Yearly Archives: 2024

2024 NBA Finals: Mavericks need Dereck Lively II to resume not looking like a rookie

BOSTON — Dereck Lively II sat down behind the podium Saturday afternoon, the blue NBA Finals backdrop behind him, with a smile as bright as the two chains glimmering around his neck. “How’s everybody doing today?” Dallas’ 20-year-old rookie asked a semicircle of television cameras and assembled media, some 40 hours after five fouls severely limited Lively’s production in the …

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Tatum responds to Kidd saying Jaylen Brown is Celtics’ best player

Tatum responds to Kidd saying Jaylen Brown is Celtics’ best player originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston After just 48 minutes of basketball in the 2024 NBA Finals, the mind games have begun. Asked Saturday about the challenge of dealing with Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown, Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd declared Brown the Celtics’ “best player.” “Well, Jaylen …

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Iowa’s Ava Jones takes medical disqualification, retires from basketball after injuries from crash

Syndication: The Des Moines Register IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa forward Ava Jones will take a medical disqualification and retire from college basketball. The school and Jones announced the decision Friday, saying Jones would remain on scholarship and work toward her degree at Iowa. She was not cleared to play as a freshman last season as she recovered from …

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Report: Vezenkov informed Kings he doesn’t plan to return next season

Report: Vezenkov informed Kings he doesn’t plan to return next season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Sasha Vezenkov’s NBA career might be short-lived. The Kings forward, who tested the NBA last season with Sacramento, has informed the Kings that he doesn’t intend to return for the second year of his contract, Eurohoops Greek journalist Mihalis Stefanou reported Saturday. …

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Kentucky basketball under Mark Pope: Transfer portal news, 2024 roster, targets, recruits, best expert insight

The Wildcats officially announced Mark Pope as its newest Kentucky basketball head coach on April 12, hiring him as a replacement for John Calipari, who left for Arkansas after 15 seasons in Lexington. Pope hired four assistant coaches shortly after taking the job, including Baylor assistant Alvin Brooks III, former Georgia head coach Mark Fox, BYU assistant Cody Fueger and …

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Arkansas basketball under John Calipari: Insiders say transfer portal news, 2024 roster, recruits, targets

The Arkansas Razorbacks will usher in a new era when the 2024-25 college basketball season tips off this fall. Eric Musselman left the program to become the new head coach at USC, and the Hawgs responded by sending shockwaves throughout college basketball when they hired John Calipari away from Kentucky. Calipari spent 15 seasons in Lexington, and during that stretch …

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Likely top-10 pick Nikola Topic suffered partially torn ACL

Real Madrid V Crvena Zvezda Mts Belgrade – Turkish Airlines Euroleague – Regular Season Nikola Topic, a 6’7″ guard out of Serbia projected as a top-10 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, has suffered an injury that could drop him down draft boards. Topic has been diagnosed with a partial tear of his left ACL, his agent confirmed to ESPN’s …

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West Virginia Hoops Schedule Coming Together

The West Virginia basketball program is starting to piece together what the upcoming schedule will look like this season under new head coach Darian DeVries. The Mountaineers are set to play 20 games in the Big 12 Conference this coming campaign according to Kansas head coach Bill Self which you have to imagine was decided at the league’s annual meetings. …

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Myles Turner Threw Down A Crazy Poster Dunk On Brook Lopez

The Indiana Pacers struggled to create separation against the Milwaukee Bucks in the first half of Game 4 despite the Bucks being without Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo due to injuries and Bobby Portis after he got ejected seven minutes into the game. However, the third quarter saw them stretch out their lead as they turned up the pace and …

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Nebraska basketball offers 2025 Wyoming guard Abdul Bashir

The Huskers are making offers for the 2025-2026 basketball season. Abdul Bashir, a guard from Casper (Wyo.) College earned an offer from Nebraska. Bashir is a Nebraska native. He hails from Omaha and plays for Omaha Central. He made an unofficial visit to Lincoln on Thursday. The 6-foot, 7-inch freshman completed his first season at Casper College. The guard played …

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USC men’s basketball will face Saint Mary’s on Thanksgiving Day

USC men’s basketball has a prime opponent on its nonconference schedule this coming season. The Trojans, whose roster has been filled primarily with arrivals from the transfer portal in a hectic two-month period under new coach Eric Musselman, will face the Saint Mary’s Gaels and coach Randy Bennett on Thanksgiving Day. It’s the second straight year that USC will play …

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‘I didn’t say a word.’ Flory Bidunga technical alters game, Indiana All-Stars beat in Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Flory Bidunga did not have one technical foul in his three seasons at Kokomo. He has one now. Bidunga’s first — and probably only — technical of his high school career came Friday night for the Indiana All-Stars. And it came against the Kentucky All-Stars at Lexington Catholic High School, according to Bidunga and Indiana All-Stars coach …

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