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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Cooper Flagg headlines U.S. select team for Olympic training camp
Duke incoming freshman Cooper Flagg is among the 15 Americans selected to practice against Team USA next week in Las Vegas, which is both an honor for him and a possible harbinger for his future on the national team. Each summer in which the U.S. men’s basketball team competes internationally, a “select” team, usually composed...
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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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Pistons fire Monty Williams
Monty Williams is out as head coach of the Detroit Pistons, the team announced Wednesday. Pistons owner Tom Gores made the call to move on from Williams over the last 24 hours, per team sources. Williams signed one of the largest contracts in NBA history last June and has about $60 million left on the...
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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’...
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The Pulse: The first double sweep since 1995?
The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Don’t go down 3-0 today. While You Were Sleeping: Woof, finals series For the second straight night, a top seed in a major professional sport won a tight game to...
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2024 NBA Draft Scouting Profile: Kyshawn George
Kyshawn George is an international prospect who played his freshman year with the Miami Hurricanes. While George likely won’t be great out the gate, he has natural offensive and defensive guard instincts and is 6’8 with a 6’10 wingspan and an 8’9 stand and reach, so he has real potential to become a good NBA...
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO ‘hopeful’ about NBA rights deal on TNT
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav projected a measured optimism Thursday that the company could still retain a portion of the NBA’s media rights as it continues to negotiate with the league. Zaslav said WBD, which owns TNT Sports, continues to talk to the NBA about a deal and he remains “hopeful” that they could...
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Boomers and Opals handed tricky Olympic draws for Paris Games
In short: The Boomers will play World Cup medallists Canada in the pool stage at the Paris Olympics. The Opals have also drawn Canada, along with France and Nigeria. What’s next? The Olympic basketball tournaments get underway in late July. Josh Giddey is on an Olympic collision course with NBA teammate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, with the...
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