I guess Tom Gores had a lot a money to burn
Yeah, since at least 2001: https://web.archive.org/web/20070814001756/http://www.tnt.tv/title/?oid=623948-3829
RIP Mr. Clutch / The Logo
He may not have won an NBA Championship as a player, but his legacy is unparalleled both on the floor and as an executive
The NBA just can't resist themselves
To be fair, the Pistons have been a shithole for almost 2 decades now, even before Tom Gores' ownership. It all started in 2008 with Joe Dumars' horrible decision to ship off Chauncey Billups
Too bad the Knicks couldn't pull off the same comeback in the earlier game. Gg Pacers and Timberwolves!
Didn't even need Gobert to demolish the defending champs
Started last year with De'Aaron Fox
Just added you, welcome to the team!
I'm cool with adding you to the team :-)
How about you guys? @vodkasolution@feddit.it @OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca @rezz@lemmy.world
Uh oh at this rate, Draymond might actually retire 🤷🏻♂️
/s
I try and keep alive the communities I manage, even with minimal engagement. I am still optimistic that the audience will arrive
I'm cool with adding you to the team :-)
How about you guys? @VodkaSolution @OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca @rezz
Game threads are in the comments below.
Game threads are in the comments below. *** Sorry this took later than usual, I'm currently on the road (or sea, technically speaking) and will be having limited internet connectivity for a week
Game threads are in the comments below.
Watch "Harden contests his teammate Kawhi's shot attempt" on Streamable.
@rezz was banned from the instance more than a week ago, as I explained here. I've only logged back to Lemmy.world that day, which is why it wasn't detected sooner.
Now that his account's been reinstated, I'm calling for assistance from my fellow mods to bring him back to the team (I don't know how 🥲 )
I figured out how, thanks to this doc. Welcome back again, @rezz! 🥳 🎉
@Hurts @VodkaSolution @Alchemy @OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca @cavsfan
Game threads are in the comments below.
Game threads are in the comments below.
Game threads are in the comments below.
--- I had to make this post manually because @rezz, the mod who routinely posts this, has been banned from the instance 6 days ago by a new Lemmy.world admin. It was because his posts contained links to NBA streams, which are now prohibited in the instance.
Any thoughts, fellow c/NBA visitors and mods? @Hurts @VodkaSolution @Alchemy @OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca @RandAlThor@lemmy.ca @cavsfan
Warriors star Draymond Green said in his podcast that NBA commissioner Adam Silver talked him out of retirement in the wake of his latest suspension.
In an emotional conversation around the time of his indefinite league suspension, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green suggested that NBA commissioner Adam Silver talked him out of retirement, according to a new episode of "The Draymond Green Show."
In a clip of the podcast on Volume Sports shared with ESPN on Monday morning, Green, after hitting Phoenix center Jusuf Nurkic in the face on Dec. 12, said he shared an exchange with Silver that included talk about his immediate desire to walk away from the NBA.
"I told him, 'Adam this is too much for me. ... This is too much. It's all becoming too much for me -- and I'm going to retire,'" Green said. "And Adam said, 'You're making a very rash decision and I won't let you do that.'
"We had a long, great conversation -- very helpful to me. Very thankful to play in a league with a commissioner like Adam who's more about helping you than hurting you; helping you than punishing you. He's more about the players."
Green is on the cusp of returning from a suspension that has extended 14 games now. The incident with Nurkic was his second violent act that drew a league suspension within a month. Green was suspended for five games for grabbing Minnesota's Rudy Gobert and dragging him across the court in a choke hold on Nov. 14.
After Green underwent a month of counseling, the NBA reinstated him on Saturday and he started ramping up with the Warriors on Sunday for a return that sources say is expected to come in approximately a week. Those counseling sessions are expected to continue after he begins to play again.
Green will be rejoining a reeling Warriors team, which is 17-19 and 11th in the Western Conference.
He has averaged 9.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 15 games this season. In the first season of a four-year, $100 million contract, he is losing $153,941 for every game he is suspended.
Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/8274941
The Harden saga is over for Philadelphia, which trades him to the Clippers and can now fully focus on this season.
The community seems to be dead, but I can't miss the chance to post the biggest Sixers news of the season so far... > The Harden saga is over for Philadelphia, which trades him to the Clippers and can now fully focus on this season. > *** > James Harden’s time with Daryl Morey in Philadelphia is over. As first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the 76ers agreed to trade Harden to the LA Clippers early Tuesday morning. The deal was officially announced on Wednesday. > > Sixers receive: > > • Nicolas Batum > > • Marcus Morris > > • Robert Covington > > • KJ Martin > > • Multiple draft picks > > Clippers receive: > > • James Harden > > • P.J. Tucker > > • Filip Petrusev
Looks like the NBA_BOT isn’t working at all, so we’ll have to manually create a game thread. *** Post-match summary:
| | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | FINAL | | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | Phoenix Suns | 28 | 33 | 19 | 28 |108 | | Golden State Warriors | 28 | 18 | 40 | 18 | 104 |
It’s game day, c/NBA! I’ll put this placeholder game thread for now, hopefully while waiting for the NBA_BOT to generate the official thread. *** Post-match summary:
| | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | FINAL | | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | Los Angeles Lakers | 20 | 34 | 26 | 27 |107 | | Denver Nuggets | 34 | 29 | 24 | 32 | 119 |
The 2015 Finals MVP and 2-time All-Defensive selection is retiring after playing 19 seasons in the NBA.
