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Giannis to fund indoor court in native Greece
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Monday, 20 May 2019 12:28
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo has agreed to fund the construction of an indoor basketball court in a fire-ravaged area outside Athens where at least 100 people were killed last year.The mayor of the Rafina area where the fire occurred last July said on Monday the local authority received the offer from the Milwaukee Bucks player to…
Sources: Wolves finalizing deal with Saunders
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Monday, 20 May 2019 06:00
Interim coach Ryan Saunders is finalizing a multiyear deal to become head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, league sources told ESPN.The deal could be completed as soon as Monday, sources told ESPN. Saunders is working on assembling a staff.Gersson Rosas, the Timberwolves' new president of basketball operations, met with candidates at the NBA draft combine, but the search turned back…
Sources: Nuggets' Connelly turns down Wizards
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Monday, 20 May 2019 08:29
Tim Connelly, the Denver Nuggets' president of basketball operations, has turned down an offer to run the Washington Wizards' front office, league sources told ESPN.Josh Kroenke, the Nuggets' president and governor, made an aggressive and compelling case to Connelly over the weekend to keep him with the team, which the two have helped build into a Western Conference contender.Connelly's deep…
Magic: Lakers GM Pelinka was 'backstabbing'
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Monday, 20 May 2019 09:13
Using the word "betrayal," Magic Johnson made it clear that general manager Rob Pelinka was the one "backstabbing" him, telling people that Johnson wasn't working hard and wanting to take his job with the Los Angeles Lakers.In an appearance on First Take on Monday morning, Johnson did not hold back, identifying Pelinka as the person to whom he was alluding…
Giannis: 'I never expected this series to be easy'
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Sunday, 19 May 2019 23:30
TORONTO -- These are the nights when Giannis Antetokounmpo frets.Through the first three quarters of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, Antetokounmpo scored just six points. He finished with 12 total. He missed two key free throws in the first overtime and fouled out less than a minute into the second overtime. He committed eight turnovers in all.The Milwaukee…
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