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Enes Kanter Appears Happy About Heading Back To Portland After Celtics Trade — NESN.com

Sign In Enes Kanter, like Kyrie Irving, won’t be the last person to wear No. 11 for the Celtics. Boston reportedly traded the center to the Portland Trail Blazers in a three-team deal involving the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday. This will be Kanter’s second stint in Portland after appearing in 23 games for the Trail…

Enes Kanter Appears Happy About Heading Back To Portland After Celtics Trade — NESN.com

Landry Shamet reflects on what he learned with the Clippers — Pasadena Star News

It seems Landry Shamet already had made an impression on members of the current Brooklyn Nets organization. Perhaps it was Shamet’s dagger in the Clippers’ historic 31-point comeback against Kevin Durant’s Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of the first round of the 2019 playoffs? Or more recently, Shamet’s play during pickup runs with Durant…

Landry Shamet reflects on what he learned with the Clippers — Pasadena Star News

Rumor: Lakers among teams expected to pursue Bogdan Bogdanovic — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Teams interested in poaching Giannis Antetokounmpo want to make sure Bogdanovic doesn’t end up in Milwaukee anyway.

Rumor: Lakers among teams expected to pursue Bogdan Bogdanovic — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Second-round surprise: How former top recruit Nico Mannion can help the Warriors win immediately — East Bay Times

Bob Myers was surprised Nico Mannion was available. On the clock with the No. 48 pick of Wednesday night’s draft, the Warriors’ general manager quickly made his selection, excited to nab a point guard he had hoped, but didn’t expect, would fall to him. “We had him higher than 48 for sure,” Myers said during…

Second-round surprise: How former top recruit Nico Mannion can help the Warriors win immediately — East Bay Times

Report: Trail Blazers getting Enes Kanter as Celtics and Grizzlies complete draft-day trade — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Unloading Kanter gives the Celtics more breathing room below the luxury-tax line/hard cap.

Report: Trail Blazers getting Enes Kanter as Celtics and Grizzlies complete draft-day trade — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Grant Williams Focuses On Celtics’ Goal In Reaction To City Edition Jerseys — NESN.com

Sign In Banner No. 18 won’t stray from the minds of the Boston Celtics, regardless of how good they’ll look in their new threads. That’s the conclusion we draw from Grant Williams’ reaction to the City Edition jerseys the Celtics unveiled Friday. Boston modeled the jersey on the 17 NBA championship banners that hang from…

Grant Williams Focuses On Celtics’ Goal In Reaction To City Edition Jerseys — NESN.com

Raptors to play in Tampa

STATEMENT FROM MASAI UJIRI

“The Raptors worked diligently with public health officials at the local, provincial and federal level to secure a plan that would permit us to play our 2020-21 season on home soil and on our home court at Scotiabank Arena. These conversations were productive, and we found strong support for the protocols we put forward. Ultimately, the current public health situation facing Canadians, combined with the urgent need to determine where we will play means that we will begin our 2020-21 season in Tampa, Florida.

We want to thank all levels of government and their public health officials for their dedication to this process, and for looking after the health of Canadians. We commit to continuing our work together, planning for a safe return to play in Toronto. And as an organization, we remain committed to doing all we can to promote and demonstrate public health measures to help combat the spread of COVID-19 in Canada.

So we’ll be away from our home and our fans for now. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. I’m not sure that’s possible for us – we love Toronto and Canada, and we know we have the best fans in the NBA. For now, I’ll ask you to cheer for us from afar, and we’ll look forward to the day we are all together again.”

-RAPTORS-

Midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo named to MLS Best XI again

POZUELO NAMED TO 2020 MLS BEST XI

Toronto FC midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo has been named to the 2020 MLS Best XI, the league announced today. This marks back-to-back seasons the Spaniard has been named to the Best XI.

Pozuelo, 29, finished the regular season with 9 goals and 10 assists, leading the league in combined goals and assists. He also led MLS in chances created (70) and game winning goals (5) while becoming the first player in TFC history to start in every regular season match in a season. Pozuelo was named the MLS Player of the Month for September, as he scored four goals and added two assists across six matches. In addition, Pozuelo was named to the MLS Team of the Week on five occasions (MLS is Back Round 1, Round 2, Week 6, Week 7 & 8 combined, Week 15).

Last season, Pozuelo became the fifth player in club history to be named to the MLS Best XI joining: Dwayne De Rosario (2009, 2010), Sebastian Giovinco (2015, 2016, 2017), Justin Morrow (2017) and Victor Vazquez (2017). He is now the third player in club history to be named to the Best XI on multiple occasions.

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Warriors’ Klay Thompson to miss 2020-21 season with Achilles tear — Press Enterprise

Warriors guard Klay Thompson will miss the entire 2020-21 season with an Achilles tear, according to multiple reports. ESPN was first to report the news, and added Thompson, 30, is expected to make a full recovery “based on the type of tear.” Thompson underwent an MRI Thursday morning after suffering an injury to his right…

Warriors’ Klay Thompson to miss 2020-21 season with Achilles tear — Press Enterprise

Arsenal stars Luiz and Ceballos ‘in training ground fight with defender knocking team-mate to floor and drawing blood’ — The US Sun

DAVID LUIZ and Dani Ceballos have reportedly been involved in a training ground bust-up with the Arsenal midfielder hit in the face by the Brazilian. According to The Athletic, the incident occurred on Friday, with the ex-Chelsea centre-back reacting angrily after being tackled by the Spaniard. David Luiz reportedly hit Arsenal team-mate Dani Ceballos in…

Arsenal stars Luiz and Ceballos ‘in training ground fight with defender knocking team-mate to floor and drawing blood’ — The US Sun