BOSTON — Joe Mazzulla’s goal ace Celtics interim head coach has been to maintain much of his predecessor’s game plan to keep his players comfortable. That’s allowed for a manageable and eager transition from the controversy of recent weeks back to basketball. The Ime Udoka suspension isn’t the only difficulty looming over the early portion …
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Patrick Baldwin Jr. was a team-leading plus-23 during the Golden State Warriors104-95 win over the Washington Wizardsin what was the second of their two preseason games in Japan. Of course, individual plus-minus is often used incorrectly. In and of itself, it falls short of providing the complete picture, and must therefore be flavored with additional …
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CHARLESTON, SC – After six days of training camp with a slew of new faces, the 76ers will depart The Citadel on Sunday afternoon with a sense of purpose. They will be motivated by the slights that James Harden isn’t the same player and that PJ Tucker, at 37, can’t perform at the same level …
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After overcoming a mediocre start to become the most dominant team in basketball, the Boston Celtics were one of the NBA’s best stories last season. Led by a suffocating defense and two young stars in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the Celtics advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010, but lost …
The Los Angeles Lakers have spent most of the summer (unsuccessfully) attempting to trade Russell Westbrook, and with training camp just 10 days away, it appears at the very least possible they won’t get anything done on that front. But as their deal options and time to make a move without losing valuable camp time …
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Andre Emmett Murder Trial: Larry Jenkins found guilty. A Dallas County jury found Larry Jenkins guilty of capital murder on Friday in the shooting death of former NBA player and Dallas Carter basketball standout Andre Emmett. DALLAS – A Dallas County jury found Larry Jenkins guilty of capital murder on Friday in the shooting death …
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Every team in the NBA trades future draft picks and there’s a lot about those trades that can get confusing — protections, conveying rules, who the original owner of the pick is, least favorable clauses and pick swaps. The Utah Jazz received a boatload of future draft picks in the trades of Rudy Gobert to …
The Nets have officially re-signed David Duke Jr. to a two-way contract and re-united with point guard Chris Chiozza on an Exhibit 10 deal. The Nets made both signings public Friday morning. With the signings, the Nets are now one player short of a full 20-man training camp roster, with 12 standard guaranteed deals, three …
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I really loved being part of the Celtics throughout that run. I loved being right there with them. It was thrilling. The other side of the coin is I think that we’ve now been overrated. I think that performance was a bit overrated in the public mind, or my own mind, because I’m the one …
Anfernee Simons and Damian Lillard both signed contract extensions with Portland this summer. Portland Trail Blazers 2021-22 record: 27-55 Key additions: Jerami Grant (trade), Gary Payton II (free agency), Shaedon Sharpe (2022 draft) Key takeaways: None Last season: The inevitable franchise shakeup finally occurred and it was just short of seismic. The Blazers fired GM …
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