The Jazz have employed veteran Celtics government Austin Ainge as their president of basketball operations, the crew introduced right now in a press launch. Tim Bontemps and Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter hyperlink) first reported the information. Ainge has spent 17 years with the Celtics, together with the final 14 within the entrance workplace. He was initially employed as a scout, then spent a pair seasons teaching Boston’s G League affiliate in Maine from 2009-11 earlier than transitioning to a entrance workplace place. He served because the membership’s director of participant personnel and scouting till 2019 and has been an…
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Kevin Durant is without doubt one of the largest names of the offseason following stories that the Suns‘ 36-year-old star has doubtless performed his final sport in Phoenix. With that in thoughts, Arizona Republic’s Duane Rankin broke down six 2025 playoff groups, what their match with Durant would appear like, and what they may supply as a commerce return for the Suns. The primary vacation spot Rankin checked out is the Timberwolves, who reportedly took a better take a look at Durant on the 2025 commerce deadline than was beforehand identified. Whereas Rankin says the Suns ought to be most…
The Knicks simply accomplished their most profitable season in a few years, however that doesn’t assure the core of the workforce will keep collectively, writes Zach Braziller of The New York Submit. After profitable 51 video games and reaching the Japanese Convention Finals for the primary time in 25 years, the season led to disappointment Saturday evening with a 17-point loss at Indiana in Recreation 6. New York was favored heading into the sequence and gave the impression to be good place to succeed in its first NBA Finals since 1999 after dispatching the Celtics within the second spherical and…
Following a first-round postseason exit in 2022, the Jazz traded away Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell, kick-starting the tear-down of a roster that had made six consecutive playoff appearances at the moment. Three years later, Utah has stockpiled a ton of future draft picks and opened up much more cap flexibility going ahead, however the present roster seems even much less outfitted to get again to the playoffs than that post-Gobert/Mitchell squad did getting into the 2022/23 season. The Jazz’s lack of ahead progress is comprehensible to a sure extent. Though Gobert and Mitchell have been traded in the course…
Kevin O’Connor’s newest 2025 mock draft for Yahoo Sports activities options just a few fascinating tidbits. Citing league sources, O’Connor writes that there are “no untouchables” on the Pelicans, who’re gauging the commerce worth of each participant on their roster. O’Connor cautions {that a} main roster overhaul in New Orleans will not be within the works, however on the very least the staff appears open to listening to presents for core gamers and will resolve to shake issues up if a horny alternative presents itself. Assuming it’s correct, the information doesn’t come as a significant shock. The Pelicans are coming…
The Nuggets need to rebuild their depth after shedding a number of key free brokers lately, reminiscent of Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, whereas different signings have proved unsuccessful, like Reggie Jackson and Dario Saric. Bennett Durando of the Denver Publish breaks down a number of the potential choices they may have a look at in free company as they search to create one other title-contending roster. The primary identify Durando seems at is a former Nugget: Bruce Brown. Brown left the Nuggets for a two-year balloon deal with the Pacers in 2023, and was included in Indiana’s commerce for Pascal Siakam the…
A 12 months in the past, 4 gamers signed maximum-salary rookie scale extensions that included Rose Rule language, placing every participant in place to earn a beginning wage value 30% of the 2025/26 wage cap – fairly than 25% – on his new deal if he met sure efficiency standards. Magic ahead Franz Wagner and Raptors ahead Scottie Barnes weren’t in a position to money in and earn that further 5%, however Cavaliers large man Evan Mobley did so when he gained this season’s Defensive Participant of the Yr award, and Pistons guard Cade Cunningham adopted go well with by…
Armed with the No. 1 decide on this yr’s draft as nicely two 2025 All-Stars on the mistaken aspect of 30, the Mavericks are gearing up for a “two-timeline” method, very similar to the Warriors strived to do after they had a possibility to encompass growing older incumbent stars with lottery picks in 2020 and ’21, writes Christian Clark of The Athletic. Duke ahead Cooper Flagg, the anticipated No. 1 decide, might slot in because the uncommon one-and-done rookie who helps his crew win within the current, Clark opines. The massive query about Dallas’ contender standing, nevertheless, stems from simply…
The Warmth suffered via a uncommon dropping season in 2024/25, however they have been inspired by the progress made by rookies Kel’el Ware and Pelle Larsson, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Each gamers noticed little motion early within the 12 months, however labored their means as much as common minutes by the playoffs. Chiang notes that Ware, the fifteenth decide in final 12 months’s draft, solely logged double-digit minutes in two of the primary 25 video games, however grew to become a constant starter in January. He averaged 10.7 factors, 9.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks over…
Brandin Podziemski underwent left wrist debridement surgical procedure Tuesday in Los Angeles, the Warriors introduced (through Twitter). He’s anticipated to make a full restoration and be prepared when coaching camp opens this fall. There had been no indication that Podziemski was coping with a wrist damage earlier than Wednesday evening’s announcement. He appeared in all 12 of Golden State’s playoff contests and led the crew with 28 factors within the Recreation 5 loss to Minnesota two weeks in the past. The second-year guard struggled along with his shot throughout the postseason, which may have been a results of the wrist…