Before tonight, Russell Westbrook was shooting 30% on jump shots and 24% on threes this season.
Before being shut down, Markelle Fultz was shooting 30% on jump shots and 29% on threes this season.
Quite an opening statement from the Mayor of Oklahoma City: "I suppose we all have to get used to the NBA reality that stars are free agents even when they’re not."
Some news, nestled in an official
@NBA
press release (!!!):
@NateDuncanNBA
and I will be calling one League Pass game a week this season!
Join us Monday nights (and some extras, potentially) on the League Pass Influencers stream.
Who could have ever thought that bringing a bunch of volatile role players onto the same team with an inconsistent need for their services would cause problems?
Thrilled to announce that in addition to my Warriors work (which is unchanged), I will be a Staff Writer focusing on the salary cap/CBA for the entirety of The Athletic moving forward. Content coming soon.
A bunch of Lakers fans are about to learn about the Zydrunas Ilgauskas rule (cannot sign a player you traded then got cut by the team you traded him to for the rest of that league year)
James Harden and Russell Westbrook have expressed concerns about uncertainty of Rockets’ immediate future, sources told
@wojespn
and me. No trade requests have been made and Harden in particular remains engaged with front office in personnel discussions.
Did I just get my wheels spinning about a double sign-and-trade three-way deal involving both Caruso and Theis? You bet I did
(Bulls and Rockets retain their MLE, Lakers get a trade exception)
Houston still has a $8.28M trade exception from the Victor Oladipo trade. Might be smart to take Theis in a s/t and preserve the $9.5M ML. This would give Chicago a big trade exception.
Suns center Deandre Ayton is facing a 25-game suspension for violating NBA’s Anti-Drug policy with a positive test for a diuretic, league sources tell ESPN. The NBA informed Ayton and Suns of looming suspension tonight.
No idea why it took me so long but I just realized that KD and Kyrie going to the Nets also means more high-stakes games for their awesome broadcasting crew.
New ESPN story: Adam Silver said today that he remains concerned that star players are “not playing in a full complement of games” and that the league may need to create new incentives to try to make that happen.
Vince Carter was the guy who undercut Patrick McCaw on that layup. Questionable play, but Carter is now down on a knee feet away from McCaw, who is still getting treated.
Andre Iguodala is sure to emerge as a supreme buyout candidate, but he's ineligible to return to the Warriors at any point next season. The Zydrunas Ilgauskas rule.
Current Top-16 bracket:
(1) MIL vs (16) LAL
(8) PHI vs (9) POR
(5) OKC vs (12) SAS
(4) DEN vs (13) LAC
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(6) IND vs (11) UTA
(3) GSW vs (14) SAC
(7) BOS vs (10) HOU
(2) TOR vs (15) BKN
Trump and Devos—two billionaires who were born extremely wealthy and have never had to deal with student debt—want to end loan forgiveness for tens of thousands of people who chose to devote themselves to public service for at least 10 years
The NBA estimates an increase of about 40,000 miles of travel in the postseason if it scrapped its current conference format and took the top 16 teams.
The Spurs should not be remotely concerned about what conference Kawhi's next team plays in, as they will not be competing with them for a while. Only the best offer.
Now:
1) If the Spurs grant Kawhi Leonard’s request, they're under no obligation to trade him to a "preferred" team.
2) Their only obligation would be to make the best deal 4 themselves.
3) And it would clearly make more sense for them to trade him east than keep him in the west.
Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard tells
@YahooSports
his preference to be the next head coach of the franchise is Jason Kidd: “[He’s] the guy I want.”
Boston had been the frontrunner for Aaron Gordon but sources around the league said that started to change over the last 24 hours.
If/when finalized is a playoff move for Denver, a guy who adds playmaking and can help guard the LeBron/Kawhi players in the West.
2020 guard Zaire Wade, son of Dwyane Wade, putting on a shotmaking display. Rise and fire lefty shot maker who can create space off the bounce. Good genes.
We cannot normalize the head of the branch of government in charge of enforcing laws believing in the guilt of people exonerated by DNA evidence and someone else confessing.
Trump, asked by
@AprilDRyan
if he would apologize for his remarks on the Central Park Five, does not apologize and adds: "You have people on both sides of that. They admitted their guilt."
Via Fox
Just finished recording on tonight's game with
@NateDuncanNBA
and wanted to thank everyone for supporting us this historically long season. It continues to be a genuine thrill to be able to make a living doing this and my heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who makes it possible.
Yes, not like I have had my own podcast since *checks notes* 2013.
I am thrilled for Nate and John plus this will not affect the output or quality of Dunc'd On- it is an exciting, separate venture.