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Michael Porter Jr. and Mo Bamba also were seen in the facility going through their offseason process. NBA players have even brought in some of their famous friends, including actor Timothée Chalamet and rapper 2 Chainz for workouts.
Rick Carlisle: ‘In 2011, it was either now or never. The team was aging. The veterans were still at in a part of their prime. Jason Terry was still great, Dirk was great, Jason Kidd was 37 and he was still playing at a very high level. He almost won the MVP a few years earlier with the Nets. I mean, the Nets were an autumn feeder and the Jason Kidd got traded to New Jersey and they had them in the finals twice, you know, so that he still could have that kind of impact. We traded for Tyson Chandler who gave us a defensive guy similar to yourself, very energetic, very vocal, very positive, very upbeat, totally only into winning, and Shawn Marion was a very underrated player. You can make a case that Shawn Marion could be in a conversation for Hall of Fame on a many multiple year, all-star type thing, championship player, great two-way player. He had an unconventional game, but he was an original in his purest form. It was clear to us heading into that final series that we had to have a very simple plan and a big part of it was going to have to be persistence.’
Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai said Friday that their pending divorce won’t impact the ownership of their sports empire, which includes the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, the WNBA’s New York Liberty and the economics of the Barclays Center. Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment (BSE), the parent company, also includes the Nets’ G League affiliate, a training center and a handful of other real estate investments. “Joe will remain chairman and Clara will remain vice chair of [BSE],” the couple said in a statement. “Joe will remain governor of the Brooklyn Nets and Clara will remain governor of the New York Liberty. They will continue to own and be stewards of the teams with professional management in place as they always have.”
Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai said their relationship over the years “evolved into more of a partnership, one of running their businesses and raising their children together.” They added the divorce is amicable and that they plan to involve their children in the long-term ownership of the sports teams. Joe Tsai’s shares in Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant that he co-founded, are also unaffected, according to the statement.
The New York Post was first to report on the divorce’s impact on the Tsais’ assets. The Tsais acquired a 49% ownership stake in the Nets and the Barclays Center rights in 2018. A year later they consolidated ownership at a $3.3 billion valuation, at the time the highest price ever paid for control of a U.S. sports franchise. The family bought the Liberty that same year, from James Dolan, for between $10 and $14 million, Sportico previously reported. Both assets have appreciated significantly. The Nets and arena assets are now worth $6.22 billion, per Sportico’s numbers. The Liberty are now worth $600 million.
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KeithSmithNBA: The Brooklyn Nets have officially signed Moe Wagner. This signing will come out of cap space, and will bring the Nets down to roughly $4.5M remaining in cap space. Brooklyn also has the full $9.4M Room Exception available.
Yossi Gozlan: The Nets could use their remaining cap space to renegotiate and extend Michael Porter Jr. They could raise his 2026-27 salary up to $45.3 million and add up to four additional seasons, with the 2027-28 salary reduced by up to 40 percent. It would trigger a six-month trade restriction. That makes August 4 a significant date for potential negotiations since the trade deadline is expected to be on February 4, 2027.trade
Michael Porter Jr.: "When we start having kids, I don't want other people really raising my kids. But the thing is, I don't want to play basketball for 10 more years. I want to be done in the next five, six years. So during that time, I'm fine being home a lot. I'm a chill dude. I want to raise my kids."
Michael Porter Jr.: "Especially during this time, I'm in contract negotiations. I was trying to stay away from the podcast world, but I thought this one would be unique because most of the stuff I do is with other guys. Obviously, you guys are going to have your opinion as women, so it's going to be fun."
Michael Porter Jr.: "One time I got my phone taken for a whole year. I think I got my phone for the first time in seventh grade. They kept catching me texting girls and they would take it for a few days. I would get it back, they kept catching me. I think in the eighth grade, they took my phone for a year."
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"You guys are famously known for cheating. Would you say that's accurate?" Michael Porter Jr.: "I don't want to put my fellow comrades on the bus, but yes. I think that's not just athletes or rappers, I think it's all people that have an abundance of options, an abundance of money, and an abundance of fame or power. Dudes in general, it's been like that since the beginning of time. If you were a king, you had a lot of wives and a lot of concubines. So I think it's just men who have a lot of options. It takes a lot of self-control to be able to be like, okay, I'm going to stick to one."
For the first time in five years, the NBA will not play any preseason games in the Middle East, sources told ESPN. The decision comes amid the war between the United States and Iran and the ongoing conflict in the region. While the NBA never announced preseason games in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, this year, as it had for the previous four years, sources told ESPN that the league had held discussions with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Brooklyn Nets and Washington Wizards about potentially participating in the games.
Mikel Brown Jr.: "I really didn't have a favorite player. If you would say that I had a favorite player growing up, I was a big Bron guy just because he's the greatest. Besides Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan is my GOAT in my book. But yeah, I mean, I learned from all the guards and all the greats. You too, obviously. Like you guys, I can learn a lot from. Your footwork. I think both of you all have tremendous footwork. So trying to take that away from you all. Then you go to the guards. I was a big Steve Nash guy growing up. Big Rajon Rondo guy and a big CP3 guy growing up."
DAZN will become the exclusive digital home of the MSG and YES networks this fall, in a breakthrough announcement Wednesday that is a likely precursor to deals with seven more NBA teams in the coming days and weeks. While paying undisclosed rights fees and sharing advertising revenue, DAZN will stream all non-national game broadcasts for MSG’s Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, Devils and Sabres and YES Network’s Yankees and Nets -- effectively a takeover of the entire Gotham Sports direct to consumer app.