Yahoo Sports podcaster and writer. Host of The Kevin O’Connor Show, available everywhere you get your pods.
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Sources: The Warriors want both LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
On Golden State’s plans, plus more key offseason stories on @YahooSports: Miami’s PG problem, Kawhi’s market, Charlotte may not be done, and how new draft rules impact the Kings and Pelicans. sports.yahoo.com/nba/article…
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Donald Trump really just had the police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at peaceful protestors in Washington D.C. to clear the streets for a photo op at a church he doesn't attend with a book he's never read that teaches lessons he doesn't preach. Unbelievable.
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It’s actually so sad to see the Mavericks organization crumble. Ejecting passionate fans last night. Jason Kidd refusing to speak postgame. No medical update on Anthony Davis, the injured player you just acquired for your 25-year-old face of the franchise. Just disgraceful.
Dirk Nowitzki making it known he was in LA to watch Luka Doncic’s Lakers debut feels a lot like a statement against this new Dallas regime that has ruined everything for that incredible fan base.
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How about starting games on time?
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver floats the idea of changing the game from 12 to 10 minute quarters #NBA
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The final 34 seconds of Cavaliers-Celtics took 17 minutes of real time to complete.
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I dug up the videos from Stephen Curry’s stories about Kobe Bryant
Stephen Curry's story about Kobe Bryant is awesome.
Interview by @seanseaevans on Hot Ones: piped.video/watch?v=nbxVfd1b…
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A decade of Myles Turner trade rumors then as soon as everyone assumes he’s staying, he leaves.
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My dad passed away yesterday. My mom and I miss him so much, but we’re glad he’s no longer suffering and that many of you got to know what an amazing man he was. Thank you for all the love you’ve shown our family. ❤️
My dad was recently diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, and our family is heartbroken. He’s good man. He’s a good father. He’s my best friend.
On @ringer, I wrote about our love for basketball, and a lesson he taught that’s helping us make the most of today. theringer.com/nba/2019/5/3/1…
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Larry David is sitting courtside by the Lakers bench following a 22-year ban from the arena after tripping Shaquille O’Neal.
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Jordan Farmar?
Nets players have been challenging Ben Simmons in practice and Simmons’ confidence is at ‘an all-time high,’ per @ScoopB
“He walks around like he’s Jordan.”
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Charles Barkley is 100% right about Draymond Green’s comments: His generation messed the game up. That’s why the NBA has to try so much stuff to make All-Star Sunday entertaining again.
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Tonight the NBA will play its 172nd game since July and there have been zero positive tests. Meanwhile, the NFL is unfortunately postponing games. If you still need proof masks, testing and distancing work to prevent the spread of coronavirus, look no further than the NBA bubble.
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The Memphis Grizzlies in the past year:
-Drafted Ja Morant
-Traded up for Brandon Clarke
-Dealt Mike Conley for Jae Crowder and a future first
-Acquired De'Anthony Melton to take Josh Jackson
-Got a first to take Andre Iguodala
-Flipped Iguodala for Justise Winslow
What a year.
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JJ Redick is the real deal. Lakers offense is playing with so much motion. So many different layers to their actions. And AD has been unlocked. Similar roster, new process. Redick is the difference.
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The NBA has to better educate fans and media on what is and isn’t a travel. This play is unquestionably legal: James Harden gathers the ball then takes only two steps. The misunderstanding of the rule and the misinformation creates a negative perception of the game and its stars.
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Draymond Green should be suspended. This is the type behavior the NBA should be punishing. Not players flexing after a poster dunk.
CJ Fogler 🫡
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My dad was recently diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, and our family is heartbroken. He’s good man. He’s a good father. He’s my best friend.
On @ringer, I wrote about our love for basketball, and a lesson he taught that’s helping us make the most of today. theringer.com/nba/2019/5/3/1…
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My mom is having open heart surgery today for bicuspid aortic valve replacement. Please send prayers & good vibes. She’s the best mom, and the sweetest and strongest woman I know. This year she’s been a superhero caring for my dad since his cancer diagnosis. I love her so much.❤️
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“Tobias Harris over me?” Damn Jimmy Butler 🤣🤣🤣 nitter.app/Local10Sports/status/1…
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Alternate angle of the Nikola Jokic/Mat Ishbia incident has been released:
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Bravo to the NBA, the teams, and all the players for pulling off The Bubble. It took buy-in from everyone involved for 172 NBA games to be played over three months and have ZERO positive coronavirus tests. What a remarkable achievement.
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Mark Williams is a shocking addition for the Lakers. Such an incredible trade. Wow. Perfect for what they need now and into the future. Interior defensive enforcer, rebounder, screen and lob target for Luka and LeBron. Plus has untapped shooting touch.
