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CGTN Sports Scene: "I was inspired by the game. I love the game. But I don't have coaching in my future." - @LeBron James on the question of whether he would become a coach in the future.

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Michael Scotto: The Brooklyn Nets will hire Acie Law as Director of Player Personnel, sources told @hoopshype . Law was Director of Amateur Scouting for the Oklahoma City Thunder since 2022 and won a championship with the team last season. Prior, he was a Sacramento Kings scout for four seasons.

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St. John's Men's Basketball: Thanks to Tom Thibodeau for stopping by practice this week! 🤝

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In his last press conference in Cyprus, Spanoulis stated that Giannis Antetokounmpo doesn’t get the same calls that the other Eurobasket stars are getting. As he said: “One more time, I have seen a lot of difference in the number of free throws. I have to see the game again. In such a game, one team can’t have 37 attempts and the other 19. You can’t have Luka (Doncic) and other players taking 20-23 free throws per game and Giannis begging to get a foul while getting hacked. “

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Vassilis Spanoulis: “At least to times, he should have been awarded unsportmanlike fouls, and we have to face everybody with the same criteria. If we face Luka, Jokic, and Sengun, Markkanen, like this, we have to face Giannis the same way. Just 12 free throws are few for Giannis; he could have had another 10 for sure. We have a team in which we respect everybody, and first of all, me, as a person, I respect a lot coach Scariolo and Spain, which has accomplished amazing things over the last 15 years, but I have to be fair with myself and the game, and to say the truth”.

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“What I will say is Neemi has been getting better each year, and Coach Mazzulla has been pretty tough on him,” Porzingis told reporters. “I believe that he’s getting to a point where he deserves some real minutes, some real rotation minutes. He’s been putting in the work, and you can see how he’s playing now in the tournament. I’m happy for Neemi. He’s a great, great dude, really cool person, and puts in the time, puts in the work. I’ll be happy to see him getting a lot more minutes this year.”

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An esteemed member of the NBA coaching circle believes Tom Thibodeau’s dismissal was nonsensical. “Should he have been fired? Hell no,” Ty Lue, the current Clippers coach, said on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast. “I mean, it’s the first time they’ve been to the conference finals in 25 years. Twenty-five years! And so, the city was on fire, the fans were on fire. The players did a hell of a job. And Thibs did a hell of a job. And to take a team to their first [conference finals] in 25 years and then get fired, like, it just doesn’t make sense.”

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Michael Scotto: Just In: The Charlotte Hornets are hiring Kyle Neptune as an assistant coach, league sources told @hoopshype. Neptune was previously a head coach at Fordham and Villanova University.

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What about coaching, at any level, in the future? Never say never. “I mean, anything is possible,” Stephen Curry said. “Who knows what the future holds. But the idea of yeah, that alternate universe, I would have been happy as hell to be a high school coach, knowing how important that presence is for kids. Everybody has a role to play. I took a different path.”

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“I didn’t know that he was going to end up playing basketball,” Curry’s wife, Ayesha, recently revealed on an episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “He said he wanted to be a high school basketball coach. I thought I was going to be, like, the girl out there getting it. I didn’t know.”

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Michael Scotto: Oklahoma City Thunder will promote former OKC Blue G League head coach Kam Woods to an assistant coach with the Thunder, sources told @hoopshype . Woods was OKC Blue coach for three seasons, including winning the 2024 G League title. He also was part of the Thunder’s 2025 title.

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Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick and Los Angeles Clippers coach Ty Lue are on the same wavelength when it comes to Bradley Beal’s time with the Phoenix Suns. In an interview on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast, Lue believes the new Clippers guard was overshadowed playing alongside Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in Phoenix. “When you play for a team like Phoenix like he did the last couple of years, you got Booker and KD and you’re the third option,” Lue said. “People like, 'oh he didn’t.' He averaged 18 points, shot 50% from the field and 43% from 3.”

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“Those are unbelievable stats,” Lue continued about Beal. “But when you’re playing with KD and Book, it kind of gets overshadowed. I think by coming here, I think it’s a fresh start and I think he’s going to be great for us.”

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Beal will likely be a third option for the Clippers playing alongside Kawhi Leonard and James Harden. “He’s definitely going to be big help for us offensively,” Lue said. “We’re going to need him to score, but outside of scoring, we’re going to need him to make plays for other guys.”

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