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The 2021-22 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year is Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart!
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▪️ Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
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How was this photo captured? NBA photog. Joe Murphy was stationed on the opposite end of the floor using an overhead remote camera.
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The 2021-22 Kia All-NBA First Team:
🏀 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee)
🏀 Devin Booker (Phoenix)
🏀 Luka Dončić (Dallas)
🏀 Nikola Jokić (Denver)
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▪️ LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
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▪️ Julius Randle, New York Knicks
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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA today announced.
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The 2022-23 Kia All-NBA Second Team:
▪️ Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics
▪️ Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat
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The 2022-23 Kia NBA All-Defensive Second Team:
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Klay Thompson's return on Sunday delivered record engagement across NBA social media platforms and multi-year audience highs on NBA TV and NBC Sports Bay Area.
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▪️ Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic
▪️ Walker Kessler, Utah Jazz
▪️ Bennedict Mathurin, Indiana Pacers
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Toronto’s Scottie Barnes and Atlanta’s Trae Young have been named by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver as injury replacements on the Eastern Conference team for the 2024 NBA All-Star Game.
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NBA Champion and 17-year NBA veteran Richard Jefferson will officiate the second quarter of tonight's New York vs. Portland game after attending daily NBA Summer League Officiating Meetings in Las Vegas.
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The 2022-23 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team:
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▪️ Brook Lopez, Milwaukee Bucks
▪️ Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers
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Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart is the winner of the 2022-23 NBA Hustle Award.
Smart has earned the annual honor for the second straight season and the third time in five seasons.
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The 2021-22 Kia NBA Most Improved Player is Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant!
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement today regarding the passing of Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević:
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Boston Celtics interim head coach Joe Mazzulla and his staff will coach Team Giannis in the 2023 NBA All-Star Game.
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The 2020-21 NBA All-Defensive First Team:
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🏀 Rudy Gobert
🏀 Draymond Green
🏀 Jrue Holiday
🏀 Ben Simmons
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▪️ Tari Eason, Houston Rockets
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The 2021-22 Kia All-NBA Second Team:
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NBA players have selected Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday as the recipient of the 2021-22 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, the NBA announced today.
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The 2021-22 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year is Toronto Raptors guard-forward Scottie Barnes!
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Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Dončić and Washington Wizards forward-center Kristaps Porziņģis have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 11 of the 2022-23 season (Dec. 26 – Jan. 1).
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Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray has been named the Most Valuable Player of NBA 2K23 Summer League 2022.
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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 4 of the 2021-22 season (Nov. 8 - Nov. 14).
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This video of Giannis Antetokounmpo during the Bucks’ postgame celebration has generated more than 23 million views on Instagram, making it our most-watched Instagram video of all-time. It surpassed video of LeBron James and Anthony Davis celebrating their championship in 2020.
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Bill Russell won a record 11 NBA championships and earned five MVP awards. He is one of only four players to be named to all four NBA anniversary teams (25th, 35th, 50th and 75th).
More on his extraordinary career ⬇️
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's statement regarding San Antonio Spurs' Gregg Popovich
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Joel Embiid is the first player to win the Kia NBA MVP Award with the 76ers since Allen Iverson in the 2000-01 season.
Complete voting results ⬇️
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🏀 LeBron James (L.A. Lakers)
🏀 Chris Paul (Phoenix)
🏀 Pascal Siakam (Toronto)
🏀 Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota)
🏀 Trae Young (Atlanta)
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The NBA Board of Governors today approved a change to the playing rules that will impose a heightened penalty when a defensive player commits a “transition take foul”and approved the adoption of the NBA Play-In Tournament on a full-time basis.
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Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum will replace injured Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant as a starter in the All-Star Game. Tatum was named as an All-Star reserve last week.
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Sacramento Kings General Manager Monte McNair has been named the 2022-23 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year, the NBA announced today.
Voting results and award history:
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Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been named the winner of the 2021-22 NBA Hustle Award, the NBA announced today.
Smart becomes the first two-time winner of the Hustle Award after first earning the honor following the 2018-19 season.
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The NBA set all-time records for total attendance, sellouts, average attendance and percentage of capacity during the 2022-23 season:
· 22,234,502 Fans – Record for Attendance
· 791 Sellouts – Most-Ever
· 18,077 – Record Average Attendance
· 97 % Capacity – All-Time High
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement:
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Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers and his staff will coach the Eastern Conference in the 2024 NBA All-Star Game.
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The Kia All-NBA First Team is made up entirely of players age 27 or younger for the first time since the 1954-55 season.
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Voting results ⬇️
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The 2021-22 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team:
🏀 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee)
🏀 Mikal Bridges (Phoenix)
🏀 Rudy Gobert (Utah)
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Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum have been named the Kia NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in October/November.
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The NBA 2K24 Summer League Most Valuable Player:
@HoustonRockets
forward Cam Whitmore 🏆
Whitmore and the Rockets conclude their Summer League run tonight when they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the championship game at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT on ESPN.
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NBA team basketball executives have selected Memphis Grizzlies Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Zach Kleiman as the winner of the 2021-22 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year Award, the NBA announced today.
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Los Angeles Lakers forward-center Anthony Davis and Brooklyn Nets guard-forward Mikal Bridges have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 24 of the 2022-23 season (March 27 – April 2).
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#NBAPlayoffs
First Round, Game 1 dates.
More information will be provided as it is finalized.
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Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Dončić and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson have been named the Kia NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in March.
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Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo have been named the Kia NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in March and April.
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The 2021-22 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player is Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić!
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Tari Eason (Houston Rockets), Quentin Grimes (New York Knicks), Sandro Mamukelashvili (Milwaukee Bucks), Keegan Murray (Sacramento Kings) and Cam Thomas (Brooklyn Nets) have been named to the NBA 2K23 All-Summer League First Team.
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The 2023
#NBAFinals
MVP and recipient of the Bill Russell Trophy, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic.
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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant have been named the Kia NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in October and November.
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Boston Celtics guard Derrick White have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 17 of the 2022-23 season (Feb. 6-12).
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