A+ deadline becomes A+++++
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Sad to see Ben Simmons turn into Jahlil Okafor crossed with Michael Carter-Williams in the fourth quarter.
Sixers fans should be furious about his lack of offensive development. Simmons is still a cowardly shooter, a half-court liability and a detriment to Philly's playoff odds.
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NBA 2K ratings are too high, period. It is mind boggling how there are well over 100 players ranked above 80. And almost everyone is above a 70. The scale needs to be made larger so players are rated in the 50s or even the 40s. Make having a rating over 90 mean something again.
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The Lakers are 2-10, which means the Pelicans currently have the top draft lottery odds for Victor Wembanyama.
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What is going on? Have these refs ever actually watched a pro basketball game?
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42/17/8 at age 40 is so insane. I hope Luka helps extend LeBron’s career another five years.
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Steph Curry is one of the best basketball players we’ll ever see in our lives. What a player.
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Acquiring Russell Westbrook is one of the biggest mistakes in the history of the Lakers. Dumping him with a protected first for this haul of three players might just save their season.
Jarred Vanderbilt provides excellent defensive versatility, connective passing, and solid spot-up shooting. He can play next to Anthony Davis or serve as a small ball 5 with LeBron James at the 4.
Malik Beasley has been one of the NBA’s best shooters. This makes up for losing Malik Monk and whiffing on Buddy Hield.
D’Angelo Russell will not need to change in dramatic ways like Russ did to fit. LeBron’s guards are always empowered to score. He just needs to know when to defer to LeBron.
It’s surprising the Lakers were able to make these acquisitions for the price.
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The NBA needs to bring it back. The massive trophy on the floor makes the game feel as important as it is.
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That Devin Booker ejection is ridiculous. No one is tuning in for the referees. What a joke. The officiating is a major issue. Adam Silver needs to do something about it.
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The Western Conference is so stacked there's a strong chance now that the Clippers miss the play-in. Which would give the Thunder a lottery pick. Which means the Thunder could end up with Cooper Flagg. Just saying.
Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is expected to be sidelined for indefinite period of time to start the NBA season as he rehabilitates the inflammation in his right knee, league sources tell me and @NotoriousOHM.
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Aaron Gordon shows how situation plays a big factor in success. Gordon had 5 coaches in 7 years with the Magic and wasn’t used in a role emphasizing his feel as a cutter or screener. Nuggets plug him in an ideal role, it works right away, and he still has skill for huge nights.
Game 4:
27 points
6 rebounds
6 assists
+29 in 42 minutes
After accepting a limited role all season next to Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray it’s so awesome to see him get chances to flourish on-ball when the matchup demands it—like in Game 1 and again tonight—rather than on a frequent basis like he did for the Magic.
Gordon said this series he doesn’t care about credit, he just wants to win. But he deserves all the credit in the world as a key reason why Denver is on the verge of a championship.
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can't get over the fact Giannis just had one of the greatest blocks in NBA Finals history
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My Nikola Jokic scouting report from 2014. No one could have seen him turn into the player he is today.
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Pat Riley on Jimmy Butler: “If you're not on the court playing, you should keep your mouth shut.” nitter.app/Local10Sports/status/1…
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Steph Curry singing Misery Business with Paramore = good content
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My dad was admitted to the hospital on Monday—easily in the worst condition he's been in since he got diagnosed with cancer last March. He came home today & is doing a bit better. Watching NBA with him right now feels so good.
Be sure to tell your loved ones that you love them!
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Interesting comment. Paul George finished 33% of his total plays using the pick-and-roll, which was a career-high. The prior high was 25% in OKC, via @SynergySST stats. That’s very different from a Ray Allen or JJ Redick style role.
Paul George on his struggles in Doc Rivers' system:
"Doc was trying to play me as a Ray Allen or a JJ Redick, all pin-downs. I can do it, but that ain't my game. I need some flow, I need some mixes of some pick-and-roll, and post ups...That last season was hard."
@SHOsports
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The Lonnie Walker Game is the story of the Lakers. One night it’s Austin Reaves. Then it’s Rui Hachimura. Or D’Angelo Russell. Tonight it’s Walker. The Lakers are deep with talent that can support LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and they are selfless enough to defer.
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The Mavs showing fans on the jumbotron for the first time again didn’t go too well for them 🤣🤣
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Jimmy Butler becoming the GOAT as soon as the playoffs begin is crazy every time it happens nitter.app/NBAonTNT/status/165068…
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The Lakers are incredibly deep.
C: Anthony Davis, Jaxson Hayes
PF: Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt
SF: LeBron James, Taurean Prince
SG: Austin Reaves (RFA), Cam Reddish, Max Christie
PG: D’Angelo Russell, Gabe Vincent, Jalen Hood-Schifino
A West Finals team got better overall.
