This is the digital version of The Bounce.If you want it sooner, start each day with The Bounce delivered to your inbox. Register here. Tina Turner was one of the most incredible musical icons of all time. Rest in power. Do you feel the heat? Does Boston keep its identity? Something very interesting came to … Read more
By David Aldridge, Nick Kosmider and Joe Vardon Carmelo Anthony retired from basketball on Monday, wrapping up a career that spanned 19 NBA seasons and included 10 All-Star Game appearances. Anthony announced his retirement in a video posted on social media. Here’s what you need to know: Anthony is ninth in the NBA all the … Read more
CHICAGO — While the NBA Draft Lottery was the star of the show this week — with its reveal that the San Antonio Spurs won the right to select Victor Wembanyama — the draft continued in its shadow at Wintrust Arena. Team leaders digested the fallout from the lottery, which created a slew of interesting … Read more
It was enough to be among the first 3. The Pistons, the league’s worst team, didn’t ask for much. Would they have liked to receive the No. 1 pick in Tuesday night’s NBA draft lottery and the rights to Victor Wembanyama? Of course. It was the dream. But the organization that just suffered a 17-win … Read more
CHICAGO — Scoot Henderson hasn’t crossed San Antonio off his list of future homes. Despite Spurs’ victory in the draw on Tuesday night and the presumption that they will take 7ft 4in Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 pick, the 6ft 2in playmaker said he still has a record to be the best selection. He … Read more
By James L. Edwards III, Kelly Iko, Alex Schiffer and Jason Quick The San Antonio Spurs won Tuesday’s NBA Draft lottery, locking out the No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft. Here’s what you need to know: San Antonio had a 14% chance of landing the top pick after finishing the regular season with a … Read more
This is the digital version of The Bounce.If you want it sooner, start each day with The Bounce delivered to your inbox. Register here. I don’t think people realize how ridiculously better the TikTok corgi is than us at picking games. Can the champions pick up another win on the road? The Los Angeles Lakers … Read more
This is the digital version of The Bounce.If you want it sooner, start each day with The Bounce delivered to your inbox. Register here. Remember the Boston Celtics’ easy march to the NBA Finals after Milwaukee was eliminated? Me neither. Boo-ston Celtics Tatum & Co. near vacation The Boo Birds at TD Garden aren’t common … Read more
In what will be a win for early risers, East Coast viewers and washed-up parents everywhere, the NBA is moving the start of weekday Finals games forward by half an hour this year. Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 1. This is a significant step … Read more
Jordan Clarkson was critical but cordial, seeingthing but placating. Sitting in the interview room at Vivint Arena on Saturday night, clad in an oversize puffy coat and gingerly cradling his swollen right elbow, he wanted to convey his displeasure with the referees he felt had failed to protect him, while not being so demonstrative as … Read more
