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• The Jazz are expected to retain Georges Niang for the 2025-26 season
This offseason, the Celtics, Nets, and Hawks completed a three-team trade. In that deal, the Celtics acquired veteran Georges Niang. Boston had no intention to keep Niang long-term. That’s why the Celtics completed a trade with the Jazz to send Niang to Utah. Boston sent Georges Niang and two second-round picks to the Jazz to […] The post The Jazz are expected to retain Georges Niang ...2025
• Jazz Plan To Keep Georges Niang
The Jazz are planning on keeping Georges Niang after acquiring him from the Celtics, reports Jake Fischer for The Stein Line (subscriber link). Niang spent four of his first five years in Utah after playing his rookie season with the Pacers. In that time, he averaged 5.5 points and 1.9 rebounds while shooting 41.1% from […]...2025
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• Rumor: Jazz Plan To Keep Georges Niang

The Utah Jazz plan to keep Georges Niang, according to NBA insider Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. The Jazz acquired Niang from the Boston Celtics, who acquired the forward from the Atlanta Hawks in the Kristaps Porziņģis trade. Niang played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Hawks last season. Cleveland traded him to Atlanta in […] The post Rumor: Jazz Plan To Keep Georges Niang appeared...2025
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• Jazz Likely To Keep Georges Niang

The Utah Jazz acquired Georges Niang in a trade with the Boston Celtics last week. Niang's second stint in Utah doesn't appear to be setup to be a short one. Niang previously played for the Jazz for four seasons from 2017 through 2021. Since then, he's played for the Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks. Niang was acquired by Boston in a salary-clearing move that sent Kristaps...2025
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• NBA Rumors: Celtics, Payton Pritchard, Lakers, Luka Doncic, Chris Jent, Nuggets

The Celtics have trimmed payroll this offseason, moving out Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis and most recently Georges Niang. But Payton Pritchard isn’t backing off from the team’s expectations. “We’re definitely trying to be a playoff team. We’re trying to win a championship,” Pritchard said on the Celtics Talk Podcast with NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg. […] The post NBA Rumors: Celtic...2025
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• Celtics Trade Georges Niang, Two 2nd Rounders To Jazz For RJ Luis Jr.

The Boston Celtics have agreed to trade Georges Niang and two future second round picks to the Utah Jazz for RJ Luis Jr. The Celtics will lower their tax bill from $73.1 million to $30.4 million with the maneuver as Niang was on an $8.2 million expiring contract. The Celtics acquired Niang from the Atlanta Hawks in June as part of the Kristaps Porzingis trade. Niang previously played for the Jazz ...2025
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• Celtics Exploring Anfernee Simons Trade In Hopes Of Retaining Al Horford, Sam Hauser, Luke Kornet

The Boston Celtics are exploring trading newly acquired guard Anfernee Simons and his $27.7 million expiring contract as part of their continued salary-cutting efforts, according to league sources. The move would help Boston position themselves below the luxury tax threshold while creating flexibility to retain key free agents. Despite already trading Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis this week,...2025
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• Kristaps Porzingis trade grades for Hawks, Celtics, Nets in 3-team deal

John Jones-Imagn Images Let’s grade the Kristaps Porzingis trade between the Hawks, Celtics, and Nets from every side. The Boston Celtics’ teardown in the wake of Jayson Tatum’s torn Achilles is fully underway. On Monday night, the Celtics traded Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers. On Tuesday, the Celtics traded away another key piece from their 2024 championship team by sending Kr...2025
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• 5 NBA teams that got better at trade deadline, and 3 that got worse

Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images Here are the teams who got better at the NBA trade deadline, and the ones who got worse. The 2025 NBA trade deadline will be remembered as one of the wildest in league history. The Luka Doncic-for-Anthony Davis swap between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks is just starting to set in, while players like De’Aaron Fox and Zach LaVine have ...2025
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• NBA trade deadline instant grades for every 2025 major deal made as they happen

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Let’s give out instant grades for the big moves at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. The 2025 NBA trade deadline will forever be remembered for a deal that took place a few days before the buzzer. The Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks completed the trade of the century by exchanging Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis over the weekend. The NBA has been on fire...2025
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is NBA MVP, and he could be so much more than that

Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a legendary NBA future ahead of him with Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander zoomed past Jarrett Allen for his first bucket of the night in the highly anticipated rematch between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night. He got Georges Niang on a switch, stopped on a dime, and flowed into a beauti...2025
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• 1 trade for all 30 NBA teams to fix the whole league for Christmas

Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Are all these trades legal under the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement? Yes. Will every team involved hate them? Quite possibly. The holiday season is about rebirth and renewal. It’s a moment of reflection, when we are all afforded a chance to improve ourselves in the new year. Many people vow to go to the gym more, to quit smoking, to b...2024
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• Evan Mobley Leaves Cavs Game With Sprained Ankle

