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After achieving his dream of playing for a championship team in 2024, Celtics guard Derrick White never expected it to be torn apart so quickly. Second apron limitations and luxury tax concerns, combined with Jayson Tatum‘s Achilles injury, caused the organization to make several cost-cutting moves this summer. Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday were both traded, while Luke … [Read more...] about Celtics Notes: White, Walsh, Tatum, Simons, Luis

The Knicks will enter the 2025/26 season as a favorite to make it back to the Eastern Conference Finals, but the team will invariably deal with a variety of challenges throughout the year, as Stefan Bondy of The New York Post details (subscriber link). Staying healthy will be crucial for New York. All-Defensive forward OG Anunoby has dealt with his fair share of health issues … [Read more...] about Atlantic Notes: Knicks, Celtics, Queta, Bona

Former Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis, who was traded to Atlanta earlier this summer, has high praise for one of his ex-teammates in Boston. In a EuroBasket group play encounter this week, Porzingis led his native Latvia to a 78-62 blowout victory over Neemias Queta‘s home country of Portugal. Porzingis scored 21 points, grabbed nine boards, dished out three dimes, and … [Read more...] about Atlantic Notes: Queta, Porzingis, Celtics, Knicks

Rockets center Alperen Sengun continued his impressive EuroBasket performance on Wednesday, outplaying Nikola Jokic in Turkey’s thrilling 95-90 win over Serbia, writes Semih Tuna of Eurohoops. Both teams came into the game undefeated, so the victory gave Turkey the No. 1 seed in Group A heading into the knockout round. It also made a statement for Sengun, who was facing Jokic … [Read more...] about EuroBasket Notes: Sengun, Vukcevic, Yabusele, Queta

The group-play stage of EuroBasket wrapped up for the teams in Group A and Group B on Wednesday. Those clubs concluded their initial five-game schedules as the two round-of-16 spots still up for grabs in Groups A and B were claimed by Portgual and Sweden, respectively. Portugal eked out a 68-65 victory over Estonia in a win-or-go-home matchup in Group A, eliminating the … [Read more...] about Portugal, Sweden Qualify For EuroBasket Knockout Round

The Nets still have roughly $16MM in cap space left, according to New York Post’s Brian Lewis, and could still explore ways to add more draft assets from a team looking to dump salary. The Nets have already absorbed the contracts of Michael Porter Jr., Terance Mann and Haywood Highsmith while picking up a 2025 first-round pick (Drake Powell was taken in that spot), the Nuggets’ … [Read more...] about Eastern Notes: Nets, Celtics, Bulls, Jovic

Training camp is still 28 days away from beginning for all teams, which usually determines multiple positional battles for teams ahead of the coming season. Still, rosters are mostly built, and preliminary pecking orders are in place, meaning we can take a stab at identifying true breakout players for 2024/25. With this piece, we’ll be focusing on players who seem to be poised … [Read more...] about Five Under-The-Radar Players To Watch In 2025

The Celtics are still “very much willing” to discuss Anfernee Simons trade scenarios, one general manager tells Steve Bulpett of Heavy.com. However, another veteran personnel executive suggested that Boston might be better off hanging onto Simons through the start of the regular season. “Other than Jaylen Brown, there’s not a better scorer than Simons on that roster,” the exec … [Read more...] about Atlantic Notes: Simons, Queta, Nets, Sixers