The 2015 Finals MVP and 2-time All-Defensive selection played 19 seasons in the NBA. *** Andre Iguodala was named Finals MVP after his efforts in the 2015 series vs. Cleveland.
Former NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala is retiring from the NBA. In a phone interview with Andscape, the four-time NBA champion said his playing days are done.
> 19 seasons. 4x NBA Champion. > > A franchise forever changed when you came to The Bay. Thank you for everything, @andre 👏 pic.twitter.com/YvCci98R5q > > — Golden State Warriors (@warriors) October 20, 2023
> ‘Congratulations to Andre on concluding a spectacular Hall of Fame career. He was one of the most unique players I have ever been around, combining incredible instincts at both ends with elite athleticism and IQ. Just an absolute winner. I was lucky to coach him.’ – Steve Kerr pic.twitter.com/6E7rDtxnkC > > — Golden State Warriors (@warriors) October 20, 2023
“It’s just the right time,” Iguodala said. “Time started to get limited for me and I didn’t want to put anything in the back seat.
“You want to play at a high level. But then family is a lot. My son is 16 and then two girls. So, [I’m] looking forward to seeing them grow up in those important years.”
Iguodala played 19 seasons in the NBA, primarily with the Golden State Warriors (eight seasons) and Philadelphia 76ers (eight seasons). He spent two seasons with the Miami Heat (2019-21), a season with the Denver Nuggets (2012-13) and averaged 11.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game overall in his NBA career.
He was an All-Star in 2012 and was an All-Defensive selection in 2010-11 and 2013-14. Perhaps his greatest career moment came in the 2015 NBA Finals. In that series, he earned MVP honors in large part for the defense he played against then-Cavaliers star LeBron James as Golden State topped Cleveland 4-2 in the series for the franchise’s first championship in 40 years.
Last season, Iguodala returned to Golden State after spending the two seasons before that with Miami. Iguodala played for the Warriors from 2013-19 as Golden State rose from playoff team to title contender to championship-winners in that window. He won four championships with Golden State.
He had a limited role for the Warriors, appearing in eight games while posting some of the lowest regular-season stats of his career (2.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.4 apg) and did not appear in a playoff game in 2023. However, his role as a veteran voice was valued by Golden State and he told Andscape he plans to stay in the Bay Area after retirement to pursue his many off-the-court business ventures.
Per the Warriors, owner Joe Lacob said that he looks forward to “raising No. 9 to the rafters at Chase Center at some point in the future.”
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
The 2015 Finals MVP and 2-time All-Defensive selection is retiring after playing 19 seasons in the NBA.
The 2015 Finals MVP and 2-time All-Defensive selection played 19 seasons in the NBA. *** Andre Iguodala was named Finals MVP after his efforts in the 2015 series vs. Cleveland.
Former NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala is retiring from the NBA. In a phone interview with Andscape, the four-time NBA champion said his playing days are done.
> 19 seasons. 4x NBA Champion. > > A franchise forever changed when you came to The Bay. Thank you for everything, @andre 👏 pic.twitter.com/YvCci98R5q > > — Golden State Warriors (@warriors) October 20, 2023
> ‘Congratulations to Andre on concluding a spectacular Hall of Fame career. He was one of the most unique players I have ever been around, combining incredible instincts at both ends with elite athleticism and IQ. Just an absolute winner. I was lucky to coach him.’ – Steve Kerr pic.twitter.com/6E7rDtxnkC > > — Golden State Warriors (@warriors) October 20, 2023
“It’s just the right time,” Iguodala said. “Time started to get limited for me and I didn’t want to put anything in the back seat.
“You want to play at a high level. But then family is a lot. My son is 16 and then two girls. So, [I’m] looking forward to seeing them grow up in those important years.”
Iguodala played 19 seasons in the NBA, primarily with the Golden State Warriors (eight seasons) and Philadelphia 76ers (eight seasons). He spent two seasons with the Miami Heat (2019-21), a season with the Denver Nuggets (2012-13) and averaged 11.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game overall in his NBA career.
He was an All-Star in 2012 and was an All-Defensive selection in 2010-11 and 2013-14. Perhaps his greatest career moment came in the 2015 NBA Finals. In that series, he earned MVP honors in large part for the defense he played against then-Cavaliers star LeBron James as Golden State topped Cleveland 4-2 in the series for the franchise’s first championship in 40 years.
Last season, Iguodala returned to Golden State after spending the two seasons before that with Miami. Iguodala played for the Warriors from 2013-19 as Golden State rose from playoff team to title contender to championship-winners in that window. He won four championships with Golden State.
He had a limited role for the Warriors, appearing in eight games while posting some of the lowest regular-season stats of his career (2.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.4 apg) and did not appear in a playoff game in 2023. However, his role as a veteran voice was valued by Golden State and he told Andscape he plans to stay in the Bay Area after retirement to pursue his many off-the-court business ventures.
Per the Warriors, owner Joe Lacob said that he looks forward to “raising No. 9 to the rafters at Chase Center at some point in the future.”
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
The uniforms are a modernization of the classic Phoenix sunburst uniform of the early 1990s.
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2473866
TIL the championship belt tradition started with the Detroit Pistons in 2004, thanks to Rasheed Wallace