ClutchPoints: “There is no ‘stopping’ [Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving]. There is defending them at a high level, and there’s playing a complete game because every part of the game is connected.” Joe Mazzulla on the mental test of guarding the Mavs duo 👀 (via @NBA) pic.twitter.com/I1xYIVbIFX
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Getting ready to focus on his job with the senior national team of Greece, nearing the conclusion of the 2023-24 campaign at the club level with Peristeri bwin, Vassilis Spanoulis confirmed Giannis Antetokounmpo for the upcoming FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Piraeus. “Giannis will be present with the national team in the Olympic Games Qualifiers,” noted Spanoulis during the postgame press conference following the ending of a best-of-three series versus Olympiacos on Saturday.
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Jay King: Kristaps Porzingis did everything with the Celtics at practice today, said Joe Mazzulla. Mazzulla said today was relatively light and the team will do more tomorrow, so seems like that could be a bigger test for him physically.
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ClutchPoints: Former NBA All-Star Demarcus Cousins was named Finals MVP as the Taiwan Beer Leopards won the Taiwan T1 league Championship 🏆 pic.twitter.com/TP7ovBCXqQ
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Do the Bulls see an off-season LaVine trade as something that HAS to happen? Or will they be content with him on the roster if a trade market for him doesn’t materialize? Also, if he’s on the team at the start of the season, do you think there’s any potential for distraction/unrest? It seems like everyone was professional last year and I’m wondering if that can last if he’s truly unhappy. — Steve P. KC Johnson: Content may be the wrong word, and I do get the sense both sides are motivated to make something work this offseason. Читать дальше...
ClutchPoints: “Steph [Curry] is not a generational talent… Generational means you can’t mimic it… You can’t mimic f*cking LeBron James. You can’t mimic Victor Wembanyama… [Nikola] Jokic is not a generational talent.” — Gilbert Arenas (via @GilsArenaShow )
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As far as NBA drafts go, 2015 was a fairly average one, with a good amount of solid depth on it, at least one superstar, or two, depending on how you see things, and just a few busts. We also have a few players who went undrafted that year get taken in this re-draft first-round, including one who went No. 6 overall.
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Anthony Edwards was surrounded by a tight-knit team, one with such strong chemistry that it decided as a group that no player would appear on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” postgame show after their victory in Game 4 in Dallas, team sources told The Athletic. The decision was a sign of support for Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns, who were the subject of derisive and seemingly personal criticism from panelist and Golden State forward Draymond Green.
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Andrew Wiggins lived through two gut-wrenching failed attempts to become an Olympian with the Canadian men’s basketball team in 2015 and 2020. Whether he’ll have a shot to finally appear in Games without having to go through the qualification is still to be determined. He’s being coy. “I’d be honoured to play for our country but we’ll see what happens,” Wiggins said on a Zoom call to announce his involvement with CWENCH Hydration, a product developed by the founders of the Biosteel Sports Nutrition company. Читать дальше...
Locked on Heat: “Haywood [Highsmith] has a lot of interest around the league.” – @Michael Scotto YouTube: youtu.be/V0JdWwnCCbU
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