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USA Today
24-06-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Jrue Holiday is so underappreciated
BREAKING: The Boston Celtics have traded Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN. Another summer, another Jrue Holiday trade to the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers and Boston Celtics pulled off a trade while most of us were snoozing, reportedly swapping Holiday for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks in a deal that should give Boston some cap relief while also replacing a little of the offense they lost when Jayson Tatum went down with an Achilles injury. It wasn't all that unexpected… well, at least the Holiday part. We knew the Celtics were entering an offseason of likely changes as they approached the second apron of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement. Holiday was always a top candidate to be moved as a 35-year-old due $104M over the next three years with his game in apparent decline. It makes complete sense from Boston's side of things. That doesn't make the trade sting any less for Holiday, though. Putting myself in his shoes, this must suck so much. GRADES: Who won the Celtics-Blazers trade? Just imagine how it must feel to be traded by a team you just helped win a championship. Now imagine how it must feel to have that happen TWICE... in three years! As soon as things get shaky, Holiday just always seems to be the odd man out. Consistently friend zoned. Good enough to help a team win, but not good enough to commit to. In 2023, it was the Milwaukee Bucks who traded Holiday to Portland, two years after their championship run and just a day after he said he wanted to retire in Milwaukee. To make matters worse, his wife said the Bucks gave him no indication a trade was on the table. A month later, Portland flipped Holiday to Boston, where he presumably planned to finish his career after winning another title last summer -- just for it to happen all over again. Now, he finds himself back in Portland, where he should probably just get a permanent residence at this point. Think about how underappreciated Holiday has to feel right now. This is a two-time all-star with six All-Defensive teams on his resume. And he's a great locker room guy. He won the NBA's Sportsmanship Award for the second time in his career this season, and he's also a three-time recipient of the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award. He seems like a great guy. The 2024-25 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner is... Jrue Holiday!Holiday receives the Joe Dumars Trophy for the annual honor that recognizes the player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court. #NBAAwards I also don't think Holiday is done being a good player. Some will point to his scoring averages over the last two seasons dropping to his lowest since he was a rookie as proof of his decline. I would point to his role as the fifth offensive option on a loaded Boston team as an easy reason why he wasn't scoring as much. And though he didn't shoot the three quite as efficiently last season, he still had one of his best years inside the arc at 54 percent shooting. And even in decline, he's a far better defender than Simons ever will be. Also, let's not act like trading Holiday worked out well for the Bucks, who haven't made it out of the first round since. Look, I get it. At the end of the day, the NBA is a business and teams have to make tough decisions they may not want to make. That's what the Celtics did here, and I'm not even saying I blame them. Personal feelings can't get in the way of good team building. All I'm saying is you have to feel for Holiday, who will play for his fifth team if he ever suits up for Portland, which could flip him again. All he ever does is what he's asked to do, and all that does is help his teams win so much that he becomes expendable. Tyrese Haliburton has no regrets after Achilles surgery Tyrese Haliburton dropped a note on social media Monday night after surgery to repair his Achilles, and he had a lot to say. While Haliburton expressed "unfathomable" frustration for how his season ended, with a torn Achilles just minutes into Game 7 of the NBA Finals, he said he didn't regret his decision to play: "I'd do it again, and again after that, to fight for this city and my brothers. For the chance to do something special." Man. Don't know how to explain it other than shock. Words cannot express the pain of this letdown. The frustration is unfathomable. I've worked my whole life to get to this moment and this is how it ends? Makes no that I've gotten surgery, I wish I could count the… Haliburton apologized to Indiana for coming up short of a championship, but I'm sure the city and its fans didn't require that of him. He literally left it all on the court and they'll appreciate him forever for that. They'll also appreciate his effort to get back to his old self through what will surely be a long and tough rehab process. From everything Haliburton said, it sounds like he's up to it. We're all rooting for a speedy recovery. It sure sounds like the NFL colluded against guaranteed contracts Remember back in January, when the NFL won its case in a grievance by the NFLPA over the league's alleged collusion in not giving certain players guaranteed contracts when Lamar Jackson and Russell Wilson were seeking such deals? In the months since that ruling, both sides have been mum on what actually went down and we might just be finding out why now. Pablo Torre apparently got a hold of the previously unreleased 61-page ruling from the case by system arbitrator Christopher Droney, and on the latest episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out, he along with ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio uncover the potential truth about that case: the league did in fact collude against guaranteed contracts. EXCLUSIVE: Did a text calling Russell Wilson a "wuss" lead to the cover-up of NFL owners colluding against players?@PabloTorre and Mike Florio (@ProFootballTalk) reveal the secret document that billionaires and union execs don't want you to see: "Although the NFL won, the NFL lost," Florio wrote on his blog. "As Droney wrote at pages 55 and 56 of the January 14, 2025 ruling, 'There is little question that the NFL Management Council, with the blessing of the Commissioner, encouraged the 32 NFL Clubs to reduce guarantees in veterans' contracts at the March 2022 annual owners' meeting.' In other words, the NFL wanted its member teams to collude." The NFL ultimately won for a lack of evidence, but this seems damning enough. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the fallout of this becoming public. Quick hits: The A's break ground ... the Mets' new good luck charm ... and more And that's it, winners. We'll catch you tomorrow. Enjoy your day. 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Yahoo