Free agent G D’Angelo Russell has agreed on a two-year, $37 million contract to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers, co-heads of @CAA_Basketball Austin Brown and Aaron Mintz along with Antonio Russell tell ESPN. Deal has player option. Lakers secure their starting point guard.
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Luka must’ve demanded a trade to the Lakers, right? This is beyond shocking. I really thought I was dreaming or even died
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The Lakers should explore every possibility to trade Russell Westbrook. Russ will never win a championship with this aloof defense. Not to mention his reckless shot selection. And it's been happening his whole career, even in big moments of playoff games. Russ will never change.
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By going to the G League, Jalen Green receives $500K, a full college scholarship, skill/life training, and will face tougher competition than college offers with coaches focused on development. Sure seems like an easy choice for elite HS recruits instead of dealing with the NCAA.
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NBA Playoffs were supposed to start today. Lakers and Clippers battling. Luka’s first playoff run. Giannis going for his first ring. Nuggets, Celtics, Heat, and so many sleepers. Rockets all in on small ball. Sixers going big. Raptors defending the title. Sigh. I miss basketball.
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I didn’t know Aaron Wiggins had this in him but this is absolutely incredible nitter.app/HoHighlights/status/19…
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Nico Harrison: "The future to me is 3-4 years from now. The future 10 years from now -- they’ll probably bury me and [Jason Kidd] by then. Or we’ll bury ourselves.”
Harrison's final words at his press conference explaining why the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic.
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Absolutely nuts. Booth and Malone never liked each other, rarely spoke, and talked behind each other's backs. With the team struggling on the court, Nuggets ownership decided to fire both. Insane.
BREAKING: The Nuggets are also firing their general manager Calvin Booth along with HC Michael Malone, per @ShamsCharania.
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Nikola Jokic in the NBA Finals
33.3 points
14 rebounds
9.3 assists
61.5 2PT%
44.4 3PT%
85.7 FT%
First player in Finals history with a 30/20/10 game tonight.
Jokic: “I don’t care. It’s just a stat.”
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Thank you everyone for this past year. It's been quite a journey for us all. Losing my dad in February has been hard, but watching the NBA with you all has helped so much. Sports can unify. Even if we’ve never met, please know you're a friend to me. Sending love to you and yours.
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I've been saying this a long time. Wemby is 100% near 7'7". I've been around Boban, Tacko Fall, these enormous players. Wemby is taller than them all.
Boban Marjanovic: “I’m 7’4”. I’m looking up at Victor Wembanyama like… no way.”
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst: “I think he’s approaching 7’7.”
🤯🤯🤯
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The Bucks traded five second round picks for Jae Crowder, who played only three games and 40 total minutes all series. What a whiff.
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What an excuse. The Lakers title was always legit and becomes even more impressive listening to players coping about it
“We started to hear the rumblings that nobody is going to respect this chip so we kind of just took our foot off the gas”
- Lou Williams on the Clippers losing in the bubble
(h/t @Jacobtheclipper )
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What's happening with @RobinhoodApp and the "free market" is a disgrace. Those pigs in suits on Wall Street don't want to see us win.
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My All-NBA votes:
1st
C: Nikola Jokic
F: Giannis Antetokounmpo
F: Jayson Tatum
G: Luka Doncic
G: Devin Booker
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C: Joel Embiid
F: Kevin Durant
F: LeBron James
G: Ja Morant
G: Steph Curry
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C: Karl-Anthony Towns
F: Pascal Siakam
F: DeMar DeRozan
G: Trae Young
G: Chris Paul
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I’m heartbroken. Kobe Bryant had so much more to share with the world. It was amazing seeing him transition into his post-playing career. We were only seeing the start with films, TV, his book, and simply being a father to his four daughters. Awful he’s been robbed of more life.
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Trae, Harden, and Luka should learn a thing or two from Steph here
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This story is WILD. There is a clause that says Kawhi Leonard only gets paid as long as he is still with the Clippers. Great work @pablofindsout.
Exclusive: Kawhi Leonard signed a $28M endorsement deal for a "no-show job" with a fraudulent tree-planting company funded by $50M from Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, according to documents obtained by @PabloTorre.
"It was to circumvent the salary cap," an inside source says.
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What an embarrassment. The Celtics are a mentally weak team with a clueless head coach. Big changes should come this summer.
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What a collapse by the Bucks. Awful half court offense with too many stagnant post ups. Giannis took some goofy pull ups. Awful coaching by Budenholzer—not using the timeout, not keeping Lopez in to protect the rim on the game-tying lob, and so many tactical choices.
Why didn’t Khris Middleton get regular front court touches late in the game? Why didn’t Giannis set a high ball screen? They did nothing to get Giannis going downhill, instead just feeding the post.
And then no timeout on the final play of overtime??? Budenholzer really let Grayson Allen run out the clock???
UNFORGIVABLE!
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