After a grueling seven-month campaign — followed by a restorative week off! — the 2023-24 NBA season has now reached its conclusion. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics (64-18)— the East’s No. 1 seed, and the top overall seed in the postseason bracket — will take on the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks (50-32) in the 2024 NBA Finals. It’s …

The last series of the 2023-24 NBA season is finally upon us. The Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks square off in Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals on Thursday evening. The Mavericks are seeking to win their second NBA Finals in franchise history. Meanwhile, Boston has won 17 total championships, tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for most …

Bulls linked to Providence’s Devin Carter in NBA Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Presented by Nationwide Insurance Agent Jeff Vukovich In an NBA Draft lacking in surefire starpower, mock draft predictions are all over the place. Additionally, it’s hard to drive action when you’re currently sitting in the No. 11 slot. Nevertheless, there is growing speculation that Providence …

Former NBA player Chase Budinger and partner Miles Evans clinched the last U.S. Olympic beach volleyball spot for the Paris Games after a late surge in qualifying. Budinger, 36, and Evans, 34, are headed to their first Olympics. They passed countrymen Theo Brunner and Trevor Crabb in international rankings last month in the race for the second and final U.S. …

Let us begin with a basic truth that undergirds this Milwaukee Bucks-Indiana Pacers playoff series: there are no silver bullets available to these Bucks that aren’t the Pacers shooting well below their averages for the hell of it or Giannis Antetokounmpo returning to the court in relatively good health. I simply don’t see a third way through with the group …

Golden State Warriors v Denver Nuggets Thursday night, J.J. Redick will be back at his day job (well, one of his day jobs) — part of the broadcast team for the NBA Finals between Dallas and Boston. That may not be his day job for long. NBC Sports reported this week that the buzz around Redick becoming the Lakers’ next …

1. The Bucks need youth One of the most glaring problems with the Milwaukee Bucks last season was their lack of youth and energy. The team looked old and slow at times, largely because, well, they were old and slow! Per Salary Swish, Milwaukee’s roster had the second-oldest average age in the league last season at 29.3 years old, and …

After an up-and-down season, Rutgers men’s basketball has plenty to prove next season. Big Ten Network analyst and college basketball insider Andy Katz expects Rutgers to be headed to March Madness again. Expectations are also higher due to an influx of talent that will include potential stars in Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper, Lathan Somerville and Bryce Dortch.  Katz expects the …

The Huskers landed another player in the transfer portal. Berke Buyuktuncel, a power forward from UCLA, officially committed to Nebraska. This is the Huskers’ sixth transfer of the offseason. The 6-foot, 9-inch power forward played in 26 games during one season with the Bruins. Buyuktuncel averaged 4.5 points and 2.5 rebounds in 16.2 minutes per game and shot 38.5 % from …

The C.L. Brown Show Podcast This week’s episode of The C.L. Brown Show features an interview with new Kentucky men’s basketball coach Mark Pope, who was the captain on the Wildcats’ 1996 national championship team. Pope was the surprise replacement for John Calipari who left UK after 15 seasons to become the head coach at Arkansas. Pope explains why he …

NCAA Womens Basketball: Final Four National Semifinal-Connecticut vs Iowa STORRS, Conn. — It looks like Geno Auriemma isn’t retiring anytime soon as UConn announced a five-year extension for its women’s basketball coach on Tuesday. Auriemma’s contract extension, which runs through 2029, is valued at $18.7 million over the five-year term and includes the opportunity to earn additional compensation in the …

Getty Images Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, was ejected for the first time in her professional career on Tuesday night during the team’s 88-75 loss to the visiting New York Liberty.  Late in the fourth quarter, Reese was called for her fifth foul while battling for a rebound with Jonquel …

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Utah Jazz v Sacramento Kings Lauri Markkanen played just four of Utah’s final 21 games because of a shoulder impingement. Now, that same injury is keeping him from playing for Finland in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament to earn a spot in the Paris Games. Markkanen made the announcement on Finland’s national team site (hat tip: EuroHoops). “Certainly, this is tough,” …

Minnesota Timberwolves v Phoenix Suns – Game Four The Phoenix Suns are stuck financially, which will be a good thing for Royce O’Neale. The Suns have $150.7 million committed next season to their big three: Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal. The NBA’s salary cap is expected to be about $141 million. Add in the salaries for Jusuf Nurkic …

Hubert Davis and the North Carolina Tar Heels were hoping to add at least one more player from the college basketball transfer portal to the roster for the 2024-25 season. After waiting on draft decisions from Coleman Hawkins and Ugonna Onyenso, many thought those two were the only options left. And now, one of those players is officially off the board. …

For the 23rd time in its history, the Boston Celtics are in the NBA Finals — the place their fans, and the franchise itself, expect to be. The Celtics are one of the grand and most historic franchises in the NBA, a history littered with the great names of the game: Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, Larry Bird, John Havlicek, Dave …

MANHATTAN — Kansas State basketball took one step closer to a full roster Tuesday by adding a 7-foot rim protector. Ugonna Onyenso, who spent the past two seasons at Kentucky, has signed with the Wildcats after withdrawing his name last month from the NBA Draft. The addition of Onyenso pushes K-State’s roster to 12 players with one scholarship remaining to …

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 …

Loo back at Luka Doncic shocking game-winning, buzzer-beating 3 vs the Celtics in 2021! Never miss a moment with the latest … Source link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dessTlhoIA Author : Publish date : [publish_date] Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The No. 1 roster-building rule in the NBA is a simple one: you need to have a superstar. Shocking, I know. Every champion since the 2004 Detroit Pistons has had a player earn either First- or Second-Team All-NBA honors. Before the Pistons, the last team to win it all without one was the 1995 Houston Rockets, who had a former …

Sandy Brondello, Breanna Stewart and Leonie Fiebich discuss Liberty’s 84-67 loss to MinnesotaThe Liberty dug themselves an early hole on the road in Minnesota and were not able to fully recover in their 84-67 loss. For head coach Sandy Brondello, 16 turnovers which led to 25 points for the Lynx and 24-percent shooting from behind the arc is not a …

Former NBA guard JJ Redick and his wife, Chelsea Kilgore, watch an NBA game in Orlando, Fla. (Phelan M. Ebenhack / Associated Press) With the NBA Finals set to begin Thursday in Boston, the Lakers still don’t have a head coach and, according to people with direct knowledge of the search who are not authorized to speak publicly, are in …

The center position has been a strength for the Knicks roster the past two seasons. With the two-headed monster of Isaiah Hartenstein and Mitchell Robinson, New York knows it can receive a full 48 minutes of rim protection, solid screening and offensive rebounding. It’s important that the Knicks keep the two players together, but there are some roadblocks. Hartenstein’s unrestricted …

The West Virginia basketball program has landed another commitment out of the transfer portal with a pledge from Detroit Mercy guard Jayden Stone. Stone, 6-foot-4, 200-pounds, is coming off a strong season where he averaged 20.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists while shooting 42-percent from the floor and 31-percent from three. The Perth, Australia native started his career at …