Chris Bosh to Wembanyama: "Take your medication" - because a clot ended his own career

Victor Wembanyama's season was cut short by a blood clot, and now former NBA player Chris Bosh - the man whose career the same problem took away - has sent him a warning that is not remotely diplomatic. "Take your medication," Bosh said when asked what he would advise the Frenchman. "Let him watch his regimen so it does not happen again, because one more time is enough. It happened to me one more time, it happened twice, and I could not play any more." Bosh had recurring clots from 2015 and never again received medical clearance to return to the court. He now says he had a fresh case of pulmonary embolism in January and nearly died: "I almost dropped dead and came back to life. I am not joking." When the owner of one of the most expensive bodies in sport talks like that, it is not an anecdote - it is a clinical figure.

Curry stuck in Golden State: loyalty as leverage

Golden State went through the summer without a single new name - they missed out on LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kawhi Leonard - and now enter the 2026/27 season under serious scrutiny. In that climate, NBA reporter Anthony Irwin said out loud what many think: owner Joe Lacob is using Stephen Curry's loyalty against him. "LeBron eventually said enough and left. It is much harder for Curry to do that," Irwin said, explaining that Curry wants to remain a Warrior to the end but also to compete for titles - and Lacob knows the first instinct will beat the second. Curry becomes eligible for a contract extension soon, the club insists a deal will be done, and his name is already being linked with the Boston Celtics. According to reports, Lacob is now building for a post-Curry era. So: the player without whom the franchise would not exist in its current form is waiting to find out whether he is included in the plans.

LeBron turned down Cleveland: Mitchell was unfazed, but the story speaks for itself

LeBron James signed for the Philadelphia 76ers at 41 - a two-year deal worth 8 million dollars - leaving Cleveland without the fairytale of a second homecoming. According to NBA reporter Brandon Robinson, people around LeBron were surprised that Donovan Mitchell is still in Cleveland: there was a belief LeBron would have considered the Cavs had Darius Garland not been traded for James Harden and had Mitchell not been there. Mitchell, Robinson says, is not remotely bothered by those reports and is additionally motivated. And with reason: he took Cleveland to its first conference finals since 2018 and signed a maximum extension worth 273 million dollars over four years. Philadelphia, meanwhile, already has Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe and Jaylen Brown. The Cavs were favourites in that race. Favourites do not always win.

TFT Skopje rebuilt across the ocean: an American trio instead of Tashovski

The summer transfer window emptied out TFT Skopje - with Viktor Tashovski's departure the club lost nearly 30 points and 8 assists per game from its guard line. Management did not look for domestic replacements but went straight to the market in the United States. At point guard comes 22-year-old Tayshawn Comer, a 185-centimetre guard with four years of NCAA experience, who last season averaged 11 points and 3.6 assists for the University of Nevada while shooting over 35 percent from three and almost 80 percent from the line. Under the basket comes 26-year-old Sekou Sylla, a current Guinea international who has already played for Shkupi and averaged 21.6 points and 10.7 rebounds per game for Sweden's Köping Stars. The trio is completed by 24-year-old forward Nakavieon White from Georgia Southern, "Sixth Man of the Year" in his conference, with 30 steals and 22 blocks. For ABA 2, this is ambition you pay for. Whether it also becomes results, we will see on the court.

Tashovski to Dubrovnik, and Macedonian basketball is exporting its best again

TFT's best player, 24-year-old point guard Viktor Tashovski, has left after almost four seasons in the black and white shirt for Croatia's KK Dubrovnik. The 2025/26 season was his best: 15.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in the domestic Super League, in coach Boro Smilkovski's system. It was through those performances that he became a regular senior international for Macedonia, and now he takes his first step abroad - into Croatia's SuperSport Premier League. The club said an emotional goodbye, with a message that TFT will always be his home. That is nicely written, but the story is bigger than one transfer: the domestic league produces internationals and then watches them cross the border because there is more on the other side. Is anyone planning for when that stops being the rule?