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4 months, 1 week ago

Conor Daly to take over No. 78 car for Juncos Hollinger Racing for rest of IndyCar season

IndyCar veteran Conor Daly will drive the No. 78 car for Juncos Hollinger Racing for the remainder of the season, beginning with this weekend’s race at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis, the team announced Wednesday. There are a lot of people on this team that I’ve worked with before and that gives me a lot of confidence.” Canapino …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Driver Agustin Canapino and Juncos Hollinger Racing split, 2 months after dispute over online abuse

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Agustin Canapino and Juncos Hollinger Racing have mutually decided to part ways, ending a relationship between the IndyCar Series team and Argentine driver that turned controversial when he took a brief leave of absence in June following a third social media firestorm in a year. The team announced the decision Wednesday with a social media post on X …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Warriors waive guard Chris Paul after 1 season: Sources

New York Times

By Shams Charania, Anthony Slater, John Hollinger and Alex Andrejev The Golden State Warriors are waiving Chris Paul, league sources said. After joining Golden State last summer in a trade that sent Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards, Paul averaged a career-low 9.2 points per game through 58 contests. He averaged 6.8 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game last season, …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Analysis, fits for all 58 NBA Draft picks from John Hollinger and Sam Vecenie

New York Times

Follow the 2024 NBA Draft as it happens with our live blog, and sign up for The Bounce to get basketball content delivered straight to your inbox. Alexandre Sarr | 7-0 forward/center | 19 years old | Perth Wildcats Vecenie’s ranking: 1 Alexandre Sarr is the highest-upside player in the 2024 NBA Draft class. Utah Jazz Isaiah Collier | 6-3 …

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6 months ago

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown’s twisting march to glory: A timeline

New York Times

The partnership of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown hasn’t been perfect. Here’s a timeline through the years of Tatum and Brown and everything that’s led to this moment, Boston’s first championship since 2008, via stories by The Athletic. Tatum and Brown were beginning to put their mark on the Boston roster, and the Celtics’ front office knew to build around …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Canapino takes IndyCar leave of absence after dispute over online abuse aimed at another driver

Associated Press

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Agustín Canapino has taken a leave of absence from IndyCar racing following his rejection that rival driver Théo Pourchaire had received death threats from Canapino fans over an on-track incident between the two. “Online abuse is unacceptable, and we need to ensure that our drivers are prepared both mentally and physically when they get in the …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Arrow McLaren ends IndyCar partnership with Juncos Hollinger Racing

Associated Press

Arrow McLaren has ended its IndyCar partnership with Juncos Hollinger Racing after one of McLaren’s drivers said he had received death threats. Théo Pourchaire said he received online threats after making contact with Juncos Hollinger driver Agustín Canapino during the Detroit Grand Prix last Sunday. McLaren announced Thursday it “has terminated its commercial alliance with Juncos Hollinger Racing, effective immediately.” …

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10 months ago

Bronny James’ USC performance shows he’s not ready for the NBA. And that’s OK

New York Times

LOS ANGELES — The entire Galen Center seemed to realize it at once: They were going to get what they came for. For some — like the three young boys six rows behind USC’s bench, waving James Jr. jerseys — it was probably worth the price of admission alone. The Athletic reported this week that in an attempt to secure …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Hollinger: NBA trade deadline is near. Keep an eye on these potential moves

New York Times

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2024 NBA trade deadline. Markelle Fultz, Orlando: If Orlando is going to do anything at the trade deadline, Fultz’s expiring $17 million deal would seem to factor in prominently. We’ve already seen one trade like this, when the Pelicans dropped Kira Lewis Jr. into the Pascal Siakam deal to get themselves out of …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Hollinger: NBA All-Star Game seems to have its own games-played threshold

New York Times

For the first time in NBA history, a player has been mathematically eliminated from the MVP race. However, Randle has been one of the league’s elite minutes sponges over the last several seasons, while Butler hasn’t played more than 65 games in a season since he was a Chicago Bull. • The Golden State Warriors visited the Grizzlies on Friday, …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hollinger: My 2024 NBA All-Star reserves, featuring Derrick White (and no Stephen Curry)

