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Steve Nash said that the Brooklyn Nets need to play harder on defense following two consecutive losses to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Nets gave up 134 total points in the paint in their two losses to the Cavs, the most allowed in back-to-back games over the last 25 years, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. …

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The NBA put quite a bit of effort into constructing the 2020-21 season in a way that would allow players to compete in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. This would help the league to avoid having to compete with the worldwide event on television. However, according to The Times of London, the Japanese …

The Brooklyn Nets have been granted a disabled player exception worth $5.7 million for the loss of Spencer Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie tore his ACL in December and will be out for the rest of the season. The Nets have until April 19th to use the exception. Shams Charania/The Athletic Tags: Brooklyn Nets, NBA, NBA Signing Rumor, …

The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to sign Rayjon Tucker to a Two-Way contract. Tucker will join the Delaware Blue Coats of the G League in the Orlando bubble.  Tucker went undrafted in 2019 out of Arkansas-Little Rock and spent last season with the Wisconsin Herd and Utah Jazz. Tucker spent training camp in 2020 with …

The NBA has done a great job in recent seasons when it comes to scheduling preseason games against some of the top internationl teams in the world. However, with a shortened preseason prior to the 2020-21 NBA season, this wasn’t an option. With that in mind, the potential plans for future preseason games could hit …

The rookie class from the 2019-20 season had no shortage of solid players. Numerous individuals were able make an impact on their respective teams in their first NBA season. When it was all said and done, Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies took home the 2020 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Undrafted rookie Kendrick …

Gordon Hayward underwent a previously unreported elective surgery in early October to alleviate persistent nerve pain his left foot, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic. Hayward’s surgery was performed by Indianapolis-based Dr. David Porter, which relieved the discomfort that he played through last season and required approximately four weeks of recovery time for the …

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The NBA has reportedly considered expansion in the medium-term with a possible franchise fee of $2.5 billion. Adam Silver said he is “not ready” to confirm the number of teams or the price point the league would seek if it were to add clubs. He said it “doesn’t feel like the right time” to focus …

NBA viewership across TNT, ESPN and ABC through MLK Day (27 games) is up 34 percent vs. the comparable number of games during the 2019-20 season (2.0 million average viewers vs. 1.49 million average viewers), according to Nielsen Media Research. TNT’s MLK Day tripleheader coverage – featuring the Phoenix Suns vs. Memphis Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks …

During an interview this week, Michele Roberts discussed how the league’s players grow the game in a multitude of ways but that does not include any equity in the enterprise. Roberts said “what we don’t share is having an equity stake in the teams.” “We’ve got a collective bargaining agreement that says we can’t [own stakes], …