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Pistons General Manager Troy Weaver is leaving the organization – NBA Blog – NBA Basketball Blog

[ad_1] The Detroit Pistons announced today that General Manager Troy Weaver is leaving the organization. “I very much appreciate all the dedication Troy displayed to our Pistons franchise,” said Pistons owner Tom Gores. “As much as we have struggled lately, we will look back and see Troy as an important person in the remaking of the Pistons. He took the pain of rebuilding head on and he did the hard
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After NBA Bans Jontay Porter for Gambling, Some See Glimpse of Sports’ Future

[ad_1] Bill Bradley, the basketball Hall of Famer and former United States senator known as a staunch opponent of legalized sports betting, was speaking about the topic back in January. But he might as well have been predicting the future.“Well there hasn’t been a scandal, yet,” he said, discussing how professional sports have become ever more entwined with the gambling industry in recent years. “So the worst has been avoided,
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Kyrie Irving praises Celtics’ ‘special’ defense in NBA Finals

[ad_1] Kyrie Irving praises Celtics' ‘special' defense in NBA Finals originally appeared on NBC Sports BostonKyrie Irving did not play well in the first two games of the 2024 NBA Finals, and it was among the reasons why the Dallas Mavericks lost both of those matchups to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.Irving scored a total of 28 points on 13-of-37 shooting (0-of-8 from 3-point range) in those first two
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NBA Finals 2024 – The biggest questions after Game 3 of Celtics-Mavericks

[ad_1] Jun 12, 2024, 11:35 PM ETThe Boston Celtics are one win from capturing the 2024 NBA title -- and they earned it.Boston built its fourth-quarter lead to 21 points before a frantic rally by the Dallas Mavericks turned Wednesday's Game 3 into a roller coaster. However, the Celtics withstood every late charge by the Mavericks, who lost superstar guard Luka Doncic in the final minutes after he fouled out
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Suns hire Matt Tellem and Brian Gregory for basketball operations staff roles – NBA Blog – NBA Basketball Blog

[ad_1] The Phoenix Suns have hired Matt Tellem as assistant general manager and Brian Gregory as vice president of player programming. “We’re excited to add Matt and Brian to our basketball operations team,” said James Jones, Suns president of basketball operations and general manager. “Matt’s insight and strategic thinking are highly regarded throughout the NBA and will elevate our team. Brian’s expansive coaching and development experience uniquely positions him to
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One Potential Key to Knicks’ Season: Friendship

[ad_1] Researchers who study social networks in workplaces have found that having friends at work can make employees more productive and successful, not to mention happier. Friends can hold one another accountable in ways that acquaintances can’t, and a friend can help a new employee understand the workplace more quickly.So it was when Donte DiVincenzo signed with the N.B.A.’s New York Knicks in July. He didn’t need to figure out
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2024 NBA Finals: The elephant in the room — Luka Dončić’s defense isn’t good enough for the Mavs to win a title

[ad_1] DALLAS — For such a copycat league, NBA teams use different terminologies for the same concepts. When a player is traded, understanding a new playbook is more like learning a new language, another dialect, for the same actions and ideas his previous employer described differently. The playoffs, for example, are littered with All-Stars calling for ball screens, forcing a switch of defenders, allowing that playmaker to isolate against his
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NBA: Jayson Tatum stars as Boston Celtics go 3-0 up against Dallas Mavericks

[ad_1] Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown helped the Boston Celtics hold off a Dallas Mavericks fightback to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the NBA finals.Tatum scored 31 points and Brown 30 as the Celtics won 106-99 in game three of the best-of-seven series.The Mavericks reduced their deficit from 91-70 early in the fourth quarter to one point with three and a half minutes left but failed to turn an