Brendan Malone, whose coaching career spanned six decades, is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
&ldquo;Brendan Malone has been a name synonymous with NBA success for many decades,&rdquo; said Rick Carlisle, Indiana Pacers head coach and NBCA president. &ldquo;He's helped develop players and young coaches, and been a multiple NBA champion on Chuck Daly's Detroit coaching staff in 1989 and 1990. Congrats to Coach Malone on this prestigious recognition.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I want to thank the National Basketball Coaches Association for this award,&rdquo; Malone said. &ldquo;Tex Winter was a man I got to know and respect. I also want to thank all of the head coaches that I enjoyed working with during my 29-year career in the NBA, in particular Hubie Brown who brought me into the league; Chuck Daly and our two championships; the Van Gundys, Stan and Jeff, and Don Chaney. Lastly, I want to thank my wife Maureen and our six children for sharing my journey.&rdquo;
Wetting his whistle with a few years of coaching CYO basketball, Malone began his coaching career in 1967 at the legendary Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he won three city championships and three Coach of the Year awards.
He then moved to the college ranks in 1976 as an assistant coach at Fordham, then Yale, and then Syracuse. At Syracuse, the Orange went to the NCAA Tournament four times. Malone was a Syracuse assistant for the first five years of the Big East. He left Syracuse to become head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 1984.
While at URI in 1986, Hubie Brown recruited Malone to join him as an assistant for the New York Knicks, the beginning of his 29-year NBA career. Malone had three different tours with the Knicks, the most notable of which was the four years with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 1996 to 2000, the Knicks went 177-119 with two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, as well as a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals.
Malone was an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy for five years (2007 to 2012) in Orlando. The Magic won 50-plus games four straight years, went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and to the 2009 NBA Finals.
Malone was also an assistant coach for Bob Hill and Rick Pitino in New York, Don Chaney in both Detroit and New York, Isiah Thomas in Indiana, Paul Silas in Cleveland and Stan Van Gundy in Detroit. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons.&nbsp;
But it was in Detroit with Chuck Daly, that Malone made his name, orchestrating the Jordan Rules defense that helped propel the Pistons to back-to-back NBA Championships in 1989 and 1990.
Malone was the first Head Coach of the Toronto Raptors in 1995-96 and also served as Head Coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 18 games in 2004-05.
In 27 seasons of NBA coaching, teams that Malone coached went to the playoffs twenty times, to the Conference Finals seven times, and to the NBA Finals four times, winning the title twice. His teams compiled a 1,165-1,001 record (.538).
Brendan and his son, Michael, Head Coach of the 2023 NBA Champion Denver Nuggets, are the only father-son coaching duo to have both won an NBA Championship.
&ldquo;I want to thank the NBCA Selection Committee for acknowledging my father&rsquo;s impact and career in the NBA,&rdquo; said Michael Malone, Denver Nuggets Head Coach. &ldquo;His work ethic, his love of the game, and his passion for teaching were the foundation of my coaching career. This is a well-deserved honor and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this celebration.&rdquo;
Brendan Malone was enshrined in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997 he was inducted into the Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame (recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to New York City basketball). He is a 2017 enshrinee in the Power Memorial Academy Hall of Fame.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Assistant Coaches generally operate behind the scenes and almost never receive enough public recognition for their team&rsquo;s success. However, any Head Coach will tell you that they are an indispensable part of the team equation,&rdquo; said David Fogel, NBCA Executive Director and General Counsel. &ldquo;Coach Malone&rsquo;s contributions to the accomplishments of his teams are well known inside the NBA and his contributions to the game continue through his son Michael&rsquo;s tremendous success. Congratulations to Brendan on this well-deserved honor.&rdquo;
The NBCA Tex Winter Lifetime Impact Award honors the tremendous achievements and commitment of Hall of Famer Tex Winter, who, over an outstanding NBA coaching career, set a standard of innovation, integrity, competitive excellence, loyalty, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball.
The award is selected annually by the NBCA Selection Committee, comprised of some of the most respected coaches and executives in the game, including Rick Adelman, Hubie Brown, Doug Collins, Wayne Embry, Danny Ferry, Mike Fratello, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Rod Thorn and Lenny Wilkens.
This year&rsquo;s nominees included Assistant Coaches Bob Beyer, Dan Burke, Jeff Bzdelik, Gordon Chiesa, Carroll Dawson, Hank Egan, Jim Eyen, Brian Hill, Jim Lynam, Bob McAdoo, Brendan Suhr, and Bob Weiss.
Prior recipients are Ron Adams (2022), Dick Helm (2021), Bill Bertka (2019), Tim Grgurich (2018), Ron Rothstein (2017) and Phil Johnson (2016).

Brendan Malone, whose coaching career spanned six decades, is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
&ldquo;Brendan Malone has been a name synonymous with NBA success for many decades,&rdquo; said Rick Carlisle, Indiana Pacers head coach and NBCA president. &ldquo;He's helped develop players and young coaches, and been a multiple NBA champion on Chuck Daly's Detroit coaching staff in 1989 and 1990. Congrats to Coach Malone on this prestigious recognition.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I want to thank the National Basketball Coaches Association for this award,&rdquo; Malone said. &ldquo;Tex Winter was a man I got to know and respect. I also want to thank all of the head coaches that I enjoyed working with during my 29-year career in the NBA, in particular Hubie Brown who brought me into the league; Chuck Daly and our two championships; the Van Gundys, Stan and Jeff, and Don Chaney. Lastly, I want to thank my wife Maureen and our six children for sharing my journey.&rdquo;
Wetting his whistle with a few years of coaching CYO basketball, Malone began his coaching career in 1967 at the legendary Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he won three city championships and three Coach of the Year awards.
He then moved to the college ranks in 1976 as an assistant coach at Fordham, then Yale, and then Syracuse. At Syracuse, the Orange went to the NCAA Tournament four times. Malone was a Syracuse assistant for the first five years of the Big East. He left Syracuse to become head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 1984.
While at URI in 1986, Hubie Brown recruited Malone to join him as an assistant for the New York Knicks, the beginning of his 29-year NBA career. Malone had three different tours with the Knicks, the most notable of which was the four years with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 1996 to 2000, the Knicks went 177-119 with two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, as well as a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals.
Malone was an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy for five years (2007 to 2012) in Orlando. The Magic won 50-plus games four straight years, went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and to the 2009 NBA Finals.
Malone was also an assistant coach for Bob Hill and Rick Pitino in New York, Don Chaney in both Detroit and New York, Isiah Thomas in Indiana, Paul Silas in Cleveland and Stan Van Gundy in Detroit. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons.&nbsp;
But it was in Detroit with Chuck Daly that Malone made his name, orchestrating the Jordan Rules defense that helped propel the Pistons to back-to-back NBA Championships in 1989 and 1990.
Malone was the first Head Coach of the Toronto Raptors in 1995-96 and also served as Head Coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 18 games in 2004-05.
In 27 seasons of NBA coaching, teams that Malone coached went to the playoffs twenty times, to the Conference Finals seven times, and to the NBA Finals four times, winning the title twice. His teams compiled a 1,165-1,001 record (.538).
Brendan and his son, Michael, Head Coach of the 2023 NBA Champion Denver Nuggets, are the only father-son coaching duo to have both won an NBA Championship.
&ldquo;I want to thank the NBCA Selection Committee for acknowledging my father&rsquo;s impact and career in the NBA,&rdquo; said Michael Malone, Denver Nuggets Head Coach. &ldquo;His work ethic, his love of the game, and his passion for teaching were the foundation of my coaching career. This is a well-deserved honor and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this celebration.&rdquo;
Brendan Malone was enshrined in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997 he was inducted into the Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame (recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to New York City basketball). He is a 2017 enshrinee in the Power Memorial Academy Hall of Fame.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Assistant Coaches generally operate behind the scenes and almost never receive enough public recognition for their team&rsquo;s success. However, any Head Coach will tell you that they are an indispensable part of the team equation,&rdquo; said David Fogel, NBCA Executive Director and General Counsel. &ldquo;Coach Malone&rsquo;s contributions to the accomplishments of his teams are well known inside the NBA and his contributions to the game continue through his son Michael&rsquo;s tremendous success. Congratulations to Brendan on this well-deserved honor.&rdquo;
The NBCA Tex Winter Lifetime Impact Award honors the tremendous achievements and commitment of Hall of Famer Tex Winter, who, over an outstanding NBA coaching career, set a standard of innovation, integrity, competitive excellence, loyalty, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball.
The award is selected annually by the NBCA Selection Committee, comprised of some of the most respected coaches and executives in the game, including Rick Adelman, Hubie Brown, Doug Collins, Wayne Embry, Danny Ferry, Mike Fratello, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Rod Thorn and Lenny Wilkens.
This year&rsquo;s nominees included Assistant Coaches Bob Beyer, Dan Burke, Jeff Bzdelik, Gordon Chiesa, Carroll Dawson, Hank Egan, Jim Eyen, Brian Hill, Jim Lynam, Bob McAdoo, Brendan Suhr, and Bob Weiss.
Prior recipients are Ron Adams (2022), Dick Helm (2021), Bill Bertka (2019), Tim Grgurich (2018), Ron Rothstein (2017) and Phil Johnson (2016).

