The Phoenix Suns announced today that GM Ryan McDonough, who has held the job since 2013, has been relieved of his duties. In the interim, the team announced GM duties will be handled by vice president of basketball operations James Jones and assistant general manager Trevor Bukstein. Jones will manage basketball operations including oversight of …
NEW YORK – Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart and Cleveland Cavaliers guard-forward J.R. Smith have each been fined for their roles in an on-court altercation, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. The incident, for which Smart was assessed a technical foul and ejected, occurred with 3:38 remaining in the …
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NBA.com’s John Schuhmann gets you ready for the 2018-19 season with a key stat for each team in the league and shows you why it matters. Today, we look at the Brooklyn Nets, who couldn’t turn their opponents over. THE STAT The Nets allowed their opponents to take just 57 percent of their shots from …
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NBA.com’s John Schuhmann gets you ready for the 2018-19 season with a key stat for each team in the league and shows you why it matters. Today, we look at the Brooklyn Nets, who couldn’t turn their opponents over. THE STAT The Nets allowed their opponents to take just 57 percent of their shots from …
Read more “One Team, One Stat: Nets force right shots, but that's not enough”
NBA.com’s John Schuhmann gets you ready for the 2018-19 season with a key stat for each team in the league and shows you why it matters. Today, we look at the Brooklyn Nets, who couldn’t turn their opponents over. THE STAT The Nets allowed their opponents to take just 57 percent of their shots from …
Read more “One Team, One Stat: Nets force right shots, but that's not enough”
They have a history. They have a future. No two franchises have met more often in the NBA playoffs than the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers, who have faced each other 20 times in postseason history (seven when the Sixers were the Syracuse Nationals). It’s a rivalry that has featured Hal Greer vs. Sam Jones, …
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The Denver Nuggets will be understandably cautious with incoming rookie Michael Porter Jr., who missed all but three games of his freshman college season with a back injury that dropped him to the middle of the first round. So much so, in fact, that The Undefeated reports that Nuggets president Josh Kroenke isn’t sure whether …
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For a team that didn’t make any major moves during the summer, the Minnesota Timberwolves sure have their share of new players this season. The critical process of familiarization and integration will speed up over the next week, in the form of a trip to California to continue training camp and play …
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NEW YORK — The NBA announced today that Jason Phillips, a top-rated referee with 19 seasons of officiating experience in the league, has been named Replay Center Operations Principal. In his new role, Phillips will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the NBA Replay Center in Secaucus, N.J. His Referee Operations duties will include …
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Joel Bartilotta, RotoWire LAS VEGAS — The Boston Celtics defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, 113-87, in the Las Vegas Summer League at Thomas & Mack Center on Thursday. While there were two ties and three lead changes in the first quarter, that was the only time the game was competitive after a 32-18 second quarter for …
