Fred Katz

6 days ago | nba.com | Fred Katz

***Nikola Jokić could not have known such a small request would change a career. The Denver Nuggets begin each practice with a 10-minute stretch, one that “seems like nothing,” third-year wing Christian Braun says, but is more important than it appears. With a team trainer leading the session, each player sprawls out on a pad, readying his body for the day. A younger Braun didn’t realize that practice began before these exercises, which he was using as social time.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fred Katz

Nikola Jokić could not have known such a small request would change a career. The Denver Nuggets begin each practice with a 10-minute stretch, one that "seems like nothing," third-year wing Christian Braun says, but is more important than it appears. With a team trainer leading the session, each player sprawls out on a pad, readying his body for the day. A younger Braun didn't realize that practice began before these exercises, which he was using as social time.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Fred Katz

Larry Nance Jr. is editing old tweets. The news of a trade that would send him from New Orleans to Atlanta last summer was still incomplete when it hit the public. Nance saw the post on X (formerly Twitter), where a reporter wrote that the Hawks were sending All-Star point guard Dejounte Murray to the Pelicans for Nance and a couple of draft picks. "Now, I'm sitting here like, 'Probably should've mentioned the other guy,'" Nance joked in a recent conversation with The Athletic.

1 week ago | basketball.realgm.com | Doug Haller |Sam Amick |Fred Katz

The future of James Jones as lead basketball executive of the Phoenix Suns is unclear as they enter the offseason. Jones' contract expires at the end of June and Mat Ishbia is widely expected to consider new candidates for the role. Jones has worked in the Suns' front office since 2017 and assumed lead duties in 2019 to replace Ryan McDonough. The Suns reached The Finals in 2021 and had a successful regular season in 21-22 before a second round exit to the Dallas Mavericks.

1 week ago | myheraldreview.com | Doug Haller |Sam Amick |Fred Katz

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns, which failed to make the postseason with the NBA’s most expensive roster, fired coach Mike Budenholzer on Monday, league sources told . The decision, which comes less than one year after the team hired Budenholzer on a five-year deal worth more than $50 million and less than four years since he won a title with the Milwaukee Bucks, is the latest course correction from Suns owner Mat Ishbia that comes with significant cost. kAm%96 $F?D[ H9@D6 Sa`c >:==:@? :?