draft on Thursday and fans will have high expectations for him as he was one of the breakout stars for coach John Calipari in Kentucky last year.

The 18-year-old was highly impressive as he managed 15.6 points per game on average and certainly now deserves opportunities at the highest level.

With a 6’9” hybrid forward and an almost 7’0” wingspan and a 9’0” standing reach, Knox also has the qualities which should allow him to defend well.

He does arguably have the qualities which are required to challenge for the Rookie of the year award if he makes the most of his ability and works hard.

He will be surrounded by players whom he can learn from such as Trey Burke, Emmanuel Mudiay and Frank Ntilikina who will be able to assist him in creating offense.

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The NBA on Sunday suspended LA Laker’s Brandon Ingram four games without pay, Rajon Rondo three games without pay and Houston Rocket’s Chris Paul two games without pay for their role in Saturday’s altercation as the Rockets beat the Lakers 124-114.

Paul will lose $491,781, Rondo $186,206 and Ingram $158,817 in unpaid salaries.

Announcing the suspensions, NBA’s vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe said Ingram was suspended for aggressively returning to and escalating the altercation and throwing a punch in the direction of Paul. The 21-year-old also received a harsher penalty for confronting a game official and shoving off Rocket’s James Harden.

Rondo was suspended for instigating the incident, spitting at and throwing multiple punches toward Paul. Chris was suspended for poking Rondo’s face and throwing multiple punches at Rondo. The vice president also added that Rondo received one more game than Paul because he threw the first punch.

“We try to judge each one of these (incidents) on merits: who does what, who instigates, how dangerous the situation becomes and is,” VanDeWeghe said. “And also the discipline is an act of deterrence. We want to make sure that we deter this further action and make a statement that this is not acceptable. Fighting’s not acceptable in our league and never has been.”

Paul began serving his suspension on Sunday night as the Rockets lost 115-112 at Staple Center.

Rocket’s coach Mike D’Antoni disagreed with the length of Paul’s suspension.

“It’s just not equitable, he said. “If you want to suspend him one “(game) I get, just to make a statement.  Then you’re talking momentarily, he’s paying three times more than the other guys are paying for missing games? That doesn’t seem to be right.”

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The Golden State Warriors celebrated ring night in style before defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-100 in their first NBA regular season game this season.

The Oracle Arena was packed as a sellout crowd and coaches roared and celebrated Warriors’ players as they received rings in honor of their 2017/18 NBA Championship win.

“Last year was an unbelievable journey,” Warriors’ Stephen Curry said. “Let’s celebrate this to the fullest.”

The Warrior’s player rings were colored blue and white like the team’s jersey. They had 74 sapphires and 74 diamonds on opposite sides to represent the team’s total wins last season. The rings were made of a reversible top side that reveals the club’s mantra, “Strength in Numbers.”

Hard-fought Win

Steve Kerr’s team was splendid from the start, and superstar Steph Curry went on to score 32 points. Thunder kept pushing last year’s Championship winners. But without point guard Russell Westbrook who is out with injury, they found it hard to score past the Warriors.

Thunder’s former player Kevin Durant scored 27 points while Draymond Green made 13 rebounds to put to life the team’s mantra strength in numbers’ and win the game. Paul George was Thunder’s best player as his 27 points, combined with rookie Dennis Schroder’s 21 ensured Oklahoma went home after a hard-fought game.

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Tinseltown finally found itself the biggest star of all: LeBron James officially signed with the Lakers!

Everything James has been, the Lakers want. With the Miami Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers, James featured in the last eight NBA finals. Meanwhile, his three wins put the Lakers missing the last five seasons’ playoffs to shame.

The Lakers confirmed the signing on Twitter, capturing the moment for posterity:

Officially signed with the @Lakers @KingJames pic.twitter.com/A5jHZxXEP4

— Klutch Sports Group (@KlutchSports) July 10, 2018

The Lakers President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson wasted no time in justifying the $153.3m James will be paid over the next four years. “LeBron is special,” he told the Lakers official website.

“He is the best player in the world. He loves to compete and is an awesome leader who is about winning and making sure that his teammates are successful.”

The Lakers are confident of matching the Cavs and Golden State Warriors when 2018-19 reaches the business end of the season. Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka isn’t taking success for granted, however.

“When LeBron James – a perennial NBA MVP and champion who is playing at the most astonishing levels of his career – chooses to join the Lakers, it serves as the ultimate validation for what we are building here. However, we all know that the work is not yet done. We will continue forward and do all that is necessary to achieve our shared obsession of bringing banner No. 17 to the world’s best fans – Lakers Nation.”

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Kevin Knox of the New York Knicks is hoping to be crowned NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2018-19 season.

Knox was selected by the Knicks during the draft on Thursday and fans will have high expectations for him as he was one of the breakout stars for coach John Calipari in Kentucky last year.

The 18-year-old was highly impressive as he managed 15.6 points per game on average and certainly now deserves opportunities at the highest level.

With a 6’9” hybrid forward and an almost 7’0” wingspan and a 9’0” standing reach, Knox also has the qualities which should allow him to defend well.

He does arguably have the qualities which are required to challenge for the Rookie of the year award if he makes the most of his ability and works hard.

He will be surrounded by players whom he can learn from such as Trey Burke, Emmanuel Mudiay and Frank Ntilikina who will be able to assist him in creating offense.

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