Boston Globe National NBA writer giving thoughts on the NBA, other sports and various topics. UC Berkeley grad. Masters degree, Univ. of Nebraska. Newlywed.
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Marcus Smart is screaming in the
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locker room and there is a bunch of arguing going on. Smart comes out say “y’all on that bullshit!” Team is imploding. Smart is in bathroom and there is still screaming coming from locker room.
Serbia's Bogdan Bogdanovic on why teammate Nikola Jokic hasn't talked with the media at the Olympics: “He’s great, but he only likes to talk to me, you know that. In the NBA, if he doesn’t talk to media, he’ll get fined. But here (in the Olympics), there are no fines. So he says,
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sign-and-trade update. Hayward wants to play in Indiana. He's told the
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that.
IND offering Turner and McDermott
BOS wants Turner and Warren or Oladipo.
That's a big difference.
Talked with Marcus Smart today in Stoughton:
1) He was told week before the trade he was safe
2) Found out through his agent, not team.
3) Said he'll always love Boston &
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organization
4) Adamant that he & Jaylen Brown have no issues. Talked with JB shortly after trade
Jaylen Brown is biting his tongue from telling his truth. You can tell he has a lot on his mind. There's some real issues in that locker room.
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Horford on after Giannis dunked on him stared and then talked trash: "I didn't make out what he said, but the way he looked at me didn't sit well with me. That got me going."
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players Kyle Lowry, Victor Oladipo and Jimmy Butler all attended Jaylen Brown’s 7uice Gala on Thursday in Boston along with several
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players.
The
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are using the KG retirement ceremony as a chance to reunite the 2008 championship team. Ray Allen has been invited to the ceremony on Sunday.
Bruce Brown just told me he's going to try to bring the Larry O'Brien Trophy back to Dorchester for a visit, so young kids see what can happen when you dream.
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Jaylen Brown on dueling with Jayson Tatum: "Going up against my brother Jayson, going back and forth, it was like nobody was in (the arena) at all, just me and him.”
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Jaylen Brown said he had a conversation with Jayson Tatum after Thursday’s
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loss. Said the two are convinced they can play together and make it work long term. Said both are on the same page.
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Jrue Holiday said he chose No. 4 because of he and his three siblings (4) and because of
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. Said he reached out to Isaiah before choosing
the number.
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need to make a statement, offer some clarity and protect Allison Feaster in this situation. All of the speculation isn’t helping anybody and it’s rampant.
Marcus Smart: “I’m really tired of hearing (questions) about Kyrie. Kyrie’s no longer with the Boston
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. It’s a slap to everybody on this team to keep hearing Kyrie’s name. Yet everybody, including the Boston fans want to talk about Kyrie.”
Kevin Durant just heard Bruce Brown's words and is trying to calm the narrative: "That's caffeine pride talking. Those dudes (Horford and Theis) can do the same things (as Williams)."
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Gregg Popovich on Tatum’s performance: “I just told Jayson to act like he’s playing the
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. Every time he plays us he scores 90.”
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Kerr admits Tatum was a straight up DNP-CD. “I went with the combinations that made sense. That was for tonight. He handled it well. He’ll make his mark.”
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Marcus Morris on
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' sudden resurgence. "Ask that man right there (Kyrie Irving). His energy has just taken us to another level. He’s been great for us. Everybody been talking about how he want out and all this other shit, but he’s been great for us, a great leader."
Just had a moment with Guerschon Yabusele, who recognized me and said smiling, "You gotta tell (the
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) to bring me back." Yabu was a former BOS first-round pick. Plays now for Real Madrid.
19 year old Jordan Walsh said Al Horford said he lost his "Black card" because he had never heard of the movie "Friday." So he recently watched "Friday" and Horford also told him to watch the first two "Godfathers."
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For
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fans who don’t remember. Moses Brown is the dude who grabbed 19 rebounds in the FIRST HALF against Boston in March. He’s a solid center prospect.
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assistant coach Kara Lawson completed her final interviews and is expected to finalize a deal to become the next women’s head coach for the Duke, according to an NBA source.
