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Heat Primed For Pivotal Offseason With Herro Extension On Horizon

6 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Tristan Tucker

Share The Heat are set up to face one of the more pivotal offseasons in franchise history. Miami’s 2024/25 season seemed off from the start, with president Pat Riley calling out Jimmy Butler last spring before the latter requested out of Miami in December. The Heat ultimately acquiesced and sent Butler to the Warriors. What followed the Butler saga were significant ups and downs. The Heat lost 10 games in a row before immediately winning six straight.
Atlantic Notes: Tatum,

6 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Tristan Tucker

The Celtics squandered 20-point leads in each of their first two playoff games, both of which came at home against the Knicks. Boston star Jayson Tatum took full accountability for the two losses, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. “I take full ownership of the way that I’ve played in this series and can’t sugarcoat anything,” Tatum said.
Southeast Notes: Jaquez, Hawks, Murray, Hunter, Joseph

6 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Tristan Tucker

Heat second-year wing Jaime Jaquez Jr. had a strong rookie season, finishing fourth in Rookie of the Year voting, but he followed up that successful campaign with a quieter year. He finished the year averaging 8.6 points (down from 11.9 last season) and was out of the rotation at times. “It was an extremely humbling experience,” Jaquez said during his exit interview, per Ira Winderman of South Florida’s Sun Sentinel.
Knicks Notes:

6 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Tristan Tucker

Mikal Bridges came away with the game-sealing steal against the Celtics on Wednesday and in Game 1 on Monday, his late 3 helped the Knicks secure victory in overtime. James L. Edwards III of The Athletic writes that while Bridges’ tenure in New York started off on the wrong foot, no one is thinking about the draft picks the Knicks gave up to acquire the defensive-minded wing with the Celtics on the ropes. “Get your damn apology forms out,” teammate Josh Hart said.
Heat Primed For Pivotal Offseason With Herro Extension On Horizon

6 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Tristan Tucker

The Heat are set up to face one of the more pivotal offseasons in franchise history. Miami’s 2024/25 season seemed off from the start, with president Pat Riley calling out Jimmy Butler last offseason before the latter requested out of Miami in December. The Heat ultimately acquiesced and sent Butler to the Warriors. What followed the Butler saga were significant ups and downs. The team lost 10 games in a row before immediately winning six straight.
Pacific Notes:

6 days ago | hoopsrumors.com | Tristan Tucker

Kings general manager Scott Perry is in the process of filling out his roster, previously adding B.J. Armstrong as assistant general manager and Mike Woodson as assistant coach. A Wednesday report indicated Sixers assistant Bobby Jackson will return to Sacramento (where he played and coached for multiple years), but Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee reports that’s yet to be finalized.
Knicks Notes: Towns, McBride, Anunoby, Brunson, Robinson

2 weeks ago | hoopsrumors.com | Tristan Tucker

The Knicks came away with a close win in Game 3 against the Pistons facing a loud Detroit crowd. It’s no coincidence that as the Knicks played faster, Karl-Anthony Towns had his best offensive game of the series, James L. Edwards III of The Athletic writes. Towns scored 31 points on 10 made field goals, including a handful that came with over 14 seconds still left on the shot clock, according to Edwards, who says Towns was purposeful and imposed his will.
Lakers Notes: James, Game 3, Doncic, Wolves' Crowd

2 weeks ago | hoopsrumors.com | Tristan Tucker

LeBron James recorded one of his highest-scoring performances in a Laker uniform in Game 3 against the Timberwolves on Friday, scoring 38 points and 10 rebounds. The Lakers also knocked down 17 of their 40 three-point attempts after making 21 combined in the first two games. Still, as Khobi Price of The Orange County Register writes, these positive developments didn’t help the Lakers overcome the Wolves in Game 3.
Celtics' Jaylen Brown Frustrated After Physical Game 3 Against Magic

2 weeks ago | hoopsrumors.com | Tristan Tucker

At least one player on the Celtics suffered a minor injury in each of the team’s three playoff games against the Magic so far. As Souichi Terada of MassLive writes, in Game 1 it was Jayson Tatum who suffered a bone bruise in his right wrist that is impacting his availability in the series. In Game 2, Kristaps Porzingis received stitches after a cut on his head and in Game 3, Jaylen Brown said he dislocated his finger.
Nuggets Notes: Rotation, Westbrook, Porter, Murray, Gordon, More

2 weeks ago | hoopsrumors.com | Tristan Tucker

The Nuggets are banged up, but they don’t have much time to adjust facing a 1-2 series deficit against the Clippers in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. As Bennett Durando of The Denver Post writes, interim coach David Adelman hinted at rotation changes. At the start of the series, Denver used an eight-man rotation with Jalen Pickett playing sparingly as the eighth man.