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The Warriors were interested in working out Simmons in San Francisco in August, but no contract was offered, a source told Andscape. That roster spot likely went to veteran forward Georges Niang instead. Before playing the Kings in the preseason game, Kerr said he was unaware of any interest in Simmons. “I said something to Steve,” Simmons said. “I said, ‘Y’all didn’t want me?’ That was in the first quarter. And [Kerr] said, ‘I didn’t know if you were healthy.’ And I was like, ‘OK. That’s why you have people that do their job and go fly out and see.’ But it is what it is. That’s just me being competitive. It wasn’t personal.”

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Law Murray: Asked Tyronn Lue about Baba Miller, who T Lue says will be playing vs Lakers T Lue mentioned that Baba can play SF/PF/C, which is obviously my latest example of #PositionlessIsAScam Praise for Gradey Dick here too, since T Lue said that Gradey's play has come at Miller's expense

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After missing the first two weeks of training camp and the entire preseason, Porzingis drove up from Los Angeles to San Francisco last Tuesday, league sources said, to meet with Dunleavy and Rick Celebrini, the franchise's lead medical decision-maker. In the aftermath, the team announced that they would keep the details of the meeting private, but expressed an expectation that Porzingis would remain around the team as he tried to improve his health and eventually resume his career. But that hasn't been the case. Porzingis hasn't returned to the facility, league sources said, beginning another indefinite leave of absence where he is mostly maintaining contact with only Dunleavy and Celebrini. The Warriors listed him as out for the season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night and the reasoning as "not with team" instead of an illness.

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Joseph Dycus: The Warriors are honoring the late Don Nelson tonight as Golden State hosts the Lakers in San Francisco. Last week, Steph Curry shared his thoughts on the man who coached him during his rookie season, and who retired as the NBA's winningest coach.

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Stad is the 47-year-old founder of San Francisco-based Dragoneer Investment Group, an investment firm with over $35 billion in assets under management, according to its LinkedIn profile. The firm specializes in technology investments, with notable ventures into OpenAI, Anthropic, DoorDash, Spotify and Airbnb, among many others.

New York Times

Khobi Price: Kings announce two preseason games against the Lakers: Oct. 5 in Sacramento Oct. 8 in Los Angeles Warriors are scheduled to host the Lakers on Oct. 6, meaning LAL will have a preseason back-to-back in Sacramento and San Francisco. Three games in four nights for the Lakers.

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Anthony Chiang: Keshad Johnson was around the Heat in San Francisco for California Classic. But he’s not here today with Heat’s summer league team in Vegas. Whether Johnson eventually joins the Heat for Las Vegas Summer League still remains to be seen. Johnson is an unrestricted free agent.

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Adam Himmelsbach: Celtics posted 10 pics from this Wednesday workout day in SF on Instagram, and none had Jayson Tatum even in the background. Feels notable that a Tatum practice collage from that day comes out days later.

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Paul, however, said he had to pivot after he met with Michaels. “I flew up to San Francisco and met with Neil (Mohan) from YouTube. Met with him just to be educated on how things work at YouTube, and told him exactly what my idea was and what the plan was. Max and I did that together,” added Paul.

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Anthony Calhoun: #Pacers legend REGGIE MILLER in San Francisco at #SuperBowlLX on the field with Carmelo Anthony and Jamal Crawford. @WISHNews8 #allACcessindy @Pacers

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Anthony Slater: Steve Kerr said the Warriors plan is to hold Kristaps Porzingis out the next three games, keep him working in San Francisco during the All-Star break and debut him out of the break.

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Gina Mizell: Nick Nurse’s pregame availability is delayed because the team bus he is on is caught in San Francisco (and Super Bowl week) traffic. There were no players/staff on the court when I arrived at the arena, which is unheard of. Stars, they’re just like us!

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Immanuel Quickley had a night on Tuesday. Not just any other night, but a Wilt Chamberlain kind of evening. The former Kentucky Wildcats star put on a show in the Raptors’ 145-127 win over Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., leading Toronto with 40 points on 11-for-13 shooting from the field to go along with 10 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals in 34 minutes of action. Quickley’s performance made him just the second player in the history of the NBA to have at least 40 points and 10 dimes, while shooting 80% or better from the floor in a game. Chamberlain was the first one to do it, and he accomplished that monster stat line three times, according to ESPN Insights.

Larry Brown Sports

Entering the Heat’s five-game West Coast trip that begins Monday night against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, Adebayo is averaging 27 points, 8.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and one steal per game while shooting 50 percent from the field and 13 of 23 (56.5 percent) from three-point range over the last three games. This comes after Adebayo was averaging just 11.4 points per game on 37.1 percent shooting from the field and 5-of-23 (21.7 percent) shooting from three-point range over his previous 11 games. “Staying true to myself,” Adebayo said ahead of Monday’s matchup against the Warriors when asked how he snapped out of his recent offensive slump. “You got to quiet the noise a lot. And having somebody on your staff you can talk to. [Heat assistant coach] Caron Butler is somebody that he’s like my big brother. Throughout that stretch of — I wouldn’t even say bad games, just a slump offensively because I didn’t play bad defensively — he was always in my ear. He’s the one person I can really go to and talk about what I’m going through on the court, what he sees.”

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