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[ad_1] Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 1, 2024, 02:27 PM ETBOSTON -- After coming up short in his first trip to the NBA Finals two years ago, Celtics star Jayson Tatum says he views this return to the league's championship round as a second chance at achieving his ultimate goal as a player."It's a lot that myself, and we, can learn from that experience being in the Finals, and this time, this

[ad_1] The NBA Finals are set, meaning the battle for Finals MVP has arrived. Boston's Jayson Tatum, not Luka Doncic, is the current betting favorite to be named Finals MVP.Doncic, who was named Western Conference finals MVP, is the second betting favorite.The Celtics are the current favorites to win the title, giving Tatum the slight edge on the board.Tatum's teammate Jaylen Brown, who won the Eastern Conference finals MVP award, sits

[ad_1] The Detroit Pistons announced yesterday that Trajan Langdon has been named President of Basketball Operations. Langdon will report to Pistons owner Tom Gores and will expand the current team by recruiting additional innovative and experienced executives, with an emphasis on strategy, player personnel and operations. “I have committed to building a front office in Detroit that brings together the most advanced capabilities and creative basketball minds,” said Gores. “Trajan

[ad_1] Dearest Times readers:The following article contains a three-letter word beginning with an A that is considered vulgar. We would avoid the term, but it doesn’t seem possible. Profoundest apologies in advance.OK, deep breath:“Bring ya ass.”In the last day or so, basketball fans and the people of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in general have been saying it. That includes the city’s basketball star, who launched it, the local tourism council,

[ad_1] WNBA: JUN 01 Chicago Sky at Indiana FeverThe Indiana Fever picked up their second win of the season — their first at home and a win in their first Commissioner's Cup game — edging the Chicago Sky 71-70 on Saturday behind 18 points from Kelsey Mitchell and 17 from NaLyssa Smith.However, after the game, all the talk focused on Chennedy Carter's off-ball foul of Caitlin Clark.Asked about it after

[ad_1] Caitlin Clark scored a WNBA career-high 30 points in Indiana Fever's 88-82 defeat by the Los Angeles Sparks.Clark became the first rookie to score 30 points and record three blocks, three steals, five rebounds and five assists in a game. The 22-year-old American broke major records in college while at the University of Iowa and has boosted the popularity of women's basketball."I think I just played with an aggressive

[ad_1] May 31, 2024, 02:44 AM ETWelcome to the 2024 NBA Finals, featuring the season's most dominant team against a title contender that remade itself at midseason.The 64-win Boston Celtics, behind the most efficient offense in NBA history, have lost only twice during the playoffs and are led by the play of Jayson Tatum and Eastern Conference finals MVP Jaylen Brown.The fifth-seeded Dallas Mavericks, meanwhile, solidified their claim as the

[ad_1] The NBA Draft lottery came and went, and we now know the Atlanta Hawks own the No. 1 pick. It was a bit of a shocker, considering the team with the worst record in the league, the Detroit Pistons, fell all the way to the fifth pick. The Pistons, along with the Wizards, had a 14% chance to nab the No. 1 pick. Atlanta had a 3% chance. Now the conversation turns

[ad_1] The Brooklyn Nets yesterday named Steve Hetzel, Juwan Howard, Deividas Dulkys, Connor Griffin and Travis Bader as assistant coaches on Head Coach Jordi Fernández’s staff. They join Jay Hernandez, Adam Caporn, Ryan Forehan-Kelly and Corey Vinson on Brooklyn’s bench. Hetzel comes to Brooklyn from Portland, where he was an assistant coach on the Trail Blazers’ staff for the past three seasons (2021-24). He previously served as an assistant coach