Evan Mobley left the Cleveland Cavaliers' loss to the Miami Heat in the first half due to a sprained left ankle. Mobley had four points in twelve minutes at the time of the injury. Georges Niang took Mobley's place in the Cavs lineup for the second half....2024
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• Ty Jerome is the unsung hero of the undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers

Ken Blaze-Imagn Images The 6’5 super sub is a driving force behind the Cavs historic start to the 2024-2025 season Whenever a team, in any sport, has an extended stretch of consecutively winning games the focus is usually on the star players and the head coach of said team. This has also been the case for the now 15-0 Cleveland Cavaliers, and for good reason. New head coach Kenny Atkinson...2024
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• Reload or Rebuild: What’s next for Nuggets, Thunder, Cavs and Knicks after losing in the NBA playoffs?

Graphic by Anton Tabuena, original photo via Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Trade rumors are expected to grow louder after the Nuggets, Cavaliers, Thunder and Knicks were all eliminated in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. The 2024 NBA Playoffs has already been very eventful to say the least. Several superstar-heavy teams were sent packing way earlier than they hoped, and now t...2024
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• Every NBA team, ranked by their championship chances in 2023-2024 season

Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their championship chances for the 2023-2024 season. The NBA always feels like it’s at its best when there’s an elite tier of contenders. After two blockbuster trades to close the summer, it finally feels like that’s the case as the league enters the 2023-2024 season. The Bucks have added Damian Lillard to fix a struggling halfcourt offense in the playoffs. The ...2023
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"Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn are finalizing a trade that will send Kristaps Porzingis to the Hawks, Terance Mann to the Nets, and Georges Niang to the Celtics, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania."

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"One NBA analyst proposed that the Cleveland Cavaliers trade Georges Niang to the Brooklyn Nets for Dorian Finney-Smith."

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"7 attempts per 100 possessions Number 36 Georges Niang shot 40."

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"Signing Georges Niang in the offseason was a small move in the margins but has proven to be a solid pickup for the Sixers."

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"Philadelphia will sign Georges Niang from the Jazz, though."

2020
"Appearing on the newest episode of the “Drive & Dish” podcast along with Jazz teammate Georges Niang, Conley recalled the first time he met His Airness."

2019
"Ricky Rubio, Thabo Sefolosha and Ekpe Udoh will all be free agents, while five other players – Derrick Favors, Kyle Korver, Georges Niang, Raul Neto and Royce O’Neale – have either partially guaranteed or non-guaranteed contracts for next season."

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"Georges Niang can shoot the rock, and Utah knows how to use that."

2017
"Pacers’ C.J. Miles, Georges Niang recreate legendary Reggie Miller shot"

2016
"Even more experienced college stars, such as Oklahoma's Buddy Hield, Michigan State's Denzel Valentine, Iowa State's Georges Niang and Virginia's Malcolm Brogdon will go to the combine with a point to prove."

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"That included former Iowa running back Albert Young, who left for the NFL just before Sash made the leap to Iowa City: Current Minnesota Vikings linebacker and former Iowa superstar Chad Greenway expressed his condolences as well: Even Georges Niang, who is a star basketball player at rival Iowa State, tweeted his support for the fallen Sash: Sash was a beloved figure in the realm of Iowa football, and the team is likely to play with a heavy heart when it clashes with the rival Cyclones on Saturday."

• Jazz Likely To Keep Georges Niang
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• Celtics Trade Georges Niang, Two 2nd Rounders To Jazz For RJ Luis Jr.
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• Celtics Trade Georges Niang, 2 Second-Round Picks To Jazz For RJ Luis Jr.
The Boston Celtics have traded Georges Niang and two second-round picks to the Utah Jazz for guard/forward RJ Luis Jr. ESPN’s Shams Charania was first to report. Money is a key factor in the deal. Utah had signed Luis Jr. to a two-way contract just a month ago. The Jazz are acquiring Niang with part […] The post Celtics Trade Georges Niang, 2 Second-Round Picks To Jazz For RJ Luis Jr. ...2025
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• Celtics trade Georges Niang to Jazz for draft picks, former St. John’s star RJ Luis Jr.

