Joel Embiid returned from a five-week absence and didn’t just help Philly seize a 2-1 lead on the Heat. He also showed why the Sixers could make a long playoff run.
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Tyrese Maxey has been named the NBA’s Most Improved Player for the 23-24 season.
Maxey’s scoring rose for the third consecutive year, and he finished the regular season averaging 25.9 points, 6.2 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game.
“It feels great,” Maxey said on the TNT broadcast where the award was announced. “Somebody like myself, who prides myself on putting in a lot of work and outworking people and finding ways to get 1% better every single time I step in the gym, it feels good for that to come to light, honestly.”
Maxey received just over half of the first-place votes.
Coby White finished second while Alperen Sengun was voted third.
The rest of the voting: Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams was fourth, Jalen Brunson was fifth, Washington’s Deni Avdija sixth, Brooklyn’s Cam Thomas seventh, Orlando’s Jalen Suggs eighth, Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton ninth, Phoenix’s Grayson Allen and Miami’s Duncan Robinson tied for 10th, San Antonio’s Devin Vassell and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tied for 12th, and Indiana’s Aaron Nesmith was 14th.
Arizona Basketball protegé Chance Comanche continues working out for NBA teams in his quest to play professional basketball. Chance Comanche left school in before his junior year to play in the NBA. The reason he left is that he feels he is ready to play on the next level and had nothing to do with his
The Brooklyn Nets held a bidding way between the Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies when they traded Dorian Finney-Smith. There were “hard feelings emanating from the both the Grizzlies and the Nets for the way it played out,” reports ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. Brooklyn traded Finney-Smith to the Lakers for D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second round picks.
The Grizzlies were reportedly close to a trade with the Nets for Finney-Smith with them sending a top-17 protected first round pick in 2025 as part of the package. The Nets, however, were going to send back a second round pick. Brooklyn also would have took back the salaries of John Konchar and Luke Kennard.
Memphis has also been linked with Cameron Johnson, who the Nets have maintained will go for a higher price than Finney-Smith.
