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ESPN News Services Jun 2, 2023, 08:51 PM ET DETROIT — Monty Williams is taking over the Detroit Pistons. The team said Friday it reached an agreement with Williams to fill its coaching vacancy. Terms of the deal were not announced, but sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Williams agreed to a six-year, $78.5 million contract.
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Associated Press Jun 2, 2023, 07:14 PM ET DENVER — Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant not being charged with a crime for twice displaying a gun on social media will not prevent the NBA from handing down more discipline, commissioner Adam Silver said Friday. Silver is preparing to announce whatever penalty is coming Morant’s way
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Jun 2, 2023, 01:47 PM ET Oklahoma City Thunder forward Aleksej Pokusevski suffered a small fracture in his upper right arm during an offseason workout and will be reevaluated in four to six weeks, the team announced. Pokusevski, 21, averaged 8.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 34 games (25 starts) last season. He
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Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 2, 2023, 11:40 AM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The Utah Jazz‘s G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars, is hiring former Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski as head coach, sources told ESPN on Friday. Wojciechowski, who has been living in the Salt Lake
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Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterJun 2, 2023, 01:32 AM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. DENVER — The Miami Heat set an NBA postseason
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Associated Press Jun 1, 2023, 10:58 PM ET DENVER — Nikola Jokic got a triple-double in his NBA Finals debut, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the Denver Nuggets had little trouble with the cold-shooting Miami Heat on the way to a 104-93 win in Game 1 on Thursday night. Jokic finished with 27 points,
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Associated Press Jun 1, 2023, 08:49 PM ET DENVER — The latest sanctions, if any, that the NBA plans to levy against Memphis guard Ja Morant for his second instance of displaying a gun on social media will be announced shortly after the finals, Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday. Silver did not say what the
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Jun 1, 2023, 06:45 PM ET Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro will continue to test his surgically repaired right hand, and a return to the lineup for Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets looms as a possibility, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. Herro, who had surgery to fix the
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Jun 1, 2023, 01:12 PM ET Joe Mazzulla remains head coach of the Boston Celtics and will return next season, team president Brad Stevens said Thursday. “He’s a terrific leader,” Stevens said. “He’ll only get better at anything that he can learn from this year, because he’s constantly trying to learn. And he’s accountable.” Mazzulla,
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Jun 1, 2023, 08:41 AM ET As this year’s Finals take place with the Miami Heat facing the Denver Nuggets, we’re looking back at legendary performances from superstars such as LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Michael Jordan, with the help of Basketball-Reference.com’s game score archive. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Game score, pioneered by John Hollinger,
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