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John Niyo: Dusty May proving to be a quick-change artist with Michigan makeover
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Dusty May developed a reputation as something of an offensive guru in recent years while building Florida Atlantic into a mid-major power in college basketball.
And if his first month on the job at Michigan is any indication, that reputation still carries some weight. Because May and his new coaching staff went 8 for 8 in ...Read more
St. John's lands star transfer Kadary Richmond from Seton Hall in coup for Rick Pitino
NEW YORK — A one-time conference foe is set to add some star power to Rick Pitino’s new-look St. John’s roster.
Kadary Richmond, an All-Big East selection with Seton Hall last season, is transferring to St. John’s, adding an established scorer to a team that lost many of its top options from last season.
The Brooklyn-born Richmond, a 6...Read more
Jamal Murray fined $100,000, avoids suspension for throwing objects at official during playoff game
DENVER — The NBA has fined Jamal Murray $100,000 for throwing multiple items in the direction of an official during a playoff game between the Nuggets and Timberwolves, the league announced Tuesday.
Murray avoided a suspension after the league reviewed the incident, sources told The Denver Post. He will be eligible to play Friday in Game 3 of...Read more
The Sixers covet Paul George, but will he be available? Not if the Clippers get their way.
PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers’ desire to sign Paul George in free agency is well known. But the Los Angeles Clippers hope the nine-time All-Star forward remains in the fold.
“We want Paul, we value Paul,” said Lawrence Frank, the Clippers’ president of basketball operations. “Paul’s done some tremendous things here. He’s an elite ...Read more
Jim Souhan: Wolves are best team in basketball, even if they can't say it
MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves, at the moment, are the best team in the NBA.
They need 10 more victories to win a championship and have the right to say that themselves. The rest of us don't have to wait. We can see it.
The Denver Nuggets were the best team in the NBA last season and destroyed their competition in the playoffs to easily win ...Read more
Hornets' Brandon Miller is the real deal, even as Victor Wembanyama is named NBA's top rookie
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There was no suspense, mirroring how things went down just over a year ago when everyone knew it was all about the French phenom.
Victor Wembanyama’s name was the one called on national television on Monday night, completing a whirlwind 12-plus month stretch. The San Antonio Spurs rising star collected his first major ...Read more
La Velle E. Neal III: The ceiling for these Timberwolves? There isn't one.
MINNEAPOLIS — In the moments following the Timberwolves 106-80 dismantling of the Nuggets on Monday, big man Rudy Gobert FaceTimed an undoubtedly electric locker room.
Gobert was back in the Twin Cities enjoying the birth of his first child. The Wolves celebrated Baby Gobert by honoring the defensive anchor with a suffocating, unrelenting, ...Read more
Reggie Miller to call Game 2 of Knicks-Pacers playoff series for TNT
NEW YORK — Notorious Knicks killer Reggie Miller is headed back to Madison Square Garden.
Miller will be part of TNT’s broadcast of Game 2 of the Knicks and Pacers’ second-round playoff series on Wednesday night, the network announced Monday.
Miller, who spent his entire Hall of Fame career with Indiana, is set to join Brian Anderson, ...Read more
Hornets' Brandon Miller is the real deal, even as Victor Wembanyama is named NBA's top rookie
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There was no suspense, mirroring how things went down just over a year ago when everyone knew it was all about the French phenom.
Victor Wembanyama’s name was the one called on national television on Monday night, completing a whirlwind 12-plus month stretch. The San Antonio Spurs rising star collected his first major ...Read more
Lawrence Frank calls Clippers season another 'lost opportunity'
LOS ANGELES — The 2023-24 season ended in disappointment yet again for the Clippers and now they will turn their attention to next season and how they can reach their goal of winning an NBA championship with a core group that’s getting older.
It’ll start with Lawrence Frank, the Clippers’ president of basketball operations, his front-...Read more
David Murphy: Sixers will enter free agency having come full circle. Can they avoid going around again?
