Sirius XM NBA: “Being the first in your class and I’m a competitor, and of course that’s what I want” 🔊 Alex Sarr describes to @RobbieHummel what it would mean to be the number one overall pick in the 2024 @NBADraft @PerthWildcats pic.twitter.com/CXYk8z4pdZ
NBA rumors: Alex Sarr on potentially being No 1 pick: 'Of course that's what I want'
June 2, 2024 | 9:16 pm EDT Update
In particular, the new collective bargaining agreement seems set up to make the current environment continue a while longer. The rules on the second apron are designed to rein in the big spenders and force elite teams to make hard decisions at every level of the roster once their stars graduate from rookie deals to supermax extensions. We’ll see how teams play their hands in the coming years, but the rules seem to incentivize even the most free-spending teams to limit themselves to a two-year run above the second apron before pulling back and avoiding the most severe penalties.
One golden rule that has still held up: Every champion but one for the last 44 years has been a top-three seed with at least 52 wins (prorated to 82 games) and a plus-3 net rating; that will hold up if Boston prevails in the NBA Finals, but not if Dallas wins. (The three teams in the West that met this criteria, Oklahoma City, Denver and Minnesota, have all been eliminated; the Mavs beat two of them.)
Evan Sidery: Daron Holmes has cancelled his remaining pre-draft workouts after reportedly receiving a promise, per @DraftExpress (espn.com/nba/insider/st…). Standing at 6’10” with a 7’0.5” wingspan, Holmes is an enticing prospect because of his immediately translatable two-way attributes. pic.twitter.com/pKwfx3Cr70
ClutchPoints: “I’m jealous of them all. I wish I could step out and shoot the three… I wish I was allowed to do that.” Shaq tells Draymond Green why he’s jealous of modern day big men 👀 (via @TheVolumeSports) pic.twitter.com/3DUqi7nCnF
Law Murray: Frank Nitty, Clippers guard Xavier Moon, Montrezl Harrell get their 2023 @DrewLeague championship rings with Tuff Fades pic.twitter.com/gIrNBcZoLc
June 2, 2024 | 6:35 pm EDT Update
Tracy McGrady on Stephen Curry in the top 5: "He hasn't cracked my top 10 yet'
ClutchPoints: “Steph Curry is a top 5 NBA player all-time.” Tracy McGrady: “No… He hasn’t cracked my top 10 yet… To me, if one of your guys is missing and you can’t make the playoffs, I can’t put you in [my] top 5 or top 10.” Do you agree? 🤔 (via @Tmac_213) pic.twitter.com/MvA3dwIfYB
A bit more than three months later, he finished the season losing to Real Madrid in the ACB Semifinals 0-3, and after the game, he talked about his future with the club. “I have no idea. I don’t want to decide in the heat of the moment; I will take a few weeks with a clear head to evaluate everything. It hasn’t been easy, and now it’s difficult to decide in the heat of the moment,” Rubio said, Diario SPORT reports.
Michael Jordan trading card sells for almost $3 million
Goldin: 🚨 BREAKING: there is a NEW ALL-TIME HIGHEST-SELLING MICHAEL JORDAN CARD 🚨 Final Sale Price on the 2003 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Michael Jordan Signed Logoman: $2,928,000 The All-Time Record for any Michael Jordan Card! 🙌
June 2, 2024 | 4:34 pm EDT Update
Tom Thibodeau expected to get contract extension soon?
League sources say that Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau should be viewed as a virtual certainty to score a contract extension this off-season “at the market rate,” which translates to an annual wage of at least $10 million, after New York’s run to the brink of the Eastern Conference finals with one of the league’s longest injury lists in a postseason wracked with injuries.
