4:26pm: The league acknowledged in its last two-minute report that Brunson and Josh Hart both fouled Maxey during the last-minute scramble. It also indicated Nurse should have been granted a timeout on the inbounds play, Bontemps tweets. 7:26am: Following their Game 2 loss to the Knicks in New York on Monday, the Sixers intend to file a grievance with the NBA over the … [Read more...] about Sixers To File Grievance Over Officating
Sixers’ Maxey Named Most Improved Player
Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey has won the NBA’s Most Improved Player award for the 2023/24 season, the league’s communications department tweets. Maxey edged out Bulls guard Coby White for the award. Maxey received 51 of 99 first-place votes while recording 319 voting points. White had just 32 first-place votes, but showed up on more ballots (91) than Maxey (79) and compiled 305 … [Read more...] about Sixers’ Maxey Named Most Improved Player
Batum: Pretty Much No-Brainer Maxey’s MIP
Trade deadline acquisition Bojan Bogdanovic came up big for the Knicks in Game 2 against the Sixers on Monday despite a sore left wrist, Stefan Bondy of the New York Post notes. Bogdanovic, whose $19MM contract for next season is partially guaranteed for $2MM, hit a couple of 3-pointers and added two assists in 12 minutes.Sixers forward Nicolas Batum felt that Tyrese Maxey was … [Read more...] about Batum: Pretty Much No-Brainer Maxey’s MIP
And-Ones: Postseason Awards, Fernandez, SLC Summer League, Players’ Poll
The NBA revealed the finalists for seven postseason awards on Sunday. The league will begin announcing the winners on Tuesday, the league’s communications department tweets. The Most Improved Player award will be announced on Tuesday. Tyrese Maxey, Alperen Sengun and Coby White are the finalists. The Sixth Man award winner will be revealed on Wednesday, followed by the Clutch … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Postseason Awards, Fernandez, SLC Summer League, Players’ Poll
Doncic, Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic Named MVP Finalists
Mavericks guard Luka Doncic, Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nuggets center Nikola Jokic were revealed on Sunday as the finalists for the Most Valuable Player award, according to the NBA (Twitter link). Doncic led the league in scoring (33.9 points per game) and finished second in assists (9.8) while also grabbing 9.2 rebounds per contest. Gilgeous-Alexander led the … [Read more...] about Doncic, Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic Named MVP Finalists