I asked Joe Mazzulla about the East contenders (MIL, MIA) making moves to compete with the
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. Here was his response: “I don’t think they’re competing with us. First of all, we haven’t won. So I don’t know why anyone’s competing with us. We haven’t won a championship since
Ime Udoka said he told his players not to "bitch at the officials" about calls. He said he'll handle talking with officials. Doesn't want his team constantly complaining about calls.
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Have a feeling the Celtics' younger core. -- Brown and Tatum -- are breathing a sigh of relief tonight and both feel confident they can lead the franchise to the next level with or without Kyrie.
Kyrie on the playing for the
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this season: “This is probably one of the few times I’ve been happy playing basketball and being in Boston has made it a lot easier, having a great environment, great organization so it’s been awesome."
Marcus Smart: “Jayson and Jaylen are my brothers for life. “(When) My mom passed away, JB was actually one of the people on that plane that came to Dallas to the funeral. I just want to shut all rumors now that me and JB had beef. I have no beef with anybody with the
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."
Something might be going on with Tatum here. He was the last Team USA player out of the locker room and walked straight to the bench without warming up.
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Jayson Tatum, on his photo with Parish, McHale, Pierce and Garnett: “That was incredible,” Tatum said. “I kind of felt like I didn’t even belong in that picture with all that they’ve accomplished and what they mean to the game, especially to the
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.”
Robert Williams on playing against young bigs like Jalen Duren: "I hate playing against a player like me. It's annoying, man. Rebounding all day, always crashing, it's annoying. You've got to box out every time. What is he? 19? He's doing it young."
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Jaylen Brown on the scrap with Myles Turner: "Myles Turner is a good kid. I was just letting him know, just watch it."
Turner is seven months older than Brown.
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majority governor Wyc Grousbeck: "I look at the next six years as a real opportunity for us. We're gonna keep doing this until we uncover that banner or die trying. We're going for banner 18 and we're gonna keep going."
2-min report says Horford's foul on Butler occurred at 3.0 AND he was attempting 3-pointer although it appeared he wasn't in shooting motion at 3.0. Report says Vincent fouled Tatum on jumper with 33.5 left & Martin committed a lane violation on Brown FT at 1:01.
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Brad Stevens was able to clear out his ineffective bench and acquire another playmaker at the same time. It’s obvious he doesn’t value draft picks as much as his predecessor Danny Ainge.
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With his $304 million new contract, Jaylen Brown said he wants to close the wealth disparity for people of color in Boston and also stimulate a Black Wall Street in the city.
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Safe to say Terry Rozier is ready to get out of Boston. When asked about the
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having the right to match any offer to him this summer, he said: "No comment."
Ray Allen said he was unsure Garnett would want him at the jersey retirement until their photo at All-Star Weekend and Garnett's invitation to his podcast. Said he missed the Garden.
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About 20 minutes after his ankle injury, Jayson Tatum texted Brad Stevens, who is in Boston, and told him the injury didn't appear to be serious.
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Malcolm Brogdon told me when they found out SGA was out, "We took a deep breath and relaxed. Honestly we should know better than to come out and not play with aggression, not play with energy and urgency."
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Dr. Daniel Kharrazi, an orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai and former
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consultant, told
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he's seen a injury like Porzingis' once in 25 years. He was optimistic about Porzingis' ability to play:
"A lot of times the ankle and the tendon can be taped to allow
Jaylen Brown on recent events: "If you're watching this, listening or tuning in, I want you to know you life has value. So much value. But they're trying to so hard to make you feel otherwise. The power has and always will be with the people and we've got to stand up and fight."
Kyrie on Kemba Walker: "We should have probably trapped him a little bit more like every other team does in the league. He torches us every time. It's no surprise."
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Jayson Tatum on his DNP and coming back today: “It’s a unique situation and it’s not about one individual player. The competitor in you wants to play, obviously. But I’m not here to make a story, making it about myself. We won. I was just glad to get back out there and play again
After about eight scoreless possessions in their battle, Jayson Tatum is able to get buckets on Jaylen Brown in a rare 1 on 1 between two
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cornerstones.