Paul Pierce Thinks Celtics Have To Trade The #1 Overall Pick
Will older players benefit from the rookie season of Malcolm Brogdon? Magic Johnson could barely contain his excitement in keeping the pick because he knows it's going to make his job of building a better team in LA that much easier. With the Lakers moving up to No. 2 and the Celtics getting the top pick, there isn't much maneuvering to be done - just a choice of whether the Celtics might trade the pick to improve with a veteran or keep the pick and deal with the fallout later.
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I love Manchester City, says Pablo Zabaleta at farewell game
Arsenal must win their final game at home to Everton and hope Liverpool slip up at home to relegated Middlesbrough if they are to guarantee a 20th successive season of Champions League football. "You never realise how tough those moments are when you have to say goodbye to everyone", he added. So unless we go goal insane while winning the last two games against Sunderland and Everton, I see Man City as being the team to catch.
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Everton Ready To Replace Lukaku With £20m Iheanacho
The Hammers are looking to bolster their forward line before the start of next season, with Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho having once again endured injury-hit campaigns. West Ham are said to be admirers of the player according to reports and could launch a £20m bid. The Hammers were favourites to sign the Belgium global from Marseille after lodging a bid of just under £30m but the striker joined Chelsea for a fee of £33.2m.
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Chelsea 'join Manchester City in race for £40m-rated Kyle Walker'
Chelsea and Manchester City are both interested in signing Tottenham Hotspur defender Kyle Walker this summer, according to reports. Dier, valued at £40million, is a leading target for Manchester United and sources at Tottenham claim his head has been turned by the interest.
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Always Dreaming wins the 2017 Kentucky Derby
Going into his 17th Derby, Pletcher saddled the post-time favourite for the first time. But from the moment he arrived in Pletcher's barn from a winter freshening, he showed the talent to justify pointing him to this race. We have been fortunate. It wasn't like we were going there because we were cherry picking a spot, we were going there with a plan of hopefully ending up here.
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Nacho free to face Celta Vigo after Real Madrid win appeal
If Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has proved anything this season, it is that we're living in his era. Zidane hailed the Portuguese forward, who has scored 13 goals in his past eight games. EmpicsBloomer, who was interned in a prison camp during World War One, never played overseas, instead scoring all of his goals for Derby - in two spells - and Middlesbrough.
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Wow! Cleveland Cavaliers have me, and Boston, talking to ourselves -- Terry Pluto
The win was the Cavaliers' 12th in a row in the playoffs (one shy of matching the National Basketball Association record, set by the 1988-89 Los Angeles Lakers), dating back to last year's finals. "We're just kind of riding it". In an effort to stop James , Celtics head coach Brad Stevens knows that the team might have to take some risks. As for their sweep of the Raptors, the largest margin the Cavs won by was twenty-two points.
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James, Love lead rout as Cavaliers in roll in Game 1
Also, whenever LeBron does miss his triples, the long rebounds should allow the Celtics more chances to run. He is averaging 34.8 points, 9.0 rebounds and 7.1 assists in the playoffs. And that includes Kyrie Irving who had 11 points. Before Wednesday, Cleveland's last game was on May 7, when they won Game 4 in Toronto. He was just 7 of 19 from the floor, 2 of 7 from 3-point range.
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Olynyk steals the show in Game 7, Celtics advance to East Finals
Rookie Jaylen Brown had a stellar Game 7 as well, and if he can continue to bring his athleticism and energy to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics won't necessarily need him to score - he can impact the game in a variety of different ways.
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IPL 2017: First qualifier match, Mumbai Indians vs Rising Supergiants Pune
The team losing tomorrow will get another opportunity to reach gala finale and victor will be competing with each after there will be an elimination from the SRH and KKR. The unavailability of Ben Strokes in the key match will surely dent their chances but they have other quality players also. With the "Man with the Midas touch" gone, it will be an uphill battle for Pune to upstage Mumbai .
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Celtics and Lakers: an old-time feel for the NBA lottery
Although the Celtics have the first pick in June's draft and would have the first chance to take Lonzo Ball, many mock drafts including Sports Illustrated's project Boston to take Fultz first overall. "That felt pretty good", Grousbeck said. Despite his continued remarks about the Celtics in particular, Fultz said he's willing to do whatever is asked of him - and he just wants to win games.
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'Don't kill me' for playing kids, begs Mourinho
Midfielders Willock and Mitchell have been unused substitutes in recent weeks and will be joined in the team by Scott McTominay, who made his maiden senior appearance against Arsenal, Harrop and teenager Dearnley. "I don't lose [waste] time", said the United boss when asked if he asked for the game to be moved. "Big players have to say to themselves 'I'm not exhausted.' I mean it, I never ever felt exhausted".