Nets’ Nic Claxton, Ben Simmons practice ahead of game with Celtics
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Nets’ Nic Claxton, Ben Simmons practice ahead of game with Celtics

The Nets are facing their toughest test of the year just as they’re getting to be their healthiest this season. The Nets tip off a road trip Friday at reigning champion Boston, and both Ben Simmons and Nic Claxton practiced on Wednesday afternoon. How coach Jordi Fernandez opts to deploy…

Kendrick Perkins fires back at Brian Scalabrine in Celtics’ feud
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Kendrick Perkins fires back at Brian Scalabrine in Celtics’ feud

The 2007-08 Celtics just can’t get along. Kendrick Perkins eviscerated his championship-winning teammate and fan favorite Brian Scalabrine on Tuesday. Perkins, who was noticeably absent from the Celtics’ 2023-24 championship ring night to start the season, said, “I don’t give a f–k” when asked on the “All The Smoke” podcast…

Dennis Schroder giving Nets fans inside look into life, German culture in YouTube series
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Dennis Schroder giving Nets fans inside look into life, German culture in YouTube series

A career-best start and a clear leadership role have so far highlighted what may be a full season of Dennis Schroder in Brooklyn. Schroder, who the Nets traded for in February 2023, has also started the season seemingly on a mission to get the fans to know him on a…

Drake appears to call DeMar DeRozan ‘p—y’ after banner threat
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Drake appears to call DeMar DeRozan ‘p—y’ after banner threat

It’s “Over” between Drake and DeMar DeRozan. The Canadian rapper, who was on the receiving end of a high-profile loss in a beef with Kendrick Lamar earlier this year, is still seething at the former Toronto Raptor, and he made that abundantly clear Saturday. In a contest between the Raptors,…

Nets off to surprising .500 start due to stingy fourth-quarter defense
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Nets off to surprising .500 start due to stingy fourth-quarter defense

NBA players are too talented for defenses to take away everything. Winning and losing depends on taking away the right things, and taking them away well enough. That’s what the Nets have done when it mattered to surpass expectations coming into Sunday’s matinee against visiting Detroit. The rebuilding Nets, like…

Knicks’ Precious Achiuwa making ‘progress’ with hamstring injury
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Knicks’ Precious Achiuwa making ‘progress’ with hamstring injury

DETROIT — Precious Achiuwa is making “good” progress from his hamstring strain but coach Tom Thibodeau said his top frontcourt reserve has yet to go through a practice.  Achiuwa, who suffered the injury in the preseason finale, traveled with the Knicks on their four-game road trip, with games upcoming in…

Charles Barkley wants ‘awful’ Dwyane Wade statue removed
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Charles Barkley wants ‘awful’ Dwyane Wade statue removed

Charles Barkley was in savage mode while reacting to Dwyane Wade’s new Miami Heat statue the team unveiled in front of Kaseya Center on Sunday. During TNT’s Tip-Off show on Tuesday night, Barkley called Wade’s bronze statue — that many suggested online looks nothing like him — “ugly” and awful,” and…