AP Sports Writer. AP NBA Writer. Seen 11 Olympics, covered events in 23 countries. If it's a sport, I've probably written about it. Go Phillies. Orange Nation.
When Serena won her first US Open match ...
- Gregg Popovich was 106th on the all-time wins list.
- Tom Brady had not thrown his first Michigan TD pass.
- LeBron James had not made his high school debut.
- Tim Duncan was the reigning NBA rookie of the year.
If Dwyane Wade came back next season, played all 82 games and scored zero points in every one, he'd still have a higher career scoring average than Paul Pierce.
Presumed No. 1 2023 draft pick Victor Wembanyama on presumed No. 2 pick Scoot Henderson: "He’s really a great player. If I was never born, I think he would deserve the first spot.”
If this was the end for Dwyane Wade ...
1,159 games
26,036 points
6,270 assists
5,576 rebounds
1,844 steals
1,022 blocked shots
12 All-Star selections
3 NBA championships
Two other guys in NBA history have done all that: Michael Jordan and LeBron James.
This will never not blow my mind.
2011-2014: Heat in finals
2015-2019: Warriors in finals
2020: Heat in finals
2022: Warriors in finals
2023: Heat in finals
One of them has been there in 12 out of the last 13 years. And they never got there together. Insane.
BREAKING: NBA changing format for All-Star Game. Scores to be reset to begin second and third quarters, and a target score - with a Kobe Bryant tribute twist - will decide which team wins, all while $500,000 for charity is at stake. AP story here --
Jordan Clarkson came off the Utah bench and took 33 shots tonight.
The only time in the last 45 years when a reserve took more shots in a game was Feb. 13, 2019 ... when Jordan Clarkson took 34 shots for Cleveland.
Dwyane Wade has signed a wide-ranging multiyear deal with WarnerMedia. He'll be a TNT NBA analyst, do studio appearances for Turner/CBS at the Final Four, work on projects for Bleacher Report - and his production company, 59th & Prairie, got a development deal for new content.
He addressed the entire staff as a surprise first, then took the individual photos with everyone and signed whatever they wanted. The line was more than two hours long. He never took a break, never got tired, never sat down.
They were blown away.
to make it official ...
Most points in a playoff win, facing elimination, on road:
50: Wilt Chamberlain, PHL at BOS, 1960
47: Jimmy Butler, MIA at BOS, 2022
46: Jayson Tatum, BOS at MIL, 2022
45: LeBron James, MIA at BOS, 2012
45: Kawhi Leonard, LAC at DAL, 2021
This is crazy.
Gary Trent: Starts his career in Portland, averages 10 points per game there, traded to Toronto 41 games into his third season.
Gary Trent Jr.: Starts his career in Portland, averages 10 points per game there, traded to Toronto 41 games into his third season.
For those who have been waiting, it is here.
The Heat have dropped ViceWave.
On sale at the arena first, Tuesday night at midnight, then everywhere else.
BREAKING: Protesters have blocked a NBA media bus on the Disney property, asking for help from LeBron James. Protesters are chanting Black Lives Matter.
Goran Dragic has thanked the Miami Heat and insisted there is “no hard feelings, ever.” Put simply, he loved his time with the Heat and loves the city.
Stanton has a $295 million contract, which after federal tax, New York State tax, New York City tax, and the ridiculous bridge EZPass fees in NY means he might be able to get a nice one-bedroom walkup someplace.
Free throws missed, 2020 playoffs:
Ben Simmons, 45
Atlanta Hawks, 35
Phoenix Suns, 29
Brooklyn Nets, 22
Simmons is also the first player this season - regular or playoffs - to miss 10 in a game, after going 4 for 14 tonight.
Spo stands up for the "undrafted" guys: "So disrespectful to keep on talking about them that way. Gabe's a veteran. He's a seasoned veteran. ... He's been with us since the bubble. That storyline is over. These guys have proven themselves as competitors and winning players."
Ed Orgeron.
Battled dependency.
Nearly lost everything.
Mocked for his accent.
Couldn’t get hired anywhere.
Had to coach for free for a while.
Fired from Ole Miss.
Passed over by USC.
Look at him now. Top of the world.
