Draft grades are undeniably a great way to make a writer look quite silly, but you know what? Everyone gets stuff wrong when evaluating players. Even the best evaluators working within the NBA get things wrong regularly. And ultimately, grades are a great way to reflect on how each team handled the NBA Draft and...
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NBA free agency: Paul George tops strong group of wings
NBA free-agency breakdown: Overall Top 25 | Point Guards | Shooting Guards | Power Forwards | Centers The small forward position might offer the most inviting possibilities for cap space teams, with two legitimate difference-makers likely in unrestricted free agency in Paul George and OG Anunoby. Beyond that, multiple 3-and-D starting-caliber wings loom, making this...
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NBA Player Tiers: Tyrese Haliburton, Tyrese Maxey and Tier 3’s All-Star level of play
This is the fifth annual NBA Player Tiers project, in which Seth Partnow names the top 125 players in the league after each season and then separates them into five distinct categories of value, each with their sub-categories to further delineate them. These are not meant to be read as firm 1-125 player rankings. Rather, they’re meant...
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Garden Party: Celtics wash away recent failures by winning 18th NBA championship
For bookkeeping purposes, the Boston Celtics secured their 18th NBA championship on June 17, 2024, at TD Garden. Drama? Well, no, there wasn’t much in the way of heart-pounding stuff, the Celtics closing out a breezy 106-88 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, with Boston’s vaunted J’s — Jayson...
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Van Gundy agrees to be Clippers’ lead assistant
Jeff Van Gundy and the LA Clippers have agreed to a deal that will bring the former television analyst to the organization as the lead assistant on coach Tyronn Lue’s staff, a team source confirmed Tuesday. ESPN first reported the news. Van Gundy, 62, spent the 2024 season as a senior consultant for the Boston...
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Celtics owner says Horford will return next season
After winning his first NBA title at 38 years old, Al Horford plans to return to the Boston Celtics next season, Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck said Tuesday. “Al is coming back for next year. That’s what I’ve been told. Age 38, which is unbelievable,” Grousbeck said on the “The Greg Hill Show” following the Celtics’...