Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey has won the NBA’s Most Improved Player award for the 2023/24 season, the league’s communications department tweets. Maxey edged out Bulls guard Coby White for the aw...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/sixers-maxey-named-most-improved-player.html
Damian Lillard erupted for 35 points in Game 1 of the Bucks’ first-round series against the Pacers. The longtime All-Star guard was itching to get back into the postseason after a two-year abse...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/central-notes-allen-lillard-rivers-giannis-pacers.html
After the NBA playoffs tipped off on Saturday with a handful of one-sided contests, things got a little more interesting on Sunday and Monday, with the Thunder, Knicks, and Nuggets among the team...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/community-shootaround-first-round-playoff-series.html
Tiebreakers among teams with identical regular-season records were broken on Monday through random drawings to determine the order for this year’s draft prior to the lottery. The results are as...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/2024-nba-draft-tiebreaker-results.html
With All-NBA Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo on the shelf for tonight’s Game 1 matchup against the Pacers, the team’s second- and third-most important offensive contributors, Damian Lilla...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/central-notes-pacers-lillard-middleton-bulls-pistons.html
The pool of bonus money for NBA playoff teams this season will be worth approximately $33.7MM, according to Kurt Badenhausen and Lev Akabas of Sportico, who say the figure represents a 25% increa...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/nbas-playoff-bonus-money-up-25-for-2023-24.html
The NBA announced all of the major All-NBA G League teams on Thursday (All Twitter links found here), including the First Team, Second Team, Third Team, All-Defensive Team, and All-Rookie team. S...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/nbagl-all-league-defensive-rookie-teams-announced.html
The Bucks are preparing to be without star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo when they tip off their first-round series vs. the Pacers on Sunday, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Antetokounmpo mis...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/bucks-preparing-to-be-without-giannis-for-start-of-playoffs.html
The Team USA men’s basketball program has determined 11 of its 12 roster spots for this year’s Paris Olympics, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Woj suggests that the final roster opening could...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/team-usa-locks-in-11-of-12-olympic-roster-spots.html
It came down to a blown DeMar DeRozan overtime buzzer beater attempt, but the Knicks finally clinched the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 seed by winning a nationally broadcast ESPN clash against th...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/eastern-conferences-top-six-play-in-tournament-set-for-2024.html
No matter what happens in today’s game vs. San Antonio, the Pistons will finish with the worst record in franchise history in a season that featured a record-breaking 28-game losing streak. Jam...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/central-notes-pistons-lillard-portis-pacers-carter.html
The 20 teams that will compete in either the playoffs or the play-in tournament (or both) have officially been set following the Rockets‘ loss to Dallas on Sunday, per the NBA (Twitter link). T...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/nbas-20-postseason-teams-set-for-2024.html
As we outlined in a glossary entry earlier today, the value of a qualifying offer for a player eligible for restricted free agency can increase or decrease depending on whether or not he meets th...
Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton met the 65-game criteria on Friday against Oklahoma City, making him eligible for postseason awards, such as All-NBA. Counting the in-season tournament final,...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/haliburton-adebayo-now-eligible-for-postseason-awards.html
Mavericks guard Luka Doncic was ruled out for Friday’s matchup with Golden State due to right knee soreness, as first reported by Marc Stein (via Twitter). Sources tell Stein there’s optimism...
https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2024/04/injury-notes-luka-warriors-zion-ingram-young-turner.html