Brendan Malone, whose coaching career spanned six decades, is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
&ldquo;Brendan Malone has been a name synonymous with NBA success for many decades,&rdquo; said Rick Carlisle, Indiana Pacers head coach and NBCA president. &ldquo;He's helped develop players and young coaches, and been a multiple NBA champion on Chuck Daly's Detroit coaching staff in 1989 and 1990. Congrats to Coach Malone on this prestigious recognition.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I want to thank the National Basketball Coaches Association for this award,&rdquo; Malone said. &ldquo;Tex Winter was a man I got to know and respect. I also want to thank all of the head coaches that I enjoyed working with during my 29-year career in the NBA, in particular Hubie Brown who brought me into the league; Chuck Daly and our two championships; the Van Gundys, Stan and Jeff, and Don Chaney. Lastly, I want to thank my wife Maureen and our six children for sharing my journey.&rdquo;
Wetting his whistle with a few years of coaching CYO basketball, Malone began his coaching career in 1967 at the legendary Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he won three city championships and three Coach of the Year awards.
He then moved to the college ranks in 1976 as an assistant coach at Fordham, then Yale, and then Syracuse. At Syracuse, the Orange went to the NCAA Tournament four times. Malone was a Syracuse assistant for the first five years of the Big East. He left Syracuse to become head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 1984.
While at URI in 1986, Hubie Brown recruited Malone to join him as an assistant for the New York Knicks, the beginning of his 29-year NBA career. Malone had three different tours with the Knicks, the most notable of which was the four years with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 1996 to 2000, the Knicks went 177-119 with two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, as well as a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals.
Malone was an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy for five years (2007 to 2012) in Orlando. The Magic won 50-plus games four straight years, went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and to the 2009 NBA Finals.
Malone was also an assistant coach for Bob Hill and Rick Pitino in New York, Don Chaney in both Detroit and New York, Isiah Thomas in Indiana, Paul Silas in Cleveland and Stan Van Gundy in Detroit. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons.&nbsp;
But it was in Detroit with Chuck Daly that Malone made his name, orchestrating the Jordan Rules defense that helped propel the Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990.
Malone was the first head coach of the Toronto Raptors in 1995-96 and also served as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 18 games in 2004-05.
In 27 seasons of NBA coaching, teams that Malone coached went to the playoffs 20 times, to the Conference Finals seven times, and to the NBA Finals four times, winning the title twice. His teams compiled a 1,165-1,001 record (.538).
Brendan and his son, Michael, Head Coach of the 2023 NBA Champion Denver Nuggets, are the only father-son coaching duo to have both won an NBA Championship.
&ldquo;I want to thank the NBCA Selection Committee for acknowledging my father&rsquo;s impact and career in the NBA,&rdquo; said Michael Malone, Denver Nuggets Head Coach. &ldquo;His work ethic, his love of the game, and his passion for teaching were the foundation of my coaching career. This is a well-deserved honor and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this celebration.&rdquo;
Brendan Malone was enshrined in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997 he was inducted into the Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame (recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to New York City basketball). He is a 2017 enshrinee in the Power Memorial Academy Hall of Fame.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Assistant Coaches generally operate behind the scenes and almost never receive enough public recognition for their team&rsquo;s success. However, any Head Coach will tell you that they are an indispensable part of the team equation,&rdquo; said David Fogel, NBCA Executive Director and General Counsel. &ldquo;Coach Malone&rsquo;s contributions to the accomplishments of his teams are well known inside the NBA and his contributions to the game continue through his son Michael&rsquo;s tremendous success. Congratulations to Brendan on this well-deserved honor.&rdquo;
The NBCA Tex Winter Lifetime Impact Award honors the tremendous achievements and commitment of Hall of Famer Tex Winter, who, over an outstanding NBA coaching career, set a standard of innovation, integrity, competitive excellence, loyalty, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball.
The award is selected annually by the NBCA Selection Committee, comprised of some of the most respected coaches and executives in the game, including Rick Adelman, Hubie Brown, Doug Collins, Wayne Embry, Danny Ferry, Mike Fratello, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Rod Thorn and Lenny Wilkens.
This year&rsquo;s nominees included Assistant Coaches Bob Beyer, Dan Burke, Jeff Bzdelik, Gordon Chiesa, Carroll Dawson, Hank Egan, Jim Eyen, Brian Hill, Jim Lynam, Bob McAdoo, Brendan Suhr, and Bob Weiss.
Prior recipients are Ron Adams (2022), Dick Helm (2021), Bill Bertka (2019), Tim Grgurich (2018), Ron Rothstein (2017) and Phil Johnson (2016).

