The Denver Nuggets are defending NBA champions — and the favorites to come out of the Western Conference again — for multiple reasons. Jamal Murray is an all-star caliber guard. One brief lapse of play by the opponent at any point in the contest, and the Nuggets will likely emerge victorious. Just ask the Lakers, who led for much of their first-round series against Denver, yet were ousted in five games.
Even with his knee in a lot of pain, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch was still firing some zingers at assistant Micah Nori after the Wolves clinched their first-round series against Phoenix. Nori filled in for Finch earlier in the season when Finch was too ill to coach a road game against Cleveland and again when Finch went out because of a ruptured right patellar tendon he suffered after a ...
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley has been named the 2024 NBA Tyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year, it has been announced. Conley, who previously won the award in 2018-19, finished ahead of Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson. The 36-year-old had 51 first-place votes and 1172 points, compared to Bridges' 47 first-place votes and 1041 points, with Brunson clocking 783 points. The league's players vote from a shortlist that is cut down to six players in each conference, with no team having more than one player listed. Some of the other nominees included Pacers guard T.J. McConnell, Cavaliers forward George Niang and Celtics center Al Horford. Pelicans
No | Player | P |
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9 | SG | |
1 | SF | |
0 | SG | |
10 | PG | |
5 | SG | |
55 | PF | |
27 | C | |
3 | PF | |
6 | PG | |
33 | SF | |
8 | SF | |
7 | SG | |
23 | PG | |
12 | PG | |
11 | C | |
32 | C | |
24 | SF |