Basketball
Lowe: The enormous risks and stakes driving the NBA's safety discussions
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Friday, 12 June 2020 20:06
In theory, you could pull it off without a hitch: about 1,500 people test negative for the coronavirus -- several times -- before entering the NBA's proposed "bubble" at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, they interact with almost no one else, and the league emerges three months later with 1,500 healthy people and one champion."If you…
Sources: Kyrie key voice in Friday call with players
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Friday, 12 June 2020 18:34
When the National Basketball Players Association conducted a conference call and vote on restarting the season a week ago, Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving was an active participant -- although his questions were of a mundane nature.Sources say Irving asked, as an injured player, if he would count among the Nets' allotted 35 people should he want to join the…
How the 2020 NBA draft lottery works
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Friday, 12 June 2020 08:37
What will happen in the 2020 NBA draft lottery, tentatively scheduled for Aug. 25?This will be the second lottery since the NBA flattened the odds, which introduced more uncertainty at the top of the draft order. Last season, the New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers all jumped from the middle of the pack into the top four.While…
Bucks' Hill: Basketball 'last thought on my mind'
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Friday, 12 June 2020 13:54
George Hill took a moment to regather himself.While discussing the current status of black people in America on Friday morning during a video conference panel presented by Amp Harris Productions, the Milwaukee Bucks guard grew emotional.He shared his personal experience with racism while growing up in Indiana and offered his thoughts about the NBA's scheduled return next month in Orlando,…
Memo: NBA teams get training camp timeline
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Friday, 12 June 2020 10:44
The NBA has given teams a full training camp timeline, with head coaches allowed to work with players beginning June 23, according to a memo obtained by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Players traveling outside of the U.S. need to report by June 15 to team markets -- with the rest of players arriving by June 22, according to the memo.Beginning on June…
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