Sam Amico
Sam Amico has covered the NBA for 20 years, previously for SI.com, FOX Sports, CBS Sports, Amico Hoops and the Boston Herald.
East Notes: Heat, Tyler Hero, Celtics, Sixers, Nick Nurse
Heat
Shooting guard Tyler Herro and the Heat are reportedly targeting a return in Game 3 of the Finals. Herro suffered a broken hand in...
Podcast: Talkin’ Nuggets, Heat, Finals, and Where Cavs Go From Here
The Nuggets? Against the Heat? When the NBA could've had the Celtics vs. Lakers? Yeah, you can bet the league and ABC aren't too...
Mike Dunleavy Jr. Viewed as ‘Natural Successor’ to Bob Myers as Warriors GM
Former NBA shooting guard and current Warriors VP of basketball operations Mike Dunleavy Jr. may be the frontrunner to replace outgoing president of basketball...
Bob Myers Stepping Down as Warriors GM; May Not Return to NBA
As expected, Bob Myers is leaving his position as head of basketball operations and architect of four championships with the Warriors, per multiple reports.
Marc...
Celtics Seem Likely to Extend Jaylen Brown Contract
The Celtics' season ended one game shy of reaching the Finals for the second straight year, but it seems they don't believe there's any...
Heat Run to Finals a Good Lesson for Underdogs Everywhere
It was pretty close, but the Heat joined a long list of teams to not blow a 3-0 series lead. In fact, in the...
Cavs’ Ricky Rubio Aiming to Play in Europe Again
Cavaliers point guard Ricky Rubio still has two years left on his contract, but from the sounds of things, he would like to return...
Raptors Still Deciding Which Way to Go With Roster
It appears as Raptors president Masai Ujiri has a small decision to make. OK, maybe it's sort of big.
Namely, Ujiri has to determine what...
Rockets Expected to Weigh Trading No. 4 Pick
The Rockets are likely to "heavily discuss" trading their No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.
It appears...
Wizards Notes: Michael Winger, Bradley Beal, Kristaps Porzingis
Rival executives expect new Wizards head of basketball operations Michael Winger to be aggressive in build the team into a winner, per Marc Stein...
Lakers Notes: D’Angelo Russell, Kyrie Irving, Austin Reaves
The Mavericks intend to re-sign point guard Kyrie Irving in free agency, and per Marc Stein of The Stein Line, would have no interest...
Sixers to Hire Nick Nurse as Coach
The 76ers are hiring former Raptors coach Nick Nurse to fill their own vacancy, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Nurse, 55, won a championship as...
Sasha Vezenkov on Joining Kings: Now is Not Time to Decide
The Kings reportedly have an interest in quickly adding Greek forward Sasha Vezenkov, selected by the Nets in the second round of the 2017...
Cavs Have Decision to Make on Cedi Osman
Love him or leave him? That is the question when it comes to the Cavaliers and their future with guard/forward Cedi Osman.
Actually, the Cavs...
