Eliminating these restrictions will ease the process for NBA free agents with five years of service or more to join G League teams and be part of COVID-19 testing protocols, allowing them to more quickly be integrated into NBA rosters should the need arise due to a coronavirus outbreak. Over 100 players with NBA experience […]
Continue readingDenver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, whose team checks in near the top of our list, has high hopes. “Continuity [will] help with trying to create a home-court advantage,” Malone said earlier this month of playing at a neutral-site in Orlando, Florida. “We have guys that have been together for a while, know how to […]
Continue readingWith scrimmages tipping off Wednesday, here’s our breakdown of every team in Orlando, Florida, including: current seed and most likely playoff seeds (via simulations using ESPN’s Basketball Power Index), remaining strength of schedule (ranked from hardest to easiest), seeding-game schedules (with win projections using BPI), full rosters and projected rotations. We’ve also included the number […]
Continue readingErik Spoelstra sat with Robinson before Miami sent him to the G League last season, and delivered two messages. First: Shoot 20 3s in at least one game. “His eyes bulged out,” Spoelstra recalled. Second: You are going to guard the other team’s best wing scorer every night. “You’re gonna get torched,” Spoelstra warned. “Picked […]
Continue readingWhat is the update on Kyrie Irving? It was Sunday, one hour and 45 minutes before opening tip between the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers, and by this point in the season, the Nets head coach was on auto-pilot when it came to responses about his All-Star point guard. “No update, no timetable,” Atkinson said. […]
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