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Sources: Michael Jordan voice of reason during NBA owners meeting
Jordan, owner of the Charlotte Hornets and the only Black majority owner in the league -- reached out to National Basketball Players Association president Chris Paul, league sources told ESPN, in advance of the owners meeting to get a better understanding of what the players hoped to achieve going forward and to offer assistance as they make their case to the NBA board of governors.
Why we shouldn't need LeBron to tell us racism is a problem
THE FIRST TIME someone called me the N-word on a basketball court was in seventh grade. I remember dribbling the ball on the wing in front of the visitors bench. This girl, whose name I never knew, said I was a "stupid n-----." I looked over my shoulder, still dribbling, at her coach, who either didn't hear it or didn't care. The girl continued to taunt me.
What are you going to do about it?
Jordan, owner of the Charlotte Hornets and the only Black majority owner in the league -- reached out to National Basketball Players Association president Chris Paul, league sources told ESPN, in advance of the owners meeting to get a better understanding of what the players hoped to achieve going forward and to offer assistance as they make their case to the NBA board of governors.
Why we shouldn't need LeBron to tell us racism is a problem
THE FIRST TIME someone called me the N-word on a basketball court was in seventh grade. I remember dribbling the ball on the wing in front of the visitors bench. This girl, whose name I never knew, said I was a "stupid n-----." I looked over my shoulder, still dribbling, at her coach, who either didn't hear it or didn't care. The girl continued to taunt me.
What are you going to do about it?
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NBA Playoff Standings -Round 1
Eastern Conference
No.1: Milwaukee lead No.8: Orlando 3-1
No.4: Indiana sweep No.5: Miami 4-0
No.2: Toronto sweep No.7: Brooklyn 4-0
No.3: Boston sweep No.6: Philadelphia 4-0
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers lead No.8: Portland 3-1
No.4: Houston tied No.5: Oklahoma City 2-2
No.2: LA Clippers lead No.7: Dallas 3-2
No.6: Utah lead No.3: Denver 3-2
Eastern Conference
No.1: Milwaukee lead No.8: Orlando 3-1
No.4: Indiana sweep No.5: Miami 4-0
No.2: Toronto sweep No.7: Brooklyn 4-0
No.3: Boston sweep No.6: Philadelphia 4-0
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers lead No.8: Portland 3-1
No.4: Houston tied No.5: Oklahoma City 2-2
No.2: LA Clippers lead No.7: Dallas 3-2
No.6: Utah lead No.3: Denver 3-2
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2020 NBA Playoffs Bracket
NBA Playoff Standings - Round 1
Eastern Conference
No.1: Milwaukee beat No.8: Orlando 4-1
No.4: Indiana sweep No.5: Miami 4-0
No.2: Toronto sweep No.7: Brooklyn 4-0
No.3: Boston sweep No.6: Philadelphia 4-0
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels beat No.8: Portland 4-1
No.4: Houston beat No.5: Oklahoma City 4-3
No.2: LA Clippers beat No.7: Dallas 4-2
No.3: Denver beat No.6: Utah 4-3
NBA Playoff Standings - Round 1
Eastern Conference
No.1: Milwaukee beat No.8: Orlando 4-1
No.4: Indiana sweep No.5: Miami 4-0
No.2: Toronto sweep No.7: Brooklyn 4-0
No.3: Boston sweep No.6: Philadelphia 4-0
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels beat No.8: Portland 4-1
No.4: Houston beat No.5: Oklahoma City 4-3
No.2: LA Clippers beat No.7: Dallas 4-2
No.3: Denver beat No.6: Utah 4-3
NBA Playoffs 2020: Schedules, news, odds and latest updates
**Round - 1**
Eastern Conference
No.1: Milwaukee (56-17) beat No.8: Orlando (33-40) 4-1
No.4: Indiana (45-28) lost No.5: Miami (44-29) 0-4
