Daily Archives: June 8, 2024

Jason Kidd on Celtics, ‘Well, Jaleyn [Brown] is their best player’

2024 NBA Finals – Dallas Mavericks v Boston Celtics BOSTON — Jason Kidd knows what he’s doing. He’s not throwing red meat out to the media on accident. Especially not comments that would force the Celtics to revisit an issue they thought they were well past. “Well, Jaylen is their best player, Kidd responded when asked about defending Brown. “So …

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Jontay Porter’s lawyer makes first statement since ban: ‘He was in over his head due to a gambling addiction’

Getty Images Jontay Porter, the former NBA player banned from the league for life for betting on games and disclosing confidential information to gamblers, has issued his first statement since the ban was announced. That statement came via his attorney, Jeff Jensen, and indicated that he is fully cooperating with authorities. “Jontay Porter is a good young man with strong …

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Kidd tries to create distraction, Celtics simply focused on ‘best’ team

Kidd tries to create distraction, Celtics simply focused on ‘best’ team originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd elected to spice up an otherwise sleepy Saturday offday media session by twice suggesting that Jaylen Brown is the best player on the Boston Celtics’ roster. While undeniably a compliment for Brown, who was a two-way force in …

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JTA believes Kuminga can make Warriors top-five team in West

JTA believes Kuminga can make Warriors top-five team in West originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors failed to make the NBA playoffs this season, but former Golden State wing Juan Toscano-Anderson believes the team has what it takes to return to its former glory. And while stars such as Steph Curry and Draymond Green certainly are expected …

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2024 NBA FinaIs: Is Jaylen Brown the Celtics’ best player? That’s not what Boston cares about

Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd just said what many have been wondering in these playoffs. “Well, Jaylen’s their best player,” he said. As in Jaylen Brown, not Boston Celtics teammate Jayson Tatum. “Looking at what he does defensively, he picked up Luka [Dončić] full-court, got to the free-throw line, did everything, and that’s what your best player does,” added …

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2024 NBA Finals: Mavericks need Dereck Lively II to resume not looking like a rookie

BOSTON — Dereck Lively II sat down behind the podium Saturday afternoon, the blue NBA Finals backdrop behind him, with a smile as bright as the two chains glimmering around his neck. “How’s everybody doing today?” Dallas’ 20-year-old rookie asked a semicircle of television cameras and assembled media, some 40 hours after five fouls severely limited Lively’s production in the …

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Tatum responds to Kidd saying Jaylen Brown is Celtics’ best player

Tatum responds to Kidd saying Jaylen Brown is Celtics’ best player originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston After just 48 minutes of basketball in the 2024 NBA Finals, the mind games have begun. Asked Saturday about the challenge of dealing with Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown, Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd declared Brown the Celtics’ “best player.” “Well, Jaylen …

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Iowa’s Ava Jones takes medical disqualification, retires from basketball after injuries from crash

Syndication: The Des Moines Register IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa forward Ava Jones will take a medical disqualification and retire from college basketball. The school and Jones announced the decision Friday, saying Jones would remain on scholarship and work toward her degree at Iowa. She was not cleared to play as a freshman last season as she recovered from …

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Report: Vezenkov informed Kings he doesn’t plan to return next season

Report: Vezenkov informed Kings he doesn’t plan to return next season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Sasha Vezenkov’s NBA career might be short-lived. The Kings forward, who tested the NBA last season with Sacramento, has informed the Kings that he doesn’t intend to return for the second year of his contract, Eurohoops Greek journalist Mihalis Stefanou reported Saturday. …

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Kentucky basketball under Mark Pope: Transfer portal news, 2024 roster, targets, recruits, best expert insight

The Wildcats officially announced Mark Pope as its newest Kentucky basketball head coach on April 12, hiring him as a replacement for John Calipari, who left for Arkansas after 15 seasons in Lexington. Pope hired four assistant coaches shortly after taking the job, including Baylor assistant Alvin Brooks III, former Georgia head coach Mark Fox, BYU assistant Cody Fueger and …

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Arkansas basketball under John Calipari: Insiders say transfer portal news, 2024 roster, recruits, targets

The Arkansas Razorbacks will usher in a new era when the 2024-25 college basketball season tips off this fall. Eric Musselman left the program to become the new head coach at USC, and the Hawgs responded by sending shockwaves throughout college basketball when they hired John Calipari away from Kentucky. Calipari spent 15 seasons in Lexington, and during that stretch …

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