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Source: Baylor's Mayer to withdraw from draft
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Monday, 21 June 2021 12:51
Baylor forward Matthew Mayer will withdraw from the NBA draft and return to school, a source told ESPN on Monday.Mayer was one of 69 players announced as having accepted an invite to attend the NBA combine in Chicago, which starts Tuesday, but has changed course and withdrawn his name from the event, a source told ESPN.The NCAA deadline for players…
Stevens: Kemba-Horford deal helps Celtics' stars
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Monday, 21 June 2021 12:51
Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens said Monday that every move he makes in his new role -- including trading Kemba Walker and a first-round draft pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Al Horford -- will be made with one goal in mind: maximizing the talents of All-Star wings Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown."The ability to make…
Simmons takes blame: 'Offensively, I wasn't there'
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Monday, 21 June 2021 00:06
PHILADELPHIA -- After the 76ers bowed out of the playoffs on Sunday following a postseason in which he was historically inept from the free throw line and struggled to score in the second round, Ben Simmons shouldered the blame."I ain't shoot well from the line this series," Simmons said following the Sixers' 103-96 Game 7 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.…
'He's fearless': Trae Young's heroics came just in time
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Sunday, 20 June 2021 23:56
For most of Game 7, Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young's patented "shiver" gesture -- the one he unleashes to let onlookers know he has transformed into Ice Trae -- had a different connotation.Ice Trae had been ice cold all night, missing 19 of his first 21 shots attempts from the field. By the third quarter, Hawks guard Kevin Huerter had…
Hawks stun 76ers, make second ECF in 50 years
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Sunday, 20 June 2021 21:02
Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins was in a good mood on Sunday night, and with good reason.After watching his Hawks defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 103-96, Collins was all smiles. Maybe it was because he'd been through three losing seasons in Atlanta. Maybe it was because he was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of his dunk on Sixers center Joel…
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