Before we take a dive into the things that the Sixers need to do in order to do what they have not done in the Joel Embiid Era, let’s establish a jumping-off point.
Winning in the playoffs is hard. Extraordinarily hard. When you look around the NBA, you’ll see that there are essentially three formulas, all heavily reliant on variables that ...Read more
Timberwolves dominate defending champions, beat Denver 106-80 to take command of playoff series
The Timberwolves entered Monday's game without Rudy Gobert, their defensive anchor. The likely NBA Defensive Player of the Year and the team's coaching staff have tried to install consistency, effort and attention to detail in the team's defense ever since his arrival in Minnesota.
His teammates did him proud with a stifling defensive effort in...Read more
Donte DiVincenzo sinks game-winner to lift Knicks to 121-117 victory over Pacers in Game 1
NEW YORK — Donte DiVincenzo has been here before.
The ball found DiVincenzo behind the three-point line with the game and series on the line in Game 6 of the Knicks’ first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers when he uncorked a bomb from downtown to put the Sixers away and punch New York’s ticket to the second round
The ...Read more
Daryl Morey knows Sixers' crucial summer is about maximizing Joel Embiid's prime: 'We put our focus on now'
Joel Embiid has already sent Daryl Morey some thoughts on his offseason plans. Soon, the 76ers’ superstar and the team’s president of basketball operations will sit down with coach Nick Nurse and the medical team, among others, for their customary postseason meeting.
Morey on Monday called Embiid incredible, a stud, and a warrior while ...Read more
Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert questionable for Game 2 in Denver for 'personal reasons'
DENVER – The Timberwolves may be without their defensive anchor Rudy Gobert for Game 2 against the Nuggets.
Gobert will be officially listed as questionable for personal reasons, the team said, and he was not at the portion of shootaround open to reporters Monday morning.
The team did not confirm a reason why Gobert wasn't present, but ...Read more
How will Heat handle Jimmy Butler's request for max extension? Pat Riley offers insight
MIAMI — Jimmy Butler wants more from the Miami Heat, and the Heat wants more from Butler.
Butler will ask for a maximum two-year contract extension worth about $113 million from the Heat this offseason, and the Heat will ask Butler to play in more games next season.
Whether either side fulfills the other’s request remains to be seen, as ...Read more
For Chris Finch, coaching Wolves behind bench was 'a little surreal'
DENVER – NBA arenas aren't the easiest places for people to get around if they are limited in their mobility. There are ramps, steps and scaffolding in the way, and it's something Timberwolves coach Chris Finch is finding out as he coaches this Western Conference second-round series shortly after undergoing patellar tendon surgery in his right...Read more
Mike Bianchi: Magic fall in Game 7, but their rise has just begun
CLEVELAND — It has become tradition during the Orlando Magic’s 35th anniversary season for delirious fans in Kia Center to chant, “Play the song! Play the song!” when the Magic record a victory. And then the crowd celebrates and sings along when a remade version of the original team anthem blares throughout the arena.
On Sunday ...Read more
Magic crumble in 2nd half of Game 7 against Cavs as season ends
CLEVELAND — Paolo Banchero became the third-youngest player in NBA history to score 30-plus points in three or more games of the same playoff series but his tremendous efforts weren’t enough against the Cavaliers in Orlando‘s first trip back to the postseason in four years.
Banchero, who totaled 38 points during Sunday’s Game 7, was one...Read more
Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards outshines Denver's Nikola Jokic in Game 1 victory
DENVER – Anthony Edwards shared the floor Saturday night with Nikola Jokic, the two-time NBA MVP who is favored to win his third.
He was in Jokic's Ball Arena, and his Timberwolves were going against the defending champions, the standard of late-game composure and execution that these Wolves could only dream about reaching a season ago.
But ...Read more
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- Timberwolves dominate defending champions, beat Denver 106-80 to take command of playoff series
- John Niyo: Dusty May proving to be a quick-change artist with Michigan makeover
- Hornets' Brandon Miller is the real deal, even as Victor Wembanyama is named NBA's top rookie