Photo: Charles Krupa/AP Jaylen Brown said after Game 1 that head coach Ime Udoka has always been extremely confident in his abilities since day one. (Via House of Highlights): “Since Ime has been here, he’s wanted to put the ball in my hands more so than at any other point in my career. I’ve made
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As Malik Monk continues his breakout season in Los Angeles, seemingly everyone in the Lakers organization wants to claim that they were the first to want him in purple and gold. Frank Vogel has made note that the team tried to trade for him at the trade deadline last season, something reiterated in a piece
Via the San Antonio Express-News: Spurs guard Lonnie Walker has caught fire, just in time to perhaps get paid this summer. The 23-year-old has averaged 18.8 points in 10 games since the All-Star break, putting together the most consistent stretch of his career with restricted free agency looming. Even with his professional future at a
How will the Clippers fare on their upcoming 8-game road stretch? • VOTE NOW for your 2022 NBA All-Stars! LOS ANGELES — As if the LA Clippers haven’t faced enough adversity already. Kawhi Leonard has missed the entire 2021-22 season while rehabbing his surgically repaired ACL in his right knee. Paul George has missed the past
It’s Ja Morant time.Illustration: Getty Images There are currently nine NBA teams hovering around .500 and in or tied for the playoffs/play-in tourney. If that seems like an abnormally high number, that’s because it is, and the Mavs barely missed out on this list because they’re technically four games above .500. With the postseason format
Jalen Green first shared a court with Anthony Edwards as high schoolers at a Team USA basketball camp in 2017. The two guards later faced off at the 2018 Stephen Curry Select Camp, with highlights of their matchup going viral years before Edwards was chosen by Minnesota as the first pick in the 2020 NBA