Before departing the arena, Kyle Lowry shook the hand of Brazilian football star Neymar and gave him a parting message. “We’ll be back for Game 6,” he said. “We’ll see you then.”
Source: Chris Haynes @ Bleacher Report
Ricky Rubio: “My idea when I left Europe to play in the NBA is to come back one day. I don’t know where I’ll be mentally and physically, and if I’ll still want to keep playing, but yeah my NBA days are coming to an end.”
Source: Twitter
Clutch Points: “We did not waive Chris [Paul]… He’s just one of the great winners our game has ever seen… I’m really hopeful to have an opportunity to work with him.” New Suns head coach Frank Vogel weighs in on CP3’s future in Phoenix 🗣 (via @TheVolumeSports) pic.twitter.com/Cm79DOrYNq
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Mike Miller, agent for Paolo Banchero, said that the Rookie of the Year has not decided yet on whether to play for Italbasket or Team USA in the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup. “For a youngster like Paolo it is always good to have different options. He would like to play for both national teams, but he knows very well he can’t do it. So he will have to make a decision but we don’t know when it will be. It could take 2 days or 3 months. At the moment we are not saying yes or no to the possibility of playing in the World Cup... Читать дальше...
But there’s another name that the Italian federation has been considering for some time now: the Portland Trail Blazers big man Drew Eubanks. According to BasketNews sources, Italy started to consider Eubanks’ case several months ago, and he remains an intriguing profile for the Azzurri. Italy doesn’t have many options in the frontcourt and has always been an undersized team, so adding a proven NBA big man would be an interesting opportunity for the Azzurri.
Source: Orazio Cauchi @ BasketNews
So, even though this is so rare, 35 of the 36 teams to fall behind 3-1 in a finals did in fact lose that series, Love’s existence in the 2023 series is a good enough reason to entertain the idea of history repeating itself. “We know that anything can happen,” Love said after the Heat lost Game 4, at home, 108-95, to fall behind the Nuggets 3-1. “Has been done before, in a conference final and final. I have been part of it before,” Love continued. “You really just have to take it one possession at a time. Читать дальше...
Jamal Murray had 15 points and 12 assists — his fourth consecutive double-digit assist game — for Denver. “Today was a team effort. I can’t even name one person. Everyone was locked,” Murray told ESPN afterward. “We got one more to go.”
Source: ESPN News Services @ ESPN
The Denver Nuggets are one win away from winning the 2022-23 NBA championship after beating the Miami Heat 108-95 in Game 4.
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Ira Winderman: Nuggets coach Michael Malone on Finals’ outside noise, “Michael Porter’s not coming out of the lineup, man.”
Source: Twitter @IraHeatBeat
When asked about that upcoming free agent process on ESPN’s “Hoop Streams” before Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night, Hachimura made it clear he was appreciative of his time in purple and gold but was noncommittal about a return (emphasis mine): “The reason why I requested the trade is that I wanted to be somewhere I could be happy and play basketball, that liked me as a basketball player, that believed in me, and the Lakers were one of the teams that was really interested in me. My agent and the team did a good job... Читать дальше...
Ira Winderman: Nuggets coach Michael Malone on Finals’ outside noise, “Michael Porter’s not coming out of the lineup, man.”
Source: Twitter @IraHeatBeat
Frank Vogel: “Yeah. I think he’s got a great opportunity to win a championship. I know he’s very motivated by that and I’m very motivated to be the guy that helps him get there. I’m very interested in coaching Chris and Chris being back with us. I’ve communicated that to him. There’s just that, an intangible piece that you cannot overlook when you’re talking about a guy like Chris Paul, right? Just the toughness, the I.Q., the intelligence of just dissecting it and understanding there’s certain... Читать дальше...
“I don’t think his personality, I don’t think he was built to have a lot of fun,” Barkley said. “I don’t know if he was built to have fun. He was a great person, I liked him, rest in peace. But he was a real serious guy. And the problem you have, if you’re gonna do our show, I don’t think people understand, we’re on from seven to two in the morning. Nobody wants to be damn serious from seven to two in the morning.”
Source: Brandon Contes @ Awful Announcing
Clutch Points: “I was offered a contract which was 65% less than what they gave me the first time to come to Taiwan, and I felt like that was very disrespectful.” Dwight Howard expressed dissatisfaction with the T1 League’s Taoyuan Leopards (via @tvbsworldtaiwan) pic.twitter.com/B3qKEmvSIB
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