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Shams Charania: The NBA has suspended Bucks guard Patrick Beverley for four games.
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania

NBA: Playoffs-Indiana Pacers at New York Knicks

New York Knicks center Jericho Sims (45) warms up prior to game two of the second…

New York Knicks center Jericho Sims (45) warms up prior to game two of the second round for the 2024 NBA playoffs against the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden.

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NBA: Playoffs-Indiana Pacers at New York Knicks

Indiana Pacers guard T.J. McConnell (9) warms up prior to... Читать дальше...

It was a disappointing season team-wise for Kevin Durant, but a brilliant one individually that earned him a vote for MVP in the NBA ballots. With that vote, there’s now a 14-year gap since he appeared in the MVP rankings for the first time in 2010.

Last August, Butler told me a Heat jersey would be the last one he wore, unless he decided to play in the NBB—Brazil’s top basketball league. (Butler has recently spent a lot of time in Brazil, in large part due to Neymar.) In the paddock I ask if that’s still his goal. “I mean, yeah. In the NBA? For sure,” Butler says. “But then after that, I really do want to play for Flamengo. I tell everybody, I’m half-Brazilian.”
Source: GQ.com

And then he adds, a little more seriously: “I feel at home, man. I really care about the city, I really care about the people in this city. Miami has embraced me. They’ve wanted me to bring them something they haven’t done since LeBron, D-Wade and C-Bosh. And I want to do that. So as soon as I get this knee back right, I’m right back on they ass and everybody know it.”
Source: GQ.com

Byron Scott, a former Lakers player himself from 1983-1993 and from 1996-97, gave the bold and unorthodox statement as he believes that since LeBron James has so much input on the team’s strategy and decisions, he might as well take control of the game plans as well as player-coach (skip to the 0:18 mark). “My recommendation [for] the next Lakers coach, and out of the eight or nine names that I’ve heard, his name wasn’t on there, is make LeBron [James] the [head] coach. Make him the coach,” Scott said on Undisputed. Читать дальше...

Fred Katz: Final: Knicks 130, Pacers 121. Knicks lead the series 2-0. Brunson 29-2-5, DiVincenzo 28-6-4, Anunoby 28-4-3, Hart 19-15-7, Hartenstein 14-12-8
Source: Twitter @FredKatz

Michael Scotto: MVP Nikola Jokic on how long he’ll play in the NBA: “I’m not going to take a spot from some young guy or put the franchise down. As long as I can play at the highest level and help the team win, I’m going to play until then.”
Source: Twitter @MikeAScotto

Jalen Brunson scored 29 points as the New York Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers 130-121 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Harrison Wind: Nikola Jokic after winning MVP: “To be honest, I liked last year when I didn’t win it and we won a championship much better.” pic.twitter.com/vxRs4aITn0
Source: Twitter @HarrisonWind

Shams Charania: Denver’s Nikola Jokic has won the 2023-24 NBA Most Valuable Player award. Ninth player to ever win league MVP three times. pic.twitter.com/Xc6ReioW1t
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania

Rick Carlisle: “We gotta do much better containing Hart in transition. When he gets a defensive rebound, he’s great at just taking it and knifing his way full court to the basket. He’s a guy we gotta treat like Giannis [Antetokounmpo] and [Damian] Lillard and guys like that that are full court, high speed attackers. He really had a high impact on the game yesterday.”
Source: TalkBasket

Shams Charania: Milwaukee Bucks forward Thanasis Antetokounmpo has sustained a torn Achilles tendon and will undergo surgery, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. pic.twitter.com/ujTno6wJJ0
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania

Shams Charania: Indianapolis Police is investigating the incident between Patrick Beverley and a fan during Game 6 of Bucks-Pacers series; detectives confirm to me and @MikeVorkunov they are working with Gainbridge Fieldhouse to review video footage and plan to speak with the parties involved.
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania