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NBA rumors: Raptors to trade Bruce Brown?

3 weeks ago – via Toronto Star
The Raptors have until June 29 (two days after the draft) to exercise an option on the $23 million (U.S.) he’s owed next season — a valuable expiring contract to put on the market. The sense from a handful of league sources is that the Raptors are likely to pick up the option, then turn around and deal Brown quickly rather than wait until the 2025 trade deadline.

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June 6, 2024 | 8:44 am EDT Update
It would be easy to become distracted. But the lone champion on this roster knows the noise has to be tuned out, especially in these moments. “You do your best to stay away. Your mental health is probably the biggest thing, especially playing in the NBA Finals,” Jrue Holiday said. “When I was in Milwaukee, it was about Giannis (Antetokounmpo) not having enough help the first two games (against the Phoenix Suns in the 2021 finals), whatever. The pressure that JB and JT have to take on is something different. I’ve told them this before, but it’s really impressive how they handle themselves, how they stay professional, how they still come out every game and do what they do.”
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But after last summer’s three-team trade with Memphis and Washington sent Porziņģis to Boston, and a trade deadline deal last February with Dallas and Oklahoma City sent Gafford to the Mavericks, they’re here in the NBA Finals with a ring at stake. “Gaff is dangerous because he’s so eff’in explosive,” Porziņģis said to The Athletic Wednesday. “If you’re late, you’re in trouble. And that’s the thing with him. He can get up like few guys can in the league. And guarding that is dangerous.”
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He and rookie Dereck Lively II have solidified Dallas’ defense at the rim as the Mavs have had the best defense in the league the last two months. Gafford has been able to stay on the floor despite having to guard the likes of OKC’s Chet Holmgren and Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns in the last two rounds. “I would just say I’ve been the same version (of himself) throughout my whole career,” Gafford said. “There’s times where I’ve tried to expand, and just show what else I’m capable of. But I just made it easy on myself: setting screens, and just running to the basket and catching lobs.”
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According to several members of the team’s basketball operations staff, Irving has grown more vocal over time in this Mavericks role. And by the time this playoff run arrived, he had long since become the most influential of them all in the locker room, according to Washington. “He has had something to say after every game,” Washington said. “I think the best (moment) was in LA, after our first playoff game (in the first round, a 109-97 loss to the Clippers). He texted the group, just saying ‘Stick together. It’s only the beginning. It’s only gonna get harder from here.’ It’s having those encouraging words from him that makes everybody play better and feel better about themselves. Obviously, he’s a superstar. He’s an icon. So for him to put the confidence in us just makes us feel 10 times better. He’s a leader in every way possible.”
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“Honestly, (the confidence) was just the fact that I know Kyrie,” Harrison said. “I know his character, and I know how talented he is. So you have a guy like Luka, who is telling you that he’s ready to win. And he’s telling you, and then he’s showing it on the court. And then to win, you’ve got to surround him with enough high-level talent. “You can’t just get talent like (Irving). It’s not out there. Think of how many guys in the league who are available that are that talented. It just doesn’t happen. So we were fortunate that Kyrie became available. For me, I didn’t listen to the outside noise because I have my own relationship with him. … I have my own relationship. J-Kidd has his own relationship. And we know the culture that we’re building here. So it really didn’t come into play.”
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Since Harrison was lured to head the front office — just nine days after it was announced that former GM Donnie Nelson was out and eight days after longtime coach Rick Carlisle unexpectedly left right behind him — his list of accomplishments has grown quite long. But when it came time to celebrate, and when a Timberwolves executive who wanted to wish Harrison well gave up when he couldn’t find him in that hallway, Harrison’s words from the day before had proved quite prophetic. “Of course (this season) is gratifying,” said Harrison, sitting in his office at the team’s practice facility the morning after the Mavericks took a 3-0 series lead on the Timberwolves. “Of course it is. But more so, I’m happy for them. I’m happy for the team, happy for Dallas, happy for J-Kidd, more so than me sitting on my perch being gratified.
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Holiday and White are excellent point-of-attack defenders who are not deterred by buckets. They navigate screens well and are incredibly smart defenders who can adjust on the fly. Then you have Tatum and Brown, the ideal long and athletic wings. Then you have a 7-2 rim protector in Porziņģis. And even without him, they’ve got Horford, who can still play some defense. Boston in close games can turn it up defensively. Their defensive rating in the clutch this postseason is 85.4 per 100 possessions. That’s wild. Second was Oklahoma City at 102.2. Boston did that against inferior offenses even when fully stocked, but the Celtics have a switch where they can suffocate. During the regular season, their clutch defensive rating was 105, tied for sixth. Dallas has been tremendous defensively, too. But not so much in the clutch: 116.9 in nine postseason clutch games. You don’t have to be lights out when you can score every time down. But Boston is just as explosive offensively in a different way.
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“There were two reasons why we didn’t communicate this in advance,” explains Kohler. “Until a few hours before kick-off, it wasn’t clear whether Dennis would even play. “And if we had communicated it beforehand, the media would have been all over us. We are a small village association where most of the work is done through voluntary work. The stewards, the cashiers and the staff who work the drinks stand and the grill – they are all volunteers. We wouldn’t have been able to cope with the media hype.” There are no plans for Schroder to make a second appearance but, for one afternoon at least, the worlds of amateur German soccer and the NBA collided.
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The NBA needed to take care of its sponsors and prevent companies that had not partnered with the league from forging an appearance of a relationship by sponsoring the Dream Team. Fifteen global brands paid USA Basketball $1 million each to be called an official sponsor, according to this 1992 report by the Los Angeles Times. USAB also needed to dramatically upgrade its travel, lodging, and security accommodations for a team that no longer consisted of college players. It had to navigate its own agreements with apparel companies while its new, star players (such as Jordan) had personal sponsorships through Nike.
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