In the Week 17 edition of the 2017-18 Kia Rookie Ladder, we check in on the five rookies who are making the biggest impact so far this season.
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Tre Mann drops 23 points to help lead the Thunder over the 76ers. Oklahoma City’s young talent, even shorthanded, continued to flash its long-term potential at the Salt Lake City Summer League on Thursday. Tre Mann and Ousmane Dieng were next up for the Thunder, and they took advantage of the opportunity. Here’s how they…
The 25-year-old guard has high expectations with Cleveland this season. Donovan Mitchell is exactly what the Cleveland Cavaliers needed. Last season, the Cavs scored 10.6 more points per 100 possessions with Darius Garland on the floor (113.6) than they did with him off the floor (103.0). That was the fifth biggest on-off OffRtg differential among…
When the one shot you hit in the 4th quarter is the game-winner. THE LINEUP Luka, Mavs Win: Doncic hit the game-winning 3 with 3 seconds left to put Dallas up 2-0 More Luka Magic: Friday’s game-winner was the latest in a collection of clutch Luka shots One Streak Survives: Indy’s unbeaten at home (6-0), Boston’s unbeaten on the…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Warriors signed Andrew Bogut, who is expected to rejoin the team next week and add depth heading into the playoffs. The Warriors made the announcement Wednesday, after Bogut was cleared by his Australian team, the Sydney Kings. The Warriors are without Damian Jones, who needed surgery after injuring…
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Bryan Colangelo announced Sunday that the team has exercised the fourth-year contract options on center Joel Embiid and guard Nik Stauskas, as well as the third-year contract option on forward Jahlil Okafor. The Sixers selected Embiid with the third overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. After…
Achilles had his heel. Samson had Delilah wielding a pair of scissors. The No. 1-ranked golfer in the world, Dustin Johnson, had a flight of stairs in a rented house a few days before the start of the Masters. Stuff happens. Yet now that they’ve won two times in the past three seasons and the…
