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New Orleans Pelicans v Brooklyn Nets Is Brandon Ingram a max player? The New Orleans Pelicans don’t think so and don’t want to pay him that, reports Christian Clark of the Times-Picyune, echoing his and other previous reports. Ingram is entering the final year of his contract at $36 million for next season and is eligible for a four-year, $208 …

What McGee suggests Murray should add for Year 3 leap originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Heading into his third NBA season, Kings forward Keegan Murray can benefit from opening up off the court. Those are the thoughts of Murray’s teammate, veteran center JaVale McGee, who knows the 23-year-old is missing a crucial component to his professional setup despite …

Kyrie shares theory for why he’s ‘on the outs’ in Boston originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston We’ll say this about Kyrie Irving: He’s been extremely candid throughout the 2024 NBA Finals about his tumultuous two seasons in Boston and why things went sideways so quickly. Irving again fielded questions about his former team Sunday in Boston ahead of the …

BOSTON — The Celtics’ playoff slogan, “Different here,” smacks of arrogance and reeks of Northeastern elitism, until one walks into the TD Garden and looks up. All the championship banners and retired numbers, they let new players — 19-year old rookies or veterans alike — know of the immense expectations. Some franchises hang division banners, most would hang conference championship …

2024 NBA Finals – Boston Celtics v Dallas Mavericks BOSTON —Bill Russell. Larry Bird. Seventeen banners. “Havlicek stole the ball.” Bob Cousy. Cedric Maxwell. The parquet floor. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. Sam Jones. Lucky the Leprechaun. No franchise has a richer, more storied NBA history than the Boston Celtics, who are looking to add a record 18th banner Monday …

Steph details confronting fan whose trash talk disrespected Ayesha originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry typically isn’t one to cause a scene, but there have been a couple of instances where trash talk from opposing fans forced the Warriors star to clap back. Curry detailed a moment that stands out from all the rest on the “Heat …

Draymond downplays Klay unfollowing Warriors on social media originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green doesn’t appear too concerned about his longtime teammate’s social media activity. On the latest episode of “The Draymond Green Show,” the Warriors forward reacted to the “news” that Klay Thompson had unfollowed the Warriors’ team account on Instagram and appeared to archive many …

2024 NBA Finals – Game Two J.J. Redick has been talking to the Lakers about their head coaching job since Darvin Ham was fired and the search began, although how to classify those conversations depends upon who is doing the spinning. Two things are clear as of Saturday: 1) Redick has had his official, formal interview for the job, which …

2024 NBA Playoffs – Cleveland Cavaliers v Orlando Magic The latest intel out of Cleveland is that Donovan Mitchell is expected to sign the four-year, $208.5 million contract extension the Cavaliers will put on the table as soon as they are able and that they do not plan to trade any of their core four: Mitchell, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, …

Steph recalls hanging out at LeBron’s house before Warriors-Cavs game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry and LeBron James’ friendship dates back many years. Before the two superstars went toe-to-toe in four consecutive NBA Finals series from 2015-2018, they had developed a friendship that began in 2009, Curry’s rookie season. Curry revealed to his father, Dell, on …

The Boston Celtics will again look to close out the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals on Monday, as Boston eyes its 18th league championship. Boston is tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for most titles with 17 but has not won it all since defeating the Lakers in six games for the 2007-2008 championship. The …

The Dallas Mavericks head back to TD Garden to square off against the Boston Celtics for Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals on Monday evening. After getting cooked for the first three games, Dallas bounced back in Game 4. The Mavs dominated Boston 122-84 to snag their first victory of the 2024 NBA Finals. The 38-point win was the third-largest …

Facing mounting injuries and expiring contracts, the Knicks traded Quentin Grimes, Evan Fournier and draft capital for Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks at this year’s trade deadline. At the time, it would be fair to consider Bogdanovic as the best player in that trade, a perennial 20-points-per-game scorer and 40 percent shooter from deep. While New York was able to …

In a moment of reflection last summer, Earvin “Magic” Johnson thought back to two men who had helped to shape him and push him to new heights of post-NBA success, and how proud both would be if they were alive to see the breadth of his transition into the second chapter of an iconic career. His dad, Earvin Johnson Sr., …

Steve Ballmer, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Sept. 6. He sits in a conspicuous baseline seat, where he cheers like nobody’s watching. The large balding man in long sleeves roars with every splashed basket, gestures with every scintillating pass, face reddening, arms flailing, celebrating so hard he once ripped a hole in his dress shirt. …

NBA: Playoffs-Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings Klay Thompson is headed to free agency this summer. Golden State and Thompson have gone back and forth on a contract extension since before last season started, but they never found common ground. It just seems weird that their not going to work this out, right? This isn’t the end of the Warriors …

Draymond hilariously recalls trash talking Kobe as rookie originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Draymond Green notoriously is known as one of the NBA’s biggest trash talkers, but the Warriors forward still learned a hard lesson from a legend during his first professional season. In an interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Green shared a hilarious story about trying to …

Podcaster and ESPN analyst JJ Redick had formal interviews with several members of the Lakers’ organization on Saturday. (Mitchell Leff / Getty Images) The Lakers hosted former player and current broadcaster JJ Redick on Saturday in their most formal interview with him to date, with multiple members of the organization speaking to the former Duke star about the team’s head-coaching …

2024 NBA Finals – Boston Celtics v Dallas Mavericks “That was a butt whupping. That’s it. They just beat us. Not much to it, honestly.” Sam Hauser summed up the comments of every Celtic after the Dallas Mavericks blew them out of the building in Game 4 Friday night, a 38-point thrashing that was the third-largest margin of victory in …

Klay Thompson is set to become a free agent this offseason, and on Friday, he seemingly used a common negotiating tactic: unfollowing his present team on social media. Thompson unfollowed the Golden State Warriors on Instagram and reportedly deleted some posts, which caused a bit of panic among fans at the thought that it might mean they were losing their …

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, right, has continually had former head coaches as assistants, including Kenny Atkinson, left. He and other first-time coaches said it’s key when having no previous experience. (Abbie Parr / Associated Press) On Sept. 30, 2104, Steve Kerr presided over his first practice as the head coach of an NBA team. Kerr was now the man …

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill and basketball analyst Isis Young discuss the keys to Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. View more Video …

2024 NBA Finals – Game Four From the moment USA Basketball announced an almost Dream Team-like collection of stars on its Men’s 5×5 Paris Olympics roster — leaning hard into veteran players who have proven themselves on the biggest stages — there has been one overriding concern: Health. For example, Joel Embiid was not healthy enough for the playoffs and …

Klay Thompson is set to be a free agent this offseason. He could still return to the Golden State Warriors, with whom he’s played all of his 13 NBA seasons. However, the team wants to bring him back at a lesser salary than the $38 million annual salary he averaged with the five-year contract that just expired. The four-time NBA …

The Knicks will have an interesting offseason as they have free agents to potentially sign and a lot of draft capital to trade for a star to pair with Jalen Brunson. But New York is still in a position to add to the roster via the NBA Draft. Team president Leon Rose and the rest of the organization have two …