Buddy Hield Rumors

Warriors guard Buddy Hield on his offseason travels to Rome: “Gladiator. I watched Gladiator and I thought Maximus was a real warrior. I’m going into the Colosseum yelling ‘Maximus!’ and my tour guide was like, ‘He’s not real.’"

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Scott Agness: Buddy Hield attended tonight's NBA Draft in support of VJ Edgecombe, the third overall pick to Philly who is also from The Bahamas. Edgecombe: "He's my dog. Buddy came to the draft. He pulled up just to show love. It means a lot and that goes a long way."

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Sirius XM NBA: "I always tell him I'm better than him." 😂😂 @vj_edgecombe tells @TheFrankIsola and @Scalabrine that his Bahamas national teammate Buddy Hield has been someone he can rely on Catch the full interview: sxm.app.link/NBADraftCovera… pic.x.com/NdGkQwU41A

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But by the time 2022 came, when then-general manager Monte McNair and assistant general manager Wes Wilcox were looking for ways to turn their middling team into a playoff contender, Fox’s market value had plummeted to the point where Haliburton became the focal point of their rebuilding efforts. League sources say the Kings explored trades involving Fox, who had recently signed a five-year, $160 million deal, but simply didn’t find a suitable return. The discussions with the Pacers, league sources say, were two-pronged but quickly turned from Fox to Haliburton when it was clear that was the only real avenue to a deal. In turn, with first-year Indiana coach Rick Carlisle on the lookout for a point guard who could push the pace and help them return to contention, the Pacers sent All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second-round pick to the Kings in exchange for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson.

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The discussions with the Pacers, league sources say, were two-pronged but quickly turned from Fox to Haliburton when it was clear that was the only real avenue to a deal. In turn, with first-year Indiana coach Rick Carlisle on the lookout for a point guard who could push the pace and help them return to contention, the Pacers sent All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second-round pick to the Kings in exchange for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson. Yet while that deal looked like a win-win for both sides when the Kings were enjoying their “Beam Team” run two years ago, it has since become one-sided in the kind of way that reflects incredibly well on the quality of the Pacers program

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Ohm Youngmisuk: Jimmy Butler: "I'm comfortable. I'm happy. I got my joy back as Buddy said. I am very fortunate to be here."

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Anthony Slater: Buddy Hield on his present/future with Warriors “It’s the happiest I’ve ever been playing basketball.” “I’m gonna keep it real, you see the value of spacing with this team.” “I want to be here forever.”

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Anthony Slater: Buddy Hield: "I made a tremendous step on the defensive end...If I want to be on the court I've got to keep somebody in front of me… You don't want to be a liability on defense...I feel like I stand my ground and showed everybody like that I'm just not like a teddy bear."

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Anthony Slater: The Warriors will start Trayce Jackson-Davis at center tonight. From out of the rotation to a major role. Game 3 starters Brandin Podziemski, Buddy Hield, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green, Trayce Jackson-Davis

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But Finch and defensive coordinator Elston Turner understood how important the first few minutes of Game 2 were for this series. They needed a strong start. They needed to play with energy and tenacity. So the coaches turned to their 37-year-old point guard to handle the responsibility of chasing Hield through the gauntlet of screens that the Warriors’ offense employs to spring their movement shooter. “I just wanted to really show the guys I’m going to do whatever I can for the team, sacrifice,” Conley said. “That’s all I was focused on for the majority of the game. I know our guys kind of fed off the energy I was bringing.”

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Conley understood the assignment. By the time the Wolves forced that shot clock violation with 9:49 to play in the second quarter, Hield had only taken three shots. The Warriors managed just 15 points in the first quarter and would trail by as many as 22 points in the first half. Conley may have only scored six points and picked up two assists in fewer than 18 minutes on the floor, but his doggedness at the start of the game gave the Wolves everything they needed to get their swagger back. “Bite-Bite brought all the energy tonight, and we just fed off of it,” Anthony Edwards said, scanning a group of unfamiliar media faces standing in front of him for this second-round game. “If y’all don’t know who Bite-Bite is, (it’s) Mike Conley.”

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Without Curry’s gravity, the Warriors are far less potent. Butler prefers to be a playmaker rather than an alpha scorer. Podziemski has been quiet through two games. Jonathan Kuminga had 18 points in Game 2 but has been wildly inconsistent, as has Hield, who did go 4 of 9 from 3, but didn’t get going until the Wolves were up by 20 points. “He wants to win,” Donte DiVincenzo said of Conley. “Everybody wants to win, but you just see how hard he’s playing in whatever stints he has. He’s giving everything he has.”

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Dave McMenamin: Jaden McDaniels says with Steph Curry out, now the Wolves defense has to shift its attention to Buddy Hield and “treat Buddy like Steph … shut his water off”

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Eurohoops: 👀😅 Buddy Hield was wearing the wrong shorts to start the game against the Timberwolves, resulting in a delay of the game! pic.x.com/mjF5NHarmd

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