Yogi Ferrell and Jehyve Floyd are leaving the team. Both of them are not active on the Greek league roster, however there’s no limit on foreign players for the EuroLeague games. And in both cases, so far they have a very limited role. That’s why Ferrell himself asked from the team to be released in order to find elsewhere more minutes and a different role.
April 25, 2024 | 11:19 am EDT Update
NBA Central: Amin Elhassan says Bam Adebayo is the best defender in the NBA “He’s the best defensive player in the league, and it’s not even close. The moment you show me Rudy Gobert guarding Jayson Tatum — not on a switch, guarding Jayson Tatum, guarding Jaylen Brown — how did they bottle the Celtics’ offense in the second half? It was Bam Adebayo. It wasn’t just in help defense; it was Bam Adebayo as the primary defender on Brown, on Tatum, on Porzingis, even guarding Holiday a couple of times. That’s the best defensive player in the NBA, bar none.”
StatMuse: Most wins against Jayson Tatum in the playoffs: 12 — Bam Adebayo, 11 — Jimmy Butler, 11 — Duncan Robinson The only players with more than 10. pic.twitter.com/l7utzqAkFk
Jorge Sierra: Jayson Tatum (26) passed two-time NBA champion and Finals MVP Isiah Thomas in playoff scoring last night. He’s No. 48 all-time now. Al Horford passed Giannis for No. 56. Jaylen Brown at No. 67 after moving ahead of Robert Horry and Gus Williams.
ClutchPoints: “He should be in the MVP talk…He’s pushing them forward with playing the game the way how he plays it, which is the right way.” Stephon Marbury on Jalen Brunson 🗣️ (via @7PMinBrooklyn) pic.twitter.com/Ty35pKEnBf
April 25, 2024 | 9:57 am EDT Update
“I saw a lot of flopping to be honest with you. A lot of flopping.” — Willie Green on the 8 offensive fouls
A familiar atmosphere emanated from the visitors’ locker room of TD Garden on Wednesday night. The Miami Heat, just as they did after Game 7 of last season’s Eastern Conference finals, raucously celebrated another road victory over the Boston Celtics. Players cheered. Pacificos flowed. Music blared. This may have been only Game 2 of a first-round NBA playoff series, but these Heat had extra fuel. “We code red,” one player could be heard shouting from the locker room following Miami’s 111-101, series-tying upset. “We code redding s***.”
He nods and goes back to the line, sinking as many as he deems necessary before a slight satisfaction creeps across his face. I can see the contours of what he keeps hidden. The deep yearning and desire, the self-driven adherence to his chase for greatness. The moment he has craved his entire life is finally here, and he is determined for the world to remember his name. Basketball, Banchero says, is his singular motivation, his lone fascination that’s won over his time and fed his mind. “Obviously, this all comes with a lot of pressure,” Banchero tells me on the practice court in late March. “But, I don’t look at it like it’s all on me. … I just look at it as I got the opportunity to help get the Magic back to where they want to be and I’m going to do whatever it takes to get us there.”
“I just know how hard I work,” he says. “I wouldn’t be acting like this, I wouldn’t get upset or be a perfectionist if I didn’t work as hard as I do, and spend as much time as I do just studying the game, watching the game, thinking about the game. “At this point in the season, it’s not worth it. We don’t have time for it. In the position I’m in, I can’t be the guy who’s letting everything get to him.”