This trade appears to be a win-win for both sides....2025
• Boston Celtics deal Georges Niang to Utah Jazz, sign free agent forward Chris Boucher
Boston's moves Tuesday continue the franchise's offseason of payroll shedding....2025
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• Celtics trading Georges Niang to Jazz, adding free agent Chris Boucher to frontcourt, per reports

Trading Niang allows the Celtics to create more distance from the second tax apron...2025
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• Celtics To Sign Chris Boucher On One-Year Deal
The Celtics are signing free agent forward Chris Boucher on a one-year, $3.3MM veteran’s minimum contract, ESPN’s Shams Charania tweets. Boston opened up a frontcourt spot for Boucher by agreeing to trade Georges Niang to Utah on Tuesday. Boucher will compete for minutes at both the power forward and center spots for the Celtics, who […]...2025
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• Celtics Adding Chris Boucher to Frontcourt on One-Year Deal

The Boston Celtics are signing NBA veteran big man Chris Boucher to a one-year, $3.3 million contract, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. The deal follows Boston’s trade of Georges Niang to the Utah Jazz, which trimmed $50 million off their payroll and tax bill, according to Yossi Gozlan of The Third Apron. The move left the […] The post Celtics Adding Chris Boucher to Frontcourt on One-Year Deal ap...2025
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• Boston Celtics trade Georges Niang back to Utah Jazz for R.J. Luis Jr., then sign Chris Boucher
The Niang trade was a salary dump for the Celtics, who used the money saved to sign one of the best free agents still available....2025
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• Celtics Trade Georges Niang, Two 2nd Roudners To Jazz For RJ Luis Jr.
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• NBA Trade Idea Sees Celtics Send Four Players To Kings For Domantas Sabonis
A trade idea where the Boston Celtics send four players to the Sacramento Kings for Domantas Sabonis has been created. Connor Thoms of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Celtics and Kings: Boston Celtics get: Domantas Sabonis Sacramento Kings get: Anfernee Simons, Sam Hauser, Georges Niang, Neemias Queta, two first-round draft picks Sabonis avera...2025
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• Celtics Exploring Anfernee Simons Trade In Hopes Of Retaining Al Horford, Sam Hauser, Luke Kornet
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• Hawks Acquire Kristaps Porzingis In Three-Team Trade With Celtics, Nets

The Atlanta Hawks have agreed to acquire Kristaps Porzingis from the Boston Celtics in a three-team trade also involving the Brooklyn Nets. The Hawks will also acquire a second roudn pick, while the Nets will receive Terance Mann and the No. 22 pick via Atlanta. The Celtics will acquire Georges Niang and a second round pick as they have now unloaded close to $30 million off their payroll over the ...2025
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• NBA Notes: Caris LeVert, Hawks, Heat, Lineup Changes, Sixers

Hawks Dyson Daniels recorded his third game of the season with at least seven steals as the Hawks secured a win over Miami on Monday. Meanwhile, trade deadline acquisitions Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, and Terance Mann provided a significant offensive boost, combining for 41 points off the bench. LeVert, averaging 13.7 points per game, Niang […] The post NBA Notes: Caris LeVert, Hawks, Heat,...2025
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• 5 NBA teams that got better at trade deadline, and 3 that got worse
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• Cavaliers Acquire De'Andre Hunter From Hawks For Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, Three 2nds, Two Swaps

The Atlanta Hawks have agreed to trade De'Andre Hunter to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, three second-round picks and two swaps. The swaps are in 2026 and 2028 against picks that have already been swapped with the Utah Jazz, which means the Hawks will receive the second most favorable of the three picks in each year. The two sides have been discussing a trade centered on ...2025
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is NBA MVP, and he could be so much more than that
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• Evan Mobley Leaves Cavs Game With Sprained Ankle
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• Every NBA team, ranked by their championship chances in 2023-2024 season
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• NBA offseason grades for every team after free agency, trades, and draft
Let’s give out offseason grades for every team in the NBA. The biggest fireworks of the NBA offseason are still to come. Damian Lillard requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers only 24 hours into free agency, but there has been no real momentum on his desired deal to the Miami Heat. James Harden has also asked out from the Philadelphia 76ers, but the team is resolved to keep him unless th...2023
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• How the Suns can save the Kevin Durant trade after a disastrous early playoff exit
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Kevin Durant trade looks like it could be a huge bust for the Suns. The pressure is on to salvage it with the right moves this offseason. The Phoenix Suns’ trade for Kevin Durant looks like a bust right now. There’s no other takeaway after the Suns were eliminated from the 2023 NBA Playoffs in the second round by losing to the Denver Nuggets in...2023
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• NBA Summer League 2016: Top Takeaways from July 3 in Orlando
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• NBA Combine 2016: Players Who Will Help Themselves in 5-on-5 Scrimmages
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• Tyler Sash, Former Iowa and Giants Safety, Dies at Age 27
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• Tyler Sash, Former Iowa and Giants Safety, Dies at Age 27
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• The top-75 NBA free agents in 2023, ranked
Let’s rank the top free agents in the NBA. Young NBA superstars don’t hit free agency like they used to, but championships can still be won or lost with signings in the offseason. This summer’s free agent crop is headlined by several big-name veterans expected to hit the open market, and includes plenty intriguing talents available at a variety of price points. When we did this list a year ago, J...2023
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• WATCH: Georges Niang grabs Jaylen Brown's leg from 76ers bench, double technical foul called

