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• Hornets' Grant Williams reminds NBA of his defensive upside

Since leaving the Celtics in 2023, Williams has seen his value around the league tumble. He had a disappointing and short-lived spell with the Mavericks before being traded to the Hornets. However, he's slowly been rebuilding his reputation this season....2024
• Meet the former WNBA star behind the league’s Austin’s expansion bid

Photo by Bill Baptist/WNBAE via Getty Images Fran Harris — a decorated basketball player and entrepreneur — is working to bring the WNBA to Austin, Texas. Fran Harris knows the city of Austin quite well. It’s where she’s spent most of her adult life, and where she won an NCAA championship as a basketball star at the University of Texas. Now, the decorated athlete and entrepreneur hopes t...2024
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• Another NBA player is exploring WNBA expansion — this time in Charlotte

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams wants to see a WNBA expansion team in his town. CHARLOTTE — Hornets forward Grant Williams wants to see a WNBA expansion team in Charlotte. And, he wants to see it done right. “I’ve been trying to bring a team to Charlotte for the past 2.5, 3 years, but that’s up to [WNBA Commissioner] Cathy [Engelbert] and them,” Wil...2024
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$Charlotte's starting center Nick Richards out indefinitely due to rib fracture$
• Charlotte's starting center Nick Richards out indefinitely due to rib fracture

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• Hornets Notes: G. Williams, M. Williams, Miller, Richards
Hornets coach Charles Lee talked about the need to develop “emotional maturity” following a late-game skirmish in Friday’s loss to Boston, writes Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer. The altercation started when Grant Williams ran into former teammate Jayson Tatum while the Celtics were pushing the ball up court (Twitter video link from NBC Sports […]...2024
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• Grant Williams ejected for blindside hit on Jayson Tatum; Jaylen Brown, Draymond Green call out Williams

Williams said postgame he was trying to make a play on the ball. Nobody believes that....2024
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• Charlotte's starting center Nick Richards out indefinitely due to rib fracture
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images The 2024 NBA Draft lacked excitement from the very start of the cycle due to the absence of a consensus No. 1 overall player. The 2024 class wasn’t terrible, but it always felt more like a role player draft than one with future franchise cornerstones. The fact that this was the draft that immediately followed Victor Wembanyama’s class made it seem...2024
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• Grant Williams highlights lack of media attention on U.S. women’s basketball at the Olympics — and he’s right

Photo by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images When Caitlin Clark was left off of the Olympic basketball roster, media companies’ and fans’ interest in the games shouldn’t have wavered. We’re watching an all-time great team dominate their competition. Grant Williams, who is currently on the ground at the Paris Olympics, called out the sharp disparity in media coverage between the men’s a...2024
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• Power forward continues to be most misunderstood position in NBA

The NBA’s modern evolution can be most easily seen in power forwards. We often talk about sports or fields or mediums as being in a transition. In football, it’s the popularity of two high shells to prevent explosive plays that took over the NFL in 2020. In baseball, it’s the slow extension of dugouts, from a rotation of five or six pitchers to a laundry list of specialists getting saved to be in ...2024
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• Basketball Pickups: Gradey Dick steps up for injury-plagued Raptors

Dick, Grant Williams and Isaac Okoro lead Monday's pickups....2024
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• NBA trade deadline: 4 winners and 5 losers from deals, featuring Bulls, Knicks, Warriors, Lakers

Let’s hand out winners and losers from the 2024 NBA trade deadline. The 2024 NBA trade deadline has come and gone without the type of major fireworks sd occasionally sees in the final transaction window before the playoff race. There were tons of deals around the NBA before Thursday’s 3 p.m. buzzer, but the biggest names rumored to be in deals mostly stayed home, and many of the league’s biggest f...2024
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• 31 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports We went around the league to find the likeliest candidates to be dealt ahead of next week’s NBA trade deadline. With the Feb. 8 NBA trade deadline less than a week away, there seemed like no better time than to hop around the SB Nation NBA network and ask our local writers which player(s) they think each of the teams they cover and/or root for is most likely to...2024
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2024 by who is most likely to win

