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But the Cavaliers, Pelicans, Clippers, and Sixers all ducked the tax line with their pre-deadline moves, while a few other teams remained in the tax but took steps to significantly reduce their end-of-season bills. Milwaukee, for instance, had been projected to pay about $74.8MM in tax penalties, but has since reduced that figure by more than half, according to Eric Pincus of … [Read more...] about
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Cameron Tabatabaie: Jaylen Brown on what he thinks about the new All-Star Game format “I have no idea what’s going on” … [Read more...] about
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“Obviously, nowhere near the manager that Pep is but we share a similar beginning,” Mazzulla said in interview with Men in Blazers. “He was coaching Barcelona’s B team, I was in Maine’s G League team, and they could have easily gone for a bigger name, but they go to this guy sitting on the back bench with no experience. “It became really a roadmap to how I wanted to go about … [Read more...] about
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Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has talked up the similarities between his coaching journey and that of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, saying he used the Catalan coach’s career as a “roadmap.” Both Mazzulla and Guardiola were promoted from relative obscurity into their first senior head coaching role — Mazzulla at the Celtics after Ime Udoka’s suspension ahead of … [Read more...] about
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Both Mazzulla and Guardiola were promoted from relative obscurity into their first senior head coaching role — Mazzulla at the Celtics after Ime Udoka’s suspension ahead of the 2022-23 season, and Guardiola by Barcelona from their reserve team setup after the unsuccessful end to Frank Rijkaard’s tenure in 2008 that saw the club finish third in LaLiga, 18 points behind rivals … [Read more...] about
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Jaylen Brown has landed a new partnership deal with Oakley. While the company is primarily focused on its longtime distinctive eyewear, the deal is of note because of Brown’s flexibility to pursue any deal of his choosing. In launching his own footwear and apparel brand, 741 Performance, Brown is not bound to the typical category clauses that most athletes are boxed out from … [Read more...] about
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Tim Reynolds: Celtics vice president Jeff Twiss announced as the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award by the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. It is the Hall’s biggest honor outside of enshrinement. … [Read more...] about
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Jeff Goodman: BREAKING: Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens told @TheFieldOf68 that he is not a candidate for the Indiana University job. “I thoroughly appreciate being a Celtic and love the people I get to work with every day,” Stevens told @TheFieldOf68. … [Read more...] about Brad Stevens dismisses possibility of becoming Indiana University head coach
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Multiple sources are indicating that Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell will be in serious consideration to become the head coach next season at Florida State, his alma mater. While some have characterized the situation in even stronger terms (that Seminole legend Charlie Ward could be his lead assistant), Cassell made three things clear to Heavy Sports Wednesday night. He is … [Read more...] about