No amount of due diligence can let you know how a first-time head coach is going to fare. You can talk to his or her former bosses, players, people in both the pro and con camps, family members, on and on: If you have not seen that person in charge, there are some things that …
Raptors head coaching candidates: Finding a dark horse for Toronto’s priorities Read More »
By Shams Charania, Eric Nehm and Eric Koreen The Milwaukee Bucks are hiring Toronto Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin as the franchise’s next head coach, league sources told The Athletic on Saturday. The decision to hire Griffin comes at the end of a three-week process of searching for a new head coach that started when general …
This is the digital version of The Bounce.If you want it earlier, start every day with The Bounce delivered to your inbox. Sign up here. Tina Turner was one of the most incredible music icons of all time. Rest In Power. Feeling The Heat? Is Boston maintaining its identity? Something very interesting occurred to me as …
The Celtics’ mystery identity, the Wizards wing it with new hire and Shams goes 1-on-1 Read More »
To trade or not to trade the No. 4 pick? That is the question that will be on the minds of every Rockets front office executive between now and next month’s NBA Draft. As I sat in the secluded room in the McCormick Place convention center last week, something in my gut told me that …
Trade proposals for the Rockets’ fourth pick in the 2023 NBA Draft Read More »
This is going to be divisive. When I’ve done this exercise in the past, in which I conduct an ideal Toronto Raptors offseason, the possibilities have felt limited. Maybe there has been a key free agent to re-sign. Maybe there has been a draft pick to be made. Perhaps there have been some alterations along …
The ideal Raptors offseason: Trade Pascal Siakam and chart a new course Read More »
CHICAGO — We have one month until the draft, everyone is here for an event geared to prepare for the draft … and nobody is talking about the draft. Now that Victor Wembanyama’s fate has been determined, the eyes of execs, staffers and coaches here for the NBA Draft Combine are already fast-forwarding to a …
