The Atlanta Hawks have selected Zaccharie Risacher with the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, making him the second consecutive French player to go No. 1 after Victor Wembanyama did so a year ago. Risacher comes from a strong basketball background as his father, Stéphane Risacher, was a professional player in Europe as well. The younger Risacher started …

MANASQUAN – One of the great things about the Jersey Shore Basketball League is that everyone has a story to tell. A personal hoops journey that landed them in the Manasquan High School gym for Wednesday night’s doubleheader to open the league’s 56th season. Take Hazlet’s Mike Aaman, the 6-8 forward who led Raritan High School to the 2011 Shore …

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The first round of the 2024 NBA Draft brought plenty of trade activity, but for all the league-wide buzz of veterans possibly moving teams, only Deni Avdija and Malcolm Brodgdon will be wearing new uniforms after Wednesday night’s events. A total of six first-round picks ultimately changed hands throughout the first 30 picks —Thursday’s second round begins at 4 p.m. …

Rob Dillingham was widely expected to be drafted in the top 10 on Wednesday, and sure enough, he went at No. 8 overall. What nobody saw coming was the team that drafted him. It wasn’t a lottery team. No, the Minnesota Timberwolves, who just came three games away from the NBA Finals, just jumped all the way up to No. …

The winner of three of the last four NBA MVP awards was drafted during a Taco Bell commercial. As the Denver Nuggets’ selection with the 41st overall pick in the second round of the 2014 draft flashed at the bottom of the screen—Nikola Jokic (listed as a power forward, by the way)—fans were treated to images of a mouthwatering quesarito. …

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Getty Images The Cleveland Cavaliers have hired Kenny Atkinson as their coach, signing the former Golden State Warriors assistant to a five-year contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Atkinson, who previously served as coach of the Brooklyn Nets from 2016-20, spent the past three seasons in Golden State as a top assistant under Steve Kerr. He is known for running his pick-and-roll …

If last year’s men’s basketball standings are any guide, it will be a testing Atlantic 10 road for the University of Rhode Island in 2024-25. The Rams will visit both regular season co champions, the conference tournament winner and another team that won 21 games overall for single matchups. They’ll also play home-and-home with two other 20-game winners. Richmond, Loyola Chicago, …

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Report: Warriors could be willing to give PG13 max contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area If Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers decide to part ways this offseason, one NBA insider revealed a suitor that makes sense for the nine-time NBA All-Star. It all comes down to George’s contract, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported Wednesday morning on “Get …

Getty Images The Memphis Grizzlies have selected Zach Edey with the No. 9 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Though Edey was not especially highly-touted as a recruit, he would eventually grow into one of the most decorated players in the history of college basketball. He won two Naismith College Player of the Year awards at Purdue, joining only Bill …

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Zaccharie Risacher has previously played for ASVEL and JL Bourg in the French league [Reuters] The Atlanta Hawks selected teenage French forward Zaccharie Risacher with the first overall pick of the NBA draft. It is the second year running that a French player has been chosen first. Last year there was little doubt Victor Wembanyama would be the number one …

The Detroit Pistons select Ron Holland with the #5 pick in the 2024 #NBADraft presented by State Farm! Never miss a moment … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUF1NHAVRKg Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

One-time All-Star big man Brook Lopez may be nearing the end of his career and the Milwaukee Bucks may entertain the idea of trading him. If ever, the front office already has a plan in place for the void he’ll leave behind. Lopez was drafted 10th overall by the New Jersey Nets in the 2008 NBA Draft. He spent his …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie The first round of the 2024 NBA Draft is finally in the books after months of lead-up. While the first two picks were somewhat expected in French products Zaccharie Risacher & Alex Sarr, the rest of the night was surely full of unexpected twists and turns. …

LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball will be represented in The Basketball Tournament again this year by its alumni team, Mass Street. The roster already includes a number of familiar faces, according to a TBT release. Those are Silvio De Sousa, Dedric Lawson, Lagerald Vick, Malik Newman, Frank Mason III, Jamari Traylor, Kevin Young, Thomas Robinson and Mario Little. And Mass Street, coached …

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Many learned scholars of NBA basketball have said that you can’t judge a draft until at least five years down the line. But as I am not a learned scholar — I am, in fact, Just Some Guy — I say, very respectfully, “Nuts to that, poindexters.” What follows is a stab at a first draft of history — a …

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NEW YORK — In April, Dalton Knecht rolled out of bed to a ton of text messages. He also got a call from his parents. Everybody wanted the Tennessee wing to see the video of LeBron James talking about him. “I thought it was fake,” Knecht said Wednesday at Barclays Center. Knecht’s name had only come up briefly in a …

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Krysten Peek, Tom Haberstroh and Lamar Hurd look ahead to the 2025 NBA draft and the exciting prospects at the top including Cooper Flagg and Ace Bailey. View more Video Transcript Friday morning is when I start the new draft cycle. The 2025 NBA draft. You guys, I am so excited. No, I did. I said to my editor on …

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