Officiating has dominated the first half of Sixers-Celtics Game 7...2023
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• 1 Sixers role player James Harden is building good chemistry with
Since taking over in the 76ers’ front office, Daryl Morey has done an incredible job finding good pieces to complement the team’s stars. Signing Georges Niang in the offseason was a small move in the margins but has proven to be a solid pickup for the Sixers. The sharpshooting forward provides a nice lift off […] The post 1 Sixers role player James Harden is building good chemist...2022
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• How the Suns can save the Kevin Durant trade after a disastrous early playoff exit
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• NBA playoffs: Jaylen Brown, Georges Niang issued double technicals after contact from 76ers bench
Tensions were high on Sunday with a spot in the Eastern Conference finals at stake....2023
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• Celtics to trade Porzingis to Hawks, sources say
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• Ben Simmons 'handicapped' the 76ers last season, former teammate Georges Niang says

Niang, who still plays for Philadelphia, didn't hold back his criticism of Simmons...2023
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• NBA Rumors: Celtics, Payton Pritchard, Lakers, Luka Doncic, Chris Jent, Nuggets
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• Jazz Newcomer Georges Niang Could Slide Right Into Starting Role

Georges Niang is being traded to the Utah Jazz and he may cruise his way into the starting lineup the minute he arrives. That’s good NBA work if you can get it. At least, that’s the projection of ESPN’s Bobby Marks, who has Niang starting in the frontcourt alongside Lauri Markkanen and Walker Kessler, with […] The post Jazz Newcomer Georges Niang Could Slide Right Into Star...2025
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• Kristaps Porzingis trade grades for Hawks, Celtics, Nets in 3-team deal
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is NBA MVP, and he could be so much more than that
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• Evan Mobley Leaves Cavs Game With Sprained Ankle
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• Ty Jerome is the unsung hero of the undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers
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• Reload or Rebuild: What’s next for Nuggets, Thunder, Cavs and Knicks after losing in the NBA playoffs?
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• Trae Young broke his free throw streak with his best shot yet, and it blew his teammate’s mind

Trae Young’s perfect missed free throw blew his teammate’s mind to seal Hawks win Trae Young is one of the NBA’s best free throw shooters. The Atlanta Hawks guard has made 87.2 percent of his free throws for his career, which is a top-10 active mark in the league. Young has been particularly good at the charity stripe lately: he was on a streak of 47 consecutive made free throws as he stepped to ...2025
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• Reload or Rebuild: What’s next for Nuggets, Thunder, Cavs and Knicks after losing in the NBA playoffs?
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• Every NBA team, ranked by their championship chances in 2023-2024 season
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• The NBA’s 8 spiciest revenge games on 2023-2024 schedule release

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images These NBA games are going to be must-see TV next season. It was only a few months ago that the Denver Nuggets claimed their first championship in franchise history as superstar center Nikola Jokic officially stamped himself as the best basketball player in the world. Since then, the NBA has seen a staggering Bradley Beal trade to the Phoenix Suns, the arr...2023
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• 6 NBA teams who got better in free agent frenzy this summer
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Here are six teams that should be better next season after making strong signings in free agency. The biggest trade of the NBA offseason is still on the horizon, but the free agency has mostly settled. As the league waits on the Damian Lillard trade to finally go through — and maybe a James Harden trade, too — rosters around the NBA have been reshuffled...2023
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• The 6 worst NBA free agent signings of the summer
Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Not every free agent deal can be a winner for teams. NBA free agency is supposed to be a time of hope and optimism. Even adding a couple decent role players to a team that continues driving down a dead-end road is something to get a little bit excited about, hypothetically speaking. Save the disdain for your team’s first four-game losing streak. It’s all p...2023
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• East Rumors: Cavs, Jarrett Allen, Sixers, Tyrese Maxey, Heat
Cavaliers It appears the Cavaliers aren’t done exploring trades and the free-agent market after signing the likes of forward/guard Max Strus, forward Georges Niang, guard Ty Jerome and center Damian Jones. In fact, they still may be working on something big. Per Marc Stein of The Stein Line, there are “some whispers this week that […] The post East Rumors: Cavs, Jarrett Allen, Si...2023
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• Celtics-76ers: Eastern Conference Semifinals Playoff Preview
Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Boston comes in as favorites against banged-up Philadelphia The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers will meet in an Eastern Conference semifinals series. The two historic rivals last met in the playoffs during the 2020 playoffs in the bubble. The Celtics swept that series. The series schedule is as follows: · Game 1 – Monday May 1 at Boston – 7:30 PM E...2023
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