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Six-time NBA champion, six-time NBA Finals MVP, five-time league MVP and 10-time 1st Team All-NBAer Michael Jordan is also an All-Star game legend after being named an NBA All-Star 14 times in his career, the fourth-most of any player.

Michael Scotto: Former No. 2 overall pick Jabari Parker has signed a one-year deal worth an estimated $2 million with Barcelona, @hoopshype has learned. Parker’s deal, which was negotiated by @PrioritySports, includes an NBA opt-out clause.
Source: Twitter @MikeAScotto

The Celtics, league sources say, have interest in re-signing Blake Griffin. Less clear is Griffin’s stance, at 34, on returning to Boston for a 15th NBA season. Griffin signed with the Celtics in early October after training camp had already begun and appeared in just one playoff game after playing in 41 regular-season games.
Source: Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com

The Lakers, after swiftly coming to terms with Anthony Davis on a three-year contract extension worth a projected $186 million, have maintained a level of interest in signing free agent big man Christian Wood, league sources say. The Lakers, though, remain limited in offering Wood anything beyond the league’s veteran minimum. As I reported here last month, Dallas remains open to facilitating a sign-and-trade for Wood if the Mavericks can acquire a player they like in the exchange, but neither... Читать дальше...

Former Bucks player Jabari Parker signed with Spanish team FC Barcelona for the 2023-24 season.
Source: Alberto De Roa @ HoopsHype

Canada Basketball mainstay Cory Joseph has withdrawn to prepare for his season with the Golden State Warriors, while Boston Celtics forward Oshae Brissett has been ruled out as a precaution as he deals with a knee injury, and forward Kassius Robertson has pulled out of the rest of the international season.
Source: Doug Smith Sports Reporter @ Toronto Star

In preparation for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, the Select Team was invited to scrimmage with the National Team to familiarize them with FIBA rules.

While preparing Team USA for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, Warriors coach Steve Kerr sat down with Sports Illustrated’s Robin Lundberg and explained why his team “needed” to acquire Chris Paul in a blockbuster trade this offseason.  “Our team last year needed another way to attack and we became a little too one dimensional with Steph [Curry] in high ball screens,” Kerr said. “We needed another playmaker to give us a different look and Chris is, as we know, one of the all-time great pick-and-roll players and he’ll know how to control the tempo. Читать дальше...

D’Angelo Russell: “Killer. Killer. Oh my god [Austin Reaves] is a killer… He kind of always felt like ‘Yeah, I can do that. I’m built like that.’… They probably discredit him because of his skin color, but he got game.” When asked to respond to the quote, Reaves didn’t deny the claim. In fact, he confirmed the experience and revealed how he got revenge on those who underestimate his game. “I played one year of AAU and I’d get on the court,” Reaves said, via NBC Sports. “Then everyone would say... Читать дальше...

Paul Pierce: I’m still better at hoop than 99.9 percent of people on twitter 😂😂😂😂
Source: Twitter @paulpierce34

Michael Scotto: Lakers star Anthony Davis has a player option on the final year of his three-year, $186 million extension with Los Angeles, league sources told @hoopshype .
Source: Twitter @MikeAScotto

By a vote of his peers, Jaren Jackson Jr. was selected the “best,” or “most impressive” or “stand out” player of the now-completed FIBA training camp, according to an informal poll by The Athletic of the entire Team USA roster, Jackson included.
Source: Joe Vardon @ The Athletic

There was a viral tweet the other day on this topic so I thought I’d ask you. Why are your stories always so negative? Jeff Teague: It’s not negative. It’s just the truth. I just don’t take myself so serious. Like everybody else wants to say ‘oh I was the best player to do this, I was the best player to do that’ or ‘I worked so hard…’ and that’s cool. I did that too but I just don’t take it so serious. I played basketball and I loved it. I enjoyed it. It was my career. I was able to take care of my family but now when I look back on it... Читать дальше...

“I talked to Ty Lue,” Arenas said. “He said, ‘We gave him everything we had. He didn’t want to go nowhere, and we’re glad he didn’t.’” As for why, Arenas said Lue told him just how important Westbrook became to the team in a short amount of time. “We’ve never had a leader, and he is our leader,” Arenas claims Lue told him.
Source: Sports Illustrated

Ryan Ward: The Lakers make Anthony Davis’ three-year contract extension official: pic.twitter.com/YXcezHYaRJ
Source: Twitter @RyanWardLA