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Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard reportedly in to play for USA Basketball at Tokyo Olympics
USA Basketball plans on selecting its team in the coming weeks, then bringing the group to Las Vegas for a training camp that begins July 6. Lillard has not previously played in the Olympics. He averaged 28.8 points this season, and is one of only two players — LeBron James is the other — to […]
Continue readingDenver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry highlight All-NBA selections
Jokic and Curry were two of the five players named to the first team, where they were joined by Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard. All three teams were unveiled on TNT’s “Inside The NBA” ahead of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series […]
Continue readingGonzaga Bulldogs signee Chet Holmgren named Gatorade National Player of the Year
The 7-footer averaged 20.8 points, 12.6 rebounds, 4.7 blocks and 4.4 assists last season for Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Past winners of the award include RJ Barrett, Jayson Tatum, Karl-Anthony Towns, Ben Simmons, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. Jalen Suggs, the former Gonzaga star and Holmgren’s high school teammate, surprised his friend on Wednesday […]
Continue readingBrooklyn Nets forward Jeff Green ruled out for Game 1 vs. Milwaukee Bucks
“Just going to continue to monitor it and then over the course of the next two, three days, hopefully get a clearer picture,” Nash said Friday, when asked if there was any insight he could provide into Green’s availability for the remainder of the series. Green has been dealing with a plantar fascia strain in […]
Continue readingWho is Jon Scheyer? Meeting the Duke basketball assistant who will be Coach K’s successor
Jon Scheyer couldn’t possibly have chosen bigger shoes to fill for his first head-coaching job. The man likely tasked with replacing the winningest college basketball coach ever is a former Duke player who moved to the Blue Devils’ bench just eight years ago and was promoted to associate head coach in 2018. Scheyer has never […]
Continue readingBoston Celtics say getting healthy the key to meeting expectations next season after playoff elimination
“It’s tough,” Walker said after watching the Celtics lose 123-109 to Brooklyn in Game 5 on Tuesday night, ending Boston’s season. “It’s been really tough especially because over the course of my career, I’ve played so many games when I’ve been healthy. “I came to Boston to be a part of those special runs and […]
Continue readingSources: Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge seriously mulling future with team
Ainge is scheduled to speak to the media later Wednesday, a day after Boston’s disappointing season came to an end in a loss to the Brooklyn Nets in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series in Brooklyn. Ainge, 62, was the architect of Boston’s last title team, the 2008 team featuring Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett […]
Continue readingNBA playoffs 2021: First look at Brooklyn Nets vs. Milwaukee Bucks, a heavyweight bout in the East semis
The Milwaukee Bucks have had their heels up since May 29, when they finished off their surprising four-game demolition of the Miami Heat, the team that knocked them out of the NBA playoffs last season. This season, the Bucks survived an overtime thriller in Game 1 before going on to blow out the Heat three […]
Continue readingBrooklyn Nets’ Jeff Green hurt, out for rest of series vs. Boston Celtics
NEW YORK — Jeff Green has strained his plantar fascia and will be reevaluated in 10 days, sidelining him for the remainder of the Brooklyn Nets’ first-round series against the Boston Celtics. While he is out, Green will continue to travel with the team while working on his rehab, coach Steve Nash said. “He has […]
Continue readingMarcus Smart hopes Celtics fans will be ‘respectful’ during Kyrie Irving’s return to Boston
“We want our fan base and our crowd to be very respectful of all players,” Smart said Thursday. “We’re out here to perform and entertain for the crowd. We just wanted to be respectful on both ends. We were kind of seen around the league now with a couple other incidents with fans in the […]
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