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Four ties among teams that finished the 2014-15 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for the 2015 NBA Draft presented by State Farm, which will be held on Thursday, June 25. The drawings were conducted live on NBA TV earlier today in […]
The following statement has been issued by Nets General Manager Billy King regarding the status of Mirza Teletovic: “Mirza has been cleared to resume basketball-related activities. Mirza will be listed as OUT for games, and if his status changes, we will update at the appropriate time.” via NBA.com/Nets
At this week’s NBA Board of Governors meetings in New York, teams were advised that the league’s salary cap could rise past the $100 million mark as soon as the 2017-18 season, according to league sources. Sources told ESPN.com that based on current projections, league officials expect the salary cap to increase from its current […]
“I really tested the knee,” (Nicolas) Batum said. “I’ll be OK for Sunday.” CJ McCollum, too, went through a vigorous workout, cutting hard in his injured left ankle. McCollum said that he is ready to go for Game 1 on Sunday as well. Of course, the other injury that hangs over the Blazers is that […]
Despite that gap in experience, (Cavs’ coach David) Blatt does not want to put too much responsibility on (LeBron) James’ shoulders. “I think that mentally and emotionally he’ll lead the way,” Blatt said of James after practice on Friday. “And certainly on the court his example is going to be felt and it’s going to […]
“The whole expectations of being a max player and taking that next step, it’s tough to manage at first,” (Chandler) Parsons admitted. “A lot of people look at me like I’m a different player. I’m the same player. I’ve gotten better. My numbers are down a little bit but at the same time I continue […]
Tiago Splitter participated in portions of Friday’s practice, but coach Gregg Popovich wasn’t about to tip his hand as to whether the Spurs’ starting forward will be available when their first-round playoff series with the Los Angeles Clippers opens on Sunday. “We’d love to play him as much as we can,” Popovich said. “We’ll see. […]
The Toronto Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in April. DeRozan averaged an East-best 24.1 points per game for the month and added 4.9 assists and 3.7 rebounds. He shot 49.2 percent from […]
The Brooklyn Nets’ Bojan Bogdanovic and the Utah Jazz’s Rodney Hood today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in April. Bogdanovic led all Eastern Conference rookies in scoring (14.4 ppg) and shot 52.6 percent from the field, good for third among all rookies. He […]
Warriors All-Star Stephen Curry believes his team’s record season will be a bust if a new title banner isn’t finally added to the practice gym this year. “For the players, it is,” Curry told Yahoo Sports. “No one will be happy for anything less. If we don’t win our last game this season it’s going […]
