In just over four and a half months, Duke basketball will start the 2024-25 season with a new-look squad hoping to help the Blue Devils make a deep run in March Madness. Duke won 27 games for the second season in a row under Jon Scheyer, who is entering his third year as head coach. In the months since the …
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The Milwaukee Bucks made a significant trade to acquire Damian Lillard before the 2023-24 NBA season, but a combination of injuries and defensive struggles prevented them from realizing their goals. According to Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer, the Bucks could be angling to make fundamental changes around Giannis Antetokounmpo by favoring “a more versatile style of defense,” which “raises the …
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2024 NBA Finals – Game Two J.J. Redick will be the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers That’s both expected yet still surprising. Redick’s name popped up as a potential candidate from the moment Darvin Ham was fired (and, in speculative circles, even before Ham was fired). He’s been the clear frontrunner through most of the process, except …
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Wild stats and records set by C’s during championship season originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Even before clinching the franchise’s 18th championship, the 2024 Boston Celtics established themselves as one of the most dominant teams in NBA history. The C’s finished the regular season with a league-best 64-18 record for the 25th-best winning percentage (.780) of all time. After …
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The Chicago Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder agreed to a trade on Thursday, with the Bulls sending Alex Caruso in exchange for Josh Giddey, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls are trading two-time All-Defensive guard Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder for guard Josh Giddey, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/V3t12MA3Uo — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 20, 2024 Caruso …
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Why Draymond Green gives Celtics credit for winning 18th championship originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics have earned the respect of the basketball world after winning the 2024 NBA Finals over the Dallas Mavericks and claiming their 18th championship. Even some of their toughest competitors are giving them credit for winning, including Golden State Warriors center Draymond …
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How to watch the Celtics’ 2024 championship parade originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics have spent the week celebrating their 2024 NBA Finals victory over the Dallas Mavericks. The party will continue when they hit the streets for the championship parade on Friday. The rolling rally is scheduled to start in front of TD Garden on Causeway …
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Malik Monk had a career year last season, but the Kings missed the playoffs. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) The Sacramento Kings checked off a very large box on their offseason to-do list Thursday via a deal with key rotation player Malik Monk. The runner-up for the 2024 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award plans to sign a four-year, …
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Getty Images The Los Angeles Lakers’ search for a new head coach is over: It’s JJ Redick, the player-turned-podcaster/broadcaster who, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Sam Amick and Jovan Buha, the team thinks could be “their version of Erik Spoelstra and Steve Kerr.” (Los Angeles has also, per The Athletic, compared his path from the court to the booth …
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Report: Monk intends to sign four-year, $78M Kings contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Reserve guard Malik Monk intends to stay with the Kings and sign a four-year, $78 million contract that includes a player option, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday night, citing sources. ESPN Sources: Free agent G Malik Monk intends to sign a four-year, $78 million …
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USATSI The Chicago Bulls are trading Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Josh Giddey, according to Adrian Wojnarowski. Caruso, an All-Defense guard who has spent the past three seasons in Chicago after winning the 2020 championship with the Lakers, has been the subject of trade rumors for several years now. The Bulls have resisted offers built around draft picks …
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2024 NBA Finals – Boston Celtics v Dallas Mavericks Apparently, Joel Embiid’s on-air recruitment of Paul George during the NBA Finals pregame was not enough. George has been linked to the 76ers as a potential free agent landing spot since before the playoffs ended, but interest between the sides has cooled, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Philadelphia 76ers’ …
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The UNC basketball recruiting board for the 2025 and 2026 classes are starting to take shape. As Hubert Davis and his staff look to build on a good 2024 class, the focus is on the two future classes in hopes of landing some big talent in Chapel Hill. One player that the Tar Heels have their eyes on is 2025 …
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In 2015, Steve Kerr had quite a bit in common with JJ Redick today. Though he had front office experience with the Phoenix Suns, the bulk of Kerr’s post-playing career had been spent in the broadcast booth. That didn’t prevent him from becoming the top coaching candidate of that cycle, and he was ultimately offered two jobs despite no experience …
Read More »Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez (personal) has been ruled out of Tuesday’s game against the Phoenix Suns. What It Means: Lopez has been downgraded from questionable to out and will remain sidelined on Tuesday for personal reasons. Bobby Portis could make another start with Lopez unavailable again. Lopez is averaging 13.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 31.4 FanDuel points …
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Kings star Fox shares latest from Monk as NBA free agency looms originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Like the rest of us, Kings star point guard De’Aaron Fox has no clue what will happen when Malik Monk enters NBA free agency in just over a week. One thing that remains, however, is Fox’s excitement for his friend who …
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NBA: Chicago Bulls at Minnesota Timberwolves Anyone who watched Boston’s run to an NBA title saw how dominating a team can be with an elite defensive backcourt. Sam Presti in Oklahoma City was paying attention. The Chicago Bulls are trading elite defensive guard Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder for playmaking guard Josh Giddey, a story broken by Adrian …
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Getty Images Less than a week after Philadelphia 76ers franchise player Joel Embiid sat next to free-agent-to-be Paul George on ESPN’s pre-game show and hinted that he’d like to team up with the star forward, the Sixers’ interest in signing George has “significantly waned,” according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The Sixers can enter the offseason with up to $65 …
Read More »Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez (back) is probable for Tuesday’s game against the Miami Heat. What It Means: Lopez should be fine for the second leg of the Bucks’ back-to-back. He played 29 minutes on Monday against the Denver Nuggets and recorded 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 three-pointers. numberFire’s models project Lopez for 34.2 minutes …
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Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie On this episode of No Cap Room, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Jake Fischer and Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Dan Devine talk about everything that’s going on in the NBA this week (NOTE: This episode was recorded before the Lakers hired JJ Redick and before the Bulls-Thunder trade). The guys start things off by …
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It’s official. JJ Redick just got one of the most daunting jobs in the NBA. Not coaching the Lakers, though that is a job that he accepted Thursday on a four-year deal. No, the job Redick will take on, that ranks as perhaps the league’s most difficult, is coaching LeBron James. On the degree of difficulty scale, that responsibility ranks …
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Bulls’ Artūras Karnišovas takes 1st step in offseason changes originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Presented by Nationwide Insurance Agent Jeff Vukovich Artūras Karnišovas promised change this offseason after admitting in mid-April following the Chicago Bulls’ second straight non-playoff season that “this group hasn’t worked.” And when you trade a player in Alex Caruso as crucial to the culture that …
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NCAA March Madness The NCAA has presented a plan to Division I conference commissioners that would expand the lucrative men’s and women’s basketball tournaments by four or eight teams alongside an option to leave each field at 68 teams, according to a person familiar with the details. The proposals were outlined to the commissioners by NCAA Senior Vice President of …
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The Los Angeles Lakers have a long list of questions to answer after being eliminated on April 29. They have yet to hire a new head coach after being spurred by Dan Hurley. It looks like they have pivoted back to JJ Redick, as some reports have revealed that he is the next man for the job. Regardless, that is …
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