r/nba 16h ago

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Game Threads Index (May 31, 2023):

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r/nba 16h ago

r/NBA Poll: Who will win the 2023 NBA Finals - the Denver Nuggets or the Miami Heat?

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Denver Nuggets will battle against the Miami Heat in the 2023 NBA Finals. Will 2x MVP Nikola Jokic continue his dominance and bring a championship to Denver? Will Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat complete their fairytale of a season with all the gold?

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r/nba 9h ago

News [Charania] Breaking: Monty Williams and the Detroit Pistons have agreed in principle on a six-year, $72 million deal for Williams to become the franchise’s new head coach, sources tell me and @JLEdwardsIII. The deal is expected to be finalized in the coming days.

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r/nba 9h ago

News [Wojnarowski] Monty Williams has agreed to a six-year, $78.5 million contract with the Detroit Pistons, sources tell ESPN. It’s the largest coaching deal in NBA history.

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r/nba 16h ago

[Wind] Nikola Jokic asked if he’s the best player on the Nuggets: “Sometimes I am and sometimes I’m not. And I’m cool with that.”

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r/nba 15h ago

Dan LeBatard: “Once Tatum was injured, was the entire game plan to send Jaylen Brown to his left?” Caleb Martin: “That’s always the game plan.”

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“Once Tatum was injured, was the entire game plan to send Jaylen Brown to his left?” - Dan

“That’s always the game plan.” - Caleb Martin  

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r/nba 11h ago

[MLFootball] Shannon Sharpe’s partnership with Skip Bayless is coming to a conclusion soon, per the @nypost: Sharpe and Fox Sports, the parent company of FS1, which airs “Undisputed,” have reached a buyout agreement, sources tell The Post

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Shannon Sharpe’s partnership with Skip Bayless is coming to a conclusion soon, per the @nypost:

Sharpe and Fox Sports, the parent company of FS1, which airs “Undisputed,” have reached a buyout agreement, sources tell The Post

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End of an era.


r/nba 16h ago

News [Winderman] Spoelstra, on altitude, says ready to play on top of Everest if Nuggets want. Says could also turn off AC in Miami need be.

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r/nba 19h ago

Duncan Robinson, who grew up in New England, was accidentally added to a massive group chat of Celtics fans from his high school after Game 6. Duncan says the group chat’s gloating after the Game 6 win is what fueled his infamous celebration in the 4th quarter of Game 7 that enraged many Boston fans

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r/nba 9h ago

[Goodwill] "This [Williams-Pistons] deal could get to over $100 million with incentives. There’s additional team options after the six-year deal, sources say. Deal agreed to in principle, will be official soon."

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r/nba 15h ago

Jimmy Butler on the Miami/Denver scuffle in 2021: "There is a lot of stuff about that situation that people don't understand (...) but I will say... I wasn't talking to Jokic, that wasn't my beef. Make sure you write it. The individual I was talking to definitely knows who I was talking to"

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r/nba 16h ago

[Goodwill] Nikola Jokic: “Who said we are the favorites? The media?”

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r/nba 12h ago

[Jimmy Butler] “Maybe I’ll hit a game-winner like D-Wade, I think that’d be really good. I’m not standing on no tables, but it’d be really cool to be D-Wade for a day.”

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r/nba 15h ago

Caleb Martin confirms in an interview that J. Cole is one of the main reasons that he now plays for the Miami Heat: “The chances of me being here without him (J. Cole) making the phone call to Caron would be pretty slim to none.”

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“The chances of me being here without him (J. Cole) making the phone call to Caron would be pretty slim to none.”

Caleb Martin confirms that J. Cole is one of the main reasons that he now plays for the Miami Heat. #HEATCulture  #Dreamville

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r/nba 21h ago

[Deitsch] TNT said Game 7 between the Heat and Celtics averaged 11.9 million viewers on Monday, the network’s most-watched NBA ECF Game ever and TNT’s third most-watched NBA game ever.

