Новости за 23.02.2021

Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday and Dallas Mavericks guard Josh Richardson are co-winners of the January NBA Cares Community Assist Award presented by Kaiser Permanente in recognition of their efforts to immediately provide support for those impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in their new team markets, the NBA announced today. The award recognizes players … Continue reading "Jrue Holiday and Josh Richardson win NBA Cares Community Assist Award for January, 2021"

The New Orleans Pelicans waived guard Sindarius Thornwell. Thornwell, 6-4, 215, has appeared in 11 games (one start) this season, with New Orleans, averaging 1.4 points in 4.8 minutes per contest. The Pelicans roster now stands at 15 players. Currently 11th in the Western conference with a 13-17 record, the Pelicans are being led in … Continue reading "Pelicans waive Sindarius Thornwell, cut roster to 15"

The Raptors are hot lately. Via the Toronto Star: Toronto has been on a torrid stretch as of late, winning nine of their last 12 games and turning their season around after a miserable start… The Raptors started the season 2-8. The Boston Celtics, labelled by many as a contender in the East before the … Continue reading "After slow start to season, Raptors winning a lot lately"

The Spurs get to play basketball again. Via the Express News: On Monday afternoon, the Spurs who were able to play basketball and allowed by the NBA to be around the rest of the team congregated at the club’s practice facility. For most in that rag-tag group of 10, it was the first time on … Continue reading "Spurs basketball set to resume after multiple games were postponed"

The Timberwolves today named former Raptors assistant Chris Finch as their new head coach today. Via the Star Tribune: The punching bag has been removed. That easy target after every blowout or close loss, the young coach who clearly was overmatched by the job and probably should have never been put in that position to … Continue reading "The Chris Finch Timberwolves coaching era begins"

Rockets Pregame Notes on Tonight’s Matchup With Bulls · Chicago’s win on 1/18 snapped a seven-game losing streak to Houston, which was its longest in the all-time series. · Since losing two straight at home to the Bulls from 1/23-11/16/10, the Rockets have won six of the past seven meetings at Toyota Center. · Eric … Continue reading "Rockets notes, on Feb. 22 matchup with Bulls"

The NBA announced today that Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week and Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from Monday, Feb. 15, through Sunday, Feb. 21. The honor is Harden’s second as a Net and the 26th … Continue reading "James Harden, Damian Lillard named NBA Players of Week"