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What Lowe believes Warriors need to return to NBA title contention originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors seem to know what they need to do in order to return to the NBA’s mountaintop. Accomplishing that task hasn’t been easy, though. Golden State took big swings this offseason but failed to acquire All-Stars Paul George from the Los …

NBA: Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets At the start of the summer, Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets agreeing to a four-year, $209 million max contract extension seemed like a foregone conclusion. That despite how he didn’t play up to his standards in the 2024 playoffs — 20.6 points a game but shooting 31.5% from 3 — due to him …

Anonymous NBA coach oddly likens Warriors to washed-up rock band originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry and the Warriors still believe they can produce chart-topping records. But one anonymous NBA coach wonders if the Golden State rock-and-roll band is passed its prime. “I was thinking about this the other day,” the coach told Heavy Sports’ Steve Bulpett …

Jamal Murray has been a key piece of the Nuggets since being drafted by Denver in 2016. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) Jamal Murray in staying in Colorado long-term. The star point guard has agreed to a four-year, $208 million maximum contract extension to stay with the Denver Nuggets, per multiple reports. Under the new extension, Murray will reportedly receive …

Phoenix Suns v San Antonio Spurs Unable to find a guaranteed NBA contract for the coming season, seven-year NBA veteran Cedi Osman is headed to Europe. Osman has agreed to join Greek power Panathinaikos, club owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos said on Instagram (via EuroHoops.com). There had been rumors that Osman was going to Real Madrid and stepping into the new 76er …

Ellis still enjoys Steph steal but knows Warriors star will respond originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Keon Ellis was a defensive force against Steph Curry when the Kings eliminated the Warriors from the NBA Play-In Tournament in April. Ellis helped limit Curry to 22 points and force a game-high six turnovers in Sacramento’s 118-94 win, and he stripped …

How Steph would emulate Warriors’ Lacob, Guber if he owns NBA team originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry is a busy man. He already has plenty going on as a player, entering his 16th season with the Warriors, but he also has several interests and ambitions off the court, such as his notably successful golf game, his …

Bulls add E.J. Liddell to training camp mix originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Presented by Nationwide Insurance Agent Jeff Vukovich There’s a theme to the Chicago Bulls’ roster makeover and offseason philosophy. Management is targeting young players with experience as they attempt to build the next iteration following two disappointing seasons. And so it stands that E.J. Liddell is …

How will Mazzulla keep C’s motivated? Forsberg and Giles discuss originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston As the reigning NBA champions, the Boston Celtics can expect to have a target on their back throughout the 2024-25 season. The hunters will become the hunted after finally bringing the elusive Banner 18 to TD Garden. Joe Mazzulla isn’t concerned about being targeted. …

What Stotts envisions in new Warriors lead assistant coach role originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Terry Stotts is convinced he’s at the ideal stage of his well-established career to take on Warriors coach Steve Kerr’s lead assistant coach role for the 2024-25 NBA season. And no stranger to the league or Golden State, the 66-year-old coach is also …

Indiana Pacers v Cleveland Cavaliers Tristan Thompson is set to reprise his role as the Cavaliers’ third center. Thompson and the Cavaliers have agreed to a one-year contract at the veteran minimum, a story broken by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This gives the Cavaliers 14 players on the roster, plus three two-way players, and that’s likely what they will take into …

New Orleans Pelicans v Brooklyn Nets The entire New Orleans Pelicans roster recently got together in California for a voluntary minicamp and series of workouts. Everyone was there — Zion Williamson, just-acquired Dejonte Murray, CJ McCollum — except for two players. One was new center Daniel Theis, who just finished playing for Germany in the Paris Olympics and took some …

Chicago Bulls v Minnesota Timberwolves The Rudy Gobert hate has gotten out of control. Shaquille O’Neal is a proud member of the “get off my lawn” generation of older players who don’t like the way the NBA game has evolved, and he has been quick to hate on the game’s current best big men (he’s already started the stupid “Victor …

A year after returning to Cleveland, Tristan Thompson is staying for at least one more season. The 33-year-old center has finalized a one-year deal to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. After bouncing between five teams in less than four years, Thompson signed a one-year deal to return to Cleveland in 2023. He now signs another short-term …

Following in the footsteps of College Football 25 and Madden, we’re simulating an entire NBA season in the recently released NBA 2K25. The NBA 2K series has been the cream of the crop when it comes to basketball simulation video games for nearly two decades now and has cemented itself in both gaming and hoops culture. Since this is our …

SNY’s Ian Begley will be responding to Knicks questions from readers. Here’s the latest… Ian, any news on the backup center situation? – @BeanniiBrunson The only new information I have here is that, as of late last month, the Knicks were at the very least exploring the market for a veteran center. Earlier in the offseason, the Knicks had some …

Ramp to Camp: Predicting the Celtics’ 2024-25 win total originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The 2023-24 Boston Celtics posted the fourth-highest win total in team history. So what does this group have planned for an encore? For the fifth installment of our Ramp to Camp 2024 series, we gave our panel an end-of-the-week layup: Give us a win total …

Utah Jazz v Golden State Warriors Seeing Chris Paul in a jersey other than No. 3 — he is CP3, after all — would have been weird. It turns out that’s not happening in San Antonio. Keldon Johnson has worn No. 3 during his five years with the franchise, but he posted a picture of himself on Instagram wearing Spurs …

Memphis Grizzlies v Detroit Pistons After being buried on Tom Thibodeau’s bench for most of the last two seasons, then getting a major role and averaging 9.8 points a game for the silver medal winning French team in the Paris Olympics, Evan Fournier didn’t want to go back to sitting on an NBA bench. So he rejected a two-year offer …

Ex-Warrior JTA always will prioritize giving fans ‘fun’ experience originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CRUZ – The scoreboard showed the G League United was well on their way to a decisive victory Wednesday night at Kaiser Permanente Arena over Serbia’s BC Mega MIS in the first of two games in the G League Fall Invitational. For Juan …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Ball Don’t Lie On this episode of No Cap Room, Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Dan Devine is joined by James Herbert from CBS Sports to talk about the 6 teams that they are most curious about heading into the 2024-25 NBA season. The guys start by discussing the …

‘Japanese Steph Curry’ impresses in NBA debut for G League United originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CRUZ – There never has been, and never will be, another Steph Curry. But the instant Keisei Tominaga entered Wednesday night’s G League Fall Invitational at Kaiser Permanente Arena, it was clear why the 6-foot-2 sharpshooter has been given the nickname …

CNBC’s Michael Ozanian expects Celtics to break record for NBA franchise sale price originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics are for sale, and CNBC senior sports reporter Michael Ozanian expects the defending NBA champions to go for a record price. Boston Basketball Partners LLC, led by Wyc Grousbeck, announced the intent to sell a majority stake of the …

Talen Horton-Tucker Talen Horton-Tucker is headed back home to Chicago, although probably to the Windy City Bulls and not the big club. Horton-Tucker agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with Chicago, a story broken by Shams Charania of The Athletic and confirmed by K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago. An Exibit 10 contract means the player is invited to training …

2024 NBA All-Star – State Farm All-Star Saturday Night Two-time NBA Dunk Contest champion MacMcClung is headed back to the Orlando Magic’s training camp this fall and is likely headed to their G-League team — the Osceola Magic — for a second straight year. McClung agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with the Magic, a story broken by Shams Charania …