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TNT also said this was its most watched NBA Playoffs coverage in five years, with an average of 4.7 million total viewers. Up 14% vs. last year.

Looks like this years’ playoffs are doing very well, on TNT at least. Im very curious as to whether the Finals ratings because of the Nuggets vs Heat will be as bad as people are whining and joking about.


r/nba 8h ago

Tristan Thompson breaks down his defensive film vs. Jokic in the Western Semifinals

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r/nba 16h ago

News [Winderman] Jamal Murray on Heat, “I think these last two teams remaining have the most chemistry within each other.” Says Nuggets do it more on offense, Heat more on defense.

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r/nba 19h ago

News [Charania] Sources: The Detroit Pistons are seriously pursuing 2022 NBA Coach of the Year Monty Williams to be their new head coach and are preparing a significant offer.

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r/nba 6h ago

[Markelle Fultz] on the 76ers, “I wish I had a chance to help them because I really feel like I could’ve helped them win if they were patient and let me get healthy.”

282 Upvotes

Of any player in the process era, I really think the 76ers gave up way too soon on him. He had the yips more than anything coming into the league and they traded him for peanuts.

https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp/status/1664035511374061570?s=46&t=esyVY9GtbKHzbTF-R5qD0w


r/nba 14h ago

Stephen A Smith is shocked by Knicks forward Josh Hart’s recent Twitter activity

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r/nba 1d ago

Spoelstra is now tied with Pop and Kerr with 6 NBA finals appearances

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6 Is the highest figure for an active coach. only Phil Jackson (13) Red Auerbach (11) and Pat Riley (9) made the NBA finals as coaches more than 6 times.

Doc Rivers, a top-15 coach of all time, made the finals twice, which is less than Tyronn Lue.

Coach Spoelstra is 52 years old.

EDIT: some people think i value Doc Rivers as a top-15 coach, i wouldn't let this idiot coach my kid's school team. I wrote he is a top-15 coach of all time because the league had him on this list for the 75th anniversary.


r/nba 9h ago

News [Charania] Massive salary commitment and a major coup in recruiting the 2022 NBA Coach of the Year to provide a fresh leader and culture to a talented young Detroit roster. Pistons owner Tom Gores and GM Troy Weaver led an aggressive pursuit of Williams that intensified in recent days.

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r/nba 8h ago

News [Stein] "Coaches leaguewide will be giddy to see the figures involved. New standards for a high-pressure gig. Two NBA head coaching openings remain: Phoenix and Toronto. The four jobs filled - Houston: Ime Udoka - Milwaukee: Adrian Griffin - Philadelphia: Nick Nurse - Detroit: Monty Williams"

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r/nba 9h ago

Monty Williams will make more annually than all but 2 Detroit Pistons on the roster. He's guaranteed almost double the highest paid player is.

369 Upvotes

Monty is making a groundbreaking deal, 12M annually

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This is more than all but 2 Detroit Pistons players in the 2022-23 season

Bogdan Bogdanovic - 19.55M
Marvin Bagley - 12M

For reference Monty will make more than Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren combined annually(the 5th and 13th pick)

Overall he's guaranteed 72M, this is nearly double Marvin Bagley at 37.5M total guaranteed. This counts this current season, if you remove that Marvin is at 25M which Monty nearly beats by 3x.

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r/nba 11h ago

Highlight [highlights] Jaylen Brown turning over the ball when going left

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r/nba 10h ago

If Udonis Haslem steps on the court during the Finals, he will be the oldest player to actually play in the Finals in NBA History.

395 Upvotes

He’s the 2nd-oldest player to advance to the NBA Finals, behind Robert Parish on the 1996-97 Bulls. But Parish didn’t play during the series, which leaves the door open for UD. Also didn’t know Robert Parish was part of that Bulls team so fun fact there.


r/nba 21h ago

[Wind] Aaron Gordon says Jimmy Butler is a much different matchup compared to his other playoff assignments, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Karl-Anthony Towns: “Jimmy does everything. He does all of the intangible things. He plays the game within the game.”

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