22-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
2025 All-NBA Teams Revealed: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, LeBron James, And Tyrese Haliburton Lead The Final Rosters
Just days after announcing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as the MVP, the NBA made its final award announcement ahead of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. This time, it was the reveal for the annual All-NBA teams, which sparked major conversations across the community. For perhaps the final time, the 'Inside the NBA' crew gave the results live on the air, starting with the All-NBA First Team. This year, since the 2023-24 campaign, the league has adopted a "positionless" format, meaning only the best players will make the cut. Advertisement As the top three players in the world right now, and the frontrunners for MVP, Giannis, Shai, and Nikola Jokic were obvious inclusions. After winning 64 regular-season games, the Cavaliers needed a representative, and Donovan Mitchell was the perfect choice with averages of 24.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 5.0 assists per game on 44.3% shooting. After proving himself with a championship last year, Tatum earned his place on the First Team after stepping up and leading the Celtics with 26.8 points per game. - Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder - Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets - Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers - Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics Next was the All-NBA Second Team, which featured some very familiar faces. Interestingly, only two of the five players have avoided an early elimination this season, which is Jalen Brunson (26.0 points, 2.9 rebounds, 7.3 assists) and Anthony Edwards (27.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists). Still, you have to recognize the record-breaking achievement for LeBron James, who was just voted to his 21st All-NBA team for leading the Lakers to the third-best record in the West (50-32). Meanwhile, Stephen Curry makes his 11th appearance on the list after averaging 24.5 points per game at 37 years old. - Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks - Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors - Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves - LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers - Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers Finally, there's the All-NBA Third team, which showed us some of the best young risers in the NBA. The best among them is the guy currently fighting for a spot in the NBA Finals: Tyrese Haliburton. With a modest stat line of 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 9.2 assists per game, he earned his place as one of the league's top players. In a shocking twist, Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden also made the cut for the first time in 2021. Advertisement - Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons - Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana Pacers - James Harden, Los Angeles Clippers - Karl Anthony-Towns, New York Knicks - Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder The panel, which consisted of [], had no easy task trying to fill out the All-NBA rosters. While some will argue higher or lower for certain players, others were outraged over players they felt were snubbed entirely. Trae Young is one example, and many of his fans felt a sense of familiarity after thinking back to his snub from the All-Star team. There's also Jaylen Brown, who somehow didn't get the nod despite averaging 22.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game for a 61-win Celtics team. It's important to remember that some players didn't qualify for the teams (65-game minimum requirement), which explains why players like Luka Doncic and De'Aaron Fox missed out despite otherwise excellent seasons. Advertisement Overall, while some players may feel left out, it's hard to disagree with the results given what we've seen this season and now in the playoffs. Either way, there's no going back on the process now and players will have to wait until next season to prove why they belong with the best. Related: NBA Unveils 2024-25 All-Defensive First Team — Draymond Green And Lu Dort Headline Star-Studded List
NBC Sports
24-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic, Antetokounmpo headline All-NBA teams
