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USA Today
14 hours ago
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- USA Today
Report: Mavericks schedule visit with Cooper Flagg ahead of 2025 NBA draft
Report: Mavericks schedule visit with Cooper Flagg ahead of 2025 NBA draft The Mavericks have Cooper Flagg scheduled for a pre-draft visit to Dallas, @TheSteinLine has learned. Flagg, Knicks, Suns and more from the NBA grapevine ... all here in my latest around-the-league notes: — Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 7, 2025 Projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg is reportedly scheduled to meet with the Dallas Mavericks ahead of the 2025 NBA draft, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line on Substack. Flagg led Duke to the Final Four, averaging 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks on 38.5% shooting from 3-point range. He became the 22nd player in program history to be named a consensus first-team All-American. The Player of the Year is set to visit the Mavericks later this month to get to know team personnel before the organization selects him with the first pick on June 25. Jason Kidd said last month that he believes the Mavericks are a great situation for Flagg, with their mixture of established veterans and up-and-coming players. He believes Flagg will be able to step in and make an immediate contribution. The 6-foot-8 forward has drawn comparisons to former Duke legend and Hall of Famer Grant Hill because of his size, athleticism and ability to affect games in various ways. Former coach Mike Krzyzewski even called him the best freshman to ever play with the Blue Devils. The Mavericks have the first pick in the draft for only the second time in franchise history. After previously trading franchise cornerstone Luka Dončić, the Mavericks will soon meet with their next once-in-a-generation player in Flagg.
Newsweek
03-05-2025
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- Newsweek
Former NBA Superstar Carmelo Anthony Taking on New Broadcasting Role
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Former 10-time All-Star NBA combo forward Carmelo Anthony has a new job. The 19-year pro has been busy since he hung up his sneakers, launching a new podcast and overseeing his son Kiyan's high school basketball journey. Carmelo Anthony speaks with media during the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Press Conference before the Final Four game of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on April 05, 2025 in San Antonio,... Carmelo Anthony speaks with media during the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Press Conference before the Final Four game of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on April 05, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas. MorePer Marc Stein of The Stein Line, the Hall of Fame superstar has agreed to serve as a league studio analyst when NBC Sports reclaims a stake in NBA broadcasting, starting this fall. Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony is joining NBC Sports' NBA coverage next season. More NBA from me: — Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 3, 2025 Anthony called it a career following a swan song 2021-22 season with the Los Angeles Lakers. This story will be updated...
Forbes
31-03-2025
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- Forbes
What Should Josh Giddey's Next Contract Look Like?
After being traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder this past offseason, Josh Giddey seems to be thriving in his new home. In his first season with the Chicago Bulls, Giddey is averaging 14.2 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 6.9 APG, and 1.2 SPG on a career-best 57% true shooting. He's gotten even more comfortable since the team traded Zach LaVine in early February, averaging 20.3 PPG, 8.9 RPG, 7.5 APG, and 1.5 SPG on 62.6% tru shooting in his last 20 games. Giddey's recent success – coupled with the fact he'll be a free agent this summer – has many people speculating over what Giddey's next contract will look like. In the latest edition of The Stein Line, it was reported that Giddey will likely seek a multiyear deal that pays him roughly 30 million dollars a year annually. That's how much he wants, but how much is he worth? Keep in mind that Giddey will be a restricted free agent. That means the Bulls can match any offer that is made to him by an opposing team. Still, it is useful to know what amount is an appropriate one for Giddey's services. So, in this article (like we did for Nickeil Alexander-Walker), we are going to look at three different ways to quantify Giddey's production into a dollar amount in order to figure out what his next contract should look like. In his book, 'The Midrange Theory,' current NBA analyst and former Director of Basketball Research for the Milwaukee Bucks, Seth Partnow, discusses a formula that teams use to estimate a player's monetary value. In its essence, the formula involves multiplying how many points a player is 'worth' by the amount a win 'costs' in a given season (we discuss this more in-depth in an article we wrote on Jakob Poeltl in 2022). The website Dunks & Threes has a statistic called Estimated Wins (EW). And if Giddey continues at his current pace, he'll have provided 5.5 EW this season. Next year, with a salary cap maximum being estimated to be around 154.6 million dollars, a single win will 'cost' roughly 3.8 million dollars. Based on those two numbers, Giddey should make about 20.9 million dollars next season (roughly 13.5% of the salary cap). The emerging website CraftedNBA has a Similarity App feature that allows you to compare any player season to one of the 6,500 seasons in their database (which goes all the way back to the 1977-78 season). It uses a variety of advanced statistics to compile a list of the most similar seasons to the searched player since 1977. Using this resource, here are the five seasons most comparable to Giddey's 2024-25 campaign.