Новости за 08.09.2023

You may not remember since they gave up 110-plus points twice this week at the World Cup, but Team USA was once the gold standard for stifling defense in FIBA tournaments. There was a time when even the brightest international stars found it tough against them.

Something worth noting: In the middle of the 2022-23 season, some members of the organization felt strongly that the Knicks would end up extending Immanuel Quickley, per SNY sources. Of course, things can go sideways during contract negotiations. But I assume that the Knicks will do what they need to in order to extend a player who has exceeded all expectations based on his draft position
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Team USA head coach Steve Kerr and point guard Jalen Brunson praised Germany after the FIBA World Cup semifinal loss, 111-113. “The game has been globalized over the last 30 years. These games are difficult. This is not 1992 anymore. Players are better all over the world. Teams are better. It’s not easy to win the World Cup or the Olympics,” Steve Kerr responded when asked what the fact that Team USA hasn’t won back-to-back World Cup tournaments says about international basketball.
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Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady considers Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant the best “1v1” or 1-on-1 forward in the NBA. “I’ve got to go with KD,” McGrady said during an interview from his OBL league DUNK posted on Instagram. “I don’t think nobody is better than KD. His shooting ability, 7-foot. KD reminds me of myself being able to get to your spots in three, four dribbles.”
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Germany made the impossible and defeated Team USA 113-111 in the FIBA World Cup semifinal.

Donatas Urbonas: Svetislav Pesic on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: “He’s one of the best players I’ve seen in my career. He was an additional motivation for our team to take him out of the game.” Pesic had played professionally from 1964 to 1979 before transitioning into coaching in 1982.
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The Atlanta Hawks guard admitted he would like to face Team USA in the final game. “I would like to play against America in the final because we lost a couple of times to them,” Bogdanovic told the Serbian media after the semifinal win against Canada.
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Usman Garuba left Real Madrid in 2021 when the Houston Rockets selected him as the 23rd overall pick in the NBA Draft. Now, two years later, the 21-year-old center is on the brink of returning to the Spanish capital, according to Carlos Sánchez Blas.
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In terms of the possibilities that lie ahead, there’s this massive factor too: OKC still has all those draft picks that Presti piled up in recent years (details here). Come trade deadline time, having that sort of asset haul tends to open up all kinds of tantalizing conversations. It all starts with SGA, though. And yes, in case anyone wondered, all those rival executives who were hoping he would want out of Oklahoma City less than a year ago appear to have given up hope on that front.
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Playing inspired basketball for 40 minutes of action, Serbia is back in the FIBA World Cup final. Despite missing NBA champion Nikola Jokic and starting point guard Vasilje Micic, the Serbs beat ambitious Canada 95-86 with Bogdan Bogdanovic scoring 23 points and Ognen Dobric proving to be the x-factor with 16. Nikola Milutinov dominated the paint with 16 points and 10 rebounds, while Marko Guduric added 12 points, and Aleksa Avramovic scored 10 and had some key defensive plays.
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Landon Buford: Anthony Edwards is the New MJ, Says NBA Champion Nick Young: “The league is about to be @theantedwards_ . This is Anthony Edwards league now, the new MJ. That boy looks just like MJ out there,” says @NickSwagyPYoung . “They should have gave it to Anthony Edwards. They would have never lost to Lithuania.” He also added, “Anthony Edwards is looking like a star.” #RaisedbyWolves #NBATwitter
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The 2023 FIBA World Cup wasn’t just a stage for established NBA players; it also spotlighted the rising talent poised to make their mark in the NBA soon. From Lithuania to Iran, the tournament was a great showcase for young talent with the potential to join the Association in the near future.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia to an upset 95-86 win over Canada in the semifinal of the FIBA World Cup.

Nets Daily: Marc J Spears with Vincent Goodwill: “He’s probably at a point now where he’s supposed to be doing 3 on 3. He believes he’ll be able to be 100% by time season starts. I don’t know if he plays in first couple of preseason games, but it’s a progression.” open.spotify.com/episode/7u29JY…
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It’s been over two months since James Harden demanded a trade from the Philadelphia 76ers and it doesn’t seem like one is coming soon. After the Sixers decided to take him off the trade market, he tried to make things uncomfortable when he publicly called Daryl Morey a liar. An NBA investigation followed those comments as well as a report from ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne detailing how the relationship between the Sixers and Harden fell apart.

Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: Pelicans G/F Trey Murphy III underwent surgery to repair a slightly torn left meniscus and is expected to miss 10-to-12 weeks. That timeline could have him back in mid-November.
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Adrian Wojnarowski: Very little of substance has happened since the first several days of July free agency. This has been an offseason in th league, especially in the last few weeks, where I’ve seen this league shut down in a way it really hadn’t the last several years. But now, executives with teams are back from vacation, kids have started school. People are back in the offices, players are starting to come in for the start of training camp, working out in the facilities. So there wil be more... Читать дальше...