Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons has remained sidelined with an irritation of the L-4 disc of the lower spine, but there’s hope he can return for a “couple” of regular-season games prior to the Eastern Conference playoffs, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
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The Boston Celtics are exploring the idea of Jeff Van Gundy joining Joe Mazzulla’s coaching staff as an assistant next season, league sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line.
Van Gundy is currently working with the team as a senior consultant on the basketball operations side.
The Celtics are losing top assistant Charles Lee to the Hornets this offseason.
Van Gundy turned down a role on Jason Kidd’s staff last summer.
Devin Booker felt the flow, as stop and go as it was Wednesday against the Sixers, and decided to go with it. The referees whistled 64 fouls by the end of a 132-127 loss for the Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena, but it was early on when Booker attempted to pull Phoenix out of sluggish start by gunking
The Philadelphia 76ers matched Paul Reed’s three-year, $23 million offer sheet from the Utah Jazz, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
With Reed signing the offer sheet on Saturday morning, the Sixers waited until late Sunday night to match the offer.
Reed has veto power on any trade and cannot be dealt to the Jazz for a year.
With the first season of the deal fully guaranteed, the last two years become guaranteed should Reed’s team reaches the conference semifinals in 2023-24.
The Sixers are projected to be $6.6 million over the luxury tax, according to Bobby Marks.