* (*Sidebar: For this search, we filtered it so it would only include seasons after 1990 since it can be hard to find reliable salary data from the years prior to that.) Unfortunately, most of these examples aren't super useful to our analysis because they came in seasons where the player was on a rookie-scale contract (much like Giddey is right now). The only case study that really works here is Antoine Walker's 1999-00 season, where Employee Number Eight made 26.5% of the salary cap. Next season, 26.5% of the salary cap would be 40.9 million dollars – well over the the 30 million dollars Giddey is rumored to be expecting next season. Since the NBA and the National Basketball Player's Association (NBPA) recently agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, the only offseasons that compare to the financial landscape we'll be dealing with this free agency period are the ones from the last two years. So, let's focus on similar examples from those two cycles. The most comparable signing to the current Giddey situation in recent memory is Immanuel Quickley's deal with the Toronto Raptors this past offseason. Like Giddey, Quickley was a good (but not great) point guard, who had just finished his rookie contract, never made an All-Star game, and had been the headlining return piece in a marquee trade in the prior season. After trading for him midway through the 2023-24 season, the Raptors re-signed Quickley on a five-year, 175-million-dollar deal. At an average annual value of 32.5 million, Quickley will take up 21% of the salary cap next season. Through these three methods, we have narrowed Giddey's range to somewhere between 20 to 40 million dollars in 2025-26. In this instance, I think the most reasonable contract would be on the lower end of this spectrum (like Method 1 suggests). Giddey has taken a step forward in the last few months, but his weaknesses as a defender and off-ball offensive player still create real team-building concerns, and he isn't a great enough on-ball player to fully mask these weaknesses. Because of his limitations, Giddey should be viewed as a solid starter – meaning a contract with an average yearly value in the low 20s. However, given the precedent set by Quickley's recent deal, it seems likely that the Bulls will have to meet Giddey's demands, and give him the 30 million dollar payday he's searching for.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Anthony Davis eager to return before season's end
Marc Stein: Anthony Davis is practicing with the Legends today and is very eager to return from his adductor strain before season's end, league sources tell @TheSteinLine and @DLLS_Sports . Whether he actually does return, though, remains TBD amid concern about exposing Davis to re-injury. Source: Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba I cracked the NCAA Tournament code. Just schedule 13 Quad 1 games, win one of them and then make sure your AD leads the selection committee Don't worry he will 'recuse' himself when your school is discussed. Have to maintain objectivity - 1:06 AM Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar Halftime entertainment: SGA, Chet and JDub star in a new AT&T commercial. Really fun ad and cool to see each of the new OKC Big 3.. but I think I speak for everyone when I say it needs more 'What a pro wants, what a pro needs.' - 10:22 PM Now, my understanding is AD is ramping up and nearing his return. He's going to play four-on-four, five-on-five this week, and he could be back as soon as the last week of March. And they're going to need him. Here's the thing—some people have asked, 'Why take the risk?' But he wants to play. He wants to be out there. Derek Lively II is also ramping up. I don't think he's quite as close, but it's a similar conversation. He wants to play. -via YouTube / March 17, 2025 Dirk Nowitzki: "Anthony Davis probably came back too soon and then got injured again. That meant Kyrie had to carry a huge load over the past few weeks, playing a lot of minutes, and then—he tore his ACL. It's just a really strange situation. Lively has also been out for a long time. It just feels like this season is cursed. It's tough, really tough. And now, honestly, I don't know what's next for them—either for the rest of this season or even next year. But this is just the new reality for Mavs fans. It'll take a while to get over it, but we'll see how things develop." -via YouTube / March 17, 2025 Brad Townsend: Kidd says Davis 'continues to trend in the right direction,' but still no timetable. -via Twitter @townbrad / March 14, 2025 This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: Anthony Davis eager to return before season's end
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Luka Doncic's camp doesn't have 'tangible dismay' over failed Mark Williams trade
Right after acquiring Luka Doncic in arguably the biggest trade in NBA history, the Los Angeles Lakers set out to complete their roster and give themselves a real shot at contending for the NBA championship right away. Just a few days later, they agreed to send rookie sharpshooter Dalton Knecht, forward Cam Reddish and a 2031 first-round draft pick to the Charlotte Hornets for center Mark Williams. Williams has missed quite a few games in his three pro seasons, but he is a lob threat as well as an excellent rebounder and a promising shot-blocker who can run the floor in transition. Unfortunately, Williams failed his physical, and thus the trade was rescinded. Doncic had indicated that he wanted to play with a legitimate starting center who is a lob threat. One may think this failed attempt to land such a big man may have given Doncic pause on whether he wants to stay with the Lakers long-term (he can become a free agent next summer). But according to veteran NBA reporter Marc Stein, the Slovenian's camp doesn't seem to have any "tangible dismay" over the situation (h/t Lakers Daily). Via The Stein Line: 'Yet there has been no tangible dismay from the Dončić camp about his new team walking away from the Williams deal,' wrote Stein. 'Sources told The Stein Line that Dončić, in his first discussion about roster construction with Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka, told Pelinka that he understood it might take until the summer to make that addition … and came away impressed by how swiftly the Lakers initially moved to try to address that void.' This summer, the Lakers will have multiple expiring contracts, as well as two pick swaps to offer along with that 2031 first-round pick in their quest for a legitimate starting-level defensive center. It will be a big summer for the organization, as it will look to retain LeBron James in addition to reinforcing its roster and possibly even signing Doncic to some sort of contract extension. This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: Luka Doncic's camp doesn't have 'tangible dismay' over failed trade
