Joe Mazzulla, Boston Celtics. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Key Highlights: Since teams only really run set plays after timeouts, the best way to evaluate a coach’s play-calling acumen is to analyze how their team performs in after timeout possessions. Coaches with better offensive personnel have an advantage when it comes to raw ATO data. So, we need to adjust ...
USA Today Network Washington Wizards forward Isaiah Livers will miss the rest of the 2023-24 season due to joint capsule inflammation in his right hip, the Wizards announced on Monday. His injury will be “treated conservatively,” the team said in the official statement. Livers, 25, has not played since Jan. 12 with the Detroit Pistons against the Houston Rockets. In ...
USA Today Network NBA G League guard Terry Roberts of the Long Island Nets was shot and seriously wounded by a stray bullet outside a bar in the Olney section of Philadelphia early on Sunday, his family announced. Authorities were called to 5th Street Lounge around 12:45 a.m. and found the 23-year-old Nets guard shot in the upper chest. This ...
It’s no secret that LeBron James wishes to play alongside his eldest son Bronny before he retires. Ever since last season, when the teenager was still in high school, the superstar has been expressing his wish to share an NBA court with him. Despite most fans hoping this will come true, experts believe this is giving the youngster too much ...
USA Today Network Chicago Bulls guard DeMar DeRozan is currently on pace to break LeBron James’ NBA record of being the oldest player to lead the league in total minutes played in a season. James set this record with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2017-18, when he started the season age 32 then turned 33 on Dec. 30, 2017. The four-time ...
Pistons coach Monty Williams storms out of interview calling for justice: ‘Worst call of the season’
We all know the Pistons have endured one of their worst campaigns in franchise history, but the team has improved their game ever since they tied for the longest-losing streak in the league’s books a couple of months ago. In Monday night’s clash against the Knicks, however, Detroit lost after a last-minute play that should’ve been called for a foul ...
USA Today Network At 22 years and 209 days old, Toronto Raptors guard Scottie Barnes became the eighth-youngest NBA player to post a triple-double with five or more blocks, during Monday night’s 130-122 win over the Indiana Pacers. The 2024 All-Star recorded 21 points, 12 rebounds and assists, and five blocks in almost 38 minutes of action. He finished 8-of-18 ...
For the first time since Dell Curry retired from basketball and started his broadcasting career, he received the opportunity to analyze a game between his two sons, Stephen and Seth. Before the match at Chase Center last Friday, he told the press he needed to release some steam before the contest, and made his traditional three-mile pregame walk around the ...
After being fired by the Sixers front office last summer, Doc Rivers finally made his way back to Philadelphia but this time as head of the Milwaukee squad. Eight months later, he beat his former club 119 to 98 this past Sunday night. However, it wasn’t all smiles for the veteran tactician, especially at the beginning of the match when ...
Boston provided one of the most exciting NBA clashes of the weekend when they visited New York this Saturday and beat the Knicks 116-102 at the Madison Square Garden. After this impressive display, they claimed their season-best eight straight win and now have a seven-game lead over Cleveland in the Eastern Conference’s standings. In the West, the Timberwolves are leading ...