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New York Knicks PR: Julius Randle will represent the Knicks in the three point contest. He’s the first Knick to compete in the event since Steve Novak. pic.twitter.com/liZDAncimb
Julius Randle will represent the Knicks in the three point contest. He’s the first Knick to compete in the event since Steve Novak. pic.twitter.com/liZDAncimb
— NY Knicks PR (@NY_KnicksPR) February 16, 2023
A sign addressing systemic racism was recently removed from the Whitefish Bay Public Library grounds following vocal criticism from some in the community — including former Milwaukee Bucks player Steve Novak. The sign, which was placed in a rock garden display outside the library by Bay Bridge Wisconsin — a group that focuses on "raising awareness of racial and cultural bias in our community" — described its vision for the North Shore suburb.
"There is an offensive sign posted in front of the public library that incorrectly generalizes our community. It says that Whitefish Bay recognizes systemic racism," Novak, who works as an analyst for the Bucks on Bally Sports Wisconsin (formerly Fox Sports Wisconsin), wrote in a June 8 email to Nyama Reed, the library's director. "What group has taken the liberty of speaking for our community in such a hateful, damaging and inaccurate way?"
Musselman was in the middle of his first year coaching the Reno Bighorns, and his team was toward the end of a 110-96 win over the Idaho Stampede. Musselman’s squad was relatively loaded, featuring future NBA regulars in Jeremy Lin, Danny Green, Hassan Whiteside and Steve Novak. During his lone year in Reno, Musselman, now the University of Arkansas coach, led a team that still has its fingerprints on the NBA nearly a decade later, from the court to front offices.
Novak remembers Lin talking about how Musselman let him play through his mistakes, and improve his point guard vision and offensive game. For Green, who came in low on confidence, that was all he needed to hear. “(Musselman) really vouched for me,” Green said. “He really let me play free. He really let me do my thing. The day I got in, he asked me how things were going, he incorporated me into a lot of stuff, but he was tenacious. He got after it. He talked his trash to opponents. He was a tough son of a gun.”
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Marc Berman: As part of Linsanity Week, Jeremy Lin will join some of his former Knicks teammates – Landry Fields, Steve Novak and Amar’e Stoudemire – on “MSG 150 at Home” tonight at 5 p.m., per source. Nice touch.
Ryan Wolstat: Danny Green also said it's fun to be reunited with Jeremy Lin and Raptors assistant Phil Handy, who was an assistant when both were on the Reno Bighorns in 2011 (with Hassan Whiteside, Steve Novak and others). "Right after that the Linsanity thing happened."
He knows that in the broadcasting business an analyst can only be as successful as their play-by-play broadcaster allows them to be. From that very first moment, it was clear Paschke was invested in Novak. “I think to me to the overwhelming thing is, growing up a big Bucks fan and watching and listening to the Bucks, he is the voice that has always represented all the information that you got from the Bucks when you watched the game, when you turned the TV on," Novak said. "I look at it as such a huge honor – a privilege, really – to work with him because I 100 percent know what his sound has meant to me watching the Bucks and now knowing I get to be on there with him has been a blast.”
One time, Thompson kept falling short on the last set, and he asked Torres who had done the best at the drill in the past. Torres said it was Steve Novak, who usually hit at least four of five from each spot. Thompson snarled and said, “Novak? Fuck that.” The next time through the drill, Thompson caught fire and completed it. “Klay is so competitive. It doesn’t matter if it’s Ping-Pong, pool, golf, or beer pong. It doesn’t matter. It’s the factor that separates the guys that are good and the guys that are great,” Torres said. “Klay has an ability to turn it on, even when he’s tired. Most people just don’t have that.”
A popular topic of conversation at the Thunder practice facility was the house Kanter purchased in Oklahoma City (that he’s since sold, at a loss). He was so excited to furnish it and asked around about hiring an interior decorator. But later, when he saw the bill and noticed that he was charged around $10,000 for curtains alone, he lost it. “It became a joke in the locker room,” Novak says. “Like, ‘Oh God, Enes is bitching about his curtains again.’” Bring up the curtains with Enes and his smile turns into a sheepish grin. “She didn’t charge me that much but it was very expensive curtains. Very, very expensive curtains. I was like ‘what was I thinking?’”
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Jon Hamm: One-time Thunder player Steve Novak now works for Fox Sports Wisconsin
Milwaukee Bucks General Manager John Hammond announced today that the team has acquired forward/center Spencer Hawes and center Roy Hibbert from the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for center Miles Plumlee. In a related transaction, the Bucks have requested waivers on forward Steve Novak. "Spencer and Roy are two proven NBA centers who give us additional depth and versatility in the front court," said Hammond. "The trade also gives us future cap flexibility as we continue to shape our roster. Miles and Steve are true professionals both on and off the court, and we wish them all the best.”
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