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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California prosecutors say they won’t charge Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri for shoving a sheriff’s deputy after the NBA championship game last June. The Alameda County district attorney’s office announced the decision Tuesday afternoon, when the Raptors were in Toronto receiving their championship rings for defeating the Golden State Warriors. The …

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The Boston Celtics have signed Jaylen Brown to a four-year, $115 million contract extension, the team announced on Monday. The deal was first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. DONE DEAL ✅ @fchwpo will be staying in Boston #FlywireTeamTransactions pic.twitter.com/ZrKNdqvqAl — Boston Celtics (@celtics) October 21, 2019 The 22-year-old averaged 13.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and …

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LOS ANGELES — He was, in a sense, the kid with the ball on the schoolyard, wielding the first pick when it came time to choose sides. Anyone who ever played basketball has been there and done that. And Kawhi Leonard, given the choice of a lifetime, took Paul George over LeBron James and Anthony …

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The Boston Celtics have signed Jaylen Brown to a four-year, $115 million contract extension, the team announced on Monday. The deal was first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. DONE DEAL ✅ @fchwpo will be staying in Boston #FlywireTeamTransactions pic.twitter.com/ZrKNdqvqAl — Boston Celtics (@celtics) October 21, 2019 The 22-year-old averaged 13.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and …

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The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to a four-year, $64 million extension with guard Dejounte Murray, the team announced on Monday. The deal was first reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic. It's official. @DejounteMurray is staying in San Antonio with a contract extension! ➡️ https://t.co/dQvmPBdPEU pic.twitter.com/g0oyMcexWK — San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) October 21, 2019 …

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The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to a four-year, $64 million extension with guard Dejounte Murray, the team announced on Monday. The deal was first reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic. It's official. @DejounteMurray is staying in San Antonio with a contract extension! ➡️ https://t.co/dQvmPBdPEU pic.twitter.com/g0oyMcexWK — San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) October 21, 2019 …

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Mitch Kupchak doesn’t see the Charlotte Hornets being major players in free agency as they attempt to build a winning franchise in the post-Kemba Walker era — at least not right away. Instead, the second-year general manager said Monday he anticipates the Hornets will construct the roster through Draft picks and …

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James Harden was spot on when he said he lost the Kia MVP race last season because of a narrative. That wasn’t the only reason he came up short to Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo en route to his historic season in 2018-19. Antetokounmpo’s intriguing basketball life story decidedly played a part in voters’ minds, many of …

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James Harden was spot on when he said he lost the Kia MVP race last season because of a narrative. That wasn’t the only reason he came up short to Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo en route to his historic season in 2018-19. Antetokounmpo’s intriguing basketball life story decidedly played a part in voters’ minds, many of …

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DALLAS (AP) — Retired Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki joined a few hundred people Wednesday at a ceremony to rename a city street as Nowitzki Way in his honor. The big German accepted the gesture with characteristic humor and humility. “It’s sort of surreal,” he said. “From my first year, the city probably wouldn’t have …

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