Yuki Kawamura became the fourth Japanese player to appear in the U.S. National Basketball Association on Friday as he debuted off the bench for the Memphis Grizzlies in the fourth quarter of their 128-108 loss to the Houston Rockets. The 23-year-old point guard played 3 minutes and 34 seconds at Toyota Center in Houston as...
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NBA Draft grades for every team: Why Lakers, Jazz get top marks while Heat leave questions
Draft grades are undeniably a great way to make a writer look quite silly, but you know what? Everyone gets stuff wrong when evaluating players. Even the best evaluators working within the NBA get things wrong regularly. And ultimately, grades are a great way to reflect on how each team handled the NBA Draft and...
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NBA free agency: Paul George tops strong group of wings
NBA free-agency breakdown: Overall Top 25 | Point Guards | Shooting Guards | Power Forwards | Centers The small forward position might offer the most inviting possibilities for cap space teams, with two legitimate difference-makers likely in unrestricted free agency in Paul George and OG Anunoby. Beyond that, multiple 3-and-D starting-caliber wings loom, making this...
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NBA Player Tiers: Tyrese Haliburton, Tyrese Maxey and Tier 3’s All-Star level of play
This is the fifth annual NBA Player Tiers project, in which Seth Partnow names the top 125 players in the league after each season and then separates them into five distinct categories of value, each with their sub-categories to further delineate them. These are not meant to be read as firm 1-125 player rankings. Rather, they’re meant...