Ranking 2024 NBA MVP candidates so far. The NBA MVP award is a snapshot of where the league is at and where it’s headed. Giannis Antetokounmpo won MVP in 2019 and 2020 before leading his Milwaukee Bucks to the championship in 2021. Nikola Jokic won MVP in 2021 and 2022 before leading his Denver Nuggets to the championship in 2023. Postseason success is the only thing eluding Joel Embiid to this po...2024
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• Boston sports had a playoff run from hell for 2 championship favorites
A spring of Boston’s discontent They were supposed to make history. In a way, they did. The Boston Celtics, after falling down three games to none in the Eastern Conference Finals, rattled off three-straight victories to force a deciding Game 7. In the process, Boston became the first team in NBA history to not only force a deciding Game 7 after losing the first three games of the series, but the ...2023
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• Joel Embiid stomped on Grant Williams’ head on accident, but both showed love afterward
This had to hurt. The Boston Celtics earned a hard-fought 114-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night in Game 3 of their second round matchup to take a 2-1 series lead. The win came with one major battle scar, though. Midway through the fourth quarter, NBA MVP Joel Embiid accidentally stomped on the head of Celtics forward Grant Williams during a battle for a loose ball. Somehow, W...2023
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• Another NBA player is exploring WNBA expansion — this time in Charlotte
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"Draymond Green unloads on Grant Williams in hilariously ironic rant: 'Stop all the tough-guy stuff'"

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"One the highlights was when Grant Williams tried trash talking […] The post NBA World Reacts to Miami Beating Boston at The Garden AGAIN appeared first on Basketball Forever."

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"Celtics' Grant Williams fined $20,000 for punching basketball into the stands during loss to Warriors"

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"Jay King of The Athletic revealed that Smart and Celtics teammate Grant Williams got into an argument during practice."

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"Boston Celtics rookie Grant Williams had a chance to give his team a safe four-point lead with 35 seconds left in Game 7."

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"Tennessee survived a thriller and Grant Williams was stellar in victory"

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"The Vols' Grant Williams is a talented musician, dancer, chess player and pretty good at basketball, too"

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"Incomplete NY Knicks Have a Lot to Address at NBA Trade Deadline"

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"AL Central Rumors: Williams, Rodriguez, Indians Focus"

• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers
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• Grant Williams highlights lack of media attention on U.S. women’s basketball at the Olympics — and he’s right
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• Bronny James won ‘Call of Duty’ tournament at NBA Summer League

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Hopefully he brings that winning mentality to LA While Los Angeles Lakers’ second round pick Bronny James is in the midst of summer league right now, there’s bound to be some down time in between games. It’s the perfect time for bonding with your new teammates or members of the NBA via video games. James did just that, winning a Call of Duty: Mode...2024
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• Power forward continues to be most misunderstood position in NBA
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• Southeast Notes: Williams, Hornets Front Office, Hartman, Hawks
Grant Williams had a prolific high school basketball career in Charlotte and was recently named one of the city’s best high school players of the past 40 years. While he wasn’t drafted by Charlotte in the 2019 draft, he was traded to the Hornets at the 2024 deadline and made an impact right away. After […]...2024
• 6 NBA players who could actually play in NFL to settle Austin Rivers’ bold claim

Photo by Bart Young/NBAE via Getty Images We put Austin Rivers’ claim to the test. The time-honored argument of cross sport athletes is rearing its head once more with Austin Rivers and J.J. Watt beefing over whether NBA players could compete in the NFL. This week Rivers infamously said that as many as THIRTY (30) players in the association could make the jump right now, to which Watt cla...2024
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• Celtics Notes: Williams, White, Brown, Hauser
Hornets big man Grant Williams has found memories of his days with the Celtics, Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe writes. Williams was moved to Dallas in a sign-and-trade transaction last offseason. He was then dealt to Charlotte at the trade deadline. “That’s where I was first drafted; that’s the team that believed in me,” […]...2024
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• Legendary Celtics announcer buries Hornets' Grant Williams

