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New Orleans Pelicans v Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets’ moves this offseason made their path for the coming season clear: They traded to regain control of their own first-round picks for the next two years (originally sent out in the James Harden deal), then traded away Mikal Bridges. This team is planting the (Cooper) Flagg and will be tanking this …

Ramp to Camp: Bold award predictions for 2024-25 Celtics originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Let’s get bold. To kick off Week 2 of our Ramp to Camp series, we asked our NBC Sports Boston panel to slam the fast forward button on the 2024-25 season and deliver one brash prediction about an honor or award that a member of …

France men’s basketball coach Vincent Collet is shifting to an advisory role after leading the team to the last two Olympic silver medals. Collet will be a special adviser to the national technical directorate for the 2028 and 2032 Olympic cycles, the French basketball federation announced Monday. He is still available to pursue an NBA assistant coaching job or a …

Milwaukee Bucks v Denver Nuggets In the summer of 2019 — when we weren’t heading to the theaters to watch “Avengers: Endgame” or staying home to watch the final season of “The Good Place” — the crew at NBC Sports basketball decided to answer a simple question: Who would be the best players in the summer of 2024? It may …

When Steph could become first to reach eye-popping 3-point milestone originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steph Curry was the first-ever NBA player to make 3,000 career 3-pointers, and barring something unforeseen, the Warriors superstar will become the first to reach 4,000 during the upcoming 2024-25 season. Curry enters the upcoming season with 3,747 career 3-pointers, needing 253 from …

Watch: C’s legend Mike Gorman throws out first pitch at Red Sox game originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Mike Gorman may have called his last game as the voice of the Boston Celtics, but he’s still very involved in the local sports scene. The legendary Celtics play-by-play announcer made a cameo at Fenway Park on Sunday to throw out …

2024 NBA Finals – Dallas Mavericks v Boston Celtics` The Dallas Mavericks added some depth on the court this offseason — Klay Thompson, Naji Marshall — but for leadership and vibes in the locker room, they turned to someone they know and trust. Markieff Morris and the Mavericks agreed to a one-year contract for him to return to the team, …

Los Angeles Sparks v Chicago Sky In a surprise announcement, Chicago Sky record-setting rookie Angel Reese announced she would miss the final weeks of the season due to a wrist injury. What a year. I never would have imagined the last bucket of my rookie season would be a 3 but maybe that was God saying give them a taste …

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 …