1:55 p.m. ET Tim BontempsESPN The Boston Celtics acquired Malcolm Brogdon from the Indiana Pacers on Friday, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, delivering the kind of playmaking point guard that president of basketball operations Brad Stevens and coach Ime Udoka believed they needed to elevate the franchise as a championship contender. The Pacers will get … Read more
The Warriors, built over time.Image: fake images The Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors finals were one of the most compelling championship fights in recent history. The Celtics were in a Cinderella tear en route to facing a revamped, post-Kevin Durant Warriors. Both teams had organically built the backbone of their roster through skillful drafts … Read more
Kyrie Irving and the Nets are reportedly at an impasse when it comes to Irving’s contract.Image: fake images Next week is shaping up to be volatile for Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets. You could start a drinking game for every time that lede was written this season and you’d end up a vegetable. It … Read more
11:38 a.m. Eastern Time Tim BontempsESPN After Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum had a rough NBA Finals, Brad Stevens had a simple message for his team’s franchise player. “I told him to go on vacation,” Stevens, Boston’s president of basketball operations, said with a smile during a video conference call with reporters after Boston’s season … Read more
BOSTON — Very, very early in the “Saturday Night Live” broadcast, there was a skit featuring the late John Belushi as an unwitting guest at the home of Bill Murray and Jane Curtin who didn’t know or care about the time more and more. late. “Well, we’re glad you could stop by,” Murray yawns at … Read more
The NBA Finals could end on Thursday if the Golden State Warriors pull off another win at Boston’s TD Garden against the Celtics. 1 related Golden State has struggled to close out the road series this postseason. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Warriors are 0-3 this season when they get a chance to … Read more
We throw the word “bust” so easily. Do you know who was a bust? Michael Olowokandi was a dud. LaRue Martin was a dud. Kwame Brown was a dud. Want to widen the playing field a bit and include the NFL? JaMarcus Russell was a dud. Tim Couch was a dud. Sam Bradford was a … Read more
5:13 p.m. ET kendra andrewsESPN BOSTON — The Golden State Warriors find themselves in a position they’ve been in many times before: one win away from an NBA title. Playing in the NBA Finals for the sixth time in the past eight years, there’s a dose of cautious optimism flowing through the Warriors’ locker room … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA Finals allow for minimal margins of error. The opponents are too elitist and the opportunities are too valuable to waste in a seven-game series. For the Boston Celtics, the commission sins in Game 5 were too numerous to beat a Golden State Warriors team with championship pedigree on their home … Read more
The Warriors’ last champion team had five usable centers with different skill sets, Kevin Durant during his best rim-protection season, younger versions of Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala, pre-injury Klay Thompson, and a backup point from 6 feet 7 inches, Shaun Livingston. , which could save wings. You could build every kind of lineup combination … Read more