No.2: Toronto (53-19) beat vs. No.7: Brooklyn (35-37) 4-0
No.3: Boston (48-24) beat vs. No.6: Philadelphia (43-30) 4-0
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers (52-19) bet No.8: Portland (35-39) 4-1
No.4: Houston (44-28) beat No.5: Oklahoma City (44-28) 4-3
No.2: LA Clippers (49-23) beat No.7: Dallas (43-32) 4-2
No.3: Denver (46-27) beat No.6: Utah (44-28) 4-3
**Round - 2**
Eastern Conference
No.1: Milwaukee (56-17, 4-1) vs No.5: Miami (44-29, 4-0)
No.2: Toronto (53-19, 4-0) vs No.3: Boston (48-24, 4-0)
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers (52-19, 4-1) vs No.3: Denver (46-27, 4-3)
No.2: LA Clippers (49-23, 4-2) vs No.4: Houston (44-28, 4-3)
**Round - 1**
Eastern Conference
No.1: Milwaukee (56-17) beat No.8: Orlando (33-40) 4-1
No.4: Indiana (45-28) lost No.5: Miami (44-29) 0-4
No.2: Toronto (53-19) beat vs. No.7: Brooklyn (35-37) 4-0
No.3: Boston (48-24) beat vs. No.6: Philadelphia (43-30) 4-0
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers (52-19) bet No.8: Portland (35-39) 4-1
No.4: Houston (44-28) beat No.5: Oklahoma City (44-28) 4-3
No.2: LA Clippers (49-23) beat No.7: Dallas (43-32) 4-2
No.3: Denver (46-27) beat No.6: Utah (44-28) 4-3
**Round - 2**
Eastern Conference
No.1: Milwaukee (56-17, 4-1) vs No.5: Miami (44-29, 4-0)
No.2: Toronto (53-19, 4-0) vs No.3: Boston (48-24, 4-0)
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers (52-19, 4-1) vs No.3: Denver (46-27, 4-3)
No.2: LA Clippers (49-23, 4-2) vs No.4: Houston (44-28, 4-3)
Clippers' Montrezl Harrell wins NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
Harrell averaged career highs of 18.6 points and 7.1 rebounds in his fifth season for the Clippers. Harrell is the first big man to win the award since the 6-foot-10 Lamar Odom took home the honor for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2010-11. Harrell earned 58 first-place votes and a total of 397 points to win the award.
NBA History - Sixth Man of the Year
Harrell averaged career highs of 18.6 points and 7.1 rebounds in his fifth season for the Clippers. Harrell is the first big man to win the award since the 6-foot-10 Lamar Odom took home the honor for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2010-11. Harrell earned 58 first-place votes and a total of 397 points to win the award.
NBA History - Sixth Man of the Year
steve samurai jack
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2020 NBA Playoffs Bracket
NBA Playoff Standings - Round 2
Eastern Conference
No.5: Miami lead No.1: Milwaukee 3-1
No.2: Toronto tied No.3: Boston 2-2
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels tied No.4: Houston 1-1
No.2: LA Clippers tied No.3: Denver 1-1
NBA Playoff Standings - Round 2
Eastern Conference
No.5: Miami lead No.1: Milwaukee 3-1
No.2: Toronto tied No.3: Boston 2-2
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels tied No.4: Houston 1-1
No.2: LA Clippers tied No.3: Denver 1-1
NBA eyeing Nov. 18 as new draft date, memo says
The NBA is targeting Nov. 18 as a new date for the 2020 draft, pending discussions with league owners and general managers in separate meetings on Thursday and Friday, according to a memo obtained by ESPN. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association negotiated what the memo called a "potential revised 2020 NBA Draft date" as a tentative replacement for Oct. 16. The delay would allow the league and union to negotiate amendments to the collective bargaining agreement and agree on 2020-21 salary cap and luxury tax thresholds. Free agency isn't mentioned in the memo, nor has a new date been negotiated with the NBPA, sources said. The start of free agency is expected to follow relatively soon after the draft.