The top four players in MVP voting were not only, unsurprisingly, the top four vote getters for All-NBA, but they were each unanimously selected. The NBA announced the last of its postseason awards on Friday, the All-NBA teams. Here is the list. All-NBA Teams First Team 1. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) 2. Nikola Jokic (Nuggets) 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) 4. Jayson Tatum (Celtics) 5. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) The 2024-25 Kia All-NBA First Team 🔥 Giannis Antetokounmpo Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Nikola Jokić Donovan Mitchell Jayson Tatum#NBAAwards | @Kia Second Team 1. LeBron James (Lakers) 2. Jalen Brunson(Knicks) 3. Evan Mobley (Cavaliers) 4. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) 5. Stephen Curry (Warriors) The 2024-25 Kia All-NBA Second Team 🔥 Jalen Brunson Stephen Curry Anthony Edwards LeBron James Evan Mobley#NBAAwards | @Kia Third Team 1. Jalen Williams (Thunder) 2. Karl-Anthony Towns (Knicks) 3. Tyrese Haliburton (Pacers) 4. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) 5. James Harden (Clippers) The 2024-25 Kia All-NBA Third Team 🔥 Cade Cunningham Tyrese Haliburton James Harden Karl-Anthony Towns Jalen Williams#NBAAwards | @Kia Here is a look at the voting, followed by some news and notes on the selections. A global media panel of 100 voters selected the 2024-25 Kia All-NBA Team. Voters selected five players for the First Team, five players for the Second Team and five players for the Third Team at any position. Complete voting results ⬇️ • Leading the list of snubs is the Rockets' Alperen Sengun, the best player on the No. 2 seed in the West, and he racked up 58 points in All-NBA voting, just 10 behind Harden, who got the final spot. Not one Rocket made the cut. • Jaren Jackson Jr. wasn't just snubbed, his wallet took a hit — he will miss out on supermax money by not making an All-NBA Team (he made the ballot of 53 voters, and had 55 points, but that landed him 17th in the voting, just a couple spots away from making the cut). Jackson can and is expected to renegotiate and extend his contract with the Grizzlies this summer for four years, $146.9 million, and the team could go higher with cap space • It's the opposite for Cade Cunningham, who will make an extra $45 million over five years on his contract extension that kicks in next year by making this team. (The same would apply to Evan Mobley, but he already qualified for the supermax by being named Defensive Player of the Year.) • Jalen Williams is extension eligible this summer and sets himself up for a supermax contract, but he has to make an All-NBA team again next season. • Antetokounmpo, Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokić and Tatum were voted First Team on all 100 ballots cast (by a panel of selected media from around the globe). • LeBron was named to an All-NBA team for the 21st consecutive year, and yes, that's a record (it was before this season, he just extended it). • Just a reminder that this vote is positionless, voters were asked to rank the top-15 qualifying players for this season regardless of position. That shows up mostly on the Third Team, which has four guards and a center.
Reuters
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Giannis Antetokoumpo lead All-NBA picks
May 24 - There were four repeat performers and one first-timer named to the 2024-25 Kia All-NBA First Team on Friday. Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo heads up the first team, earning top honors for the seventh consecutive year. He was joined by Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, along with first-time honoree guard Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Gilgeous-Alexander, named the NBA's Most Valuable Player earlier this week, earned his third consecutive first-team accolade, while Jokic captured his second in a row and Tatum was named for the fourth consecutive year. Those four players were named on all 100 ballots from a global media panel. Mitchell earned second-team honors in the 2022-23 season. New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James and Cavaliers big man Evan Mobley earned All-NBA Second Team honors. James extended his NBA record for most selections to 21, matching his number of seasons played dating back to 2004-05. Curry captured his 11th All-NBA Team accolade. Brunson and Edwards have now earned back-to-back second-team honors, while Mobley, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, made his debut. Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton, Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden, Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns and Thunder guard-forward Jalen Williams comprised the All-NBA Third Team. Harden now has eight selections in his career, but was picked for the first time since the 2019-20 season. Towns has earned third-team honors on three occasions and Haliburton earned his second in a row. Cunningham and Williams are first-time recipients. The media voting panel made their selections without regard to position. Players earned five points for each vote to the First Team, three points for Second Team votes and one point for every Third Team vote. The independent accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP tabulated the ballots. --Field Level Media
New York Times
23-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić headline first All-NBA team, while Cade Cunningham's selection ups his salary
NEW YORK — The big financial winner from this year's All-NBA selections was the Detroit Pistons' Cade Cunningham. Cunningham, 23, was named to the All-NBA third team on Friday, and because of it the value of the contract extension he signed last summer escalates from $224 million up to $269 million. The Pistons' star is the only player out of 15 to make an All-NBA team this year whose earning potential skyrocketed because of it. Advertisement Meanwhile the first, second and third All-NBA teams were unveiled Friday on TNT before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Oklahoma City star who was named the league's MVP earlier this week, was joined on the first team by Denver's Nikola Jokić, Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo, Boston's Jayson Tatum and Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell. PRESENTING YOUR 2024-25 ALL-NBA FIRST TEAM 👏 ⭐️ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander⭐️ Nikola Jokić⭐️ Giannis Antetokounmpo⭐️ Jayson Tatum⭐️ Donovan Mitchell — NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 23, 2025 Named to the All-NBA second team was Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James, Minnesota's Anthony Edwards, Golden State's Stephen Curry, Cleveland's Evan Mobley and New York's Jalen Brunson. The third team was Cunningham, Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton, New York's Karl-Anthony Towns, Los Angeles Clippers' James Harden and Oklahoma City's Jalen Williams. This story will be updated.
