Joe Mazzulla: Celtics won’t set 82-game standard for players
Joe Mazzulla still wants his players available as often as possible.
He just isn’t going to pretend every body handles an NBA season the same...
Jayson Tatum says Achilles recovery gave him ‘different level of appreciation’
Jayson Tatum is back, healthy and looking at training camp a little differently this time around.
The Celtics star missed nearly all of last season...
Josh Hart on Knicks contract talks: ‘I’m not really too stressed over it’
Josh Hart sounds a little more relaxed about his contract situation than he did a month ago.
The Knicks announced Friday that they are pausing...
NBA Notes: Knicks, Landry Shamet, Nets, Spurs, Julian Champagnie
Knicks
Landry Shamet is making a pretty strong case for a larger role.
Kento Kato of Sports Illustrated points out that Shamet has scored 23 points...
Cavs urged to fix rebounding problem as a team
The Cavaliers’ rebounding problems showed up again in their preseason opener, and Zach Weiss of Sports Illustrated believes the solution has to come from...
Kings’ Scott Perry on Vivek Ranadivé dinner report: ‘There was no roast’
Kings general manager Scott Perry says the now-infamous team dinner involving owner Vivek Ranadivé was not what some reports made it out to be.
In...
Stephen Curry on Warriors’ missed opportunities: ‘I’m not an idiot’
Stephen Curry hears the criticism. He just isn’t particularly interested in letting it define the final chapter of his Warriors career.
Speaking with NBC Sports...
Lakers make pair of roster moves
The Lakers made a pair of roster moves Friday, waiving William Kyle III and signing Rafael Castro.
Castro received an Exhibit 10 contract, according to...
Cavs signing Jaxson Robinson, Noam Yaacov to camp deals
The Cavaliers added two more players to their training camp roster, signing Jaxson Robinson and Noam Yaacov to camp contracts.
The moves were first reported...
NBA Notes: Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton, Bulls, Matas Buzelis, Spurs
Pacers
The early returns on Tyrese Haliburton and Ivica Zubac are encouraging.
Haliburton returned Wednesday after missing all of last season with a torn Achilles, while...
NBA Notes: Warriors, Brandin Podziemski, Nets, Egor Demin, Cavs
Warriors
Brandin Podziemski has his extension. The Warriors guard agreed to a five-year, $110 million rookie-scale extension, according to Shams Charania.
The deal is fully guaranteed...
Kings deny report Vivek Ranadivé turned team dinner into a ‘roast’
The Kings are pushing back on a report that owner Vivek Ranadivé used a recent team dinner to roast players, coaches and executives.
Zach Lowe...
NBA preseason power rankings: Thunder, Spurs lead all 30 teams
The NBA preseason is underway, which means it’s also time for everybody’s favorite October exercise; Ranking teams before the games actually count.
Here’s the complete...
NBA Notes: Warriors, Kristaps Porzingis, Pacers, Jay Huff, Suns, Ryan Dunn
Warriors
The Warriors still don’t know when Kristaps Porzingis will be able to return.
Steve Kerr said Thursday that there is no timetable for Porzingis, who...
Cavs have the offense. Now they want the defense back
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers know they can score. They’d rather not have to win that way every night.
After finishing last season 15th in defensive...
NBA pushes back on Bruce Brown claim that second apron hurts ‘middle’ class
The NBA apparently disagrees with Bruce Brown. Strongly.
After Brown suggested this week that the league’s new collective bargaining agreement has made life tougher on...
