Jackson Sends Message to Pop on Losing Game 7

While working ABC’s broadcast of Game 1 in the Western Conference semifinal series between the Warriors and Grizzlies on Sunday, Mark Jackson popped off a series of covert zingers. “I don’t know if Pop (Gregg Popovich) heard, but losing a Game 7 on the road to the Clippers can cost you your job,” said Jackson, […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Jerel McNeal Will Do What It Takes to Stay With Suns

(Said Jerel McNeal) “I’ll probably end up doing Summer League with Phoenix and just use that as another opportunity to show what I can do and go do what the coaching staff asks. I’ll do whatever I need to do to stick around.” via NBA.com/Suns

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Sources: Stephen Curry to be Named NBA MVP

Warriors guard Stephen Curry will be named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, multiple league sources told CSNBayArea.com in recent days. Official announcement will come this week, sources said, likely on Monday between Games 1 and 2 of the Western Conference semifinals series between the Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies. The timing of the announcement, one […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Popovich: Duncan, Ginobili Will ‘Probably’ Return

One day, these San Antonio Spurs really will walk away and retire. But while their season ended Saturday night with a heartbreaking 111-109 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 7 of their first-round series, coach Gregg Popovich said he doesn’t think this was the final game they will play together. “People ask me […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Magic Coaching Search Waiting on Thibodeau?

Many league observers think there are valid reasons for the seemingly slow pace of the Magic’s coaching search. The theory mentioned most often revolves around current Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau. The league observers speculate that the Magic want to see whether the Bulls and Thibodeau will part ways after the Bulls conclude their playoff run. […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Nets’ Hollins: Williams ‘Not a Franchise Player’

A day after the Brooklyn Nets were eliminated from the playoffs, head coach Lionel Hollins admitted point guard Deron Williams is no longer a franchise player. “He’s not a franchise player anymore,” Hollins said on Saturday morning during break-up day. “He’s a good player, he’s a solid player, but I don’t think he’s a franchise […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Clippers’ Rivers Concerned Paul May Miss Game 1

Clippers point guard Chris Paul suffered a left hamstring strain in Saturday’s series-clinching win over the San Antonio Spurs and could be sidelined for Game 1 of the team’s Western Conference semifinal series against the Houston Rockets on Monday. “Chris may play or may not play the first game, but the game is Monday. My […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Nets’ Lopez on Possible Opt-Out: ‘I Don’t Know’

The biggest question the Nets will face this summer is what the future will hold for their biggest player. Brook Lopez has the ability to opt-out of the final year of his contract this summer and become an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his seven-year NBA career. So what will he do? […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Matthews Noncommittal About Staying in Portland

Matthews has been noncommittal on his desire to re-sign with Portland. When it was suggested by a reporter that, in a perfect world, he would return to the Blazers, Matthews still wouldn’t bite. “Yeah, but so much stuff can happen between now and when free agency starts,” he says. “Ideally, perfect situation, yeah, who doesn’t […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021