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NBA: Phoenix Suns at Minnesota Timberwolves The Phoenix Suns spent an estimated $259.5 million last season in salary and luxury tax bills (third most in the league) to finish sixth in the West and get swept out of the playoffs by Minnesota in the first round. Phoenix’s bill is expected to jump to $447 million this season. That has led …

Updated Celtics NBA championship odds, over/under win total originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The quest for Banner 19 begins in almost two months for the Boston Celtics. The Celtics won their 18th championship in June after beating the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals. They passed the rival Los Angeles Lakers for the most titles in league history …

The 2024-25 NBA season begins on Tuesday, October 22, and on August 15, basketball heads were treated to an entertaining schedule release by several teams across the Association. Shoutout to the Minnesota Timberwolves’ social team, who dropped the best schedule reveal video. Today, I’ll detail how the schedule impacts fantasy basketball and some marquee games to watch throughout the regular …

It may still be hot in many parts of the world, but Thursday’s release of the 2024-25 regular season schedule means we’re getting closer to “fantasy basketball time.” While some aren’t in too much of a rush to get going, especially those participating in fantasy baseball and football leagues, others are raring to go. A few of us have already …

SNY’s Ian Begley will be responding to Knicks questions from readers. Here’s the latest… Any update on the Randle extension big bro – PlayoffBoundNYK The only concrete update here has to do with trade restrictions. If the Knicks sign Julius Randle to a big extension, he can no longer be moved prior to the 2025 trade deadline. Players like Randle …

The 2024-2025 NBA season begins on Tuesday, October 22 and on August 15, basketball heads were treated to an entertaining schedule release by several teams across the Association. Shoutout to the Minnesota Timberwolves social team, who dropped the best schedule reveal video. Today, I’ll detail how the schedule impacts fantasy basketball and some marquee games to watch throughout the regular …

From back-to-backs to familiar faces, 7 Sixers schedule takeaways originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers now know all the details of the work ahead this regular season. Let’s run through seven takeaways on their 2024-25 schedule: 1. For a second straight year, the Sixers’ first two opponents will be the Bucks and Raptors. The only difference is the …

NBA: Playoffs-Golden State Warriors at Sacramento Kings Last season, the Warriors won 46 games, which got them the No. 10 seed and bounced in the play-in by the Sacramento Kings. Golden State then watched Klay Thompson and Chris Paul leave this summer and didn’t get a high-level secondary shot-creator to take the pressure off Stephen Curry (the price was too …

Joe Harris Joe Harris was one of the great development stories of the NBA. Relatively unheralded out of Virginia (he was a second-round pick with questions about his athleticism), he was traded by the Cavaliers and waived by the Magic during his second season in the NBA. However, with the Brooklyn Nets, after that, he grew into one of the …

We are back after a lengthy hiatus due to the Olympic Break, which provided plenty of excitement. Team USA won their eighth straight gold medal and their 61st straight games at the Olympics. That dominance didn’t come without dramatics, as they only beat France by one point in the gold medal game. Gabby Williams shined for France, and while she …

Celtics 2024-25 schedule: Dates, opponents for every game originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It’s been a fantastic couple months for the Boston Celtics. Not only did they win a record 18th championship with an NBA Finals triumph over the Dallas Mavericks in June, three of their players — Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday and Derrick White — won a gold …

New-look Bulls open regular season in New Orleans originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Presented by Nationwide Insurance Agent Jeff Vukovich From New Orleans to Philadelphia, with, eventually, 80 games in between, the Chicago Bulls unveiled their schedule on Thursday. They open at the Pelicans on Oct. 23, close at the 76ers with an April 13 matinee and begin their …

Thursday was another big day on the NBA calendar, with the league revealing 80 of the 82 regular-season games each team will play. The two games that aren’t included depend on the results of the Emirates NBA Cup (formerly known as the In-Season Tournament), which will impact Week 8 of the schedule. Twenty-eight of the 30 teams will play two …

Los Angeles Lakers v Golden State Warriors The NBA schedule is here and we have a lot to talk about (and we needed it in the doldrums of the offseason). We’ve already broken down the 20 can’t-miss games. Now let’s get into the details, the analytics and break down the entire schedule. Let’s see who “won” the schedule release with …

The NBA offseason is when hope springs eternal. But with more than four months between the Boston Celtics returning to the top of the mountain as NBA champions and tipoff of the next climb to seize the Larry O’Brien Trophy, the offseason can also just … feel eternal. That’s one reason why so many fans get so psyched for the …

The Nets’ 2024-25 schedule has been released, and Brooklyn will get things started on the road against the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Here are some other highlights: – The Nets will have NBA Cup Group Play games against the Knicks on Friday, Oct. 15, against Charlotte on Tuesday, Oct. 19, against Philadelphia on Nov. 22, and against Orlando …

Suns troll Warriors fans with 2024 NBA schedule release post originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Phoenix Suns wasted no time rekindling their rivalry with the Warriors. In a 2024-25 NBA schedule-reveal post on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, Phoenix shaded Golden State’s fanbase by implying Warriors supporters are bandwagoners. While the Warriors’ dynastic run has …

Sixers schedule 2024-25: Key dates and matchups originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Sixers’ complete 2024-25 schedule (just about) dropped Thursday. As was the case last year, NBA Cup results will determine the specifics of two December regular-season games for each team. The Sixers are in East Group A of this year’s NBA Cup with the Knicks, Nets, Magic …

The Los Angeles Lakers will open the season by hosting Minnesota, will spend Christmas in San Francisco against the Warriors and will debut at the Clippers’ new building on Jan. 19 this upcoming season. The league officially released the full 82-game schedule for 2024-25 season on Thursday, with the Lakers also announcing one piece of significant business. Opening night against …

Warriors’ 2024-25 schedule released by NBA, with game dates, times originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors now know which teams they must go through to punch their ticket to the NBA playoffs and potentially pursue a fifth championship in 11 seasons. The NBA released its 2024-25 regular-season schedule Thursday, with all 82 Warriors games laid out from …

TNT has held NBA broadcast rights for 35 years, but this looks to be the final season under the new 11-year media rights deal. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) In what will likely be its final slate, NBA on TNT is starting out the season with a bang. With the full NBA schedule coming out on Thursday, TNT starts strong, …

2024 NBA Finals – Dallas Mavericks v Boston Celtics The NBA schedule is out. The league dropped its full schedule — all 1,230 regular season NBA games — on Thursday. There’s a lot of ground to cover, including who are the schedule winners and losers — the Suns and Clippers have a brutal October and November — but we know …

Now that the Clippers have a home to call their own, they will no longer have to cover the championship banners featuring the other home team. When the Clippers play their first NBA regular-season game at the Intuit Dome against the Phoenix Suns on Oct. 23, the walls inside Steve Ballmer’s $2-billion palace will be adorned with the faces of …

Motivated Tatum? Why early-season Celtics-Warriors game should be epic originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The NBA released its schedule for the 2024-25 season Thursday, and one specific early-season matchup between marquee franchises sticks out. The Boston Celtics will host the Golden State Warriors at TD Garden on Wednesday, Nov. 6 on NBC Sports Boston. Celtics-Warriors games are always must-see …

Steph shares hilarious story behind first successful dunk attempt originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Superstar Warriors guard Steph Curry was a late bloomer. Unlike other NBA stars, the 10-time All-Star couldn’t dunk until he was close to adulthood — rare for a basketball prodigy. An embarrassed Curry hilariously admitted how old he was when he first threw one …