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Porzingis has surgery, to miss start of season
DeAndre Jordan Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 27, 2024, 11:31 AM ET The Boston Celtics announced Thursday that center Kristaps Porzingis had surgery to repair the rare leg injury he suffered during the NBA Finals, and that his recovery time would be five to six months — meaning he won’t return until well into the start of next season for the defending …
Read More »Clippers eliminated: What’s next for Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Ty Lue
DeAndre Jordan DALLAS — Reggie Jackson wasn’t trying to do a victory lap. But the floor plan in the back hallways of Crypto.com Arena has a way of forcing interactions among opposing sides. It was there Denver’s reserve point guard ran into his old LA Clippers boss, president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank, after the Nuggets’ 113-104 win on Nov. …
Read More »NBA Fans Blast Nikola Jokić, Nuggets as Anthony Edwards, Wolves Take 2-0 Series Lead
DeAndre Jordan Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekFeatured Columnist IVMay 7, 2024 AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The reigning champions are on the ropes. The Minnesota Timberwolves shocked the Denver Nuggets with a 106-80 victory in Game 2 of their second-round playoff series on Monday at Ball Arena. Minnesota won each of the first two contests on the road and now has a 2-0 lead …
Read More »Jalen Brunson channels Willis Reed exactly 54 years later to save Knicks
DeAndre Jordan The joint was junked. Are you kidding? There was no sadder place in New York City than Madison Square Garden at just before 9:20 Wednesday night. Depressed? This was 19,812 people standing in line to get on Dr. Jennifer Melfi’s couch. The place had been so electric, so hopeful. The Knicks were up big. Life was good. Then …
Read More »Rick Carlisle rips referees, goes on ‘small market teams’ diatribe after Game 2 loss to Knicks
DeAndre Jordan Indiana coach Rick Carlisle is done with these refs. And Wednesday night he let them have it. After feeling his Pacers were getting the short end of the officiating stick, first Carlisle got ejected from their 130-121 Game 2 loss to the Knicks, then he unloaded on the referees afterward. He accused them of bias against small-market teams …
Read More »Knicks lose Mitchell Robinson for postseason due to ankle injury
DeAndre Jordan Another injury has bitten the New York Knicks. Mitchell Robinson has a “stress injury” to his left ankle and is out for at least six to eight weeks, the team announced Tuesday. He will not return this season. The longtime Knicks center, who appeared hobbled during Game 1 of New York’s second-round series against the Indiana Pacers, a …
Read More »NBA playoffs: Officials admit they flubbed critical kick-ball call in controversial final minute of Pacers-Knicks
DeAndre Jordan Officials took the spotlight in the final moments of Monday’s Game 1 between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers, marring an otherwise sensational finish at Madison Square Garden. A pair of controversial late calls proved costly for the Pacers as the Knicks held on for a dramatic 121-117 win. Officials admitted after the game that they got …
Read More »Ex-NBA Draft bust Ben McLemore arraigned on first-degree rape, other sex crimes
DeAndre Jordan Ben McLemore, a former NBA lottery pick, was arraigned on Wednesday in Clackamas County Circuit Court in Oregon on four sex charges. Among the charges that he’s facing include first-degree rape and first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, which are both A-level felonies with a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail. The two other charges — C-level felonies that …
Read More »Celtics, Bucks combine for record-low 2 free throw attempts
DeAndre Jordan ESPN News Services Apr 9, 2024, 10:30 PM ET MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics combined for a record low two free throw attempts Tuesday night. The Celtics also became the first team in NBA history to not shoot one. Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo shot the only two free throws of the game, making one, in the …
Read More »Basketball Hall of Fame’s criteria, process need a serious overhaul
DeAndre Jordan Here’s the thing about Halls of Fame: They are self-defining institutions. As legendary baseball historian Bill James noted many years ago, there is no standard for the Hall of Fame other than precedent: Eyeballing every other person who did and didn’t make the Hall of Fame and adjusting your sliders accordingly. This isn’t quite the same thing, however, …
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