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McNair named NBA's top exec after Kings' leap
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Wednesday, 03 May 2023 13:29
Sacramento Kings general manager Monte McNair is the 2022-23 NBA Executive of the Year, the league announced Wednesday.In his third season with the Kings, McNair assembled a squad that finished 48-34 and snapped a 16-year playoff drought.In May 2022, McNair hired Mike Brown, who was voted the first-ever unanimous NBA Coach of the Year this season. McNair also orchestrated the…
Embiid on MVP road: Improbable isn't impossible
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Wednesday, 03 May 2023 13:29
BOSTON -- Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid said the chances of someone like him -- who started playing basketball in his native Cameroon at the age of 15 -- winning the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award are "probably negative zero," but that it is proof that "improbable doesn't mean impossible."Embiid was named the winner of the league's top individual honor…
Sources: 76ers' Embiid to return for G2 vs. Celts
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Wednesday, 03 May 2023 13:29
BOSTON -- Philadelphia 76ers superstar center Joel Embiid, who was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player on Tuesday night, is -- barring any setbacks -- set to return from the sprained LCL in his right knee in Game 2 of Philadelphia's Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics, sources confirmed to ESPN.After Embiid was ruled out for Philadelphia's Game…
AD joins Lakers greats as 30-23 night sparks win
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Wednesday, 03 May 2023 08:21
SAN FRANCISCO -- In the final 90 seconds of Game 1 of the Los Angeles Lakers' second-round series against the Golden State Warriors, Anthony Davis blocked a layup by Stephen Curry and corralled a rebound off a Jordan Poole miss to put the finishing touches on L.A.'s 117-112 win Tuesday night.The sequence would have been notable enough had it just…
Despite miss, Dubs stand by Poole shot from deep
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Wednesday, 03 May 2023 06:52
SAN FRANCISCO -- As Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry searched for his shot in the final seconds in Tuesday night's Western Conference series opener, he found himself double-teamed by the Los Angeles Lakers' Austin Reaves and Jarred Vanderbilt.Curry managed to get the ball to Draymond Green, who found Jordan Poole on the opposite side of the court, several feet…
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