Brooklyn Nets director of scouting Matt Riccardi is joining the Dallas Mavericks in a senior front office role, sources tell ESPN. Riccardi spent 13 years with the Nets, advancing from an intern. He grew up in the Dallas area.
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Source tells me Kevin Durant is expected to meet with Nets owner this week: “I have no idea what’s going to come of that meeting. There are some things that KD is unhappy about, and I’m not sure any of that gets fixed here. But maybe it does.”
DeMarre Carroll was in many ways not just a grownup in the locker room, but a coach on the floor in Brooklyn under Kenny Atkinson, a former Mike Budenholzer assistant. Now Carroll, who played for Bud from 2013-13 in Atlanta, gets his coaching start under him. #Bucks#Nets#NBA
ESPN Sources: As Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant’s trade request approaches its fourth week, the Boston Celtics have emerged among teams engaged in talks on a possible deal. Story:
She would've finished seventh in the 400 if she had to clear hurdles and everybody else ran the open quarter. What she's doing is nothing short of amazing.
I’m deeply saddened to say good friend and well-respected scribe J.P. Pelzman has passed away. J.P. was such a good guy and a pro’s pro of a sportswriter. It was a privilege to spend many nights with him courtside and in the press room covering Seton Hall basketball. (more...)
Jalen Brunson on the Garden: "This place has an atmosphere that's just unmatched. And whenever we play in this arena, you feel the energy...It's been the same since I was a little kid; just the energy here, it's unreal." #Knicks#nyk
What can #Knicks fans expect from Jalen Brunson:? "I'm a person who's never going to quit. I've never quit; that's never been in my DNA...People see the stats - but the things that matter to me the most is just putting my body on the line for my teammates." #NBA#nyk
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.
Drew League commissioner Dino Smiley to ESPN when asked about Kyrie Irving: “We still have a couple games left today and then six tomorrow. So, (we’ll see). But that sounded like it was going to be a sure bet but I don’t know what happened.”
Two sources told me that #Nets general manager Sean Marks has not signed an extension. Cannot say what will or will not happen in the future, but nothing done on that front. #NBA
Brooklyn in control down the stretch against Minnesota on the strength of a strong performance by Day’Ron Sharpe. The #Nets play Boston in their #NBA Summer League finale Saturday at 8pm ET on ESPN.
“My best guess…he’s not going to be traded. You can’t give enough to get a guy like [Kevin Durant]”
Jerry West doesn’t think the Nets will be trading KD #NetsWorld