PHOENIX — To their credit, the Phoenix Suns didn’t spend their week between games frittering away their advantage. While the Clippers labored against top-seeded Utah Jazz for six second-round games, the Suns spent their six days of downtime after sweeping the Denver Nuggets doing homework. 1,181 more words
Suns’ Deandre Ayton welcomes Clippers’ small-ball challenge — Press Telegram
PHOENIX — One “good, feel-out game” in the books, as Paul George called it, and this Western Conference finals between George’s Clippers and the Phoenix Suns is about as hard to gauge as it was before Sunday’s game, which… 994 more words
Clippers hope adjustments will improve outlook vs. Suns — Press Telegram
To hear Brad Stevens tell it, the process of executing his first NBA trade was conflicting. He got to bring back Al Horford, a player he cherished and indeed depended on as a coach. 601 more words
Brad Stevens searches for financial flexibility — Boston Herald
The Nuggets are getting close, but they’re not there yet. With a foundation around Nikola Jokic set, where do the Nuggets go from here? Welcome to our offseason roundtable, with Nuggets beat writer Mike Singer, deputy sports editor Matt Schubert and columnist Mark Kiszla answer six pressing questions facing the franchise. 2,531 more words
Nuggets offseason roundtable: Answering six pressing questions heading into the summer — The Denver Post
A reporter for the Associated Press tweeted Monday that the US Basketball Team doesn’t expect Steph Curry to play on the team for the Summer Olympics.
Source: USA Basketball Doesn’t Expect Steph Curry To Play In Olympics — CBS San Francisco
Ben Simmons backed his way to the basket, spun around Danilo Gallinari for the easy look at the net — an uncontested layup, a dunk — and he passed.
Head Games: Ben Simmons’ Future Uncertain After Playoff Flop — CBS Philly
Brad Stevens, faced with salary cap inflexibility that threatened to handcuff his team over the next two years, broke the logjam with a major trade Friday morning. 334 more words
Celtics swap Kemba Walker, 2021 first-rounder for Al Horford in cap clearing trade — Boston Herald
Despite his team’s second-round ouster, Nuggets president of basketball operations Tim Connelly was encouraged by the gains his team made in an unprecedented season that also included a devastating injury to Jamal Murray. Like others within the organization, before Murray tore his ACL, Connelly felt the Nuggets could win a championship. Instead, Connelly heads into the offseason with the core of a championship foundation intact, yet a roster still in need of upgrades.
Nuggets president Tim Connelly wants to “reward” Michael Porter Jr. as potential extension talks loom — The Denver Post
Over the next few days, the Bay Area News Group will examine what went right, what went wrong and the biggest offseason questions for each of the Warriors players. 845 more words
Warriors report card: Draymond Green can still anchor a champion defense. Will the Warriors let him? — East Bay Times
The case of Rick Carlisle is proof of how quickly Twitter works. Minutes after Carlisle confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski he’s stepping down as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, Twitter linked him strongly to the vacant position of Boston Celtics head coach. Woj shared these tweets at 4:07 p.m. ET, reporting Carlisle’s […]
NBA Twitter Believes Rick Carlisle No-Brainer To Become Next Celtics Coach — NESN.com
Amid a potentially devastating day of news in the NBA, LeBron James decided to weigh in from his offseason perch: Moving forward with the 2020-21 season so swiftly after the last one was a mistake. 657 more words
Lakers’ LeBron James blames short turnaround between NBA seasons for injury spate — Press Enterprise
If you must speak of GOATs, the 2021 MRI championship team would be the all-timer. Kawhi Leonard joins Anthony Davis, Donovan Mitchell, Mike Conley, Chris Paul, Jamal Murray, Kyrie Irving, James Harden, Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid and DeAndre Hunter on that esteemed squad of casualties, temporary or otherwise, during the playoffs. We can debate the…
Whicker: Learn to live with NBA injuries – they’re part of the furniture — Whittier Daily News
