Daily Archives: June 28, 2024

Warriors apply logical draft strategy with championship clock ticking

Warriors apply logical draft strategy with championship clock ticking originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – There are hundreds of examples, in every major professional sport, of draft-day misjudgment, of flowery self-flattery that in a matter of months turns to regret and, often, an executive losing his job. So, the Warriors on Thursday utilized their limited options …

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Rick Pitino says he has donated to Kentucky football’s NIL, would do the same for Mark Pope and basketball

For close to two decades, Rick Pitino was a villain to Kentucky basketball fans, a man whose life and career had an almost Shakespearean arc. After leading the Wildcats from the depths of scandal to championship glory, and after an ill-fated three-year run with the Boston Celtics, Pitino stunned many nationally and angered hundreds of thousands across the commonwealth by …

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New Team Emerges In Brook Lopez Trade Talks

The Milwaukee Bucks have made it known that they are going to be making some pretty significant changes to their roster. When they were eliminated from the NBA Playoffs following their first-round loss to the Indiana Pacers, the immediate discourse and rumors were that they might trade All-Star point guard Damian Lillard. Of course, the usual Giannis Antetokounmpo rumors started …

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Why Kerr knows every way Steph ‘fits perfectly’ into Team USA

Why Kerr knows every way Steph ‘fits perfectly’ into Team USA originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steve Kerr still remembers sitting in his new Oakland office a few months after being named the Warriors’ head coach in 2014, watching his backcourt of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson take home gold for Team USA at the FIBA Basketball World …

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Kentucky’s Justin Edwards is first top-3 recruit to go undrafted; can he find NBA redemption on two-way deal?

Justin Edwards went undrafted in the 2024 NBA Draft. The former Kentucky wing is the first top-3 recruit to go undrafted in the history of internet-era recruiting rankings (no top-3 prospect, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, had ever fallen out of the first round before Edwards).  Reed Sheppard’s catapult up draft boards to being the No. 3 pick by Houston …

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2024 NBA free agency: Ranking top 30 players, tracking latest news as Immanuel Quickley staying with Raptors

Getty Images The 2024 NBA offseason has officially begun after the Boston Celtics finished off the Dallas Mavericks in the Finals on Monday night. Unlike previous years, the league’s new collective bargaining agreement states that teams are allowed to negotiate with their own players right after the final game of the season.This applies to any player who’s set to hit …

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Former N.C. State star DJ Burns goes undrafted, joins Cavaliers for Summer League after losing 45 pounds

DJ Burns will get a chance to make the Cavaliers. (Photo by Brett Wilhelm/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) DJ Burns has gone from NCAA tournament hero to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Summer League team. The N.C. State big man went unselected in the 2024 NBA Draft, which concluded with the second round Thursday. Not long after, he was reported by cleveland.com’s …

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Restricted free agent Immanuel Quickley agrees to 5-year, $175 million contract with Raptors: Report

Immanuel Quickley dribbles during the second half of a game at the Scotiabank Arena on April 7, 2024, in Toronto. (Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images) Restricted free agent guard Immanuel Quickley has agreed to terms on a five-year, $175 million contract with the Toronto Raptors, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The 25th pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, Quickley spent …

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2024 NBA free agency top-20 rankings

No league does the offseason like the NBA. The Association gave us the first two-day draft just over a week after the Finals ended, and now we can look ahead to free agency, which is just days away. The NBA’s free agency period begins Sunday, June 30 at 6:00 p.m ET, and we’re in for an exciting flurry of moves. …

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2024 NBA Draft Round 2 Grades: Picks and analysis

By Raphielle Johnson The 2024 NBA Draft has concluded, and there was no shortage of trades on Day 2. For that reason, the Round 2 grades will focus on which team ultimately landed the player instead of which team selected them. Players such as Johnny Furphy, Kyle Filipowski, and Tyler Kolek remained on the board despite being given first-round projections …

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NBA Rooks: Kostas Papanikolaou – The Greek Rocket

Meet Rockets rookie Kostas Papanikolaou, who’s journeyed from Greece to Houston while also making a stop in New York City … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8NULmt94JU Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

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NBA Rooks: Life On the Road

See how the NBA’s rookies adjust to one of the toughest things about being an NBA player: Life on the Road. About the NBA: The … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl9OJWp6kwQ Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

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Where Podz wants to improve before his second Warriors season

Where Podz wants to improve before his second Warriors season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brandin Podziemski is ready to build on his powerful Warriors rookie campaign with an even better second season. The Santa Clara product, who the Warriors selected No. 19 overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, proved he can space the floor offensively, comfortably switch …

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