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[ad_1] With training camp more than a month away, fans of the Brooklyn Nets will have to wait some more to see their favorite team in action. While fans are usually either optimistic or pessimistic about their favorite team, there is a sportsbook that believes that Brooklyn will have a losing 2023-24 season. As of the writing of this article, …

[ad_1] Two years ago, the Chicago Bulls decided it was time to end their rebuilding phase and start pushing for the playoffs. They traded for Nikola Vucevic at the 2021 deadline and signed DeMar DeRozan, Alex Caruso, and Lonzo Ball in free agency, completely reshaping their roster. Unfortunately, after a hot start to the 2021-22 season, Ball went down with …

[ad_1] 2023 NBA All-Star – AT&T Slam Dunk Contest NBA rosters are largely set for next season. A few teams are looking at how to fill the final slot on their roster, and a few interesting names are still available — Christian Wood, Kelly Oubre Jr., Terrence Ross — but for the most part teams are just rounding out their …

[ad_1] Get ready — lists, predictions and pre-season rankings are beginning to pour in before the new NBA campaign gets underway in October. In the latest list of player tiers from The Athletic, a member of the Golden State Warriors is listed near the top. For the fourth consecutive season, Seth Partnow of The Athletic named different player tiers for …

[ad_1] Since joining the Los Angeles Lakers as an undrafted rookie, Austin Reaves has been a smash hit. Reaves has become an invaluable member of the Lakers rotation in just two years. Yet, when the offseason began, Los Angeles was faced with a difficult decision regarding Reaves’ future, as he entered restricted free agency. According to Jovan Buha of The …

[ad_1] Steve Kerr officially joined the Real Mallorca ownership group on Tuesday, about a month after Andy Kohlberg became the majority shareholder. (Joaquin Corchero/Europa Press via Getty Images) Steve Kerr is entering LaLiga. The Golden State Warriors head coach officially became a minority shareholder in Real Mallorca on Tuesday, the club announced. Kerr’s exact stake in the Spanish league club …

[ad_1] Iron sharpens iron, or so goes the old adage rightly favored by NBA players for its simple if profound message. To wit, Jayson Tatum‘s offseason preparations for a crucial season with the Boston Celtics have taken center stage in the St. Louis native’s Instagram, Tatum recently posted a clip of himself working out with Hall of Fame Celtics small …

[ad_1] Heading into the summer, the Chicago Bulls set their sights on improvement. Instead of dialing back and heading toward a rebuild, the Bulls decided to sign extra pieces and push for the postseason. In turn, they signed both Jevon Carter and Torrey Craig in free agency to improve their squad’s depth. Both players are great three-point shooters, which is …

[ad_1] Shortly after the 2023 NBA season concluded, Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown caught a lot of criticism, specifically about his limitations dribbling with his left hand. Brown had several costly turnovers in the postseason, many while dribbling with his left hand. Though Brown was suffering from the lingering effects of a laceration in his hand, opposing players like Miami …

[ad_1] Derrick White, the newly appointed starting point guard for the Boston Celtics, has been working diligently during the summer to prepare for his role as the heir apparent to veteran floor general Marcus Smart now that Smart is with the Denver Nuggets. After an impressive defensive season last year, White is set to take a leap in his performance. …

[ad_1] The NBA announced Tuesday that it has fined Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden $100,000 for what the league is calling “public trade demands.” The fine was for Harden’s “public comments on August 14 and 17 indicating that he would not perform the services called for under his player contract unless traded to another team,” the league said in a …

[ad_1] James Harden has been fined $100,000 by the NBA for his “public comments on August 14 and 17 indicating that he would not perform the services called for under his player contract unless traded to another team,” the NBA announced on Tuesday.  “The league’s investigation, which included an interview of Harden, confirmed that these comments referenced Harden’s belief that …

[ad_1] James Harden has been fined $100,000 for publicly demanding to be traded through comments that included ripping the Philadelphia 76ers’ Daryl Morey as “a liar,” the NBA announced Tuesday. The 10-time All-Star asked for a trade in June, the same month he picked up his $35.6 million option for the 2023-24 season. But a deal never happened, and ESPN …

[ad_1] Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris has weighed in on the James Harden situation. While speaking during a press conference ahead of a Washington Commanders — another team he recently purchased — preseason NFL game, Harris gave his insight on Harden’s trade request, and how he wishes to convince the All-Star guard to stay in Philadelphia. “Listen, we’re hard at …

[ad_1] “Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of. Let me say that again: Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of.” That statement cost James Harden $100,000. The NBA announced it was fining Harden for …

[ad_1] James Harden fined by NBA for public trade demands originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The NBA unequivocally does not endorse how James Harden has handled his standoff with the Sixers. The league announced Tuesday that it fined Harden $100,000 for public trade demands. In a statement, the NBA said Harden was fined for “public comments on August 14 …

[ad_1] TNT NBA analyst Reggie Miller compares Bradley Beal being traded to Phoenix to form a Big 3 with Devin Booker and Kevin Durant to when Chris Bosh teamed up with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in Miami in 2010. “We were in this same boat wondering, well, someone is going to have to take a backseat and it ended …

[ad_1] It’s an important summer for Oklahoma City Thunder forward Ousmane Dieng. After a rocky rookie season, the 20-year-old looks to establish himself in the NBA in the 2023-24 campaign. After an impressive summer league stint, Dieng continues to strengthen his offseason development by working out with a former MVP. Dieng was spotted working out with Russell Westbrook recently on …

[ad_1] The Brooklyn Nets are going into the 2023-24 season with hopes of making a playoff run thanks to players like Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, and Nic Claxton leading the way. However, the team could be arguably described as a middling team in the NBA right now. In a recent article by Bleacher Report, Greg Swartz described Brooklyn’s offseason as …

[ad_1] Fans of the hit video game NBA 2K will be able to mix it up with Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James in an updated version of the game’s Eras mode. When NBA 2K24 launches this September,  fans will be able to enter the “LeBron Era” by teaming up with James and take on the 2010s and the decade’s …

[ad_1] At this point, most people can agree that there are two options in the “best point guard ever” debate: Magic Johnson and Stephen Curry. On Monday, Gilbert Arenas, on his podcast, asked Curry point blank to answer the question for himself.  “Are you the best point guard ever?” Arenas asked. Curry, after some thought, answered, “Yes.”  “It’s me and …

[ad_1] If there is a book to take a page out of in order to maximize his time as a two way player for the Boston Celtics next season, guard Jay Scrubb may look to Celtics forward Sam Hauser to follow in the footsteps of Sam Hauser, Scrubb is looking at spending most of his time with the Maine Celtics, …

[ad_1] The New York Knicks on Monday launched what could become a groundbreaking case in the intersection between analytics and trade secrets when they sued Atlantic Division rival Toronto Raptors, newly hired Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic, Raptors video coordinator Noah Lewis and a so-called “mole”—former Knicks video and analytics staffer Ikechukwu Azotam—for misappropriation of trade secrets and other claims. …

[ad_1] New York Knicks v Detroit Pistons Ikechukwu Azotam was the director of video/analytics/player development on Tom Thibodeau’s Knicks staff last season, but was recruited to join new coach Darko Rajakovic’s staff with the Toronto Raptors. However, when he left he took “thousands of proprietary files with him,” according to a lawsuit filed by the Knicks and Madison Square Garden …

[ad_1] Over the last decade or so, Anthony Davis has been one of the best big men in the NBA. Whether he’s playing power forward or center, he has been a force to be reckoned with on both ends of the floor, and he owns career averages of 24.0 points, 10.4 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots a game. He was …