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Adam Wexler: #Rockets @Jalen Green after tonight’s #ATTSlamDunk contest if he wants to be in the dunk contest again, “Yeah, I for sure need a run back, b/c I messed up…I need to run that back next year…I just missed. I had the height, I had the power, I got up there, it just didn’t go in.” pic.twitter.com/rPDKVUUfzy
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The 2022 NBA slam dunk contest was a hapless event in which Knicks’ Obi Toppin ended up winning against Golden State’s Juan Toscano-Anderson. Jalen Green and Cole Anthony repeatedly missed their dunks and never recovered.

The Chicago Bulls announced that the team has released forward Alfonzo McKinnie. Chicago also announced that it has signed veteran big man Tristan Thompson. In accordance with team policy, terms of Thompson’s contract were not disclosed. In his eleventh season in the NBA, Thompson (6-9, 254 pounds) owns career averages of 9.1 ppg (.518 from the field), 8.5 rpg (3.3 orpg) and 1.0 apg in 27.1 mpg. For his career, he has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers. Читать дальше...

Obi Toppin was the top dunker Saturday at NBA All-Star Weekend. The New York Knicks forward went through the legs, tapped the ball off the backboard and finished with a one-handed slam to score a 47 on his final dunk and win the NBA slam dunk contest. “We were talking before the dunk contest and were, like, ‘We want to come out here and do things that people have never seen before,'” Toppin said of conversation with Chuck Millan of Team Flight Brothers, a dunk coach he worked with to prepare for the night. Читать дальше...

Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns demanded an answer as he bounded into the interview room following the 3-point contest at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Saturday night. “Who bet against me?” Towns asked with an ear-to-ear grin. Whoever did, lost. Towns, thanks to a record-setting 29 points in the final round, emerged as the winner of the 2022 3-point contest, edging out Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young and LA Clippers guard Luke Kennard, who each put up 26. Towns was 13-1 at Caesars Sportsbook, the longest odds in the field. Читать дальше...

Evan Mobley brought his first trophy to Cleveland. The rookie’s excellent shooting led a team with Cavaliers teammates Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen to a win in the Skills Challenge in front of their home fans Saturday night. Mobley sealed the victory by hitting a half-court shot on his first try in the final round. A team made up of rookies Josh Giddey, Cade Cunningham and Scottie Barnes finished second.
Source: Brian Windhorst @ ESPN

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Vincent Goodwill: Cleveland booing Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha, who are promoting their HBOMax show “About Last Night”. Those feelings must hurt, all time.
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The Bulls have quickly elevated to the top of the East, with shrewd trades and signings — and keeping LaVine as a rare holdover. This regime keeps its strategy a mystery, but Zach LaVine is making a case for a max contract — which he won’t definitively say but won’t deny, either. “I think we all get what we deserve at the level we play at, for our team and around the league. I think I stack up with everybody at that level,” he said. “We’ll let the chips fall. Is the the goal? I don’t know if it’s the goal... Читать дальше...

Michael Scotto: The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived guard Kevin Pangos, league sources told @HoopsHype
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Shams Charania: The Chicago Bulls are waiving forward Alfonzo McKinnie, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The move creates roster space for signing of Tristan Thompson. McKinnie played 17 games for Bulls this season – and now will be playoff-eligible to join a new team.
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LeBron James’ message to all 30 teams Saturday was clear: If you want me, draft Bronny. “My last year will be played with my son,” James said. “Wherever Bronny is at, that’s where I’ll be. I would do whatever it takes to play with my son for one year. It’s not about the money at that point.”
Source: Jason Lloyd @ The Athletic

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LeBron James is not closing the door on a potential return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Playing in his 18th All-Star Game, taking place in Cleveland, James wouldn’t rule out any option as he enters free agency this upcoming offseason. “The door’s not closed on that,” James told The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd. “I don’t know what my future holds.”
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Even the best players can be dragged down by their teams (or age) in the NBA, as we are about to establish on the list below.