Brendan Malone, whose coaching career spanned six decades, is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
&ldquo;Brendan Malone has been a name synonymous with NBA success for many decades,&rdquo; said Rick Carlisle, Indiana Pacers head coach and NBCA president. &ldquo;He's helped develop players and young coaches, and been a multiple NBA champion on Chuck Daly's Detroit coaching staff in 1989 and 1990. Congrats to Coach Malone on this prestigious recognition.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I want to thank the National Basketball Coaches Association for this award,&rdquo; Malone said. &ldquo;Tex Winter was a man I got to know and respect. I also want to thank all of the head coaches that I enjoyed working with during my 29-year career in the NBA, in particular Hubie Brown who brought me into the league; Chuck Daly and our two championships; the Van Gundys, Stan and Jeff, and Don Chaney. Lastly, I want to thank my wife Maureen and our six children for sharing my journey.&rdquo;
Wetting his whistle with a few years of coaching CYO basketball, Malone began his coaching career in 1967 at the legendary Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he won three city championships and three Coach of the Year awards.
He then moved to the college ranks in 1976 as an assistant coach at Fordham, then Yale, and then Syracuse. At Syracuse, the Orange went to the NCAA Tournament four times. Malone was a Syracuse assistant for the first five years of the Big East. He left Syracuse to become head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 1984.
While at URI in 1986, Hubie Brown recruited Malone to join him as an assistant for the New York Knicks, the beginning of his 29-year NBA career. Malone had three different tours with the Knicks, the most notable of which was the four years with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 1996 to 2000, the Knicks went 177-119 with two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, as well as a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals.
Malone was an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy for five years (2007 to 2012) in Orlando. The Magic won 50-plus games four straight years, went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and to the 2009 NBA Finals.
Malone was also an assistant coach for Bob Hill and Rick Pitino in New York, Don Chaney in both Detroit and New York, Isiah Thomas in Indiana, Paul Silas in Cleveland and Stan Van Gundy in Detroit. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons.&nbsp;
But it was in Detroit with Chuck Daly that Malone made his name, orchestrating the Jordan Rules defense that helped propel the Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990.
Malone was the first head coach of the Toronto Raptors in 1995-96 and also served as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 18 games in 2004-05.
In 27 seasons of NBA coaching, teams that Malone coached went to the playoffs 20 times, to the Conference Finals seven times, and to the NBA Finals four times, winning the title twice. His teams compiled a 1165-1001 record (.538).
Brendan and his son, Michael, Head Coach of the 2023 NBA Champion Denver Nuggets, are the only father-son coaching duo to have both won an NBA Championship.
&ldquo;I want to thank the NBCA Selection Committee for acknowledging my father&rsquo;s impact and career in the NBA,&rdquo; said Michael Malone, Denver Nuggets Head Coach. &ldquo;His work ethic, his love of the game, and his passion for teaching were the foundation of my coaching career. This is a well-deserved honor and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this celebration.&rdquo;
Brendan Malone was enshrined in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997 he was inducted into the Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame (recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to New York City basketball). He is a 2017 enshrinee in the Power Memorial Academy Hall of Fame.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Assistant Coaches generally operate behind the scenes and almost never receive enough public recognition for their team&rsquo;s success. However, any Head Coach will tell you that they are an indispensable part of the team equation,&rdquo; said David Fogel, NBCA Executive Director and General Counsel. &ldquo;Coach Malone&rsquo;s contributions to the accomplishments of his teams are well known inside the NBA and his contributions to the game continue through his son Michael&rsquo;s tremendous success. Congratulations to Brendan on this well-deserved honor.&rdquo;
The NBCA Tex Winter Lifetime Impact Award honors the tremendous achievements and commitment of Hall of Famer Tex Winter, who, over an outstanding NBA coaching career, set a standard of innovation, integrity, competitive excellence, loyalty, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball.
The award is selected annually by the NBCA Selection Committee, comprised of some of the most respected coaches and executives in the game, including Rick Adelman, Hubie Brown, Doug Collins, Wayne Embry, Danny Ferry, Mike Fratello, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Rod Thorn and Lenny Wilkens.
This year&rsquo;s nominees included Assistant Coaches Bob Beyer, Dan Burke, Jeff Bzdelik, Gordon Chiesa, Carroll Dawson, Hank Egan, Jim Eyen, Brian Hill, Jim Lynam, Bob McAdoo, Brendan Suhr, and Bob Weiss.
Prior recipients are Ron Adams (2022), Dick Helm (2021), Bill Bertka (2019), Tim Grgurich (2018), Ron Rothstein (2017) and Phil Johnson (2016).

Brendan Malone, whose coaching career spanned six decades, is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
&ldquo;Brendan Malone has been a name synonymous with NBA success for many decades,&rdquo; said Rick Carlisle, Indiana Pacers head coach and NBCA president. &ldquo;He's helped develop players and young coaches, and been a multiple NBA champion on Chuck Daly's Detroit coaching staff in 1989 and 1990. Congrats to Coach Malone on this prestigious recognition.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I want to thank the National Basketball Coaches Association for this award,&rdquo; Malone said. &ldquo;Tex Winter was a man I got to know and respect. I also want to thank all of the head coaches that I enjoyed working with during my 29-year career in the NBA, in particular Hubie Brown who brought me into the league; Chuck Daly and our two championships; the Van Gundys, Stan and Jeff, and Don Chaney. Lastly, I want to thank my wife Maureen and our six children for sharing my journey.&rdquo;
Wetting his whistle with a few years of coaching CYO basketball, Malone began his coaching career in 1967 at the legendary Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he won three city championships and three Coach of the Year awards.
He then moved to the college ranks in 1976 as an assistant coach at Fordham, then Yale, and then Syracuse. At Syracuse, the Orange went to the NCAA Tournament four times. Malone was a Syracuse assistant for the first five years of the Big East. He left Syracuse to become head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 1984.
While at URI in 1986, Hubie Brown recruited Malone to join him as an assistant for the New York Knicks, the beginning of his 29-year NBA career. Malone had three different tours with the Knicks, the most notable of which was the four years with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 1996 to 2000, the Knicks went 177-119 with two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, as well as a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals.
Malone was an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy for five years (2007 to 2012) in Orlando. The Magic won 50-plus games four straight years, went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and to the 2009 NBA Finals.
Malone was also an assistant coach for Bob Hill and Rick Pitino in New York, Don Chaney in both Detroit and New York, Isiah Thomas in Indiana, Paul Silas in Cleveland and Stan Van Gundy in Detroit. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons.&nbsp;
But it was in Detroit with Chuck Daly that Malone made his name, orchestrating the Jordan Rules defense that helped propel the Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990.
Malone was the first head coach of the Toronto Raptors in 1995-96 and also served as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 18 games in 2004-05.
In 27 seasons of NBA coaching, teams that Malone coached went to the playoffs 20 times, to the Conference Finals seven times, and to the NBA Finals four times, winning the title twice. His teams compiled a 1165-1001 record (.538).
Brendan and his son, Michael, who is the head coach of the 2023 NBA champion Denver Nuggets, are the only father-son coaching duo to have both won an NBA Championship.
&ldquo;I want to thank the NBCA Selection Committee for acknowledging my father&rsquo;s impact and career in the NBA,&rdquo; said Michael Malone, Denver Nuggets Head Coach. &ldquo;His work ethic, his love of the game, and his passion for teaching were the foundation of my coaching career. This is a well-deserved honor and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this celebration.&rdquo;
Brendan Malone was enshrined in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997 he was inducted into the Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame (recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to New York City basketball). He is a 2017 enshrinee in the Power Memorial Academy Hall of Fame.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Assistant Coaches generally operate behind the scenes and almost never receive enough public recognition for their team&rsquo;s success. However, any Head Coach will tell you that they are an indispensable part of the team equation,&rdquo; said David Fogel, NBCA Executive Director and General Counsel. &ldquo;Coach Malone&rsquo;s contributions to the accomplishments of his teams are well known inside the NBA and his contributions to the game continue through his son Michael&rsquo;s tremendous success. Congratulations to Brendan on this well-deserved honor.&rdquo;
The NBCA Tex Winter Lifetime Impact Award honors the tremendous achievements and commitment of Hall of Famer Tex Winter, who, over an outstanding NBA coaching career, set a standard of innovation, integrity, competitive excellence, loyalty, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball.
The award is selected annually by the NBCA Selection Committee, comprised of some of the most respected coaches and executives in the game, including Rick Adelman, Hubie Brown, Doug Collins, Wayne Embry, Danny Ferry, Mike Fratello, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Rod Thorn and Lenny Wilkens.
This year&rsquo;s nominees included Assistant Coaches Bob Beyer, Dan Burke, Jeff Bzdelik, Gordon Chiesa, Carroll Dawson, Hank Egan, Jim Eyen, Brian Hill, Jim Lynam, Bob McAdoo, Brendan Suhr, and Bob Weiss.
Prior recipients are Ron Adams (2022), Dick Helm (2021), Bill Bertka (2019), Tim Grgurich (2018), Ron Rothstein (2017) and Phil Johnson (2016).

