Monthly Archives: October 2024

5 Knicks questions entering the 2024 NBA preseason

A summer of franchise-altering trades later, the 2024-25 Knicks are set to play basketball in a matter of days, and fans are eagerly awaiting a first look at this newly configured roster. After swapping out most of their starting five for Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges, this incoming rotation looks nothing like prior years and offers a fresh range of …

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Why TJD believes Warriors’ small-ball lineup provides advantage

Why TJD believes Warriors’ small-ball lineup provides advantage originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area LAIE, Hawaii – Steph Curry has heard it for years. So has Draymond Green, Kevon Looney, countless other Warriors and even their head coach Steve Kerr. The same consensus feeling is being heard around the basketball world once again: The Warriors are too small. Center …

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Brook Lopez – Forbes

Brook Lopez Forbes Source link : https://www.forbes.com/profile/brook-lopez/ Author : Publish date : 2024-10-05 02:57:58 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

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Lakers fall in preseason opener to the Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker, center, shoots in front of Lakers rookie guard Bronny James during the first half Friday. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) Last April nearly 30 minutes into a conversation with defending NCAA champion coach Dan Hurley, then podcaster/broadcaster JJ Redick asked Hurley about a specific offensive action the Huskies run. By putting a nonshooting big …

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Conference expansion creates intriguing matchups for Big Ten

NCAA Basketball: Pac-12 Conference Tournament Quarterfinal-UCLA vs Oregon ROSEMONT, Ill. — Of all the concerns he has about UCLA’s move from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten, there was one that clearly topped coach Mick Cronin’s list. The Bruins play at Indiana on Feb. 14, and friends and family back home keep asking for tickets. Cronin has bad news for …

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Minnesota Timberwolves 2024-25 season preview: It’s Anthony Edwards and a lot of ‘ifs’ now

(Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports Illustration) The 2024-25 NBA season is here! We’re breaking down the biggest questions, best- and worst-case scenarios, and fantasy outlooks for all 30 teams. Enjoy! MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 2023-24 finish Offseason moves Additions: Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Keita Bates-Diop (unofficially!), Rob Dillingham, Terrence Shannon Jr., Joe Ingles, PJ Dozier Subtractions: Karl-Anthony Towns, Kyle Anderson, Jordan McLaughlin, Monte Morris, …

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Top 25 roundup: New No. 1 Kansas clobbers Oklahoma State

Udoka Azubuike continued his surging stretch run Monday, recording 19 points and 16 rebounds for his 13th double-double of the season as No. 1 Kansas trampled Oklahoma State 83-58 at Lawrence, Kan. The Jayhawks, who won their 13th straight, climbed to the top of the polls on Monday, overtaking Baylor after beating the Bears on Saturday and forging a first-place …

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Coen Carr impresses in ‘MSU Madness’ dunk contest

Coen Carr did Coen Carr things during MSU Madness on Friday night. Carr is arguably the best dunker in all of college basketball, so it was no surprise that he impressed again in that area on Friday. Carr was easily the top Spartan dunker in the event and further backed up his recent accolade as the Big Ten’s top dunker. …

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Can Kuminga be Warriors’ No. 2 scorer? ‘I see myself doing it’

Can Kuminga be Warriors’ No. 2 scorer? ‘I see myself doing it’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Jonathan Kuminga is ready to step up and become one of the Warriors’ top offensive weapons. 95.7 The Game’s Whitley Sandretto recently asked Kuminga if he believed he could become Golden State’s No. 2 scoring option behind Steph Curry. “I will …

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