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NEW YORK – Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and Los Angeles Lakers playmaker LeBron James remained the leaders in fan voting returns for next month's NBA All-Star Game revealed on Thursday (Friday Manila time).
MIAMI – Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic has died at the age of 46 after suffering a heart attack at a team dinner in Salt Lake City, the NBA team said on Wednesday (Thursday Manila time).
LOS ANGELES – Joel Embiid conjured a second straight 40-point performance to outduel Nikola Jokic as the Philadelphia 76ers downed the NBA-champion Denver Nuggets, 126-121, on Tuesday (Wednesday Manila time).
MIAMI, United States -- The Denver Nuggets' six-game winning streak came to an end on Friday (Saturday, Manila time) with the defending NBA champions failing to a 119-93 loss at home to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
LOS ANGELES, United States - Luka Doncic scored 39 points but could not prevent the Dallas Mavericks falling to a 119-101 home defeat against the top of the table Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday (Friday, Manila time.)
WASHINGTON, United States -- George McGinnis, who sparked his hometown Indiana Pacers to two titles and was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame, died on Thursday, the NBA club announced. He was 73.
LOS ANGELES, United States -- Joel Embiid shrugged off the lingering effects of illness to score 50 points as the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Washington Wizards 131-126 in the NBA on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time.)
In the NBA, there are soft salary caps where teams may avail of exceptions to exceed limits but a luxury tax is imposed if so-called aprons are breached. The formulas of exceptions are complicated and the computation of a luxury tax is just as complex. A player may negotiate a contract with no individual cap but the restriction is the team’s salary limit of $136 million this season. Among the NBA’s 30 teams, only three are paying under the cap – Charlotte, Orlando and Indiana, meaning 27 franchises are exercising exceptions or paying the luxury tax to the league.