John Karalis: Austin Ainge, on Brad Stevens reaction to him getting the President of Basketball Operations job in Utah: “He tried to negotiate with me, like, immediately. It was great.” … [Read more...] about
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Saturday’s Knicks-Pacers NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 averaged 8.12 million viewers across TNT and truTV, down 7% from the previous conference final Game 6 — Celtics-Heat two years ago (8.71M) — but the most-watched game of the NBA season. The previous high was 7.91 million for Lakers-Warriors on Christmas, and the previous playoff high was 7.35 million for … [Read more...] about
Law Murray: The last six times a team changed coaches after a Conference Finals appearance – 2022 Celtics (Ime Udoka*) – 2014 Grizzlies (Lionel Hollins) – 2008 Pistons (Flip Saunders) – 2005 Pistons (Larry Brown) – 2004 Lakers (Phil Jackson) – 2003 Pistons (Rick Carlisle) *unplanned lol … [Read more...] about
Steve Popper: Heard from a source before the Boston series that Thibodeau believed he needed to win that series to stay — and that turned out not to be enough. Another source indicated that when the Knicks up 2-1 in the Boston series there was still talk of a change. … [Read more...] about
Pacers-Knicks ranks as the most-watched ECF since 2014 that did not go seven games (seven series). The three series over that span to go seven — Cavaliers-Celtics in 2018, Celtics-Heat in 2022 and Heat-Celtics in 2023 — averaged 8.57, 6.98 and 7.42 million respectively. Viewership outpaced the five-game Thunder-Timberwolves Western Conference Finals (5.59M) by 25%, the largest … [Read more...] about
Teams likely to offer bad contracts and no picks for Zion Williamson?
Shamit Dua: I’ve just been texting random executives across the league. This is speculation, right? This is not them saying this is what we would do. This is just them guessing, right? I was like this is straight off asking people like would anyone touch Zion with a 10-foot pole? And there seems to be this general idea of like you kind of saw it with with like Derrick Rose and … [Read more...] about Teams likely to offer bad contracts and no picks for Zion Williamson?
“You’re always trying to build the next one,” Ainge told the Globe by telephone on Monday. “You win [in 2024], and if you remember, we did a draft workout the next day. It’s kind of always there. But I am really glad that we got that done, and it was an amazing group and an amazing time. But I think about it more as the next challenge and progression in my career.” … [Read more...] about
Andy Larsen: Ainge on if building in Boston is different than building in Utah: “Players want hope. They want to win. They want great culture. They want great coaching. They want great teammates, so that’s what we have to give … [Read more...] about
Those benefits are something Dr. Kevin R. Stone emphasized to Forbes in a conversation about Tatum’s injury and recovery. Dr. Stone is an orthopedic surgeon at The Stone Clinic and a pioneer of advanced orthopedic surgical and rehabilitation techniques to repair, regenerate, and replace damaged cartilage and ligaments. “We’ve learned over the last few years that very early … [Read more...] about