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Sep 20, 2020
Getting a key player in Gordon Hayward back in the lineup gives Boston a chance to hold on to the leads it has blown.
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Sep 20, 2020
Jimmy Butler said the Heat can't keep creating early deficits, especially against the Celtics, who led by as many as 20 and won Game 3 117-106.
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Sep 20, 2020
Following two straight collapses down the stretch to open the Eastern Conference finals -- and the accompanying emotional outbursts in the locker room -- the Celtics "persevered" to win Game 3 and get themselves back into their series with the Heat.
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Sep 19, 2020
The Boston Celtics have listed Gordon Hayward as active for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat after Hayward warmed up prior to the game.
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Sep 19, 2020
The Boston Celtics have listed Gordon Hayward as active for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat after Hayward warmed up prior to the game.
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Sep 19, 2020
Barring a setback in pregame warm-ups, there's significant optimism within the Celtics that forward Gordon Hayward will make a return to the lineup for Game 3 against the Heat on Saturday night, sources told ESPN.
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Sep 19, 2020
Ty Lawson will not be part of the upcoming Chinese Basketball Association season, his team Fujian Sturgeons said Saturday, officially severing ties with the former NBA guard due to "inappropriate comments" he allegedly posted on social media.
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Sep 19, 2020
In Friday's series-opening win, the Lakers got a whole lot more from Howard than they could have expected.
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Sep 19, 2020
Miami has taken two games with great schemes and big plays. Here's how Boston can adjust to get back into the East finals.
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Sep 19, 2020
Lakers star LeBron James took issue with receiving only 16 of 101 first-place votes in the NBA MVP voting, saying that it "pissed me off."
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Sep 19, 2020
In Friday's series-opening win, the Lakers got a whole lot more from Howard than they could have expected.
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Sep 19, 2020
Jamal Murray could only chuckle about the early foul disparity in Friday's Game 1 loss, when the Nuggets were called for 16 fouls in the pivotal second quarter.
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Sep 18, 2020
Celtics forward Gordon Hayward is listed as questionable for Saturday's Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Heat.
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Sep 18, 2020
How do you stop one of the greatest players of all time in the postseason? It's not easy -- and it doesn't last long.
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Sep 18, 2020
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has won his second consecutive NBA MVP award, the league announced Friday.
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Sep 18, 2020
After emotions spilled into the locker room following a Game 2 loss to the Heat, Celtics coach Brad Stevens held a late-night meeting with team leaders, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
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Sep 18, 2020
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has won his second consecutive NBA MVP award, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
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Sep 18, 2020
Zach Lowe makes his picks for MVP, ROY and the other major NBA awards.
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Sep 18, 2020
Does Denver's magical run end here? Our experts make their picks for Lakers-Nuggets in the Western Conference finals.
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Sep 18, 2020
How do you stop one of the greatest players of all time in the postseason? It's not easy -- and it doesn't last long.
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Sep 18, 2020
The Heat rallied from 17 points down to take a 2-0 series lead over the Celtics. Our NBA experts break down Miami's latest statement.
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Sep 18, 2020
After watching the Denver Nuggets rally to win a pair of playoff series in which they trailed 3-1, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James said Thursday that his team's respect level for the Nuggets "is out of this world."
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Sep 18, 2020
Celtics guard Marcus Smart could be heard yelling at his teammates in the locker room following Thursday night's loss to the Heat, according to ESPN's Malika Andrews. After the game, players and coach Brad Stevens tried to downplay the situation.
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Sep 18, 2020
Celtics guard Marcus Smart could be heard yelling at his teammates in the locker room following Thursday night's loss to the Heat, according to ESPN's Malika Andrews. After the game, players and coach Brad Stevens tried to downplay the situation.
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Sep 18, 2020
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra continued to have the right touch Thursday, with his pep talk to Bam Adebayo sparking the big man in the second half and helping Miami rally to take a 2-0 series lead against Boston.
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Sep 18, 2020
The Heat rallied from 17 points down to take a 2-0 series lead over the Celtics. Our NBA experts break down Miami's latest statement.
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Sep 17, 2020
Simply reaching the NBA's Western Conference finals can't be enough for the Denver Nuggets, coach Mike Malone said Thursday, as the team prepares to face the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Sep 17, 2020
Raptors president Masai Ujiri, despite working on extensions for coach Nick Nurse and GM Bobby Webster, said he has yet to talk to team ownership about his own contract, which has one year remaining.
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Sep 17, 2020
Eight-time NBA All-Star Vince Carter has signed a multiyear contract with ESPN to serve as an NBA and college basketball analyst, it was announced Thursday.
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Sep 17, 2020
Monte McNair on Thursday was hired as the Kings' new general manager, the team announced.
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Sep 17, 2020
Miami missed the playoffs a year ago. Now the Heat are three wins from the NBA Finals. Here is how it happened so fast.
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Sep 17, 2020
LeBron James was named to a 16th All-NBA team Wednesday, breaking a tie with Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most in NBA history. He was joined on the first team by Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis.
