Dan Devine
Senior NBA Writer at Yahoo Sports
I bomb atomically. Senior NBA writer, @YahooSports. Member, @ProHoopsWriters, @WGAEast. He/him.
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1 week ago |
wsbtv.com | Dan Devine |Ben Rohrbach
We've got you covered for the 2025 NBA playoffs. Check out our series-by-series previews, breaking down the keys to each matchup, plus predictions. EASTERN CONFERENCEMatchup to watch: The forwardsRarely do we see both teams' best two players match up with each other, but we may here. In their lone meeting, Banchero spent the bulk of his time on Tatum and held up fairly well when Tatum was not pick-and-rolling into more advantageous matchups in a 30-point performance.
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2 weeks ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Dan Devine
For more than a decade, every meeting between LeBron James and Stephen Curry — two of the greatest and most transformative players ever, arguably the two most towering figures of the last generation of NBA basketball, rivals turned Team USA running buddies, a couple of kids from Akron — has been appointment viewing.
Ja Morant's role has increased since Grizzlies' coaching change, but is that beneficial to the team?
3 weeks ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Dan Devine
When the Grizzlies fired head coach Taylor Jenkins, plenty of national pundits wondered — loudly — why Memphis’ brain trust would move on from the winningest regular-season coach in franchise history, who’d led one of the league’s most injury-stricken teams to a 44-29 record, a top-five net rating and fourth place in the West. More than that: Why’d they do it nine games before the playoffs?
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3 weeks ago |
wsbtv.com | Tom Haberstroh |Dan Devine
Subscribe to The Big NumberApple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeOn this episode of The Big Number, Tom Haberstroh and Dan Devine break down Ja Morant's unique, disturbing decline in PPG the last 3 years. Could Ja actually be past his prime already? The chaos of this season for the Memphis Grizzlies, which has seen the firing of HC Taylor Jenkins, may have culminated on Tuesday when Ja Morant seemed to do yet another "gun" gesture that the NBA is now investigating, too.
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3 weeks ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Dan Devine
Over the past quarter-century, the NBA game has largely transformed from a grimy, physical, elbows-and-in slugfest into a more streamlined, faster-paced and immaculately spaced factory for creating layups, 3-pointers and free throws. This shift has generated the most efficient and effective offenses the sport has ever seen.
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To be clear: They don't have to do that to make an around-the-margins move. If you're looking for something bigger, though -- something that more radically reorients the roster around Jokic -- I'm not sure how you do that without touching one of those other deals.
This summer, the Nuggets will HAVE to trade one of Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, or Michael Porter Jr 👀 @tomhaberstroh and @YourManDevine discuss who might be on the move. (via The Big Number) https://t.co/J1swYxBRwa
RT @tomhaberstroh: One of the best defenders in the NBA, Toumani Camara (@toomany_buckets) joins the show and explains his 📦 celly https://…
RT @YourManDevine: I know it's rare for people who make podcasts to ask this, but: If you're enjoying THE BIG NUMBER, how about you do us…
