The sense is that over and above any contract considerations, Ujiri wants to stay on long enough to return the Raptors to championship contention, something he emphasized during his end-of-season media availability and has reiterated privately. He wants to win again in part because — between the pending free agency of Kawhi Leonard and the incident he had with a police officer … [Read more...] about Masai Ujiri intends to stay with Raptors until they return to championship contention
Tim Bontemps: Amid everything else that happened in 2019, it’s easy to forget that Pascal Siakam had 26 and 10 to close out an NBA Finals & win a title. That was a monster performance from Siakam tonight. 39 points on 15-for-23 shooting, and kept Indiana in it early when no one had it going. … [Read more...] about
Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference Finals flopped in the ratings. Tuesday’s Timberwolves-Thunder NBA Western Conference Finals Game 1 averaged 5.36 million viewers across ESPN and an ESPN2 “InsightCast” (366K), marking the least-watched conference final opener since Clippers-Suns on ABC in 2021, which aired a month out of schedule on Father’s Day (4.72M). It was also the … [Read more...] about
“My mom’s always said the best thing you can do is give back and help people,” Quickley said in a news release. “So yeah, I’ve worked hard to be great on the court, but at the end of the day, it’s really about making sure it’s not just about me and doing things that matter off the court too.” … [Read more...] about
The 25-year-old Immanuel Quickley has won the NBA Cares Bob Lanier Community Assist Award for April, an award which “honours the next generation of players’ commitment to positively impacting their community throughout the NBA season,” the league announced Wednesday. He has established four, four-year scholarships at his alma mater, John Carroll School in Bel Air, Md., and … [Read more...] about