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Sep 17, 2020
Inside the secret dinner that took LeBron James' Lakers from all-drama to all-business.
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Sep 16, 2020
Lakers coach Frank Vogel said on Wednesday that he needs to bring JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard back into the fold in the upcoming Western Conference finals against the Nuggets.
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Sep 16, 2020
LeBron James was named to a 16th All-NBA team Wednesday, breaking a tie with Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most in NBA history. He was joined on the first team by Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis.
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Sep 16, 2020
Phase 1 of the NBA in-market bubble has started for the Pistons but veterans Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose plus free agents Christian Wood and Langston Galloway aren't participating right now, according to Coach Dwane Casey.
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Sep 16, 2020
Our NBA experts break down the Lakers, the Nuggets and Denver's hopes for another monumental upset.
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Sep 16, 2020
On coach Mike Malone's 49th birthday, the underdog Nuggets became the first team in NBA history to come back twice in one postseason from a 3-1 series deficit with a 104-89 win over the vaunted LA Clippers to reach the Western Conference finals.
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Sep 16, 2020
After the Clippers were eliminated from the playoffs on Tuesday, coach Doc Rivers said the team didn't meet expectations. "That's the bottom line. I'm the coach and I'll take any blame for it," he said.
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Sep 16, 2020
Last summer, the Clippers pushed all their chips in the middle to win now and they busted early -- again.
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Sep 16, 2020
"I'm just playing terrible, to be honest," Kemba Walker said after finishing with 19 points, including 1-for-9 from 3-point range, in Boston's 117-114 OT loss to the Heat. "Not much I can say, but I have to be better."
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Sep 16, 2020
Bam Adebayo made a memorable block at the end of Tuesday's game against the Celtics, preserving a 117-114 overtime win.
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Sep 16, 2020
The NBA has locked in Nov. 18 for the 2020 draft, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
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Sep 16, 2020
Miami's two clutch plays -- Jimmy Butler's shot and Bam Adebayo's block -- are exactly why they're here.
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Sep 15, 2020
Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke, Kendrick Nunn, Zion Williamson and Eric Paschall round out the NBA's All-Rookie First Team.
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Sep 15, 2020
Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke, Kendrick Nunn, Zion Williamson and Eric Paschall round out the NBA's All-Rookie First Team.
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Sep 15, 2020
Shaun Livingston, who won three NBA titles during his five seasons as a player with the Warriors, has returned to the organization as director of player affairs and engagement.
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Sep 15, 2020
Shaun Livingston, who won three NBA titles in his five seasons as a player with the Warriors, has returned to the organization as director of player affairs and engagement.
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Sep 15, 2020
During both the conference finals and the Finals, NBA players will wear warm-up shirts with "VOTE" on the front of them as part of the league's push to support nonpartisan voting access efforts.
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Sep 15, 2020
Despite leaguewide speculation about his job security, Daryl Morey will return as GM of the Rockets and pick the team's new head coach, owner Tilman Fertitta said.
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Sep 15, 2020
In an essay for The Players' Tribune, Bill Russell said there is no way to move past racism if slavery and Jim Crow continue to be treated as "historical footnotes."
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Sep 15, 2020
One of the most dangerous young scorers in the game is taking shape as a well-rounded force.
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Sep 15, 2020
Reigning NBA Coach of the Year Nick Nurse has signed a multiyear contract extension, the Raptors announced Tuesday.
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Sep 15, 2020
One of the most dangerous young scorers in the game is taking shape as a well-rounded force.
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Sep 15, 2020
Resilience defines Denver. Now the Clippers have to find themselves -- and fast.
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Sep 14, 2020
Leandro Barbosa, the former longtime NBA guard who had been playing in Brazil, will rejoin the Warriors as a player-mentor coach.
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Sep 14, 2020
Clippers coach Doc Rivers chalks up his team's collapses in Games 5 and 6 to defensive issues and too many trips to the free throw line for the Nuggets.
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Sep 14, 2020
The Heat-Celtics rivalry has plenty of history. Our NBA experts break down what comes next in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Sep 14, 2020
In a three-hour lunch meeting Friday, Giannis Antetokounmpo, his agent and Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry discussed the team's season and disappointing finish and brainstormed on some personnel upgrades, sources told ESPN.
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Sep 14, 2020
After brief stints with Creative Arts Agency and Roc Nation, Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball has signed with agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, he told ESPN.
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Sep 14, 2020
Our experts provide their keys to the East finals and disagree on whether the Heat or Celtics will win.
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Sep 14, 2020
Who will advance to the NBA Finals? Our experts make their picks for Celtics-Heat in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Sep 13, 2020
Nuggets GM Calvin Booth interviewed for the Kings' general manager position, a source said.
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Sep 13, 2020
Pau Gasol and wife Cat have welcomed Elisabet Gianna Gasol to the world. "A very meaningful name for our super beautiful daughter!!," he wrote, in a nod to the late Kobe and Gianna Bryant.
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Sep 13, 2020
Denver is proving it's more than "a good story," while LA is still searching for answers.
