Aaron Gordon is a helluva basketball player and apparently one whale of a teammate too … ’cause TMZ Sports has learned the Nuggets star gifted Jamal Murray a sick diamond pendant before the start of this week’s NBA Finals. We’re told AG was so thrilled over the way Murray’s helped lead Denver this season … he hit up Mile High Jewelers to make a custom piece to show his appreciation.
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With Riley having constructed a Heat team heading into Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday against the Denver Nuggets trailing 1-0 in the best-of-seven series, the hunt for a 10th championship is on. “And he wants to in the worst way win one more,” Magic Johnson, the Hall of Famer who helped lead the Showtime Lakers, said of Riley. “He hasn’t changed. He’s still intense, I can see it on his face.”
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Recently, we discussed the prospective NBA free agents who hurt their stock the most in the playoffs, an unfortunate list including the likes of Dillon Brooks and D’Angelo Russell.
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All-NBA forward Julius Randle underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle and is expected to be ready for the New York Knicks’ training camp in the fall, the team announced Saturday.
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Nuggets forward Jeff Green isn’t planning to play until he’s 43 like his good buddy Udonis Haslem. But he wants to at least get close to 40. In an interview with The Denver Gazette, Green, who will turn 37 in August, outlined his hopeful future plans. “I’m finishing my career here, if I can,’’ said Green, who becomes a free agent this summer. “I want to just play two more years and, if my wife lets me play three, cool. But my goal is to play two more years and be a Nugget for those two years.”
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Adrian Wojnarowski: Terry Stotts is finalizing a deal to join Adrian Griffin’s new coaching staff with the Milwaukee Bucks, sources tell ESPN. Stotts won 402 games and made eight straight playoff trips as Portland’s coach. He was the Bucks’ coach for 146 games, ending in 2007.
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