Michael Scotto: New York Knicks forward Bojan Bogdanovic will have season-ending surgeries to address his foot and wrist injuries, league sources told @hoopshype. Another tough loss for the Knicks who are already missing Julius Randle this postseason.
Source: Twitter @MikeAScotto
Charles Oakley once believed Joel Embiid could be an all-time great. But the whining and losing has changed his mind. “Everybody says he’s hurt,” Oakley said Tuesday on SiriusXM NBA Radio’s “The Starting Lineup” show. “If you’re hurt, stay home and watch it on TV like everybody else is doing. I don’t want hear this, ‘I’m giving it my all.’ You’re a seven-footer shooting 3s. I mean, you stand out around the 3-point line what the guards gonna do? So I think that, you know, they cry too much. All these guys in the league cry too much. Читать дальше...
2005 | 6’9 | 7’0 WS | 212 LBS
Team: Cholet Basket (France)
Best aggregate mock draft rank: 8 / Worst rank: NR
2023-24 stats:
In 2023-24, Tidjane Salaun averaged 9.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.2 blocks per game. He shot 40.2 percent from the field, 33.1 percent from three, and 80.2 percent from the foul line.
You can rest assured that multiple teams around the league are poised to immediately begin tracking the Bucks’ offseason closely — monitoring, of course, is the go-to Twitter verb for these situations — to see how Giannis Antetokounmpo reacts to such a disappointing outcome.
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Ira Winderman: Jaime Jaquez Jr. has been declared out tomorrow for the Heat in Boston with a hip flexor strain
Source: Twitter @IraHeatBeat
Run it Back: “I’m told that LeBron [James] is expected to play up to 2 more NBA seasons… In a perfect world, the Lakers have LeBron James back, and potentially they draft Bronny James—I’m told they are interested in picking him in the draft.” @Shams Charania updates on LeBron James.
Source: Twitter
Brad Turner: Kawhi Leonard is out with right knee inflammation for Clippers Game 5 vs Mavs Wednesday night
Source: Twitter @NotoriousOHM
Tim MacMahon: Luka Doncic has a sprained knee and is probable for Game 5 vs. Clippers, per Jason Kidd. Doncic was able to do “everything” during practice today.
Source: Twitter @espn_macmahon
Run It Back: “Damian Lillard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, are not expected to play tonight in the potential elimination game 5.” @ShamsCharania updates on Damian and Giannis’ injuries.
Source: Twitter
How did you become a Sixers fan? Kyle Lowry: My mom. My brother. Everybody was a Sixers fan for sure. They loved Dr. J [Julius Erving], Armen Gilliam, Charles Barkley. I was a Dana Barros fan. It goes back a while. You had to watch them on [sports cable channel] PRISM. Only Philadelphia people know what that is. I was watching as many games as I could, NBC games, whenever. They never really was on NBC because they were never good for a while. But every chance I got to watch I would. Who was your biggest basketball influence? Читать дальше...
Both Joel Embiid and Kelly Oubre Jr. missed shootaround for the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday ahead of Game 5 of their first-round series against the New York Knicks. Embiid missed it with a migraine, while Oubre had an illness. Embiid, who was already questionable with left knee injury management, remains so, while Oubre was put on the injury report as probable to play.
Source: ESPN
2004 | 6’3 | 6’3 WS | 176 LBS
Team: Kentucky
Agent: Rich Paul and Lucas Newton (Klutch)
Best aggregate mock draft rank: 3 / Worst rank: NR
In 2023-24, Dillingham averaged 15.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.0 steal per game. He shot 47.5 percent from the field, 44.4 percent from three, and 79.6 percent from the foul line.
Get Up: “I think LeBron intends to opt out of his contract and become a free agent for the first time since 2018.” 👀 @WindhorstESPN pic.twitter.com/4LkT1tMFmW
Source: Twitter @GetUpESPN
The 39-year-old NBA luminary is expected to play up to two more seasons, one source briefed on James’ thinking told The Athletic. But the Lakers are open to discussing any deal that would intrigue him to return for his seventh season in L.A. — after the Lakers’ season ended at the hands of the Denver Nuggets for the second straight year Monday— including the maximum three-year, $164 million extension they can offer, team sources told The Athletic.
Source: The Athletic
Davis was even more dominant against Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets: 30.5 points, 15.8 rebounds, 62.2% shooting. “Absolutely,” AD said about pitching LeBron on running it back. “Feel like we complement each other. We’ve done something special together. Good thing about it, I’m gonna be with him all summer. So, have a lot of conversations and things like that. But he knows how I feel about him.”
Source: Clutch Points
Michael Scotto: Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell on his player option: “When I signed my contract last year, I knew what position I was going to put myself in, so to be in that position now with a little leverage, I’ll try to take advantage of it.”
Source: Twitter @MikeAScotto
Jovan Buha: What happens with Darin Ham? Do the Lakers end up dismissing him and moving on? How quickly do they move on another head coach, and which coaches will become candidates? A name that is interesting to me is JJ Redick, given he is one of the front runners for the Charlotte Hornets job. He seems to be the hot name on the market I think of Steve Kerr when he was picking between the Knicks and the Warriors, and I think JJ Redick, if he does not get the Hornets job or he does not choose to join the Hornets... Читать дальше...
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As for his father, the Lakers want him back — badly — and the potential of the 39-year-old LeBron returning remains the most likely scenario. Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, in particular, believes James’ return is of paramount importance to their plan. This franchise has always been buoyed by the stars, and James’ ability to still play at an elite level at his advanced age has only strengthened the desire to have him retire in a purple-and-gold jersey one day. And after six seasons together in which there has been no shortage of ups and downs... Читать дальше...
What’s more, team sources say the Lakers are very open to the prospect of helping LeBron fulfill his dream of playing with his son Bronny by potentially drafting him. “My last year will be played with my son,” James famously told The Athletic in 2022. LeBron changed his message in January 2023, telling ESPN that he would consider that family goal fulfilled so long as he shared the floor with Bronny “either in the same uniform or a matchup against him.” In the wake of Bronny’s cardiac arrest episode in July... Читать дальше...
The Lakers’ unflattering finish leaves Ham’s future as head coach in serious peril, multiple league and team sources tell The Athletic, with some stakeholders indicating it’s highly unlikely he’ll return. The plan is to reassess everything that went wrong in the coming days before making a final decision. In 2022, Ham signed a four-year deal in the range of $5 million per season, so the team would be assuming the remainder of his deal if he is fired.
Source: The Athletic
Khobi Price: Anthony Davis: “I think the way you compete for championships is keeping the core.”
Source: Twitter @khobi_price
Ben Golliver: Was there any thought that tonight was your last game with the Lakers? LeBron James: “I’m not going to answer that.” pic.twitter.com/tOySUdsmbI
Source: Twitter @BenGolliver
Michael Scotto: Michael Malone: “I think Darvin Ham is a hell of a coach. That’s not an easy job. I think Darvin does it with class. He’s a good man, good coach, and I wish him all the best. Hopefully, he’ll be around there for a long time because he deserves to be.” pic.twitter.com/PJsDU6qfMF
Source: Twitter @MikeAScotto
Jovan Buha: Darvin Ham: “It’s been a hell of a two years sitting in this seat, I’ll tell you that. It’s been a hell of a two years.”
Source: Twitter @jovanbuha
