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Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic wins first NBA MVP award
Seven years ago, the Denver Nuggets used the 41st pick in the NBA draft on an unheralded center from Serbia. On Tuesday, Nikola Jokic became the sixth international player to win the NBA’s MVP. “To be honest, I didn’t even think about being in the NBA,” Jokic said on TNT’s “Inside The NBA” after winning […]
Continue readingNBA playoffs 2021: Which star was the MVP of the first round?
The opening round of the NBA playoffs is complete. And what a finale it was: a LA Clippers’ clutch Game 7 performance against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks sent Kawhi Leonard, Paul George & Co. to a Western Conference semifinals meeting with the Utah Jazz. Before the Clippers and Mavs duked it out, a […]
Continue readingPortland Trail Blazers still building list of coach candidates, hope to begin interviews this week, GM says
Rumors swirled this weekend about possible candidates after Stotts was fired Friday, a day after the Blazers were eliminated by the Denver Nuggets in the opening round of the NBA playoffs, but Olshey said the team is still preparing the list to give to team owner Jody Allen. “We’re running a very expansive, diverse search. […]
Continue readingJason Kidd says he won’t vie to fill Portland Trail Blazers’ head-coaching vacancy
“Portland’s a first-class organization and will have great candidates for its head coaching job, but I’ve decided not to be one of them,” Kidd told ESPN. “Whoever they choose will have big shoes to fill from Terry [Stotts].” Kidd was ultimately uncomfortable with the idea of pursuing the opening after Blazers star Damian Lillard publicly […]
Continue readingNBA playoffs 2021: What could shift Nets-Bucks, 76ers-Hawks and Suns-Nuggets
Can the two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks get past the Brooklyn Nets’ Big Three of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden? How much will the Philadelphia 76ers get out of All-NBA big man Joel Embiid, who is day-to-day with a knee injury? What does Trae Young have for an encore after […]
Continue readingDenver Nuggets eliminate Portland Trail Blazers behind MVP performance from Nikola Jokic
“I love our team. I love every player in that locker room, one through seventeen,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “We continue to find ways to win. Last year, this year, people don’t realize what we’re missing right now with injuries, so I couldn’t be more proud of a group of players that I truly […]
Continue readingDamian Lillard says ‘it’s back to the drawing board’ for Portland Trail Blazers after Round 1 exit
Following their 126-115 Game 6 loss in which they blew a 14-point second-half lead at home, the frustration was evident in the Blazers’ postgame media availability. “I mean, we didn’t win a championship, so obviously where we are now isn’t good enough,” Damian Lillard said. “I don’t know what a shakeup looks like or what […]
Continue readingMilwaukee Bucks’ Jrue Holiday wins Joe Dumars Trophy for sportsmanship
“It means a lot,” Holiday said after receiving the Joe Dumars Trophy, which is given to the NBA player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court. “Just knowing that it came from the players, the guys that go through this with me and put their bodies on the line, train in the […]
Continue readingNBA stars react to Damian Lillard’s record-setting Game 5 performance
On Tuesday night, Damian Lillard put on an electric, 55-point performance, becoming the first player in NBA history with at least 50 points, 10 assists and 10 3-pointers in a game, regular season or playoffs. With his 12th 3-pointer, the pride of the Portland Trail Blazers also displaced Klay Thompson (11) as king of the […]
Continue readingDenver Nuggets’ Michael Malone calls out starting unit after blowout loss to Portland Trail Blazers
It’s not unusual for Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone to tell it like it is, and he put it quite bluntly after Saturday’s 115-95 loss in Game 4 at the Portland Trail Blazers. “Our starters were awful,” he said. “I thought we had some guys that were tentative, that looked a little scared, who played […]
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