Grant Williams left the Celtics this past summer after failing to agree terms on a contract extension. He was sent to the Mavericks as part of a sign-and-trade deal....2024
• Grant Williams revival keying hot stretch for Hornets

The Hornets have won four straight games since shipping P.J. Washington to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Williams, Seth Curry, and a draft pick on Feb. 8....2024
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• Mavericks moved on from Grant Williams because he was ‘yapping’ and out of shape

Prior to the Feb. 8 trade deadline, the Hornets got Williams, Seth Curry, and a 2027 first-round pick from in exchange for P.J. Washington and two second-round picks....2024
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• Trade Proposal Sends Kyle Kuzma, Grant Williams, Corey Kispert, Nick Richards To Cavaliers

An NBA trade proposal sending Kyle Kuzma, Grant Williams, Corey Kispert and Nick Richards to the Cleveland Cavaliers has been created. Here’s the mock NBA trade idea between the Cavaliers, Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets: Kuzma averaged 22.2 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.7 blocks for the Wizards in 2023-24 while shooting […] The post Trade Proposal ...2024
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• Grant Williams highlights lack of media attention on U.S. women’s basketball at the Olympics — and he’s right
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• Southeast Notes: G. Williams, D. Wright, Cain, Wizards
New Hornets forward Grant Williams has “quickly woven himself into the team’s fabric” since being traded from Dallas to Charlotte 15 days ago, according to Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer. The Hornets have won all four games Williams has played, and he has scored at least 15 points in each of those victories, averaging […]...2024
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• East Notes: Hornets, Grant Williams, Bulls, Magic

Hornets The new-look Hornets won their third straight after the trade deadline, beating the Hawks on Wednesday and receiving 15 points and 10 rebounds from forward Grant Williams — acquired in a deadline-day deal with Dallas. The Hornets also landed guard Vasilije Micic, guard Seth Curry and forward Davis Bertans at the deadline. “Without the […] The post East Notes: Hornets, Grant Wil...2024
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• Hornets trade P.J. Washington to Mavericks for Grant Williams, Seth Curry
The Dallas Mavericks have acquired forward P.J. Washington and two second-round picks in a trade with the Charlotte Hornets for forward Grant Williams, guard Seth Curry and a top-two protected 2027 first-round pick. Washington (6-7, 230) has appeared in 44 games (17 starts) with the Hornets this season and is averaging 13.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, … Continue reading "Hornets trade P.J. Washing...2024
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• 31 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2024 by who is most likely to win
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• Celtics deal Grant Williams to Mavericks in three-team sign-and-trade

Grant Williams has a new home. The Celtics are trading Williams to the Mavericks in a three-team sign-and-trade deal that routes Reggie Bullock and draft capital to the Spurs, while Boston will net two second-round picks, according to multiple reports. Williams, a restricted free agent, agreed to a four-year, $53 million deal to help make the trade to Dallas happen, per ESPN. Dallas is a...2023
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• Draymond Green, Jaylen Brown slam Grant Williams for dirty play

Hornets forward Grant Williams is under fire for his dirty play on Celtics star Jayson Tatum during the waning moments of Friday's game....2024
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers
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• Donovan Mitchell trolls Grant Williams for his ‘Imma make 'em both' moment

Cleveland Cavalier Donovan Mitchell and Dallas Maverick Grant Williams look back on the hilarious missed free throws moment, offering unheard perspectives....2024
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• Celtics in danger of being swept after going down 0-2 at home to Heat
Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images Grant Williams poked the bear that never even needed poking when going face-to-face with Jimmy Butler. This game was swinging dramatically early and often, starting with an early 26-6 run by Boston including nine points from Jayson Tatum to take a double-digit lead in the second quarter before Miami responded with a 19-2 run to take the lead back. The H...2023
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• Joel Embiid stomped on Grant Williams’ head on accident, but both showed love afterward
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• NBA playoffs: Celtics' Grant Williams left with bloody mouth after Joel Embiid's foot lands on his head
The Celtics got the win, but they had one very painful moment....2023
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• VIDEO: Celtics’ Grant Williams gets Zion Williamson-like moment with shoe explosion

Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams had a Zion Williamson-like moment on Friday when his shoe exploded in their preseason showdown against the Toronto Raptors. As he was driving to rim, Williams’ right foot blew out of his shoe, causing him to slip on the floor and fail on the play. He was wearing Air Jordan […] The post VIDEO: Celtics’ Grant Williams gets Zion Williamson-like ...2022
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• Celtics’ Grant Williams reveals the exact moment he decided to be Ray Allen in Game 7 vs. Bucks
The Boston Celtics are headed to the Eastern Conference finals, thanks in large part to the hot hands of Grant Williams, who came out of nowhere and channeled his inner Ray Allen during Game 7 of their second-round matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks at TD Garden. Williams absolutely smoked the Bucks, repeatedly making them pay […] The post Celtics’ Grant Williams reveals the exact mom...2022
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• Marcus Smart, Grant Williams had heated moment in Celtics practice over flopping
Marcus Smart has a tendency to become chippy with other players, and a recent Boston Celtics practice proved that his jawing doesn’t discriminate. Jay King of The Athletic revealed that Smart and Celtics teammate Grant Williams got into an argument during practice. According to center Robert Williams, the reason was because: “Grant was flopping and […] The post Marcus Smart, Grant Will...2021
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• VIDEO: Donovan Mitchell drops Jaylen Brown, Grant Williams to floor on nasty step-backs
Someone call the police, Donovan Mitchell just dropped two grown men. Mitchell did it all for the Utah Jazz during their matchup against the Boston Celtics, including embarrass the other team’s stalwart defenders. Spida’s first victim was breakout star Jaylen Brown. The Jazz frontman used just the right amount of momentum to send Brown flying […] The post VIDEO: Donovan Mitchell ...2021
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• NBA World Reacts to Miami Beating Boston at The Garden AGAIN
In the fourth quarter of Boston v Miami, the Heat went on a 24-9 run and won the game 111-105 on Boston’s home court. They also won on the Celtics’ home court in Game 1. All we can say is wow. Himmy Butler is COOKING. One the highlights was when Grant Williams tried trash talking […] The post NBA World Reacts to Miami Beating Boston at The Garden AGAIN appeared first on Basketbal...2023
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• Jayson Tatum’s Game 7 heroics not only saved Celtics’ season but Grant Williams’ career
Boston Celtics rookie Grant Williams had a chance to give his team a safe four-point lead with 35 seconds left in Game 7. Unfortunately, Williams missed both free throws which would’ve banished him from the team. But good for him, Jayson Tatum was able to snag the offensive rebound, saving the Celtics’ series and probably […] The post Jayson Tatum’s Game 7 heroics not only ...2020
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• Celtics take 2-1 series lead on 76ers: How Boston’s defense limited Philadelphia in Game 3
The Boston Celtics defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 114-102 on the road in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Friday. Here’s what you need to know: Jayson Tatum led Boston with 27 points on 10-of-20 shooting from the field along with 10 rebounds and five assists. Six different Celtics scored in double figures, including Malcolm Brogdon’s 15 points off the bench. 76ers center Joel Embiid, ...2023
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• Heat take 2-0 series lead over Celtics in Eastern Conference finals
BOSTON — Going nose to nose with Jimmy Butler has not worked out well for the Celtics so far in this series. Boston was still up by seven in the fourth quarter of Game 2 in the Eastern Conference semifinals when Grant Williams began jawing with Butler. The exchange was so intense, their foreheads were touching. There’s quite a bit more distance between the Miami Heat and Celtics now, though. Butle...2023
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• Celtics' Grant Williams on provoking Heat's Jimmy Butler in Game 2: 'I'm a competitor and I'm going to battle'

Butler admitted the exchange with Williams provided him with some additional motivation...2023
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• Jimmy Butler Had Short, Brutal Answer to Grant Williams Question After Heat Win

