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NBA 2014 All-Star Reserves Announced
Tonight, the All-Star reserves were announced on TNT.
The Eastern Conference reserves are John Wall (Washington Wizards), DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors), Joe Johnson (Brooklyn Nets), Roy Hibbert (Indiana Pacers), Joakim Noah (Indiana Pacers), Paul Millsap (Atlanta Hawks) and Chris Bosh (Miami HEAT).
The Western Conference reserves are Chris Paul (Los Angeles Clippers), Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers), Tony Parker (San Antonio Spurs), James Harden (Houston Rockets), Dwight Howard (Houston Rockets), LaMarcus Aldridge (Portland Trail Blazers) and Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks).
The Chicago Bulls have hired former Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan as their new head coach, the team announced Tuesday.
Arturas Karnisovas, the Bulls’ executive vice president of basketball operations, aggressively pursued Donovan after the coach left the Oklahoma City Thunder, sources said, selling Donovan on a partnership and vision for a talented young roster and a chance to lead one of the league’s anchor franchises.
In an official statement, Donovan thanked the team’s ownership “for the opportunity to coach the Chicago Bulls” and said he is looking forward to working with Karnisovas.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named the 2019-20 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player, the NBA announced today.
This is the second straight Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award for Antetokounmpo, who becomes the 12th player to earn the honor in consecutive seasons. A native of Greece, Antetokounmpo is the first player from Europe to be selected as the NBA MVP more than once. Antetokounmpo, 25, also joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James as the only players to win multiple NBA MVP awards by the age of 25.
Source: NBA
The Toronto Raptors announced Tuesday they have signed head coach Nick Nurse to a multi-year contract extension. Per team policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. This past season, Nurse guided the Raptors to a 53-19 record during the regular season (second best in the NBA) and set a franchise-record with a .736 winning percentage. Toronto also reached the Eastern Conference Semifinals for the fifth straight year.
Source: Toronto Raptors
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