New York Times

Here’s the thing about the NBA All-Star Game: We want to have the best players in basketball playing in it, but the effort ends up somewhat sabotaged by the fact that we split the team into conferences. GO DEEPER NBA All-Star Game 2024: Our voters' picks for East and West starters • It’s not a first-half MVP ballot: If you’re …

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11 months ago

Hollinger: Is Cavs-Knicks II on the horizon? Plus, assessing NBA’s load management report

New York Times

Who’s up for Cavaliers-Knicks II? To be clear, the league’s study excluded all payers who had a multi-game injury in the season in question — an interesting design choice, first of all, but also one that then limits the “Load management doesn’t work” conclusion further to exclude most of the league by the All-Star break. David Weiss, the league’s senior …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Hollinger: NBA’s bottom five teams are worse than ever + is the Blazers’ Scoot Henderson a bust?

New York Times

The Detroit Pistons set an NBA record by losing 28 consecutive games this season. From San Antonio to Washington to Charlotte to Portland, you can hear the sotto voce whispers, “Thank God for the Pistons.” On Thursday, the Trail Blazers lost a game by 62 points, with the biggest deficit after three quarters in NBA history; they’ve also lost games …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Hollinger: The Oklahoma City Thunder have arrived. Now what? + Memphis’ math and more

New York Times

Go back in time nearly a dozen years, to June 2012. The Oklahoma City Thunder had a 1-0 lead in the NBA Finals and were preparing to host Game 2, and the future couldn’t have been brighter. The Thunder are 29th in defensive rebounding and are badly undersized any time Holmgren leaves the court, playing long stretches with the 6-foot-5 …

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1 year ago

Hollinger: NBA’s surprise starts — are the Thunder, Magic and Rockets for real?

New York Times

One unanticipated side benefit of the NBA In-Season Tournament is what might be called Taking Stock Week. As a comparison point, the Indiana Pacers’ starters average almost twice as many 3-point attempts, as Golden State Warriors teammates Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson let it rip 29.4 tries per 100 by themselves. Split the difference, and maybe a pessimist would say …

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1 year ago

Hollinger: Is In-Season Tournament one of LeBron’s last shots at glory? Plus, Vegas predictions

New York Times

The Athletic has live coverage of Lakers vs Suns in the quarterfinal of the NBA In-Season Tournament. Beyond that, however, there’s a second question with James that we might ask even more urgently: How many more times will we get to see him in a big game, one with real consequences? Here’s what I’m getting at: If we’re being honest …

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1 year ago

Hollinger: NBA is more bottom-heavy than ever, with Spurs and Pistons leading the way

New York Times

We complain sometimes when the NBA is too much of a top-heavy league, like when the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers met in the finals four straight times. Even last season’s unexpected postseason contention relied in part on players who since have been traded to further that rebuild, and the Jazz are sitting on a pile of picks and …

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1 year ago

Hollinger: Heat, Suns have survived NBA’s early grind; scouting Miami’s Jaime Jaquez Jr.

New York Times

NEW YORK – Well, this wasn’t quite what I signed up for when I booked this trip. The Suns don’t have a single player in the league’s top 15 in blocks, but lead the league as a team because all 11 players with at least 100 minutes played have blocked at least four shots — even Booker, who had two …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Hollinger: 76ers don’t need James Harden; do the Clippers? + scouting Brandon Miller

New York Times

Where do they put the statue of Mike Muscala? Even with near-zero bench production and just a few scraps to show as its return from the Harden trade, Philly has the league’s best record and sports the league’s third-best offense entering Monday. You’ll also note that the Warriors took their time filling this spot; league rules give teams 28 days …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Hollinger: 10 NBA players you need to know from the season’s first two weeks

