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1 week ago | 
basketballinsiders.org | Vivek Jacob |Antonio Kozlow |James Foglio |David Myers
After the Boston Celtics lost 108-105 in overtime to the New York Knicks on Monday night in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series, former star Paul Pierce said on FS1’s Speak that if Boston dropped Game 2 at home, he’d walk from his home to the network’s studio. “If the Celtics lose […] The Oklahoma City Thunder led 124-76 against the Denver Nuggets after the third quarter in Game 2 of their second-round playoff series on Wednesday night.
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1 week ago | 
basketballinsiders.org | Vivek Jacob |James Foglio |Antonio Kozlow |David Myers
Orlando Magic star forward Paolo Banchero is eligible for a five-year, $247 million contract extension this offseason, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks. Paolo Banchero Has Made $34.87 Million In His NBA Career Banchero, 22, is set to enter the final season of his four-year, $50.15 million rookie deal. This means the third-year wing’s career earnings […] The future of Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has once again been called into question.
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1 week ago | 
basketballinsiders.org | James Foglio |Antonio Kozlow |Vivek Jacob |David Myers
Florida coach Todd Golden, who led the Gators to their first national championship since 2007 last month, has agreed to a six-year, $40.5 million contract extension that keeps him in Gainesville through the 2030-31 season.
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1 week ago | 
basketballinsiders.org | Vivek Jacob |James Foglio |Antonio Kozlow |David Myers
Orlando Magic star forward Paolo Banchero is eligible for a five-year, $247 million contract extension this offseason, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks. Paolo Banchero Has Made $34.87 Million In His NBA Career Banchero, 22, is set to enter the final season of his four-year, $50.15 million rookie deal. This means the third-year wing’s career earnings […] The future of Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has once again been called into question.
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3 weeks ago | 
basketballinsiders.org | Vivek Jacob |Antonio Kozlow |Oliver Taliku |Zach Wolpin
The No. 2 Boston Celtics will start their title defense with a first-round series against the No. 7 Orlando Magic. Orlando earned its seventh seed after defeating the Atlanta Hawks in the Play-In Tournament Tuesday night. Despite winning 61 games, Boston finished with the second seed behind the 64-win Cleveland Cavaliers. The Magic have been a tad underwhelming at 41-41, struggling to create offense even after both Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner returned from oblique injuries.
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3 weeks ago | 
basketballinsiders.org | Vivek Jacob |Antonio Kozlow |Oliver Taliku |Zach Wolpin
The third-seeded New York Knicks will take on the sixth-seeded Detroit Pistons in the first round of the playoffs. Detroit has been the best story of the East, rebounding from a 14-win season last year to a 44-38 record this season. Cade Cunningham looks like a surefire bet for an All-NBA Team while Malik Beasley is among the favorites to win Sixth Man of the Year.
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1 month ago | 
basketballinsiders.org | Zach Wolpin |Antonio Kozlow |James Foglio |Vivek Jacob
Derik Queen began his college career with a 22-point, 20-rebound game and capped it off with an NCAA Tournament buzzer beater. Scouts are split on Queen, with some fearing investing in a big man who isn’t a prolific shooter or interior defender. But Queen was a bona fide star scorer at the college level. Can he translate that to the pros?
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1 month ago | 
basketballinsiders.org | D.J. Siddiqi |Zach Wolpin |James Foglio |Vivek Jacob
Dwight Howard is going with a bold prediction for the NBA Finals and it’s one that you won’t see many people pick. The former Los Angeles Lakers big man — he won a championship with them in 2020 — predicts his former team, the Lakers, to face off against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2025 NBA Finals. The Lakers enter the playoffs as the Western Conference’s No. 3 seed while the Cavaliers ended the year with the best record in the East, holding that honor throughout the entire season.
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1 month ago | 
basketballinsiders.org | Zach Wolpin |James Foglio |Vivek Jacob |Oliver Taliku
The last three seasons have been a rollercoaster for the Phoenix Suns. New ownership took over in February 2023. Since then, they’ve fired three head coaches in as many seasons. That included Mike Budenholzer, the Suns’ head coach in 2024-25. He was given a five-year, $50 million contract. Budenholzer lasted just one season in Phoenix. What will it take for the Suns to find a head coach who can last longer than one season?
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1 month ago | 
basketballinsiders.org | Antonio Kozlow |Zach Wolpin |James Foglio |Vivek Jacob
The Pelicans just produced their worst season in two decades, which came to an end with a seven-straight defeat on Sunday at the Smoothie King Center. That game was watched from the bench by most of the team’s stars, including Zion Williamson, CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, Trey Murphy III and Yves Missi. None knew that this would be their basketball operations chief’s last game in charge, as the New Orleans club decided to let go of David Griffin.
