The NBA Finals tip off on Thursday, so with a couple of days in between, let’s discuss a few players who caught my attention in the postseason. Rather than pull from the teams competing for the Championship, I will revisit the players from the 14 teams who’ve been eliminated and assess whose stock is rising or falling after this postseason …

The Kentucky Wildcats will usher in a new era when the 2024-25 college basketball season tips off. After 15 seasons, John Calipari, who won one national title in Lexington and turned Kentucky into a recruiting juggernaut, left to become the new head coach at Arkansas. UK replaced Calipari with Mark Pope, a standout guard on the Wildcats’ 1996 national championship …

Getty Images The Boston Celtics are expected to get ailing big man Kristaps Porzingis back for Thursday’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals, according to Shams Charania. Porzingis, who has missed Boston’s last 10 games due to a calf strain (and hasn’t played since April 29), has completed multiple scrimmages in recent days. He had initially been expected to return …

The Arkansas Razorbacks were once a college basketball powerhouse, with Nolan Richardson leading the program to a national championship in 1994 and going to the championship game again in 1995. However, Arkansas has only made the NCAA tournament nine times in the 22 seasons since Richardson left the program and the athletic boosters decided it was time to make a …

Report: Porzingis expected to return for Celtics in NBA Finals Game 1 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It appears the Boston Celtics’ lineup will get a huge boost for Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night. Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis is expected to return for the series opener at TD Garden, The …

Georgia basketball will stick around in the Bahamas for a second marquee nonconference November matchup. The Bulldogs will face St. Johns’s coached by Rick Pitino on Sunday Nov. 24 at Atlantis Paradise Island Resort. That comes a day after Georgia and Marquette play in a previously announced game. The schools and game organizers finally confirmed the St. John’s game on …

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The NBA Draft is three weeks away. Some prospects are traveling around the country working out for teams and meeting with executives, while others are still finishing out their seasons in Europe, where many scouts are making their way to Italy this week for the adidas Eurocamp to get additional eyes on draft-eligible players. The No. 1 pick is still …

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The 2024 NBA Finals are set to begin Thursday night with the top overall seed Celtics hosting the fifth-seeded Mavericks from the West, who have made good on all the talk that they were the scariest lower-seeded team coming into these playoffs. The Celtics, who eliminated the Heat, Cavaliers and Pacers en route to the Finals, is slotted as the …

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This is part of a series of NBA Data Nuggets being published throughout the 2024 NBA Playoffs. The Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics took very different journeys to the 2024 NBA Finals. The Celtics’ two All-Stars have been together for seven playoff runs. The Mavs are in their first full year with their dynamic backcourt combination. The Celtics started the season 8-2 …

LAS VEGAS – Day two of the 2024 Pangos All-American Camp unfolded in the desert on Monday, as prospects from coast to coast showcased their skills for scouts, reporters and NBA personnel. Rivals.com’s Rob Cassidy was on hand for the day that was in Nevada and shares some of his takeaways below. More from Las Vegas: Pangos tips off with …

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Yahoo Sports NBA draft analyst Krysten Peek runs through her latest top five in her mock of this month’s draft, highlighted by a prospect’s long ascension to the top spot. View more Video Transcript The NBA draft is at the end of this month and players are busy traveling around the country working out for teams and meeting with executives. …

CLEMSON — Clemson basketball’s 2024-25 roster appears set after star guard Chase Hunter announced his return to the program last week. The Tigers are striving for their first Final Four in program history after reaching the Elite Eight for the first time in 44 years and making the NCAA tournament for the third time in seven years. “Folks are surprised that …

BORDEN – Mike Woodson turned fans’ heads last week when, during his media session before an NIL event at Huber’s Orchard and Winery in southern Indiana, he waxed philosophical about the importance of strong guard play in college basketball. “I’ve learned in this short period of time that I’ve been in college, you win with good guard play,” Woodson said. …

For a moment in time, Kyrie Irving was on his way to becoming something of a Boston hero. It was the fall of 2018, and Irving, who had just finished his first season with the Celtics — averaging 24.4 points and 5.1 assists in 60 games — and was entering the final season of his contract, declared his informal allegiance …

As the biggest name in Ohio sports, it’s not surprising when the Cleveland Indians bring in any Ohio State representative to throw out the first pitch. Recently Denzel Ward got the call, and on Sunday it was Buckeyes basketball head coach Jake Diebler’s turn. It’s a big deal to be asked, and as an Ohioan while leading the Ohio State …

The Boston Celtics swept the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals to make their second trip to the NBA Finals in the last three seasons. Boston hasn’t won a title since 2008 when the Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers in a six-game series, and the organization has been patiently building around its budding superstar, Jayson Tatum, and the …

Arizona State basketball coach Bobby Hurley is blazing new trails in recruiting for the Sun Devils, trails that have college basketball writers raving about ASU’s potential in the 2024-25 college basketball season. One writer even wrote that Hurley’s team could be a “dark horse” to win the Big 12 championship. Who would have ever dreamed of that after the Sun …

Kyrie admits this TD Garden moment ‘wasn’t a great reflection’ of himself originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Kyrie Irving knows what to expect each time he steps on the TD Garden parquet in the NBA Finals. The boos will be the loudest they’ve been since the star point guard left the Boston Celtics in 2019 and became arguably the …

Seattle SuperSonics vs Chicago Bulls There is not another card like it — a one-of-one 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection autographed Jordan Logoman card with a sewn NBA patch taken off a game-worn jersey. Is it worth nearly $3 million? It was to someone as Goldin was able to sell the card for a record $2.9 million, the most ever …

Kyrie Irving’s path always seems to lead back to Boston. He played two seasons for the Celtics and was the guy who stood at center court in the TD Garden, microphone in hand, in October of 2018 and said, “If you guys will have me back, I plan on re-signing here.” That next July, he joined Kevin Durant signing in …