Tag Archives: NBA

In the wake of more COVID-19 diagnoses across the NBA, the league is looking into modifying current protocols, sources told Yahoo Sports. The NBA and NBPA are exploring multiple options, and restricting outside access for teams in visiting markets isn’t out of the question, sources told Yahoo Sports. That was the protocol last season before the COVID-19 vaccines became readily available, and unvaccinated players already follow stringent protocols. The new likely protocols will include… Source link

Welcome to the NBA Yahoo Cup Picks for Round 8! This is a free-to=enter, multi-round, single-entry contest with 24 rounds where the top 6,950 entries overall and top 540 entries per round share $50,000, with $10,000 to first overall and $100 to first per round. Scoring will be cumulative across all rounds. Your five lowest daily fantasy basketball scores will be dropped, and you can enter at any point, but enter today to give yourself the best chance to compete for the title. Click here to… Source link

The Brooklyn Nets upset some fans this week by benching star point guard Kyrie Irving over his refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, in violation of a New York City vaccine mandate for indoor venues. Experts say there is likely little legal recourse that could open up the Barclays Center and other New York city courts for him to play alongside his team, favored to contend for this season’s NBA championship. New York City’s mandate sidelining Irving became effective Aug. 19 and requires… Source link

The U.S. men’s national basketball team got a reality check on the road to Olympic gold this week, losing two consecutive exhibition games against Nigeria and Australia. But for Mark Tatum, the deputy commissioner and chief operating officer of the NBA, those defeats marked a victory of sorts, in the league’s decades long quest to internationalize the game of basketball. “The world is getting better, and I think that makes basketball a much more attractive game for the world to… Source link

As his Phoenix Suns secured a Game 1 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference finals on Sunday, the NBA announced that general manager James Jones is the league’s Executive of the Year.  Jones won the award in a tight race, earning nine first-place votes and 65 total points. Utah Jazz Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Dennis Lindsey also secured nine first-place votes but finished behind Jones in total voting with 61 points.  The Suns improved from a 34-39… Source link

Welcome to the start of the conference finals and the conclusion of the second round. Sunday features Game 7 between the Hawks and 76ers and the first game of the Western Conference Finals. Yahoo Sports’ Minty Bets has the advice that you need. All odds via BetMGM. Atlanta Hawks at Philadelphia 76ers (-7), Total: 216.5 Let’s start with the final game of the second round of the playoffs. The Hawks and Sixers tip off at 8 p.m. ET and the winner plays the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern… Source link

We have our first Calipari-to-NBA report of the offseason. With six head coach openings in the NBA now – the Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Pelicans, Orlando Magic, Portland Trail Blazers and Washington Wizards all have vacancies – Kentucky coach John Calipari is reportedly open to a return to the league. Yahoo Sports is reporting that, due to the “changing dynamics” and “massive expectations” at Kentucky, Calipari could be looking for a “second bite” in the… Source link

The second round of the NBA playoffs continues Sunday with two games. Yahoo Sports’ Minty Bets has the advice that you need. All odds via BetMGM. Another Milwaukee win evens this series at 2-2. The Bucks took a low-scoring Game 3 with an 86-83 win on Thursday night. Now the Bucks are trying for a second consecutive win against a Nets team that doesn’t have James Harden. The Nets are favored by two after Milwaukee was favored by 3.5 on Thursday. The under has hit in seven of Brooklyn’s last… Source link

The Philadelphia 76ers and president of basketball operations Daryl Morey were each fined $75,000 by the league over Morey’s recent tweets about Stephen Curry, the NBA announced on Monday afternoon. The tweets, the league said, violated its anti-tampering rule. Daryl Morey told Steph Curry to ‘join’ his brother Seth in a tweet The tweets in question came on June 3, one day after the 76ers closed out their opening-round playoff series with the Washington Wizards. Morey took a screenshot of… Source link

The second round of the NBA playoffs continues on Monday night with two games and Yahoo Sports’ Jared Quay has the picks you need for all of the action. All odds via BetMGM.  Even with James Harden going out with a hamstring injury, the Brooklyn Nets won and covered the spread in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Milwaukee Bucks. Harden is out for Game 2 and the Nets are slight favorites of 2.5 points at BetMGM with the total listed at 233.5. With Harden… Source link