Brendan Malone, whose coaching career spanned six decades, is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
&ldquo;Brendan Malone has been a name synonymous with NBA success for many decades,&rdquo; said Rick Carlisle, Indiana Pacers head coach and NBCA president. &ldquo;He's helped develop players and young coaches, and been a multiple NBA champion on Chuck Daly's Detroit coaching staff in 1989 and 1990. Congrats to Coach Malone on this prestigious recognition.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I want to thank the National Basketball Coaches Association for this award,&rdquo; Malone said. &ldquo;Tex Winter was a man I got to know and respect. I also want to thank all of the head coaches that I enjoyed working with during my 29-year career in the NBA, in particular Hubie Brown who brought me into the league; Chuck Daly and our two championships; the Van Gundys, Stan and Jeff, and Don Chaney. Lastly, I want to thank my wife Maureen and our six children for sharing my journey.&rdquo;
Wetting his whistle with a few years of coaching CYO basketball, Malone began his coaching career in 1967 at the legendary Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he won three city championships and three Coach of the Year awards.
He then moved to the college ranks in 1976 as an assistant coach at Fordham, then Yale, and then Syracuse. At Syracuse, the Orange went to the NCAA Tournament four times. Malone was a Syracuse assistant for the first five years of the Big East. He left Syracuse to become head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 1984.
While at URI in 1986, Hubie Brown recruited Malone to join him as an assistant for the New York Knicks, the beginning of his 29-year NBA career. Malone had three different tours with the Knicks, the most notable of which was the four years with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 1996 to 2000, the Knicks went 177-119 with two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, as well as a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals.
Malone was an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy for five years (2007 to 2012) in Orlando. The Magic won 50-plus games four straight years, went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and to the 2009 NBA Finals.
Malone was also an assistant coach for Bob Hill and Rick Pitino in New York, Don Chaney in both Detroit and New York, Isiah Thomas in Indiana, Paul Silas in Cleveland and Stan Van Gundy in Detroit. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons.&nbsp;
But it was in Detroit with Chuck Daly that Malone made his name, orchestrating the Jordan Rules defense that helped propel the Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990.
Malone was the first head coach of the Toronto Raptors in 1995-96 and also served as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 18 games in 2004-05.
In 27 seasons of NBA coaching, teams that Malone coached went to the playoffs 20 times, to the Conference Finals seven times, and to the NBA Finals four times, winning the title twice. His teams compiled a 1165-1001 record (.538).
Brendan and his son, Michael, who is the head coach of the 2023 NBA champion Denver Nuggets, are the only father-son coaching duo to have both won an NBA championship.
&ldquo;I want to thank the NBCA Selection Committee for acknowledging my father&rsquo;s impact and career in the NBA,&rdquo; Michael Malone said. &ldquo;His work ethic, his love of the game, and his passion for teaching were the foundation of my coaching career. This is a well-deserved honor and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this celebration.&rdquo;
Brendan Malone was enshrined in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997 he was inducted into the Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame (recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to New York City basketball). He is a 2017 enshrinee in the Power Memorial Academy Hall of Fame.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Assistant Coaches generally operate behind the scenes and almost never receive enough public recognition for their team&rsquo;s success. However, any Head Coach will tell you that they are an indispensable part of the team equation,&rdquo; said David Fogel, NBCA Executive Director and General Counsel. &ldquo;Coach Malone&rsquo;s contributions to the accomplishments of his teams are well known inside the NBA and his contributions to the game continue through his son Michael&rsquo;s tremendous success. Congratulations to Brendan on this well-deserved honor.&rdquo;
The NBCA Tex Winter Lifetime Impact Award honors the tremendous achievements and commitment of Hall of Famer Tex Winter, who, over an outstanding NBA coaching career, set a standard of innovation, integrity, competitive excellence, loyalty, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball.
The award is selected annually by the NBCA Selection Committee, comprised of some of the most respected coaches and executives in the game, including Rick Adelman, Hubie Brown, Doug Collins, Wayne Embry, Danny Ferry, Mike Fratello, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Rod Thorn and Lenny Wilkens.
This year&rsquo;s nominees included Assistant Coaches Bob Beyer, Dan Burke, Jeff Bzdelik, Gordon Chiesa, Carroll Dawson, Hank Egan, Jim Eyen, Brian Hill, Jim Lynam, Bob McAdoo, Brendan Suhr, and Bob Weiss.
Prior recipients are Ron Adams (2022), Dick Helm (2021), Bill Bertka (2019), Tim Grgurich (2018), Ron Rothstein (2017) and Phil Johnson (2016).

