Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 5/21/19
- GSW-POR:
From Ian Levy, The Step Back: https://fansided.com/2019/05/21/warriors-sweeping-trail-blazers-comeback-win/
From Andrew Favakeh, The Step Back: https://fansided.com/2019/05/21/draymond-green-main-reason-golden-state-winning-without-kevin-durant/
From Mike Tokito, Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/miketokito/2019/05/21/in-end-to-a-special-season-longest-tenured-trail-blazers-share-spotlight/#491b2be068a3
From Benjamin Hoffman, NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/sports/damian-lillard-portland-trail-blazers.html?module=inline&login=facebook
From Anthony Slater, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/986959/2019/05/21/the-three-unlikely-overtime-shots-that-sent-the-warriors-to-the-finals-and-the-stories-behind-them
From Sam Amick, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/987444/2019/05/21/are-you-kidding-me-warriors-reflect-on-journey-to-historic-fifth-consecutive-trip-to-finals
From Matt Schneidman, Bay Area News Group: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/05/21/warriors-alfonzo-mckinnie-comes-up-big-in-rare-start/
From Joe Freeman, oregon Live: https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2019/05/despite-sweep-to-golden-state-warriors-portland-trail-blazers-believe-magical-season-is-beginning-of-something-special.html
From Shaun Powell, NBA.com: https://www.nba.com/article/2019/05/21/warriors-finals-appearance-driven-core
From Dan Devine, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/5/21/18633957/golden-state-warriors-steph-curry-portland-trail-blazers-western-conference-finals-sweep
From Ben Cohen, Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-golden-state-warriors-are-in-the-nba-finalsagain-11558450405
- MIL-TOR:
From Zach Lowe, ESPN: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26789795/how-kawhi-raptors-compete-win-game-4
From Jonathan Tjarks, The Ringer: https://www.theringer.com/2019/5/21/18633361/malcolm-brogdon-bucks-raptors-warriors
From Lori Nickel, jsonline.com: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2019/05/20/raptors-kawhi-leonard-finds-way-despite-bucks-tough-defense/3738916002/
From Coach Nick, BBall Breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=p2Udmb-tdLo
From Vivek Jacob, Yahoo Sports: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/raptors-marc-gasol-makes-huge-impact-with-starting-job-on-the-line-134853455.html
From Jeff Zillgitt, USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/playoffs/2019/05/20/kawhi-leonard-raptors-bucks-nba-playoffs/3746280002/
From Steve Aschburner, NBA.com: https://www.nba.com/article/2019/05/20/bledsoe-middleton-time-step
From Mike Ganter, Toronto Sun: https://torontosun.com/sports/basketball/nba/toronto-raptors/at-this-stage-its-all-about-who-wins-the-rest-and-recovery-game
From Ben Taylor, Thinking Basketball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJQGUj-4ddw
From Ben Falk, Cleaning The Glass: https://cleaningtheglass.com/who-counts-as-a-non-shooter/
From Jared Dubin, FiveThirtyEight: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-raptors-offense-hasnt-figured-out-the-bucks-yet/
- Which Teams Can Chase Superstar Free Agents? (from Bobby Marks, ESPN):
Read it here: http://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/25760020/which-nba-teams-chase-superstar-free-agents
- The Paths That Brian Bowen & Darius Bazley Took (from Pete Thamel,Yahoo Sports):
Read it here: https://sports.yahoo.com/which-mystery-draft-prospect-picked-the-best-path-003427070.html
- Scouting EuroLeague: NBA Free Agents & Draft Propsects (from Jonathan Givony, ESPN):
Read it here: http://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/26786449/scouting-euroleague-nba-free-agents-draft-prospects
- CHA: Dwayne Bacon Primed To Make Greater Impact (from Richie Randall, Forbes):
Read it here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/richierandall/2019/05/20/dwayne-bacon-primed-for-increased-impact/#20f2d747288c
- LAL: The Lakers' Public Drama Is A Crisis Of Ownership (from Ramona Shelburne, ESPN):
Read it here: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26788978/the-lakers-public-drama-crisis-ownership
From Tania Ganguli/Broderick Turner, LA Times; https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/la-sp-lakers-jeanie-buss-magic-johnson-20190520-story.html
From Henry Abbott, True Hoop: https://www.truehoop.com/p/magic-johnsons-long-goodbye
- WAS: Q & A: Pops Mensah-Bonsu (from Antoinette Isama, OkayAfrica):
Read it here: https://www.okayafrica.com/in-conversation-pops-mensah-bonsu-gm-capital-city-go-go/