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Sep 13, 2020
Wizards guard John Wall apologized in a Twitter post Sunday after a video surfaced of him throwing up gang signs at a New York City party on Saturday night.
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Sep 13, 2020
Paul George said Sunday he still likes the Clippers' odds in Game 7 against the Nuggets despite LA blowing two double-digit leads in a row and squandering a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference semifinals.
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Sep 13, 2020
Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray carried Denver back from another big second-half deficit to force a Game 7 against the Clippers.
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Sep 13, 2020
From familiar faces to fresh ones, here's who could be calling the shots on NBA sidelines next season, according to 30 league insiders.
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Sep 13, 2020
Houston head coach Mike D'Antoni has told the Rockets he won't return, ending the veteran coach's four-year run with the Rockets.
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Sep 13, 2020
Seeking to get on the same page all year, the Clippers microwaved their team chemistry in the bubble.
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Sep 13, 2020
Protesters carrying signs assembled near one of the entrances to the NBA's Orlando bubble and briefly blocked at least two charter buses from entering.
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Sep 13, 2020
Coach Mike D'Antoni, a free agent now that the Rockets are eliminated from the playoffs, said his preference would be to remain with the organization, a sentiment echoed by face of the franchise James Harden.
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Sep 13, 2020
LeBron James scored 29 points and added 11 rebounds and 7 assists as the Los Angeles Lakers eliminated the Houston Rockets on Saturday to advance to the Western Conference finals.
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Sep 13, 2020
Everyone from LeBron James to Billie Jean King saluted Naomi Osaka for her stunning comeback to win Saturday's US Open women's final.
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Sep 13, 2020
Houston's microball experiment ended in the second round, putting coach Mike D'Antoni firmly on the hot seat.
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Sep 12, 2020
William Rondo, the brother of Lakers guard Rajon Rondo, was ejected from the stands during Saturday night's game after trash-talking with Rockets guard Russell Westbrook.
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Sep 12, 2020
A day after the Clippers blew a 16-point lead in Friday's Game 5 -- allowing the Nuggets to stave off elimination -- Marcus Morris Sr. explained it as the team leaning on "being as good as we are on paper and not actually finishing the game."
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Sep 12, 2020
Jimmy Butler says the Heat belong in the Eastern Conference finals and are not underdogs against the Boston Celtics. "We're supposed to be here," he said.
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Sep 12, 2020
LeBron James has relied on the dunk, fadeaway and 3-pointer throughout his career. These days, he has started to lean on the spin.
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Sep 12, 2020
Pascal Siakam acknowledged his offensive struggles against the Celtics and lamented that he "wasn't able to help my teammates" in the Raptors' seven-game series loss.
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Sep 12, 2020
Marcus Smart wasn't going to make the same mistake twice, and it paid off for the Boston Celtics on Friday night when Smart blocked a shot by Toronto's Norman Powell late in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series.
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Sep 12, 2020
Marcus Smart wasn't going to make the same mistake twice, and it paid off for the Boston Celtics on Friday night when Smart blocked a shot by Toronto's Norman Powell late in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
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Sep 12, 2020
The Heat-Celtics rivalry has plenty of history. Our NBA experts break down what comes next in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Sep 12, 2020
Kawhi Leonard said the Clippers have to learn from a Game 5 loss to the Nuggets on Friday night, a game in which coach Doc Rivers said the team lost its discipline.
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Sep 12, 2020
Criticized for his remarks after Game 4, Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. scored all seven of his points in the final 1:11 Friday night and came up big on defense to key a 111-105 win over the Clippers.
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Sep 11, 2020
The NBA said Danuel House had an unauthorized guest in his hotel room Tuesday and said he will be out for the rest of the postseason.
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Sep 11, 2020
Sonia Raman, who spent the past 12 seasons as women's basketball coach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been hired by the NBA's Grizzlies as an assistant.
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Sep 11, 2020
Our experts talk about what's underrated in this series and forecast which team might advance to the NBA Finals.
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Sep 11, 2020
Let's spotlight a Raptors star, the decision-making of Westbrook and Rondo and what makes the Clippers' offense hum.
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Sep 11, 2020
Los Angeles has adjusted to Houston by downsizing their lineup.
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Sep 11, 2020
The Lakers have adjusted to Houston and the results have LA one game away from the Conference finals.
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Sep 11, 2020
Lakers coach Frank Vogel emphasized the role L.A.'s defense played in limiting James Harden and delivering a win in Game 4 on Thursday night, referring to the D as the team's "third star."
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Sep 11, 2020
The Rockets were flat through three and a half quarters Thursday night and couldn't recover, losing to the Lakers and falling behind 3-1 in the Western Conference semis.
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Sep 10, 2020
Play in the bubble and playoffs has been strong -- and how much is a result of reduced travel is a topic of conversation around the league.
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Sep 10, 2020
Kevin Durant said Thursday on JJ Redick's "The Old Man and the Three" podcast that he's "excited" about the opportunity to be coached by Steve Nash.
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