Don Nelson couldn’t seem to get the message to his pass-first, shoot-last point guard to sink in. Steve Nash‘s extreme unselfishness was a real problem for the Dallas Mavericks, a franchise that at the time was nearing a full decade without a playoff appearance. Nelson knew Nash, who was booed by home crowds early in […]
Continue readingJrue Holiday was conflicted. Then a member of the New Orleans Pelicans, he mulled for two weeks last summer whether to commit to the NBA’s restart in Orlando, Florida. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Holiday’s wife, Lauren, was five months pregnant and could sense his discomfort over leaving the family. So she challenged […]
Continue readingEliminating 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 readingSuch a condensed window for player movement combined with a rapidly approaching regular season demands that fantasy basketball managers quickly appraise the many meaningful free-agent shifts that occurred. If you haven’t yet played fantasy hoops, I highly suggest reading André Snellings’ pitch for why this is the best season to give it a try. 2020-21 […]
Continue readingIn an unprecedented meeting, a delegation of five NBA players and several officials from the National Basketball Players Association met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday morning for a private audience to discuss their work on social justice issues. An assistant to Pope Francis reached out to the players’ association last week indicating […]
Continue readingON THE FIRST day of early voting at State Farm Arena in Atlanta this month, a familiar face peered out from behind a mask. Not all of the voters who passed by Lloyd Pierce, the head coach of the Atlanta Hawks, recognized him at first. “I got a lot of ‘I thought that was you’ […]
Continue readingWait, is LeBron James now a Los Angeles Dodgers fan? The Los Angeles Lakers superstar, who just won his fourth NBA title, has a fickle relationship with his baseball loyalties. James has long claimed to be a fan of the New York Yankees. “I’m a supporter of winners,” James told the New York Post in […]
Continue readingThat gave LeBron one more postseason walk-off shot than Michael Jordan, who of course played fewer playoff games than LeBron — 81 fewer after James and the Los Angeles Lakers clinched the franchise’s 17th NBA title Sunday. Rachel Nichols, host of The Jump, displayed Jordan and James’ respective numbers on go-ahead shots in the last […]
Continue readingThe award recognizes the player “deemed the best teammate based on selfless play, on- and off-court leadership as a mentor and role model to other NBA players, and commitment and dedication to team.” Holiday received 53 of a possible 267 first-place votes from other NBA players, beating out Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris and Milwaukee […]
Continue readingWilliams voiced the decision on Tuesday after earning 11 points and eight rebounds in the Bucks’ 103-94 season-ending loss to the Miami Heat in Game 5 of a second-round series. The former University of North Carolina star was selected second overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks. Williams, 34, averaged 10.2 points […]
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