Brendan Malone, whose coaching career spanned six decades, is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
&ldquo;Brendan Malone has been a name synonymous with NBA success for many decades,&rdquo; said Rick Carlisle, Indiana Pacers head coach and NBCA president. &ldquo;He's helped develop players and young coaches, and been a multiple NBA champion on Chuck Daly's Detroit coaching staff in 1989 and 1990. Congrats to Coach Malone on this prestigious recognition.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I want to thank the National Basketball Coaches Association for this award,&rdquo; Malone said. &ldquo;Tex Winter was a man I got to know and respect. I also want to thank all of the head coaches that I enjoyed working with during my 29-year career in the NBA, in particular Hubie Brown who brought me into the league; Chuck Daly and our two championships; the Van Gundys, Stan and Jeff, and Don Chaney. Lastly, I want to thank my wife Maureen and our six children for sharing my journey.&rdquo;
Wetting his whistle with a few years of coaching CYO basketball, Malone began his coaching career in 1967 at the legendary Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he won three city championships and three Coach of the Year awards.
He then moved to the college ranks in 1976 as an assistant coach at Fordham, then Yale, and then Syracuse. At Syracuse, the Orange went to the NCAA Tournament four times. Malone was a Syracuse assistant for the first five years of the Big East. He left Syracuse to become head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 1984.
While at URI in 1986, Hubie Brown recruited Malone to join him as an assistant for the New York Knicks, the beginning of his 29-year NBA career. Malone had three different tours with the Knicks, the most notable of which was the four years with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 1996 to 2000, the Knicks went 177-119 with two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, as well as a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals.
Malone was an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy for five years (2007 to 2012) in Orlando. The Magic won 50-plus games four straight years, went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and to the 2009 NBA Finals.
Malone was also an assistant coach for Bob Hill and Rick Pitino in New York, Don Chaney in both Detroit and New York, Isiah Thomas in Indiana, Paul Silas in Cleveland and Stan Van Gundy in Detroit. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons.&nbsp;
But it was in Detroit with Chuck Daly that Malone made his name, orchestrating the Jordan Rules defense that helped propel the Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990.
Malone was the first head coach of the Toronto Raptors in 1995-96 and also served as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 18 games in 2004-05.
In 27 seasons of NBA coaching, teams that Malone coached went to the playoffs 20 times, to the Conference Finals seven times, and to the NBA Finals four times, winning the title twice. His teams compiled a 1165-1001 record (.538).
Brendan and his son, Michael, who is the head coach of the 2023 NBA champion Denver Nuggets, are the only father-son coaching duo to have both won an NBA championship.
&ldquo;I want to thank the NBCA Selection Committee for acknowledging my father&rsquo;s impact and career in the NBA,&rdquo; Michael Malone said. &ldquo;His work ethic, his love of the game, and his passion for teaching were the foundation of my coaching career. This is a well-deserved honor and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this celebration.&rdquo;
Brendan Malone was enshrined in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997, he was inducted into the Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame (recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to New York City basketball). He is a 2017 enshrinee in the Power Memorial Academy Hall of Fame.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Assistant Coaches generally operate behind the scenes and almost never receive enough public recognition for their team&rsquo;s success. However, any Head Coach will tell you that they are an indispensable part of the team equation,&rdquo; said David Fogel, NBCA Executive Director and General Counsel. &ldquo;Coach Malone&rsquo;s contributions to the accomplishments of his teams are well known inside the NBA and his contributions to the game continue through his son Michael&rsquo;s tremendous success. Congratulations to Brendan on this well-deserved honor.&rdquo;
The NBCA Tex Winter Lifetime Impact Award honors the tremendous achievements and commitment of Hall of Famer Tex Winter, who, over an outstanding NBA coaching career, set a standard of innovation, integrity, competitive excellence, loyalty, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball.
The award is selected annually by the NBCA Selection Committee, comprised of some of the most respected coaches and executives in the game, including Rick Adelman, Hubie Brown, Doug Collins, Wayne Embry, Danny Ferry, Mike Fratello, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Rod Thorn and Lenny Wilkens.
This year&rsquo;s nominees included Assistant Coaches Bob Beyer, Dan Burke, Jeff Bzdelik, Gordon Chiesa, Carroll Dawson, Hank Egan, Jim Eyen, Brian Hill, Jim Lynam, Bob McAdoo, Brendan Suhr, and Bob Weiss.
Prior recipients are Ron Adams (2022), Dick Helm (2021), Bill Bertka (2019), Tim Grgurich (2018), Ron Rothstein (2017) and Phil Johnson (2016).

Brendan Malone, whose coaching career spanned six decades, is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
&ldquo;Brendan Malone has been a name synonymous with NBA success for many decades,&rdquo; said Rick Carlisle, Indiana Pacers head coach and NBCA president. &ldquo;He's helped develop players and young coaches, and been a multiple NBA champion on Chuck Daly's Detroit coaching staff in 1989 and 1990. Congrats to Coach Malone on this prestigious recognition.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I want to thank the National Basketball Coaches Association for this award,&rdquo; Malone said. &ldquo;Tex Winter was a man I got to know and respect. I also want to thank all of the head coaches that I enjoyed working with during my 29-year career in the NBA, in particular Hubie Brown who brought me into the league; Chuck Daly and our two championships; the Van Gundys, Stan and Jeff, and Don Chaney. Lastly, I want to thank my wife Maureen and our six children for sharing my journey.&rdquo;
Wetting his whistle with a few years of coaching CYO basketball, Malone began his coaching career in 1967 at the legendary Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he won three city championships and three Coach of the Year awards.
He then moved to the college ranks in 1976 as an assistant coach at Fordham, then Yale, and then Syracuse. At Syracuse, the Orange went to the NCAA Tournament four times. Malone was a Syracuse assistant for the first five years of the Big East. He left Syracuse to become head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 1984.
While at URI in 1986, Hubie Brown recruited Malone to join him as an assistant for the New York Knicks, the beginning of his 29-year NBA career. Malone had three different tours with the Knicks, the most notable of which was the four years with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 1996 to 2000, the Knicks went 177-119 with two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, as well as a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals.
Malone was an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy for five years (2007 to 2012) in Orlando. The Magic won 50-plus games four straight years, went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and to the 2009 NBA Finals.
Malone was also an assistant coach for Bob Hill and Rick Pitino in New York, Don Chaney in both Detroit and New York, Isiah Thomas in Indiana, Paul Silas in Cleveland and Stan Van Gundy in Detroit. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons.&nbsp;
But it was in Detroit with Chuck Daly that Malone made his name, orchestrating the Jordan Rules defense that helped propel the Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990.
Malone was the first head coach of the Toronto Raptors in 1995-96 and also served as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 18 games in 2004-05.
In 27 seasons of NBA coaching, teams that Malone coached went to the playoffs 20 times, to the Conference Finals seven times, and to the NBA Finals four times, winning the title twice. His teams compiled a 1165-1001 record (.538).
Brendan and his son, Michael, who is the head coach of the 2023 NBA champion Denver Nuggets, are the only father-son coaching duo to have both won an NBA championship.
&ldquo;I want to thank the NBCA Selection Committee for acknowledging my father&rsquo;s impact and career in the NBA,&rdquo; Michael Malone said. &ldquo;His work ethic, his love of the game, and his passion for teaching were the foundation of my coaching career. This is a well-deserved honor and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this celebration.&rdquo;
Brendan Malone was enshrined in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997, he was inducted into the Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame (which recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to New York City basketball). He is a 2017 enshrinee in the Power Memorial Academy Hall of Fame.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Assistant Coaches generally operate behind the scenes and almost never receive enough public recognition for their team&rsquo;s success. However, any Head Coach will tell you that they are an indispensable part of the team equation,&rdquo; said David Fogel, NBCA Executive Director and General Counsel. &ldquo;Coach Malone&rsquo;s contributions to the accomplishments of his teams are well known inside the NBA and his contributions to the game continue through his son Michael&rsquo;s tremendous success. Congratulations to Brendan on this well-deserved honor.&rdquo;
The NBCA Tex Winter Lifetime Impact Award honors the tremendous achievements and commitment of Hall of Famer Tex Winter, who, over an outstanding NBA coaching career, set a standard of innovation, integrity, competitive excellence, loyalty, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball.
The award is selected annually by the NBCA Selection Committee, comprised of some of the most respected coaches and executives in the game, including Rick Adelman, Hubie Brown, Doug Collins, Wayne Embry, Danny Ferry, Mike Fratello, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Rod Thorn and Lenny Wilkens.
This year&rsquo;s nominees included Assistant Coaches Bob Beyer, Dan Burke, Jeff Bzdelik, Gordon Chiesa, Carroll Dawson, Hank Egan, Jim Eyen, Brian Hill, Jim Lynam, Bob McAdoo, Brendan Suhr, and Bob Weiss.
Prior recipients are Ron Adams (2022), Dick Helm (2021), Bill Bertka (2019), Tim Grgurich (2018), Ron Rothstein (2017) and Phil Johnson (2016).