He’s a lesson for all of us.
Security in Vegas is tough. They just asked a guy to move back out of a walkway near the court. The guy: Jerry West. Security guy is WEARING A PIN THAT IS THE LOGO THAT IS JERRY WEST AND ASKED JERRY WEST TO MOVE.
Not that this is a surprise - or means anything - but Jimmy Butler is expected to tell Miami officials tonight that he wishes to play for the Heat, per source.
The NBA says Derrick Jones should not have been called for the foul with 22 seconds left in regulation, that Jayson Tatum traveled on the last play of regulation and that a Dragic foul call in OT also went against Miami.
Thread:
The championships won by the great
@S10Bird
1995 Empire State Games
1997 New York City HS
1997 New York State HS
1998 New York City HS
1998 New York State HS
1998 High School national
1999 Big East
2000 Big East
2000 NCAA
2000 Jones Cup
2001 Big East
2002 Big East
Tom Brady just revealed to Howard Stern that he occasionally smoked marijuana in high school. This major development will provide talk shows with content until October.
The NBA says Lakers fans bought more championship merchandise in 12 hours than Cleveland fans - the previous gear-buying-record-holders - bought in 30 days.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr on what the Minnesota Lynx are doing today in Washington, celebrating their WNBA title by helping out underprivileged kids after not being invited to the White House:
Source says Jimmy Butler’s “mind was totally blown” by all the pomp and circumstance surrounding Dwyane Wade’s last home game, with him telling friends afterward that being able to see what Miami and the Heat organization are about left an enormous impact on him.
The Raptors scored exactly 💯 points ... in game No. 💯 of the season ... and game No. 💯 in franchise postseason history.
And The Six won in six.
Illuminati.
The last time the Dolphins were 7-3 was 2001.
- 24 starting QBs ago
- 8 head coaches ago
- 7 stadium names ago
- Heat had zero titles
- LeBron was in HS
- iPod came out
- iPhone was 6 years away
- Tua was 3
- Mike McDaniel was a Yale freshman
- Tom Brady was a first-year starter
Tomorrow night
Lakers at Heat, 7pm
- Lakers, tied for best record in NBA
- Heat, third-best record in NBA
- Heat, 11-0 at home
- Lakers, 12 straight road wins
- LeBron.
- Jimmy.
- AD.
- Bam.
- Doris Burke.
What else could you wish for in a regular-season game?
Dear NBA,
Do not send Toronto to Miami - or anywhere - for a Christmas game. Toronto was on the road all last year. Let them spend Christmas Day at home, please.
Sincerely,
Honourary Canadian
Dwyane Wade turns 36 today ...
- 3 world championships
- Heat all-time scoring leader
- Olympic gold medal
- Olympic bronze medal
- NBA Finals MVP
- All-Star Game MVP
- All-NBA
- SI Sportsman of the Year
Not a bad start.
Gabe Vincent just broke an NBA Finals record by getting charged with two fouls that he didn't commit in a span of zero seconds. Congratulations to all involved.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say Brian Flores is the first coach in world history to get fired after a season where he won seven games in a row and went 2-0 vs. Bill Belichick.
More Goran Dragic to AP: Jimmy Butler called him last week and (half-seriously, we think) suggested physical violence could be coming his way if he didn't return to Miami. "Jimmy's a tough guy. ... I didn't want him chasing my ass," Dragic said.
From The Draymond Green Show, four-time NBA champion
@andre
talks Heat: "Me going to Miami and experiencing the Miami Heat culture, that really helped me come back and accept the role I had. ... I knew I could still be impactful."
BREAKING: Dwyane Wade tells The Associated Press that he intends to play Friday in Miami. He doesn't want to make the fans wait any longer. "I've missed them and I know they've missed me," he said moments ago.
The Heat traded three guys who weren’t playing for Andre Iguodala, Solomon Hill, Jae Crowder and a ton of cap space.
Just think about that for a second.
People, it's not hard.
0-0 to start quarters 1, 2 and 3. $100,000 on the line each quarter.
Take those scores. Add them up to start the fourth.
Take the score that's ahead at that time, add 24 to it.
First to hit that number wins the All-Star Game.
Just watch and enjoy.