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The NBA is targeting Nov. 18 as a new date for the 2020 draft, pending discussions with league owners and general managers in separate meetings on Thursday and Friday, according to a memo obtained by ESPN. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association negotiated what the memo called a "potential revised 2020 NBA Draft date" as a tentative replacement for Oct. 16. The delay would allow the league and union to negotiate amendments to the collective bargaining agreement and agree on 2020-21 salary cap and luxury tax thresholds. Free agency isn't mentioned in the memo, nor has a new date been negotiated with the NBPA, sources said. The start of free agency is expected to follow relatively soon after the draft.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis, Rudy Gobert headline All-Defensive first team
Antetokounmpo, who won this year's Defensive Player of the Year award, received 97 of 100 possible first-team votes to finish with 195 points, followed by Davis with 87 first-team votes and 187 points. Gobert had 85 first-team votes, 180 points.
NBA History - All-NBA 1st Team
NBA History - All-NBA 2nd Team
NBA History - All-NBA 3rd Team
Antetokounmpo, who won this year's Defensive Player of the Year award, received 97 of 100 possible first-team votes to finish with 195 points, followed by Davis with 87 first-team votes and 187 points. Gobert had 85 first-team votes, 180 points.
NBA History - All-NBA 1st Team
NBA History - All-NBA 2nd Team
NBA History - All-NBA 3rd Team
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2020 NBA Playoffs Bracket
Round 2
Eastern Conference
No.5: Miami defeated No.1: Milwaukee 4-1
No.3: Boston defeated No.2: Toronto 4-3
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels leads No.4: Houston 3-1
No.2: LA Clippers leads No.3: Denver 3-2
Round 2
Eastern Conference
No.5: Miami defeated No.1: Milwaukee 4-1
No.3: Boston defeated No.2: Toronto 4-3
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels leads No.4: Houston 3-1
No.2: LA Clippers leads No.3: Denver 3-2
Mike D'Antoni tells Houston Rockets he won't return as coach
D'Antoni was 217-102 in his four seasons as Rockets coach, advancing once to the Western Conference finals and three times to the conference semifinals. D'Antoni, a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, led the Rockets to the highest winning percentage in the Western Conference over the past four years (.682), trailing only the Toronto Raptors (.695) in the entire league.
What the next Houston Rockets coach can and can't change
Whoever replaces D'Antoni will have to work with the Rockets' unique roster and the particular ways that James Harden's and Russell Westbrook's skills shape Houston's approach on both ends.
D'Antoni was 217-102 in his four seasons as Rockets coach, advancing once to the Western Conference finals and three times to the conference semifinals. D'Antoni, a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, led the Rockets to the highest winning percentage in the Western Conference over the past four years (.682), trailing only the Toronto Raptors (.695) in the entire league.
What the next Houston Rockets coach can and can't change
Whoever replaces D'Antoni will have to work with the Rockets' unique roster and the particular ways that James Harden's and Russell Westbrook's skills shape Houston's approach on both ends.
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2020 NBA Playoffs Bracket
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Eastern Conference
No.5: Miami defeated No.1: Milwaukee 4-1
No.3: Boston defeated No.2: Toronto 4-3
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angeles Lakers defeated No.4: Houston 4-1
No.3: Denver defeated No.2: LA Clippers 4-3
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Eastern Conference
No.5: Miami defeated No.1: Milwaukee 4-1
No.3: Boston defeated No.2: Toronto 4-3
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angeles Lakers defeated No.4: Houston 4-1
No.3: Denver defeated No.2: LA Clippers 4-3
Ja Morant, Zion Williamson headline NBA's All-Rookie First Team
Morant finished with averages of 17.8 points per game and 7.3 assists per game in leading the Grizzlies to the brink of the playoffs after being the No. 2 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft out of Murray State, was the only unanimous selection.
NBA History - All-Rookie 1st Team
NBA History - All-Rookie 2nd Team
Morant finished with averages of 17.8 points per game and 7.3 assists per game in leading the Grizzlies to the brink of the playoffs after being the No. 2 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft out of Murray State, was the only unanimous selection.