Miami erased another double-digit deficit to take a 2–0 series lead....2023
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• Derrick White hustles his way into Celtics history in Game 6: ‘That’s legendary’
'I was like, ‘Oh no,' And then I look up and D. White was a miracle,” Celtics teammate Grant Williams tells The Athletic....2023
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• Celtics' Grant Williams fined $20,000 for punching basketball into the stands during loss to Warriors

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• Meet the former WNBA star behind the league’s Austin’s expansion bid
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• Charlotte's starting center Nick Richards out indefinitely due to rib fracture
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• Bronny James won ‘Call of Duty’ tournament at NBA Summer League
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• Power forward continues to be most misunderstood position in NBA
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• NCAA Tournament: Players In NBA Of The Sweet 16 Schools

The Sweet 16 of the 2024 NCAA Tournament is set with all eight No. 1 and No. 2 seeds reaching this stage where they are two wins away from the Final Four in Arizona. Here's a list of all the former players of the schools in the Sweet 16 who are currently in the NBA. Duke leads with 24 former players in the NBA, followed by North Carolina and Gonzaga with 10 apiece. Thursday West: • No. 2 Ari...2024
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• NCAA Tournament: Players In NBA Of The 64 First Round Schools

With the 2024 NCAA Tournament underway, here's a list of all the former players of the schools in the first round who are currently in the NBA, headlined by Kentucky with 28 and Duke with 24. The below links are to the 'Players in the NBA' page for each school. EAST REGION 1 Connecticut (4) vs. No. 16 Stetson (0)Connecticut: Andre Drummond, Jordan Hawkins, Andre Jackson Jr., Adama Sanogo 8 Florid...2024
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• NBA trade deadline: 4 winners and 5 losers from deals, featuring Bulls, Knicks, Warriors, Lakers
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• NBA Trade Rumors: Bobby Portis, Grant Williams, Kelly Olynyk and more featured in latest whispers

Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty Images The Bucks and Mavericks talking a Bobby Portis for Grant Williams trade is your most surprising update from Monday’s NBA trade rumors. The NBA trade deadline (Thursday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. ET) is now less than three days away, so let’s check in on some of the latest NBA trade rumors floating around from various insiders around the association. A Bucks-...2024
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• 31 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
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• Kevin Durant hilariously trolls Mavericks' Grant Williams after altercation

It became increasingly evident Wednesday night that neither the Suns players nor the fans have gotten over their upset loss to the Mavs in the 2021-22 playoffs....2024
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• NBA trade deadline: 4 winners and 5 losers from deals, featuring Bulls, Knicks, Warriors, Lakers
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• NBA Trade Rumors: Bobby Portis, Grant Williams, Kelly Olynyk and more featured in latest whispers
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• Tatum swats ex-teammate Grant Williams' shot into stands, sends him flying

Boston Celtics' Jayson Tatum sent his former teammate and current Dallas Maverick Grant Williams flying after swatting his buzzer-beater attempt into the stands....2024
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• WATCH: Tatum blocks Grant Williams' shot in hilarious fashion

Jayson Tatum sent his former Celtics teammate and current Dallas Maverick Grant Williams flying after swatting his buzzer-beater attempt into the stands....2024
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• Pre-Snap Reads 7/27: Seahawks Training Camp observations, Day 1
Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Read! Okay. Let’s get to it. Below in the links we’ve got: a DK interview, some more lists, updates on several contract signings, players to watch (as they pertain to your Seattle Seahawks) from around the league, speculation and such, and.. more! Dive in! We are just getting started. Seahawks News Don't Panic! - Seaside JoeDevon Witherspoon, Tariq Woolen...2023
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• Joel Embiid stomped on Grant Williams’ head on accident, but both showed love afterward
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• Jayson Tatum’s ejection draws explanation from Celtics’ Grant Williams

Jayson Tatum’s shocking ejection in the Boston Celtics’ preseason finale against the Toronto Raptors raised a lot of eyebrows on Friday. While Grant Williams was equally surprised at the decision, he admitted they could have been better handling the situation. For those who missed it, Tatum was ejected Friday after getting back-to-back technical fouls late […] The post Jayson Tat...2022
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• Incomplete NY Knicks Have a Lot to Address at NBA Trade Deadline
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