Brendan Malone, whose coaching career spanned six decades, is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
&ldquo;Brendan Malone has been a name synonymous with NBA success for many decades,&rdquo; said Rick Carlisle, Indiana Pacers head coach and NBCA president. &ldquo;He's helped develop players and young coaches, and been a multiple NBA champion on Chuck Daly's Detroit coaching staff in 1989 and 1990. Congrats to Coach Malone on this prestigious recognition.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I want to thank the National Basketball Coaches Association for this award,&rdquo; Malone said. &ldquo;Tex Winter was a man I got to know and respect. I also want to thank all of the head coaches that I enjoyed working with during my 29-year career in the NBA, in particular Hubie Brown who brought me into the league; Chuck Daly and our two championships; the Van Gundys, Stan and Jeff, and Don Chaney. Lastly, I want to thank my wife Maureen and our six children for sharing my journey.&rdquo;
Wetting his whistle with a few years of coaching CYO basketball, Malone began his coaching career in 1967 at the legendary Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he won three city championships and three Coach of the Year awards.
He then moved to the college ranks in 1976 as an assistant coach at Fordham, then Yale, and then Syracuse. At Syracuse, the Orange went to the NCAA Tournament four times. Malone was a Syracuse assistant for the first five years of the Big East. He left Syracuse to become head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 1984.
While at URI in 1986, Hubie Brown recruited Malone to join him as an assistant for the New York Knicks, the beginning of his 29-year NBA career. Malone had three different tours with the Knicks, the most notable of which was the four years with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 1996 to 2000, the Knicks went 177-119 with two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, as well as a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals.
Malone was an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy for five years (2007 to 2012) in Orlando. The Magic won 50-plus games four straight years, went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and to the 2009 NBA Finals.
Malone was also an assistant coach for Bob Hill and Rick Pitino in New York, Don Chaney in both Detroit and New York, Isiah Thomas in Indiana, Paul Silas in Cleveland and Stan Van Gundy in Detroit. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons.&nbsp;
But it was in Detroit with Chuck Daly that Malone made his name, orchestrating the Jordan Rules defense that helped propel the Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990.
Malone was the first head coach of the Toronto Raptors in 1995-96 and also served as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 18 games in 2004-05.
In 27 seasons of NBA coaching, teams that Malone coached went to the playoffs 20 times, to the Conference Finals seven times, and to the NBA Finals four times, winning the title twice. His teams compiled a 1165-1001 record (.538).
Brendan and his son, Michael, who is the head coach of the 2023 NBA champion Denver Nuggets, are the only father-son coaching duo to have both won an NBA championship.
&ldquo;I want to thank the NBCA Selection Committee for acknowledging my father&rsquo;s impact and career in the NBA,&rdquo; Michael Malone said. &ldquo;His work ethic, his love of the game, and his passion for teaching were the foundation of my coaching career. This is a well-deserved honor and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this celebration.&rdquo;
Brendan Malone was enshrined in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997, he was inducted into the Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame (which recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to New York City basketball). He is a 2017 enshrinee in the Power Memorial Academy Hall of Fame.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Assistant coaches generally operate behind the scenes and almost never receive enough public recognition for their team&rsquo;s success. However, any head coach will tell you that they are an indispensable part of the team equation,&rdquo; said David Fogel, NBCA Executive Director and General Counsel. &ldquo;Coach Malone&rsquo;s contributions to the accomplishments of his teams are well known inside the NBA and his contributions to the game continue through his son Michael&rsquo;s tremendous success. Congratulations to Brendan on this well-deserved honor.&rdquo;
The NBCA Tex Winter Lifetime Impact Award honors the tremendous achievements and commitment of Hall-of-Famer Tex Winter, who set a standard of innovation, integrity, competitive excellence, loyalty, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball throughout the course of his outstanding NBA coaching career.
The award is selected annually by the NBCA Selection Committee, comprised of some of the most respected coaches and executives in the game, including Rick Adelman, Hubie Brown, Doug Collins, Wayne Embry, Danny Ferry, Mike Fratello, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Rod Thorn and Lenny Wilkens.
This year&rsquo;s nominees included Assistant Coaches Bob Beyer, Dan Burke, Jeff Bzdelik, Gordon Chiesa, Carroll Dawson, Hank Egan, Jim Eyen, Brian Hill, Jim Lynam, Bob McAdoo, Brendan Suhr, and Bob Weiss.
Prior recipients are Ron Adams (2022), Dick Helm (2021), Bill Bertka (2019), Tim Grgurich (2018), Ron Rothstein (2017) and Phil Johnson (2016).

