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Jalen Green, Jalen Brunson Named NBA's Players Of Week 21

Mar 18, 2024 3:31 PM

Jalen Green and Jalen Brunson have been named the NBA's Players of Week 21.

Green averaged 26.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists as the Houston Rockets went 3-0.

Brunson averaged 35.7 points and 5.0 assists as the New York Knicks went 3-0.

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Donovan Mitchell, Kristaps Porzingis Join Growing Ineligible List For NBA Awards

Mar 12, 2024 9:00 AM

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell and Boston Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis are now ineligible for NBA awards this season. Mitchell missed his 18th game for Cleveland on Monday night vs the Phoenix Suns. Porzingis missed his 18th game for Boston on Monday night at the Portland Trail Blazers.

Under the new collective bargaining agreement, players can miss no more than 17 games (with some exceptions) and remain eligible to win MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and Most Improved Player, as well as being named to the All-NBA or All-Defensive teams.

Joel Embiid is the highest profile player who is also ineligible, but the list continues to grow. Jimmy Butler, Kyrie Irving, Kristaps Porzingis, Julius Randle and Bradley Beal are some notable players who are also ineligible. Karl-Anthony Towns and Trae Young will likely join this list soon, as well.

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DeMar DeRozan, Luka Doncic Named NBA's Players Of Week 20

Mar 11, 2024 3:34 PM

DeMar DeRozan and Luka Doncic have been named the NBA's Players of the Week for Week 20.

DeRozan averaged 29.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.3 assists as the Chicago Bulls went 3.1.

Doncic averaged 37.7 points, 10.3 rebounds and 10.7 assists as the Dallas Mavericks went 2-1.

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Luka Doncic, Jayson Tatum Named Players Of The Month For February

Mar 5, 2024 8:43 AM

Luka Doncic and Jayson Tatum were named Players of the Month for their respective conferences for the month of February.

Doncic averaged 33.4 points, 9.6 rebounds and 10.3 assists. Doncic's Dallas Mavericks went 8-3 in February.

Tatum averaged 27.2 points, 8.9 rebounds and 6.7 assists. Tatum's Boston Celtics went 9-1 in February.

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Brandon Miller, Victor Wembanyama Named NBA's Rookies Of February

Mar 4, 2024 3:38 PM

Brandon Miller and Victor Wembanyama have been named the NBA's Rookies of the Month for February.

Miller averaged 20.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals for the Charlotte Hornets.

Wembanyama averaged 21.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and 3.9 blocks for the San Antonio Spurs. Wembanyama recently became the overwhelming favorite to win Rookie of the Year.

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Jaylen Brown, LeBron James Named NBA's Players Of Week 19

Mar 4, 2024 3:07 PM

LeBron James and Jaylen Brown have been named the NBA's Players of the Week.

James averaged 30.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 8.7 assists as the Los Angeles Lakers went 2-1.

Brown averaged 28.3 points and 5.3 rebounds as the Boston Celtics went 3-0.

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Caitlin Clark Passes Pete Maravich For Scoring Record

Mar 3, 2024 7:32 PM

Caitlin Clark has joked about being nicknamed "Ponytail Pete" in recognition of how her game resembles that of "Pistol Pete" Maravich.

On Sunday in her last regular-season home game, the Iowa star passed the LSU and NBA legend for the most points scored by a Division I basketball player, men's or women's.

On senior day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Clark entered the game against Big Ten regular-season champion Ohio State needing 18 points to pass Maravich, who scored 3,667 points in his three seasons at LSU from 1967 to 1970.

She did that in the first half and then finished the game with 35 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds in No. 6 Iowa's 93-83 victory over No. 2 Ohio State. 

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Tags: Iowa Hawkeyes, NCAA, NBA, NBA Misc Rumor, NBA Award, NCAA Award, NCAA Misc Rumor

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