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Sulaiman 'Sully' Akbari
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver comments about the potential move of next year's NBA All-Star Game in Charlotte, N.C....
VAVEL writers Sully Akbari, Jason Coldiron, Oliver Gold, Youssef Machkhas and Chris Robbins each discuss the winners and losers of this year's NBA free agency frenzy....
Former Boston Celtics forward Jared Sullinger is heading to the North on a one-year deal....
Former Dallas Mavericks center Zaza Pachulia agrees to joining the Golden State Warriors on a one-year deal....
Toronto Raptors General Manager Masai Ujiri remains a busy man during this year's free agency. The Raptors are now in pursuit of free agent Pau Gasol....
Former Toronto Raptors' center Bismack Biyombo has agreed to sign with the Orlando Magic on a four-year, $70-million contract....
Forward Nicolas Batum agrees to re-signing to with the Charlotte Hornets....
VAVEL writers Sully Akbari, Jason Coldiron, Youssef Machkhas, Chris Robbins and Phillip Steinmetz share their thoughts on this year's NBA free agency frenzy....
Toronto Raptors' guard DeMar DeRozan and center Bismack Biyombo would like to return to the Raptors where they had one of their best season's in The 6...
A brief look at what Brice Johnson brings to the Los Angeles Clippers....
Toronto Raptors' guard DeMar DeRozan has committed to play Team USA at the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
Toronto Raptors' point guard Kyle Lowry will play for the U.S. at the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
VAVEL writers Sully Akbari, Austin McConnell and Brett Roberts share their thoughts on this year's NBA Draft....
The Cleveland Cavaliers did the unexpected in winning Game 5 in Oakland to force a Game 6. Many had wrote them off in Game 5 but with a Game 6 tomorrow in Cleve...
After losing by 33 points to the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers answered back with their own 30-point...
VAVEL writers Sully Akbari, Oliver Gold and Vijay Vemu share their thoughts on this year's NBA Finals....
The Golden State Warriors will look to defend their title in a Finals rematch against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Will LeBron James finally win it for Cleveland or...
The Oklahoma City Thunder blowout the Golden State Warriors 118-94 to take Game 4 to lead the series 3-1. With a commanding series lead, the Thunder look to eliminate the Warriors in Game 5 ...
Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan led the Toronto Raptors to a 105-99 Game 4 win to even the series at two games apiece. With Game 5 tomorrow, the Cleveland Cavaliers will look t...
After a dominate Game 1 win, the Cleveland Cavaliers win Game 2 108-89 and have taken a 2-0 series lead against the Toronto Raptors. With Game 3 ...
The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors set to battle each other in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavaliers will host the 2-seeded R...
Another overtime game and another overtime win for the Miami Heat. It was Dwyane Wade's heroics who poured in 30-points in the Game 4 win. With Game 5 today, the Raptor...
Fresh off Game 7 wins, the Toronto Raptors and the Miami Heat will meet up in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. This will be the first ever meeting between ...
After mounting a huge fourth-quarter comeback win in Game 5, the Toronto Raptors look to advance to the second round of the NBA Playoffs. The Raptors now take a...
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