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Yahoo Sports NBA draft analyst Krysten Peek breaks down the latest 2024 NBA mock draft. View more Video Transcript Draft week is finally here. And similarly, with the trend all year during the season, we still don’t know what the Hawks are gonna do at number one, Zachary Rica or Donovan Clinton, the rest of the top five is taking …

Brewing surprises and week-of excitement have happily clouded the fact that the 2024 NBA Draft, which begins Wednesday, is the worst crop of incoming talent the league has seen since at least 2013.  We’ve seen it coming for years now: There is no clear No. 1 or glaring star power atop the draft, and now, even the overall depth of …

Report: CP3 expected to receive Lakers, Clippers free-agent interest originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Chris Paul’s future with the Warriors remains uncertain, but if he were to leave the Bay Area, his next destination might not take him out of the state of California. While Paul currently still is under contract, Golden State has until June 28 to …

The 2024 NBA Draft is shaping up to be wildly unpredictable with late movement across draft boards as teams conduct their final in-house workouts and meetings. UConn center Donovan Clingan has entered the conversation as a player who could go No. 1 overall to the Atlanta Hawks. 7-foot-1 center Alex Sarr is nearly a lock at No. 2 to Washington, …

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Jaylen Brown offering reward for ring lost at championship parade originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Boston Celtics forward and NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown is looking for a missing ring, which he says was lost during the team’s triumphant duck boat parade through the city on Friday. Brown took to Instagram Saturday to ask fans for help to find …

The Brooklyn Nets really want you to know that they’re not trading Mikal Bridges. The Memphis Grizzlies offered four first-round picks as soon as the Nets acquired him. Brooklyn said no. The Rockets offered them their own picks back from the 2021 James Harden trade. Brooklyn said no. At virtually every opportunity, the Nets have painstakingly leaked to reporters that …

Draymond congratulates Monty Williams for getting fired by Pistons originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green doesn’t have much sympathy for former Detroit Pistons coach Monty Williams. And for good reason. Detroit fired Williams after the team’s NBA-worst 14-68 2023-24 season, one year after the 52-year-old coach inked a then-record six-year, $78.5 million contract to become the Pistons …

It was a party in Boston on Friday, celebrating banner No. 18. But anyone who has been to a good party knows that sometimes you lose/misplace something during the party and don’t realize it until much later. Enter Jaylen Brown, the 2024 NBA Finals MVP, who took to Instagram after the parade, offering a reward for anyone who found and …

Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler won a $174,000 pot against Brazilian soccer star Neymar while competing in the Legends of the Felt event in Los Angeles. It’s the offseason for Butler, but Neymar was in town because he will be playing against Costa Rica in the Copa America group stage on Monday. The event, live-streamed via Hustlers Casino during the weekend, …

NBA: Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Clippers Paul George is the biggest domino in free agency, until his decision falls the decisions on other players — potential trades for Brandon Ingram or Zach LaVine, for example — are likely on hold. George said on his podcast that “playing the right style of basketball is what I’m chasing” in free agency. …

Getty Images Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant, who had season-ending surgery on his right shoulder in January, expects to be medically cleared in about two weeks, he told reporters at his annual basketball camp in Memphis, via Action News 5 and the Memphis Commercial Appeal. “I hate being around basketball and not being able to play, man,” Morant said. “I don’t …

Anyone who has ever had their home burglarized (*raises hand*) will tell you that you feel violated — somebody was walking through your home, going through and taking your things. That happened to Jazz guard Talen Horton-Tucker and the burglars stole around $170,000 in jewelry, a story first reported by TMZ. It happened at the former Lakers home he maintains …

Luka Doncic has returned to Slovenia, where the national team’s medical staff will evaluate his knee in advance of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Piraeus, Greece, according to Dallas Basketball’s Grant Afseth.  On July 2, the first day of the tournament, Slovenia will play against Croatia. Doncic, whose 2023-24 NBA season just ended on June 17, was noncommittal about his …

The NBA Draft is three days away. Free agency officially starts next Sunday evening. At this point in the calendar, teams all over the NBA are gauging trade possibilities. Most of these trade conversations are ultimately irrelevant. The only conversations that truly matter are those that result in real trades. So the fact that Mitchell Robinson’s name has come up …

NBA teams have a rich history of misinterpreting new rules. The 2011 collective bargaining agreement scared the Oklahoma City Thunder into trading away James Harden before he could become James Harden. They were afraid that the new luxury tax rules would make retaining him, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka unsustainable. Five years later, when a new television deal …

The 2024 NBA Draft is less than a week away, and the Knicks still hold three picks which they may or may not utilize: the 24th and 25th picks in the first round and the 38th overall pick in the second. While this front office has been known to trade picks, they’ll need a restock of young talent after recent …

The Milwaukee Bucks have spent the past year or so doing everything in their power to stop being the Milwaukee Bucks. Mike Budenholzer, the architect of the four-out offense and drop-coverage defense that took them from .500 to a championship, was fired after a first-round loss to the Miami Heat and replaced by Adrian Griffin, who was determined to reinvent …

By Raphielle Johnson Previous team recaps: DET, WAS, POR, CHA, SAS, TOR, MEM, UTA, BKN, ATL, CHI, HOU, SAC, GSW, MIA, PHI, ORL, LAL, IND, CLE, PHX, NOR, MIL, NYK, LAC, MIN, DEN, OKC, DAL At a Glance: Record: 64-18 (1st, East) Offensive Rating: 122.2 (1st) Defensive Rating: 110.6 (2nd) Net Rating: 11.7 (1st) Pace: 97.98 (19th) 2024 NBA Draft Picks: 30, 54 High expectations have been the norm in Boston, so the pressure that the 2023-24 …

The Los Angeles Lakers’ choice of former NBA player JJ Redick as their new head coach is unusual for several reasons. Most notably, Redick is just the 13th non-interim head coaching hire since 1990 without any prior coaching experience. That cohort makes up less than 5% of all NBA hires during that time span. In fact, 55% of teams with …

Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie This embedded content is not available in your region. On today’s episode of On The Clock, Krysten Peek is joined by The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor to discuss the biggest risers one week out from the 2024 NBA Draft. After sharing their love for the unpredictability of the draft, they direct their attention towards the latest …

Yahoo Sports NBA draft analyst Krysten Peek is joined by Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer to discuss the likelihood that Los Angeles selects the son of its superstar player with the 55th overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft. Hear the full conversation on “On The Clock” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple …

Wednesday brought a four-year max-contract for Pascal Siakam and Indiana. Thursday brought Chicago and Oklahoma City swapping Alex Caruso for Josh Giddey. The NBA offseason is officially underway, and there’s plenty of trade activity still to come ahead of the NBA Draft on Wednesday and Thursday and the ensuing start of free agency. The Bulls had been communicating with rival …

Banner 18 means it’s time for Celtics to retire Danny Ainge’s No. 44 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Once the Celtics finish hanging Banner 18, they should raise another number alongside it forever: 44. It’s long past time that the Celtics honor Danny Ainge for everything he has meant to the franchise since giving up a big-league baseball career …

DeMar DeRozan can still get it done. Will he be back in Chicago? (Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) A lot of money will be spent on small forwards this summer, as the position has become one of the most important in the league. You’ll find all kinds of different types, too: scoring wings with playmaking chops, star …