NBA History - All-Rookie 1st Team
NBA History - All-Rookie 2nd Team
LeBron, Giannis, Luka 1st-team All-NBA selections
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James made history Wednesday when he was named to a 16th All-NBA team in his 17-year career, which snapped a tie with Hall of Famers Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most in league history.
NBA History - All-NBA 1st Team
NBA History - All-NBA 2nd Team
NBA History - All-NBA 3rd Team
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James made history Wednesday when he was named to a 16th All-NBA team in his 17-year career, which snapped a tie with Hall of Famers Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most in league history.
NBA History - All-NBA 1st Team
NBA History - All-NBA 2nd Team
NBA History - All-NBA 3rd Team
NBA Playoffs 2020: Schedules, news, odds and latest updates
**Round - 1**
Eastern Conference
No.1: Milwaukee (56-17) beat No.8: Orlando (33-40) 4-1
No.5: Miami (44-29) beat No.4: Indiana (45-28) 4-0
No.2: Toronto (53-19) beat No.7: Brooklyn (35-37) 4-0
No.3: Boston (48-24) beat No.6: Philadelphia (43-30) 4-0
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers (52-19) beat No.8: Portland (35-39) 4-1
No.4: Houston (44-28) beat No.5: Oklahoma City (44-28) 4-3
No.2: LA Clippers (49-23) beat No.7: Dallas (43-32) 4-2
No.3: Denver (46-27) beat No.6: Utah (44-28) 4-3
**Round - 2**
Eastern Conference
No.5: Miami (44-29) beat No.1: Milwaukee (56-17) 4-1
No.3: Boston (48-24) beat No.2: Toronto (53-19) 4-3
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers (52-19) beat No.4: Houston (44-28) 4-1
No.4: Denver (46-27) beat No.2: LA Clippers (49-23) 4-3
**CONFERENCE. FINALS**
Eastern Conference
No.3: Boston (48-24) vs No.5: Miami (44-29)
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers (52-19) vs No.4: Denver (46-27)
**Round - 1**
Eastern Conference
No.1: Milwaukee (56-17) beat No.8: Orlando (33-40) 4-1
No.5: Miami (44-29) beat No.4: Indiana (45-28) 4-0
No.2: Toronto (53-19) beat No.7: Brooklyn (35-37) 4-0
No.3: Boston (48-24) beat No.6: Philadelphia (43-30) 4-0
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers (52-19) beat No.8: Portland (35-39) 4-1
No.4: Houston (44-28) beat No.5: Oklahoma City (44-28) 4-3
No.2: LA Clippers (49-23) beat No.7: Dallas (43-32) 4-2
No.3: Denver (46-27) beat No.6: Utah (44-28) 4-3
**Round - 2**
Eastern Conference
No.5: Miami (44-29) beat No.1: Milwaukee (56-17) 4-1
No.3: Boston (48-24) beat No.2: Toronto (53-19) 4-3
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers (52-19) beat No.4: Houston (44-28) 4-1
No.4: Denver (46-27) beat No.2: LA Clippers (49-23) 4-3
**CONFERENCE. FINALS**
Eastern Conference
No.3: Boston (48-24) vs No.5: Miami (44-29)
Western Conference
No.1: Los Angels Lakers (52-19) vs No.4: Denver (46-27)
Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James shrugs at making 10th NBA Finals
When James was asked to say a few words at center court after white and gold confetti had fallen to commemorate the Lakers' first trip to the Finals since 2010, when Kobe Bryant led L.A. past its rival, the Boston Celtics, in seven games, he allowed himself to live in the moment.
When James was asked to say a few words at center court after white and gold confetti had fallen to commemorate the Lakers' first trip to the Finals since 2010, when Kobe Bryant led L.A. past its rival, the Boston Celtics, in seven games, he allowed himself to live in the moment.