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A 2024 offseason preview for the Detroit Pistons
With Cade Cunningham healthy and set to return after being limited to 12 games in 2022-23 due to a leg injury, the Pistons entered last fall with aspirations of being in the play-in mix and perhaps even getting their young core some postseason experience. That goal seemed sensible enough through...
Report: Wizards will try to acquire another first-round draft pick
The Wizards already hold a pair of picks in the first round of this year’s draft at No. 2 and No. 26, but there’s an expectation that they’ll try to acquire another 2024 first-rounder, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. As Scotto explains, the Wizards’ current...
Report: Pistons targeting Timberwolves top executive for president job
The Pistons appear to be targeting Timberwolves president Tim Connelly in their search for a new president of basketball operations, according to James L. Edwards III and Shams Charania of The Athletic. Sources tell Edwards and Charania that Connelly is expected to opt out of the final year of his...
Insider highlights two 'names to watch' in Lakers' coaching search
The Lakers will intensify their search for a new head coach at this week’s Draft Combine in Chicago, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (video link), who identifies James Borrego and JJ Redick as “names to watch” in that process. Borrego currently serves as lead assistant for...
Bronny James receives medical clearance, expected to remain in draft
The league office will inform teams Monday that James has been evaluated and proclaimed healthy by three physicians from the NBA’s Fitness To Play Panel, according to the authors’ sources. That will allow him to fully participate with other top prospects in this week’s Draft Combine in Chicago.
Hawks GM 'shocked' that his team won the NBA Draft Lottery
Hawks GM Landry Fields wasn’t expecting to come away with the top overall pick in the draft, Lauren Williams of the Atlanta Journal Constitution relays. Atlanta zoomed up all the way from the No. 10 spot in the draft lottery to the top of the heap. The Hawks, who won 36 games, had a 3% chance of getting the No. 1 overall selection.
Hawks win 2024 NBA Draft Lottery
The Hawks have won the 2024 NBA Draft Lottery, jumping up from No. 10 in the pre-lottery order to No. 1. Atlanta had just a 3 percent chance of claiming this year’s top pick. Those are the longest odds for any team that has won the lottery since the NBA revamped the format before the 2019 draft.
Report: Bucks refuse to grant Pistons permission to interview Jon Horst
The Pistons’ search for a new team president of basketball operations may have to go back to the drawing board. In Marc Stein’s latest Substack column, he reports that sources have informed him the Bucks refused to allow Detroit to interview Jon Horst despite the Milwaukee team president reportedly being open to a conversation.
Pelicans reportedly not willing to give Brandon Ingram max extension
The Pelicans are entering a critical offseason, with former All-Star forward Brandon Ingram entering the final season of his contract, which will pay him $36M in 2024-25. According to Christian Clark of The Times-Picayune (subscription required), New Orleans tentatively plans to supplement the trio of Ingram, CJ McCollum and Zion Williamson with “better-fitting pieces.”
Magic center to undergo second surgical procedure on left hand
The preventive procedure involves inserting a plate at the site of a fracture on Carter’s hand. He suffered the fracture in early November and had it surgically repaired at the time. Carter will be reevaluated in approximately four weeks, the team added. That should give him plenty of time...
2024 NBA Draft lottery primer
The 2024 NBA Draft lottery will take place on Sunday afternoon prior to Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Knicks and Pacers. The half-hour event will be broadcast on ESPN beginning at 3 p.m. ET. While the 2023 draft class featured surefire No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama...
Report: Brian Keefe cited as top candidate for Wizards job
The Wizards are expected to start interviewing candidates for their head coaching vacancy within the next few days, a team source told Josh Robbins of The Athletic. Brian Keefe, who finished out the 2023-24 season as interim head coach, is viewed by sources from three rival teams as the top candidate for the job, they told Robbins.
Pacers’ Rick Carlisle fined $35K for criticizing officials
Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle has been fined $35K by the NBA for public criticism of the officiating, as well as questioning the integrity of the league and its officials, the league’s communications department tweeted. Carlisle was ejected late in the fourth quarter of the team’s Game 2 loss...
Suns expected to hire former NBA champ as HC
The Suns plan to hire Mike Budenholzer as their head coach, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. His multi-year contract is expected to approach eight figures per year. Suns owner Mat Ishbia and the front office made the swift move on Thursday, announcing the firing of Frank Vogel. ESPN’s Adrian...
Former NBA big man sentenced to 40 months in prison
Former NBA big man Glen Davis, who played for the Celtics, Magic, and Clippers across eight NBA seasons from 2007-15, has been sentenced by a federal judge to 40 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to defraud the league’s health and welfare benefit plan, according to Alex Prewitt of ESPN.
Knicks get even more bad injury news ahead of Game 3
The Knicks are listing forward OG Anunoby as out for Game 3 of their first-round series against the Pacers on Friday due to a left hamstring strain, per the NBA’s latest injury report. Anunoby suffered the injury during New York’s Game 2 win on Wednesday. Anunoby is the...
Suns part ways with head coach Frank Vogel
The Suns announced in a press release that they have fired head coach Frank Vogel (Twitter link via Sam Amick of The Athletic). “After a thoughtful review of the season, we concluded that we needed a different head coach for our team,” said president of basketball operations and GM James Jones. “We appreciate Frank’s hard work and commitment. We are here to win a championship and last season was way below our expectations.”
NBA announces punishment for Patrick Beverley
The incidents in question came during and after Milwaukee’s Game 6 loss to Indiana. The defeat ended the Bucks’ season. Late in the fourth quarter, Beverley first threw a ball that appeared to miss its mark, a male Pacers fan, instead hitting an unsuspecting female in the side of the head (video link). When the male fan retrieved the ball and lightly tossed it back to Beverley, he immediately threw it back at the male fan with considerably more force.
Hornets make decision on next head coach
Lee will finish his playoff run in Boston before officially joining the Hornets, according to the announcement. Sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Lee will sign a four-year contract with Charlotte. "We are excited to welcome Charles Lee as the head coach of Charlotte Hornets,” Hornets head of basketball...
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