NEW YORK — Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been fined $15,000 for public criticism of the officiating, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.
Smart made his comments to the media following the Celtics’ 119-112 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on July 31 at HP Field House on the campus of ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida.
An encouraging opening month for Brandon Ingram turned into a promotion into the opening lineup Wednesday night at Golden State as coach Luke Walton juggled the Lakers’ lineup to compensate for the injury absence of Julius Randle. Rather than plug Larry Nance into Randle’s spot at power forward with Randle sidelined by a hip pointer,…
Want to get the Starting 5 delivered to you each day? Tap here. Good morning! We’re making history together today. …after Wemby went OFF and made some for himself last night. THE TIP ⏰ The first NBA In-Season Tournament starts today. | NBAE via Getty Images Thursday’s Games Sixers 114, Raptors 99 Spurs 132, Suns…
When you walk off one win away from a return trip to the Conference Finals … THE LINEUP What’s inside today’s edition? Joker Goes Off: Nikola Jokic (40 pts, 13 ast, 0 tov) has Denver one win from the West Finals So Does Brunson: Jalen Brunson’s 5th 40+ point game of the Playoffs has New…
The Heat were the reigning champs entering the 2012-13 season. Look back at every NBA GM Survey since 2002. PREDICTIONS Which team will win the 2013 NBA Finals? 1. Miami – 70.0% 2. L.A. Lakers – 23.3% 3. Oklahoma City – 6.7% > Last year: Miami – 74.1% Which team will win the Eastern Conference?…
After playing against the Warriors throughout his career, Chris Paul is now a part of their team. In the eight seasons that Stephen Curry has been healthy and Steve Kerr has been the coach, the Golden State Warriors have had five top-five offenses. In those same eight seasons, Chris Paul’s teams have also had five…
Trevor Ariza didn’t get to the NBA by just standing out there to shoot. He doesn’t even particularly like standing out there to shoot, since it comes at the expense of other, more active and creative maneuvers on the basketball court — as his 33rd birthday approaches — that he still enjoys. But if standing…
