The Eastern Conference’s top seed begins its first-round series tonight, and Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell knows that in order to be looked upon as a one of the game’s biggest stars, he has to deliver in the playoffs, he tells Marc Spears of Andscape. “It’s right there. The biggest thing that holds me back is winning. Talent-wise, I don’t think it’s even a discussion,” he … [Read more...] about Central Notes: Mitchell, Kuzma, Harris, White
NBA Announces Finalists For 2024/25 Awards
Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Nuggets center Nikola Jokic are the three finalists for the league’s Most Valuable Player award this season, the league announced on Sunday (Twitter link). While all three players put up monster numbers, Gilgeous-Alexander is generally considered the favorite to win the award due in large part to … [Read more...] about NBA Announces Finalists For 2024/25 Awards
Central Notes: Jerome, Schröder, Cunningham, Patton
Ty Jerome, a Sixth Man of the Year award finalist, continues to pump up his value heading into unrestricted free agency. The Cavaliers guard poured in 28 points in 26 minutes during his first postseason game on Sunday. “This is who Ty is. This is not a shock,” Donovan Mitchell said, per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. “I know everybody’s going to react like this is a shock that he’d … [Read more...] about Central Notes: Jerome, Schröder, Cunningham, Patton
Sixth Man Award, Three Others To Be Announced This Week
Get ready for some major award announcements this week. The NBA will reveal the winners of four postseason awards, one per night, starting on Tuesday, according to NBA Communications (Twitter link). The Sixth Man of the Year award will get first billing. The Celtics’ Payton Pritchard, the Pistons’ Malik Beasley and the Cavaliers’ Ty Jerome are the finalists, as revealed on … [Read more...] about Sixth Man Award, Three Others To Be Announced This Week
Stein/Fischer’s Latest: Kuminga, Suns, Jones, Williamson, Nowitzki
Jonathan Kuminga‘s role in the playoffs will be closely watched around the league as he heads into restricted free agency, Marc Stein and Jake Fischer of The Stein Line report (Substack link). Kuminga never entered the game in the Warriors‘ play-in victory over Memphis on Tuesday. It’s expected that Kuminga will have at least a limited role in the first-round series against the … [Read more...] about Stein/Fischer’s Latest: Kuminga, Suns, Jones, Williamson, Nowitzki