Ben Golliver
@BenGolliver
@WashingtonPost National NBA Writer | “Bubbleball” Author | @goatnbapod Co-Host | ben.golliver on IG
RELEASE DAY: My first book "Bubbleball: Inside The NBA's Fight To Save A Season" is officially in stores now. Thanks to @washingtonpost @EditorStoltz @ABRAMSbooks Tim Wojcik @LGRLiterary amzn.to/3ee8mRX
Feature: Yang Hansen, a towering jester with a “fat boy” past, is the NBA’s star of the summer. The @trailblazers rookie, who drew 5.4 million Chinese viewers for a summer league game, on life, pressure, Yao Ming & the glory of sleep @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…
Las Vegas Summer League championship game MVP Kon Knueppel
The Charlotte Hornets (6-0) are the 2025 NBA Las Vegas Summer League champions, defeating the Sacramento Kings, 83-78, in Sunday’s final. - Kon Knueppel with team-high 21 points to go with five rebounds and two assists in the win.
“I was a litle bit of a fat boy...My father told me to try some sports, figure out what you want to do and lose some weight. My father told me: 'Don't become fat.’” — Hansen Yang on how he got into basketball. 🤣 (via @BenGolliver, h/t @YahooSports)
Yang Hansen on how he got into basketball as a kid 😆 (via @washingtonpost, @BenGolliver)
Yang Hansen was a relative unknown in American basketball circles before the Trail Blazers drafted him with the No. 16 pick. But he is already accustomed to life as a phenomenon. (via @BenGolliver) washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…
The Sacramento Kings will play the Charlotte Hornets for the Las Vegas Summer League title on Sunday
Kon Knueppel just exited the Las Vegas Summer League semifinal bleeding from a head wound after diving for a loose ball with the Hornets up by 26 points. Baller
Blazers rookie center Yang Hansen taps his wrist to show he’s ready for “Dame Time” with Damian Lillard
Retired NBA star Derrick Rose is partnering with Magnus Carlsen, the top-ranked chess player in the world, as part of an initiative to make chess more appealing to casual participants. wapo.st/46a7adT
Feature: Derrick Rose has a grandmaster plan to make chess cooler @washingtonpost @postsports washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…
LeBron James is in the building again for the Lakers’ Summer League game
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen gives tips to NBA MVP Derrick Rose in Las Vegas @MagnusCarlsen @drose
Former NBA stars Derrick Rose and Rajon Rondo are competing in the “Chesstival” tournament in Las Vegas with grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura @chesscom
Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg up to 22 points through three quarters vs. Spurs
Mavericks GM Nico Harrison taking in Cooper Flagg at Las Vegas Summer League
