Allen continues to have numerous admirers in rival front offices despite the whispers of frustration circulating in Cleveland surrounding Allen’s apparent reluctance to take a pain-killing injection to address a rib injury that sidelined him for the Cavaliers’ final eight playoff games.
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Clemente Almanza: L2M Report of Thunder’s Game 6 loss to Mavs: P.J. Washington got away with a shooting foul on Jalen Williams. Tough break considering it was a 1-point loss pic.twitter.com/Og3pHU7BHo
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2001 | 6’6 | 215 LBS
Team: Arizona
Agent: Daniel Poneman
Best aggregate mock draft rank: 39 / Worst rank: NR
2023-24 stats:
In 2023-24, Larsson averaged 12.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 0.2 blocks, and 0.9 steals per game. He shot 51.9 percent from the field, 42.6 percent from three, and 75.0 percent from the foul line.
Clemente Almanza: Josh Giddey, who is eligible for an extension this summer, on if he wants to stay with the Thunder: “I love it here. This is home away from home. I love everything about this place… I’m excited to be here. I’m excited to be with the guys.”
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Ian Begley: OG Anunoby (hamstring strain) and Josh Hart (strained abdomen) will play and start in Game 7, Knicks say
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Rylan Stiles: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander “you can feel the togetherness of this group” he said “it feels like it’s unusual period. I’ve never been this close to a basketball team in my life. Maybe my AAU team.”
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Joel Lorenzi: Gordon Hayward on his role: “Disappointing with how it all kind of worked out. Certainly frustrating.” “I feel as a player, I have a lot to offer. Just wasn’t really given much of an opportunity to do that. I thought I would be given that opportunity.”
Source: Twitter
Rylan Stiles: Bismack Biyombo said Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is going to be the MVP of the league soon “He should have been this year, anyways”
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Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: New York’s OG Anunoby (hamstring strain) and Josh Hart (abdominal strain) are on course to play Game 7 vs. Indiana — with a final determination looming closer to 3:30 PM ET tip on ABC. Both will participate in walk-thru at MSG.
Source: Twitter @wojespn
Despite Bronny‘s statements, despite word from LeBron James’ agent Rich Paul and even James himself, the father and son remain inevitably linked, Bronny’s draft stock and LeBron James’ free agency tied as tightly as ever. Forget second-round evaluations, multiple NBA executives told The Times their teams have discussed drafting Bronny James in the first round in an effort to lure his father to their team in free agency. “If you’re a contender and you’re not having those conversations, it’s irresponsible,” said one executive... Читать дальше...
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WNBA: Indiana Fever at New York Liberty
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Washington converted the first two free throws and intentionally missed the third one, allowing the Mavs to win as there were only 2.5 seconds left for the OKC to try and score a basket from full-court. “I shouldn’t have fouled him,” Gilgeous-Alexander said in his post-game comments. “We talked about it all year, the little things that go into winning games… It sucks.” “If I had the movement back, I wouldn’t have fouled him,” he reiterated. “I just would make him miss the shot, but in basketball, you win some, you lose some. Читать дальше...
StatMuse: 14-0 in closeout games. The best record in NBA history. statmuse.com/nba/player/kyr…
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Clemente Almanza: FINAL: Mavs 117, Thunder 116 SGA – 36 points, 8 assists JDub – 22 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists Chet – 21 points Doncic – 29 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists Kyrie – 22 points DJJ – 22 points Lively II – 12 points, 15 rebounds Dallas wins the series 4-2
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In posting a 57-25 regular season record and winning the first seed in the Western Conference, the quality of the Oklahoma City Thunder was known to all. But in the playoffs, they showed they were still at least one year away.
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Stefan Bondy: Big update: OG Anunonoby has been upgraded to questionable for Game 7
Source: Twitter @SBondyNYDN
Garnett compared James to NBA legend Kobe Bryant, saying the potential is there even though James didn’t have the most accomplished high school or college career. “[Bryant] had great bones and great makeup to build off of,” Garnett said. “Bronny shows some of that same make. I’m not calling him young Kobe or none of that, but I’m saying that’s potential.”
Source: Bleacher Report