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Giannis scores game-high 38, has play of all-star night with ridiculous alley-oop from Steph

February 17, 2019 Rick Solem

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Team LeBron versus Team Giannis went to the veteran in last night’s all-star game. LeBron James’ team won the game 178-164, but Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo led all scorers with 38 points. The highlight of the night may have been a bounce pass, alley-oop from Steph Curry to the Greek Freak, […]

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Adam Silver’s annual NBA address keys on competitive balance

February 17, 2019 Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Milwaukee has the best record in the NBA, Denver has its coaching staff at the All-Star Game and Sacramento is in position to end the league’s longest current playoff drought. Overseeing a league that has wanted competitive balance, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver likes what he’s seeing on those fronts. But he […]

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Antetokounmpo fuels Bucks late rally to charge past Pacers

February 14, 2019 Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo delivered the finishing touch Wednesday. The Milwaukee Bucks needed everything he could muster. Antetokounmpo rallied the Bucks from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit, recorded his fifth triple-double of the season and led Milwaukee past Indiana 106-97. He finished with 33 points, 19 rebounds and 11 assists to keep the Bucks atop […]

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Future is now: Nike’s next self-lacing shoe hitting shelves

February 12, 2019 Associated Press

Nike’s latest performance basketball shoe, from concept to reality, took about three years to put together. Or 30 years, depending on how you count. The Nike Adapt BB — a self-lacing smart shoe that can be controlled by a smartphone — gets released to the public on Sunday, a date that just happens to coincide […]

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Antetokounmpo’s back, goes for 29 and 17 as Bucks outlast Bulls 112-99

February 12, 2019 Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — The Greek Freak was back in action — and the rest of the Milwaukee Bucks eventually got rolling to pull out a win. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 29 points and had 17 rebounds, Eric Bledsoe added 19 points and Milwaukee came on late to outlast the pesky Chicago Bulls 112-99 on Monday night. […]

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NBA opening investigation of Simmons-Johnson meeting request

February 11, 2019 Associated Press

The NBA is going to investigate whether league rules were broken when Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons inquired about meeting with Los Angeles Lakers president Magic Johnson for playing tips. League spokesman Mike Bass said Monday that the NBA will look at the matter. Johnson revealed over the weekend that Simmons expressed a desire to meet, through […]

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NBA trade deadline: The winners, and the losers

February 8, 2019 Associated Press

The NBA trade deadline has come and gone, with more than 20 teams swinging deals and more than 20 draft picks changing hands in the days leading up to the closing of the window at 3 p.m. Thursday. Some of those draft picks extend until 2024. And that means there are players perhaps in eighth […]

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WATCH: LeBron, Giannis choose their teams for the All-Star Game

February 8, 2019 Associated Press

LeBron James finally has Anthony Davis as a teammate. For one game. His Los Angeles Lakers were unable to swing a deal for Davis, but James drafted the New Orleans Pelicans star on Thursday when he and fellow captain Giannis Antetokounmpo sat down to choose their teams for the Feb. 17 All-Star Game in Charlotte. […]

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East contenders make their moves, Davis has to wait for his

February 7, 2019 Associated Press

Toronto, Milwaukee and Philadelphia made their moves. Anthony Davis will have to wait until the summer for his. The New Orleans Pelicans held onto Davis but dealt Nikola Mirotic to the Bucks, one of the Eastern Conference contenders who fortified their teams Thursday before the NBA trade deadline. The Raptors are getting former All-Star center […]

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Bucks, Pistons swap former Top 10 picks

February 6, 2019 Rick Solem

The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to trade center Thon Maker to the Detroit Pistons for Stanley Johnson, according to ESPN. The 21-year-old Maker was Milwaukee’s No. 10 pick back in 2016, while Johnson, 22, was the eighth pick the year before. Johnson, a defensive specialist, is averaging 7.5 points and 3.6 rebounds in 20 minutes […]