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2024 SoFi Play-In Tournament – Golden State Warriors v Sacramento Kings The NBA draft comes next week, free agency opens a few days after that, and that has the rumors flying fast and furious around league circles. Here is a roundup of some of the bigger names and more interesting rumors out there. • Orlando only offering Klay Thompson two …

Fox still ‘reflecting’ on this Kings stat from last season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Kings ended the 2023-24 NBA regular season 46-36, but they very well could’ve surpassed the 50-win mark and avoided the NBA Play-In Tournament had they enhanced one key aspect. Despite finishing the season ninth in points per game (116.6), Sacramento made a …

Then-Cal star Brown predicted NBA Finals success at 2016 Warriors game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Jaylen Brown knew he would be special long before he took home the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award for his part in the Boston Celtics’ dominant 2024 NBA Finals run. It was during pregame warmups at a 2016 finals game between …

NBA: Finals-Boston Celtics at Dallas Mavericks Minutes after the Mavericks lost the NBA Finals, Luka Doncic understandably didn’t want to talk about Olympic qualifiers. “I don’t want to talk about what’s next, man. I have some decisions to make,” Doncic said. “I’m just trying to get a little bit healthier.” With a few days to let emotions calm down, his …

As the NBA world just watched the Boston Celtics roll to one of the most dominant seasons in history and 16-3 playoff run that culminated in a championship, a particular basketball blueprint came into focus. Boston featured five guys who can do everything: Shoot, pass, create, operate on or off the ball, and defend multiple positions, with elite top-end and …

Is Michael Jordan’s 1987-88 DPOY justified? New report claims Bulls legend’s stats were falsified originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago From the 1987-88 season, Bulls legend Michael Jordan added an imperative bullet point to his loaded résumé, winning the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award. Not only did he solidify himself as the league’s best offensive player and scorer, …

When the Chicago Bulls inked Zach LaVine to a five-year max contract in the 2022 offseason, they thought they were securing their franchise player for the long haul. That’s not exactly how things have played out. Chicago has lost to the Miami Heat in back-to-back Play-In Tournaments. LaVine has dealt with an array of injuries. The Bulls have stalled without …

SPORTS-BKN-BULLS-DEROZAN-CONCERT-TB Since the NBA Finals ended, teams have been allowed to negotiate with their own free agents and extension-eligible players. Free agency opens in just over a week, and negotiations between teams and other players can formally begin. (Informally, negotiations are already well underway through back channels, tampering is the lifeblood of the NBA this time of year.) Here’s an …

Lauri Markkanen arrived in Utah as the result of another superstar trade. He was one of the primary assets sent to Utah when the Jazz traded Donovan Mitchell to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The plan, pretty transparently, was to tank. That’s the expectation when you turn your two best players into seven first-round picks and a handful of young players. Markkanen …

The 16 best 16th picks ever in the NBA draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia With the NBA draft coming up next Wednesday and Thursday, the Sixers own the 16th and 41st overall picks. After our look back at the top 41st selections in NBA history, here’s a rundown of the 16 best players ever taken at No. 16 …

Getty The Boston Celtics are celebrating their recent NBA title victory with a championship parade in the city. Before the parade even got underway, Celtics star Jayson Tatum decided to stir the pot a bit. While being interviewed by former Celtics big man Brian Scalabrine, Tatum was asked if the Celtics’ series against the Miami Heat was any sweeter due to …

Report: Warriors still see Looney in next season’s plans originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It appears the Warriors plan on retaining one of their longtime core players for the 2024-25 NBA season: Kevon Looney. Looney recently has been a subject of trade and release speculation, but the only team of his nine-year NBA career reportedly will retain him, …

The NBA Draft hasn’t even arrived yet and a handful of top Philadelphia 76ers are already seemingly off of the table. On Thursday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that their interest in Paul George had waned in recent days. Kyle Neubeck of PHLY Sports reported that the 76ers aren’t interested in pursuing Zach LaVine either.  Though he isn’t a star, …

Udonis Haslem responds to Jayson Tatum’s shot at Miami originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Jayson Tatum couldn’t turn down the opportunity to troll the Miami Heat before the Boston Celtics’ championship parade on Friday. Predictably, his comment didn’t sit well with longtime Heat big man Udonis Haslem. After defeating the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA …

NBA: Playoffs-Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings It will be weird to see Klay Thompson in another uniform next season, but that seems increasingly likely. On the heels of reports that Orlando is only offering Thompson two years comes news that’s more than is on the table right now from Golden State — there is no offer, reports Anthony Slater …

Jayson Tatum trolls Miami before Celtics’ duck boat parade in Boston originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics are no strangers to having a good time in Miami. Shortly after the Celtics won their 18th championship with a 2024 NBA Finals triumph over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday at TD Garden, the team boarded a flight with the …

New Orleans Pelicans v Oklahoma City Thunder – Game One Josh Giddey felt like the odd man out during the Thunder’s playoff run. While he had some quality games in the sweep of the Pelicans — including 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting and eight rebounds in Game 3 — he ended up a bad matchup against Dallas. Giddey was targeted …

We are now just four days away from the 2024 NBA Draft. The Knicks finished the regular season as the second seed in the Eastern Conference with a 50-32 record and they own two first-round picks in this year’s draft, thanks to the Kristaps Porzingis trade with the Mavericks. Team president Leon Rose will have plenty of options with the …

Klay Thompson has watched his Golden State Warriors pay Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins over the past few offseasons. Jordan Poole also got a hefty contract extension before ultimately getting dealt to the Washington Wizards. All four of those players signed deals worth at least $100 million. Thompson, to date, is not known to have been offered even …

Report: Klay could seek new start with Warriors contract talks ‘frozen’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Klay Thompson suiting up for another NBA franchise — a day Warriors fans never would have seen coming at the height of Golden State’s dynasty — now appears closer than ever. Even if the Warriors extend a competitive offer to Thompson, it’s …

Trae Young was the toast of Atlanta only three years ago. In his third season, he took the Hawks to the Eastern Conference Finals, and were it not for an untimely injury, he may well have taken them to the top of the mountain. At that point, it looked as though the Hawks had found a franchise player for the …

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament – Second Round – Brooklyn With five days to go before the NBA draft, we usually have a very good idea of what will happen at the top of the board. A year ago we knew Victor Wembanyama was going first to the Spurs, and while there was a lot of discussion about the order it …

LeBron James is expected to opt out of the final year of his current contract with the Los Angeles Lakers and become an unrestricted free agent, according to Dan Woike of The LA Times. According to Woike, the sense is that he will ultimately elect to remain with the Lakers in the end.  However, by becoming an unrestricted free agent, …

New Lakers coach JJ Redick has never coached the game beyond the youth level. (Phelan M. Ebenhack / Associated Press) The Lakers hiring JJ Redick as head coach validates the scholarly thinking that the only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. Ron Yukelson San Luis Obispo :: Why would LeBron James agree to let JJ …

Let’s start with some math: Five teams have won an NBA championship since 2020, the Los Angeles Lakers are one of them, yet they are now on their third coach over that time span with the hiring of JJ Redick. Frank Vogel won a title, then got fired. Darvin Ham made the conference finals, then got fired. Now Redick parachutes …