New York Times

It’s been an unusual journey for Cam Thomas, to say the least, so it wasn’t clear what exactly we should expect in 2023-24. 1 player you need to know about from the first two weeks — guys who weren’t necessarily thought to be important before the season but have established now that they might be. Here are a few other …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Hollinger: It’s Nuggets, Celtics and everyone else, plus NBA In-Season Tournament madness

New York Times

DENVER — We interrupt the NBA season for this important news flash: The Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics are still good. GO DEEPER Nuggets start strong thanks to focus on future, not past: 'No championship hangover' I was in Denver last weekend to watch the Nuggets stomp the Dallas Mavericks and Chicago Bulls, and while the bench faces have changed, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Hollinger: Victor Wembanyama’s breakout was a sight to behold in Phoenix

New York Times

PHOENIX — There’s a special feeling when you’re in the building for that, “Holy s—!” moment, that rare, special game in which a young prodigy establishes that he’s ready to take his place as one of the game’s next big stars. If you missed it, the San Antonio Spurs’ 7-foot-4 French phenom took over crunchtime in just his fifth NBA …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Hollinger: Wembanyama, Duren and other young bigs are story of NBA’s first week

New York Times

Reminder: Big guys are cool again. Obviously, there’s Wembanyama, who — despite being handcuffed by a point-guardless starting lineup devoid of spacing — has oozed potential and upside out of every pore in his first three games. Holmgren’s overall line from the first three games has been tremendous — averages of 15 points and six boards, 70 percent true shooting …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Hollinger: NBA’s middle-class contract extension revolution; analyzing Giannis’ bag

New York Times

It’s a middle-class revolution. There are exceptions — Philadelphia didn’t extend Maxey because it wants to have him in restricted free agency, where his piddling $13 million cap hold gives the Sixers far more cap space than a max extension would. This deal theoretically keeps him in Cream City until at least 2027, by which he’ll be 32 years old; …

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Conor Daly to take over No. 78 car for Juncos Hollinger Racing for rest of IndyCar season

Driver Agustin Canapino and Juncos Hollinger Racing split, 2 months after dispute over online abuse

Warriors waive guard Chris Paul after 1 season: Sources

Analysis, fits for all 58 NBA Draft picks from John Hollinger and Sam Vecenie

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown’s twisting march to glory: A timeline

Canapino takes IndyCar leave of absence after dispute over online abuse aimed at another driver

Arrow McLaren ends IndyCar partnership with Juncos Hollinger Racing

Bronny James’ USC performance shows he’s not ready for the NBA. And that’s OK

Hollinger: NBA trade deadline is near. Keep an eye on these potential moves

Hollinger: NBA All-Star Game seems to have its own games-played threshold

Hollinger: My 2024 NBA All-Star reserves, featuring Derrick White (and no Stephen Curry)

Hollinger: Is Cavs-Knicks II on the horizon? Plus, assessing NBA’s load management report

Hollinger: NBA’s bottom five teams are worse than ever + is the Blazers’ Scoot Henderson a bust?

Hollinger: The Oklahoma City Thunder have arrived. Now what? + Memphis’ math and more

Hollinger: NBA’s surprise starts — are the Thunder, Magic and Rockets for real?

Hollinger: Is In-Season Tournament one of LeBron’s last shots at glory? Plus, Vegas predictions

Hollinger: NBA is more bottom-heavy than ever, with Spurs and Pistons leading the way

Hollinger: Heat, Suns have survived NBA’s early grind; scouting Miami’s Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Hollinger: 76ers don’t need James Harden; do the Clippers? + scouting Brandon Miller

Hollinger: 10 NBA players you need to know from the season’s first two weeks

Hollinger: It’s Nuggets, Celtics and everyone else, plus NBA In-Season Tournament madness

Hollinger: Victor Wembanyama’s breakout was a sight to behold in Phoenix

Hollinger: Wembanyama, Duren and other young bigs are story of NBA’s first week

Hollinger: NBA’s middle-class contract extension revolution; analyzing Giannis’ bag