Hello and welcome to the Evening News.
As the Finals continue, we’ll keep you updated every evening. What’s happening today?
Here’s the latest from around the league:
Evening News: Billups: Blake’s “too nice”; Thibs and Monty join USA staff; Nets interview Kidd
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50-at-50: A Chronology Of The 50 Greatest Jordan Moments
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At the Michael Jordan statue outside the United Center
How do you rank Michael Jordan’s career achievement list?
The answer: It’s nearly impossible.
The G.O.A.T., as he’s so often referred to (by those who never saw Wilt Chamberlain play) has done so much for the game that ranking his performances simply doesn’t do justice to his illustrious career.
Bauman: Is Jahlil Okafor the best prep big man in America?
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As a sophomore in high school, Jahlil Okafor carried a little extra body weight on him. With soft paws and the ability to carve out room on the block, combined with his passing ability and excellent footwork, he’s been a load to handle down low since he stepped foot into Whitney Young High School in Chicago.
Bernucca: What the preseason has shown us so far
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Even for hoops addicts, watching NBA preseason games presents a challenge.
The baseball playoffs are under way, the college football and NFL seasons are in full swing, and there is this small matter of a presidential election.
There is no subscription package for the preseason. League Pass takes a pass until the regular season starts later this month. So the only way you can watch games right now is on NBA TV, which isn’t part of the basic package of a number of cable systems, or on your team’s cable network, if it decides to televise the game.
And if you are fortunate enough to find a preseason game on TV, it looks like the NBA on ‘shrooms. The games are in hoops hotbeds such as Winnipeg, Fresno and North Charleston. Superstars are in suits, scrubs are starting, substitutions are seat of the pants and players are drawing up last-second plays, as Tony Parker did for French compatriot Nando de Colo on Wednesday.
But that isn’t all that’s going on. If you look closely, players, coaches and teams are tipping their hands just a little bit. Because it’s the preseason, it may be nothing. Then again, it may be something.
Here’s some of what’s been going on.
1. Those projected 70 wins for the Lakers may be a stretch
Tweet of the Day: Pau Gasol
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Here with my teammates @josemcalderon8 @sergeibaka9 @MarcGasol and J.C. Navarro!! #London2012 http://t.co/tpWVrcOW
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Pau Gasol
Tweet of the Day goes to Pau Gasol, who shared a photo of his imposing Spanish national basketball team. The team includes his brother Marc Gasol of the Grizzlies, Serge Ibaka – amazingly slated to come off the bench – of the Thunder, Jose Calderon of the Raptors, and former Grizzlies teammate Juan Carlos Navarro. Not included in the picture are Ricky Rubio, who will unfortunately miss the Olympics due to a torn ACL, and starting small forward Rudy Fernandez, who could be matched up against LeBron James. This team should be good enough to give Team USA a run for its money, as it did in the Finals of the 2008 Olympics Games.
LeBron James’ Tweet of the Night
