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Marc J. Spears: Miami #Heat forward @kj_showtime0 was awarded a Proclamation from Oakland @mayorbarbarale and City Council members today at Oakland City Hall after winning the #NBA Dunk Contest on Sunday. #TownBiz
What was the toughest crowd that you all played against during your years? Dirk Nowitzki: Well, Sacramento was tough in early 2000s, but I'm going to go with the Oracle at Oakland, the We Believe team. I hate thinking back of that year 06-07, which was my MVP year. We were the first seed. It was the first time that eight seed beat the number one seed in a seven-game series. So that building was rocking. Baron Davis made a shot from half court almost every game they had. Nelly had them locked in. Steve Nash: Nelly versus Cuban. Nowitzki: Yeah, that was the wildest probably I've seen and well deserved. They got us.
Nick DePaula: Stephen Curry arrived tonight in The Glove — honoring Oakland native Gary Payton and his iconic Nike signature shoe.
Stephen Curry arrived tonight in The Glove — honoring Oakland native Gary Payton and his iconic Nike signature shoe. pic.twitter.com/6Y2UDNDfOg
— Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) December 3, 2025
Months ago, Damian Lillard tipped Duft off to an under-recruited point guard from Oakland — sound familiar? — who Lillard thought would be a good fit for Weber State. ArDarius Grayson committed in March, and is scheduled to play his first game on Nov. 3. “I don’t know what Dame told them,” Grayson said, “but it worked.” None of the NBA players listed in this story are taking a salary from their schools, though Weber State is toying with the idea of paying Lillard a nominal fee. “We’ve talked with our administration about, what are the rules exactly?” Duft said. “Could he go on the road? If there’s a summer AAU tournament he wants to be at, can he go and wear a Weber State shirt? I can see him wanting to get into it. We might have to pay him something so he could officially be an employee. Maybe like, $1 annually?”
The Golden State Warriors unveiled newly refurbished basketball courts at Mosswood Park in Oakland on Thursday, part of the team's continued investment in safe spaces for youth in the East Bay. The unveiling featured two NBA champions, Hall of Famer and Oakland native Gary Payton Sr, and Festus Ezeli, who helped cut the ribbon and lead a ceremonial tip-off with kids from the city’s Studio One Arts Center.
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"Many years ago, before you guys were even born, I was playing on this playground at probably your age or a little older," Payton told a group of children gathered at the court. He recalled how this very park shaped his game and his character. "Especially being here from Oakland, California - in my day it was really, really rough to come out here and try to play friendly," Payton said. "People would want to get you and things like that, but you had to have that gut and that toughness."
Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II and former Warrior Juan Toscano-Anderson, both Oakland natives, helped organize a massive back-to-school giveaway at Fremont High School. Through their respective nonprofits, the GPII Foundation and Journey to Achieve, the players gave away 2,000 backpacks, along with school supplies, free haircuts and more.
"This will always be my home, and so I don't want to be just a taker. I've taken so much from Oakland and I just want to continue to give back," said Toscano-Anderson. "That's the whole point of this, just to give them everything they need, materials they need for their families and, most importantly, for them, so they can succeed," said Payton.
Call All-Star Weekend the NBA’s gift, likely its last, to Oakland. Some adored Oracle, now Oakland Arena, because it was theirs, they felt the love and they knew it was genuine. “It’s pretty dope,” said Stephen Curry, whom the crowd showered with rich cheers upon his return to the room where he and the Warriors routinely destroyed visitors.
As part of the 2025 NBA All-Star Festivities, the Morehouse College Athletics Maroon Tigers and Tuskegee University Golden Tigers faced off Saturday in the fourth annual NBA HBCU Classic presented by AT&T at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. Tuskegee was able to hang on in the end, defeating Morehouse 68-55. Tuskegee’s Kusamae Draper led the Golden Tigers with 22 points, while Kevin Sesberry and D’Anthony Pennington added 19 and 16 points, respectively.
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The announcement of the facility came as the next step in Brown's roughly year-old Xchange program that started between Boston and Oakland, receiving support locally in either city from Jrue Holiday and Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd. While he aims to expand to other cities, the program ties to his college and professional homes as his fourth all-star berth brought him back to his short yet impactful stay in the Bay Area. Brown fondly remembers the connection he built around Oakland, an internship with a venture capital firm and many have told the story of the graduate level classes he attended at Cal. While rarely able to visit the area anymore, his alignment with local leaders allowed for a partnership.
Local businessman Shawn Granberry, who hosted Friday's event at Oakstop, connected Brown and Trevor Parham, an Oakland activist who founded Oakstop in the spirit of what Xchange became roughly one decade before Brown's idea. They merged the two to form the Oakland leg of Xchange and have worked together since to form the business district that will serve as an incubator for development. Brown stressed utilizing A.I. to streamline processes, make business formation more accessible and formulate marketing strategies. "Our building at 1721 Broadway has three levels," Parham said. "On those three levels, we have a mix of spaces that are used to for training and events, and they also have office spaces and open co-working spaces, and what we plan to do is we also plan to renovate that building with a whole bunch of new offices that can serve that incubator function. So the overall idea is that you have a building that simultaneously houses nonprofits that can provide education and learning to organizations and individuals, but then you also have office spaces that can house those folks that are building those businesses."
Damian Lillard plays for the Milwaukee Bucks. On Thursday, the Oakland native visited his high school and his neighborhood recreation center. He said he wanted to do something that would make a difference to his community. "This is the rec center I grew up coming to every day. This is where home is," said Lillard. The NBA star held court at Ira Jinkins Recreation Center in the heart of East Oakland.
Cameron Tabatabaie: Celtics star Jaylen Brown will be one of a handful of folks to be honored in Oakland during All-Star Weekend @Oakstop_ @oaklandxchange pic.x.com/OHNueZRrNT