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• Vince Carter, Chauncey Billups elected into Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024: Sources
Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups have been elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024, league sources tell The Athletic.
Carter, 47, was an eight-time All-Star with the Toronto Raptors and New Jersey Nets and was the 1999 Rookie of the Year. He retired with 25,728 career points, which ranks 21st all-time in NBA history, and played a league-record 22 seasons.
Billups,...2024
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• Bulls sign center Derrick Favors to an Exhibit 10 contract
The Chicago Bulls have signed free agent center Derrick Favors to an Exhibit 10 contract, per sources. Favors, 32, was selected third overall by the New Jersey Nets in the 2010 NBA Draft out of Georgia Tech. Through 790 career NBA games, the 6-foot-9 center has averaged 10.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per […]
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• Kyrie Irving first Nets player with 30 points, five assists in five straight games in NBA season
Kyrie Irving is the first Brooklyn Nets player with 30 points and five assists in five straight games in a single NBA season. The eight-time All-Star is the first Net with such a streak since Stephon Marbury accomplished the same feat while playing for the New Jersey Nets from April 30 to Nov. 2, 1999. […]
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• Watch: Nets pay tribute to future Hall of Famer Vince Carter
Eight-time All-Star Vince Carter is set to turn 42 later this month. Despite this, the future Hall of Famer is still playing a high level for the Atlanta Hawks. Carter is averaging 7.3 points on a robust 37 percent shooting from distance. While Carter himself is still unsure about retirement, he continues to get the tribute treatment when facing his former teams. This included a tribute in Toronto...2019
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• Incredible stat shows how difficult and remarkable Cavaliers’ playoff run was
There is an argument to be made that leading this Cleveland Cavaliers team to the NBA Finals stands as one of LeBron James’s more impressive career achievements, and there’s one stat that may back that up further.After being swept Friday night by the Golden State Warriors, the Cavaliers finished the playoffs with a negative point differential, having been outscored on the whole 2,263-2,225 — the f...2018
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• Five things Cleveland needs to do to beat Golden State
The gap between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers might be the biggest in the history of the NBA Finals.Even if the difference in record was only eight games, the difference in net rating was a full seven points. The Warriors were +8 for the season, while the Cavaliers were +1. Think back to some of the most lopsided Finals matchups in NBA history. When the Los Angeles Lakers p...2018
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• Report: Hill, Kidd, Nash in 2018 Hall of Fame class
The 2018 Basketball Hall of Fame class is going to be a great one.According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Grant Hill, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash and Maurice Cheeks will be inducted into the Hall this year. A formal announcement will happen during Final Four weekend, per Woj.This certainly comes as no surprise, since they all achieved greatness in the NBA over long careers.Hill, a first-round pick of ...2018
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• Report: Jazz interested in bringing Deron Williams back
The Utah Jazz are trying to party like it’s 2008 all over again.According to a report by ESPN’s Tim MacMahon and Marc Stein on Tuesday, the Jazz have expressed interest in re-acquiring Dallas Mavericks point guard Deron Williams via trade. Williams, 32, played his first six NBA seasons in Utah and enjoyed the best years of his career there, averaging 17.3 points and 9.1 assists per game in a Jazz ...2017
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• Linsanity a Memory, Nets Offering Second Act for Jeremy Lin and Kenny Atkinson
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• Jason Kidd Comments on Decision to Remain with Nets over Spurs in 2003
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