Brendan Malone, whose coaching career spanned six decades, is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced today.
&ldquo;Brendan Malone has been a name synonymous with NBA success for many decades,&rdquo; said Rick Carlisle, Indiana Pacers head coach and NBCA president. &ldquo;He's helped develop players and young coaches, and been a multiple NBA champion on Chuck Daly's Detroit coaching staff in 1989 and 1990. Congrats to Coach Malone on this prestigious recognition.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;I want to thank the National Basketball Coaches Association for this award,&rdquo; Malone said. &ldquo;Tex Winter was a man I got to know and respect. I also want to thank all of the head coaches that I enjoyed working with during my 29-year career in the NBA, in particular Hubie Brown who brought me into the league; Chuck Daly and our two championships; the Van Gundys, Stan and Jeff, and Don Chaney. Lastly, I want to thank my wife Maureen and our six children for sharing my journey.&rdquo;
Wetting his whistle with a few years of coaching CYO basketball, Malone began his coaching career in 1967 at the legendary Power Memorial Academy in New York City where he won three city championships and three Coach of the Year awards.
He then moved to the college ranks in 1976 as an assistant coach at Fordham, then Yale, and then Syracuse. At Syracuse, the Orange went to the NCAA Tournament four times. Malone was a Syracuse assistant for the first five years of the Big East. He left Syracuse to become head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 1984.
While at URI in 1986, Hubie Brown recruited Malone to join him as an assistant for the New York Knicks, the beginning of his 29-year NBA career. Malone had three different tours with the Knicks, the most notable of which was the four years with head coach Jeff Van Gundy. From 1996 to 2000, the Knicks went 177-119 with two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, as well as a trip to the 1999 NBA Finals.
Malone was an assistant coach for Stan Van Gundy for five years (2007 to 2012) in Orlando. The Magic won 50-plus games four straight years, went to the Eastern Conference Finals twice, and to the 2009 NBA Finals.
Malone was also an assistant coach for Bob Hill and Rick Pitino in New York, Don Chaney in both Detroit and New York, Isiah Thomas in Indiana, Paul Silas in Cleveland and Stan Van Gundy in Detroit. He was also a scout for the Detroit Pistons.&nbsp;
But it was in Detroit with Chuck Daly that Malone made his name, orchestrating the Jordan Rules defense that helped propel the Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990.
Malone was the first head coach of the Toronto Raptors in 1995-96 and also served as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers for 18 games in 2004-05.
In 27 seasons of NBA coaching, teams that Malone coached went to the playoffs 20 times, to the Conference Finals seven times, and to the NBA Finals four times, winning the title twice. His teams compiled a 1165-1001 record (.538).
Brendan and his son, Michael, who is the head coach of the 2023 NBA champion Denver Nuggets, are the only father-son coaching duo to have both won an NBA championship.
&ldquo;I want to thank the NBCA Selection Committee for acknowledging my father&rsquo;s impact and career in the NBA,&rdquo; Michael Malone said. &ldquo;His work ethic, his love of the game, and his passion for teaching were the foundation of my coaching career. This is a well-deserved honor and I feel very fortunate to be a part of this celebration.&rdquo;
Brendan Malone was enshrined in the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1997, he was inducted into the Basketball Old-Timers of America Hall of Fame (which recognizes and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to New York City basketball). He is a 2017 enshrinee in the Power Memorial Academy Hall of Fame.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Assistant coaches generally operate behind the scenes and almost never receive enough public recognition for their team&rsquo;s success. However, any head coach will tell you that they are an indispensable part of the team equation,&rdquo; said David Fogel, NBCA Executive Director and General Counsel. &ldquo;Coach Malone&rsquo;s contributions to the accomplishments of his teams are well known inside the NBA and his contributions to the game continue through his son Michael&rsquo;s tremendous success. Congratulations to Brendan on this well-deserved honor.&rdquo;
The NBCA Tex Winter Lifetime Impact Award honors the tremendous achievements and commitment of Hall-of-Famer Tex Winter, who set a standard of innovation, integrity, competitive excellence, loyalty, and tireless promotion of NBA basketball throughout the course of his outstanding NBA coaching career.
The award is selected annually by the NBCA Selection Committee, comprised of some of the most respected coaches and executives in the game, including Rick Adelman, Hubie Brown, Doug Collins, Wayne Embry, Danny Ferry, Mike Fratello, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Rod Thorn and Lenny Wilkens.
This year&rsquo;s nominees included assistant coaches Bob Beyer, Dan Burke, Jeff Bzdelik, Gordon Chiesa, Carroll Dawson, Hank Egan, Jim Eyen, Brian Hill, Jim Lynam, Bob McAdoo, Brendan Suhr and Bob Weiss.
Prior recipients of this award are Ron Adams (2022), Dick Helm (2021), Bill Bertka (2019), Tim Grgurich (2018), Ron Rothstein (2017) and Phil Johnson (2016).

Brendan Malone is the recipient of the 2023 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award, the NBCA announced today.

Brendan Malone given Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact award

On Saturday, the NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Dec. 7) and Championship (Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
&ldquo;We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,&rdquo; said Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. &ldquo;With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.&rdquo;
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.&nbsp; Each team will play four designated Group Play games &ndash; one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road &ndash; on &ldquo;Tournament Nights,&rdquo; which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).&nbsp; The only NBA games played on Tournament Nights will be Group Play games.</li>
<li>Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two &ldquo;wild cards&rdquo; (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group).&nbsp; The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).&nbsp; The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship.&nbsp; Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fourteen Group Play games (two games on each Tournament Night) and all seven Knockout Round games will be televised nationally.&nbsp; The game and broadcast schedule for the In-Season Tournament Group Play stage will be announced in August.&nbsp; An overview of the Group Play schedule&nbsp;<a href="https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688968848021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eTVMmHMCrLdlZ7qYM5lK7">is available here</a>.
More details about the In-Season Tournament are below.
Group Play Draw
To determine each team&rsquo;s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing.&nbsp; The groups are below:

On Saturday, the NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Dec. 7) and Championship (Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
&ldquo;We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,&rdquo; said Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. &ldquo;With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.&rdquo;
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.&nbsp; Each team will play four designated Group Play games &ndash; one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road &ndash; on &ldquo;Tournament Nights,&rdquo; which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).&nbsp; The only NBA games played on Tournament Nights will be Group Play games.</li>
<li>Knockout Rounds: Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two &ldquo;wild cards&rdquo; (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group).&nbsp; The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).&nbsp; The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship.&nbsp; Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fourteen Group Play games (two games on each Tournament Night) and all seven Knockout Round games will be televised nationally.&nbsp; The game and broadcast schedule for the In-Season Tournament Group Play stage will be announced in August.&nbsp; An overview of the Group Play schedule&nbsp;<a href="https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688968848021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eTVMmHMCrLdlZ7qYM5lK7">is available here</a>.
More details about the In-Season Tournament are below.
Group Play Draw
To determine each team&rsquo;s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing.&nbsp; The groups are below:

On Saturday, the NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Dec. 7) and Championship (Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
&ldquo;We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,&rdquo; said Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. &ldquo;With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.&rdquo;
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.&nbsp; Each team will play four designated Group Play games &ndash; one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road &ndash; on &ldquo;Tournament Nights,&rdquo; which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).&nbsp; The only NBA games played on Tournament Nights will be Group Play games.</li>
<li>Knockout Rounds: Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two &ldquo;wild cards&rdquo; (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group).&nbsp; The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).&nbsp; The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship. Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fourteen Group Play games (two games on each Tournament Night) and all seven Knockout Round games will be televised nationally. The game and broadcast schedule for the In-Season Tournament Group Play stage will be announced in August.&nbsp; An overview of the Group Play schedule <a href="https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688968848021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eTVMmHMCrLdlZ7qYM5lK7">is available here</a>.
More details about the In-Season Tournament are below.
Group Play Draw
To determine each team&rsquo;s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing.&nbsp; The groups are below:

On Saturday, the NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Dec. 7) and Championship (Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
&ldquo;We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,&rdquo; said Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. &ldquo;With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.&rdquo;
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.&nbsp; Each team will play four designated Group Play games &ndash; one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road &ndash; on &ldquo;Tournament Nights,&rdquo; which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).&nbsp; The only NBA games played on Tournament Nights will be Group Play games.</li>
<li>Knockout Rounds: Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two &ldquo;wild cards&rdquo; (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group).&nbsp; The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).&nbsp; The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship. Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fourteen Group Play games (two games on each Tournament Night) and all seven Knockout Round games will be televised nationally. The game and broadcast schedule for the In-Season Tournament Group Play stage will be announced in August. An overview of the Group Play schedule <a href="https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688968848021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eTVMmHMCrLdlZ7qYM5lK7">is available here</a>.
More details about the In-Season Tournament are below.
Group Play Draw
To determine each team&rsquo;s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing.&nbsp; The groups are below:

On Saturday, the NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Dec. 7) and Championship (Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
&ldquo;We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,&rdquo; said Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. &ldquo;With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.&rdquo;
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.&nbsp; Each team will play four designated Group Play games &ndash; one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road &ndash; on &ldquo;Tournament Nights,&rdquo; which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).&nbsp; The only NBA games played on Tournament Nights will be Group Play games.</li>
<li>Knockout Rounds: Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two &ldquo;wild cards&rdquo; (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group).&nbsp; The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).&nbsp; The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship. Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fourteen Group Play games (two games on each Tournament Night) and all seven Knockout Round games will be televised nationally. The game and broadcast schedule for the In-Season Tournament Group Play stage will be announced in August. An overview of the Group Play schedule <a href="https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688968848021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eTVMmHMCrLdlZ7qYM5lK7">is available here</a>.
More details about the In-Season Tournament are below.
Group Play Draw
To determine each team&rsquo;s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing.&nbsp; The groups are below:

On Saturday, the NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Dec. 7) and Championship (Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
&ldquo;We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,&rdquo; said Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. &ldquo;With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.&rdquo;
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.&nbsp; Each team will play four designated Group Play games &ndash; one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road &ndash; on &ldquo;Tournament Nights,&rdquo; which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).&nbsp; The only NBA games played on Tournament Nights will be Group Play games.</li>
<li>Knockout Rounds: Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two &ldquo;wild cards&rdquo; (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group).&nbsp; The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).&nbsp; The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship. Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fourteen Group Play games (two games on each Tournament Night) and all seven Knockout Round games will be televised nationally. The game and broadcast schedule for the In-Season Tournament Group Play stage will be announced in August. An overview of the Group Play schedule <a href="https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688968848021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eTVMmHMCrLdlZ7qYM5lK7">is available here</a>.
More details about the In-Season Tournament are below.
Group Play Draw
To determine each team&rsquo;s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing.&nbsp; The groups are below:
&nbsp;
Before the drawing, each team was placed into a &ldquo;pot&rdquo; based on its record from the prior regular season (2022-23).&nbsp; In each conference, one team from each pot was randomly selected into each of the three groups in that conference.&nbsp; The pots were as follows:&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Pot 1:&nbsp; The teams with the three best prior-season records in a conference.</li>
<li>Pot 2:&nbsp; The teams with the fourth- through sixth-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 3:&nbsp; The teams with the seventh- through ninth-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 4:&nbsp; The teams with the 10th- through 12th-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 5:&nbsp; The teams with the 13th- through 15th-best prior-season records.</li>
</ul>
Knockout Rounds
In each conference, Quarterfinal games will be hosted by the two teams with the best record in Group Play games, and the team with the best record in Group Play games will host the wild card team.&nbsp;
During the Knockout Rounds on days when In-Season Tournament games are not scheduled (Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 8), the 22 teams that do not qualify for the Knockout Rounds will each play two regular-season games.&nbsp; The four teams that lose in the Quarterfinals will each play a regular-season game on Dec. 8.&nbsp;
Prize Pool
For the 2023-24 season, the In-Season Tournament prize pool will be allocated to the players on the teams that participate in the Knockout Rounds as follows:&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Players on winning team of Championship:&nbsp; $500,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Championship:&nbsp; $200,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Semifinals:&nbsp; $100,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Quarterfinals:&nbsp; $50,000 each</li>
</ul>
League Honors
At the conclusion of the In-Season Tournament, the NBA will name the Most Valuable Player of the In-Season Tournament and the All-Tournament Team.&nbsp; Selection will be based on the players&rsquo; performance in both Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.

On Saturday, the NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Dec. 7) and Championship (Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
&ldquo;We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,&rdquo; said Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. &ldquo;With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.&rdquo;
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.&nbsp; Each team will play four designated Group Play games &ndash; one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road &ndash; on &ldquo;Tournament Nights,&rdquo; which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).&nbsp; The only NBA games played on Tournament Nights will be Group Play games.</li>
<li>Knockout Rounds: Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two &ldquo;wild cards&rdquo; (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group).&nbsp; The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).&nbsp; The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship. Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fourteen Group Play games (two games on each Tournament Night) and all seven Knockout Round games will be televised nationally. The game and broadcast schedule for the In-Season Tournament Group Play stage will be announced in August. An overview of the Group Play schedule <a href="https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688968848021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eTVMmHMCrLdlZ7qYM5lK7">is available here</a>.
More details about the In-Season Tournament are below.
Group Play Draw
To determine each team&rsquo;s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing.&nbsp; The groups are below:
<img src="https://cdn.basketballnews.com/images/story/body/ins_690w.png" alt="" />
Before the drawing, each team was placed into a &ldquo;pot&rdquo; based on its record from the prior regular season (2022-23).&nbsp; In each conference, one team from each pot was randomly selected into each of the three groups in that conference.&nbsp; The pots were as follows:&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Pot 1:&nbsp; The teams with the three best prior-season records in a conference.</li>
<li>Pot 2:&nbsp; The teams with the fourth- through sixth-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 3:&nbsp; The teams with the seventh- through ninth-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 4:&nbsp; The teams with the 10th- through 12th-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 5:&nbsp; The teams with the 13th- through 15th-best prior-season records.</li>
</ul>
Knockout Rounds
In each conference, Quarterfinal games will be hosted by the two teams with the best record in Group Play games, and the team with the best record in Group Play games will host the wild card team.&nbsp;
During the Knockout Rounds on days when In-Season Tournament games are not scheduled (Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 8), the 22 teams that do not qualify for the Knockout Rounds will each play two regular-season games.&nbsp; The four teams that lose in the Quarterfinals will each play a regular-season game on Dec. 8.&nbsp;
Prize Pool
For the 2023-24 season, the In-Season Tournament prize pool will be allocated to the players on the teams that participate in the Knockout Rounds as follows:&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Players on winning team of Championship:&nbsp; $500,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Championship:&nbsp; $200,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Semifinals:&nbsp; $100,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Quarterfinals:&nbsp; $50,000 each</li>
</ul>
League Honors
At the conclusion of the In-Season Tournament, the NBA will name the Most Valuable Player of the In-Season Tournament and the All-Tournament Team.&nbsp; Selection will be based on the players&rsquo; performance in both Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.

On Saturday, the NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Dec. 7) and Championship (Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
&ldquo;We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,&rdquo; said Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. &ldquo;With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.&rdquo;
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.&nbsp; Each team will play four designated Group Play games &ndash; one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road &ndash; on &ldquo;Tournament Nights,&rdquo; which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).&nbsp; The only NBA games played on Tournament Nights will be Group Play games.</li>
<li>Knockout Rounds: Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two &ldquo;wild cards&rdquo; (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group).&nbsp; The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).&nbsp; The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship. Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fourteen Group Play games (two games on each Tournament Night) and all seven Knockout Round games will be televised nationally. The game and broadcast schedule for the In-Season Tournament Group Play stage will be announced in August. An overview of the Group Play schedule <a href="https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688968848021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eTVMmHMCrLdlZ7qYM5lK7">is available here</a>.
More details about the In-Season Tournament are below.
Group Play Draw
To determine each team&rsquo;s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing.&nbsp; The groups are below:
<img src="https://cdn.basketballnews.com/images/story/body/ins.png" alt="" />
Before the drawing, each team was placed into a &ldquo;pot&rdquo; based on its record from the prior regular season (2022-23).&nbsp; In each conference, one team from each pot was randomly selected into each of the three groups in that conference.&nbsp; The pots were as follows:&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Pot 1:&nbsp; The teams with the three best prior-season records in a conference.</li>
<li>Pot 2:&nbsp; The teams with the fourth- through sixth-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 3:&nbsp; The teams with the seventh- through ninth-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 4:&nbsp; The teams with the 10th- through 12th-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 5:&nbsp; The teams with the 13th- through 15th-best prior-season records.</li>
</ul>
Knockout Rounds
In each conference, Quarterfinal games will be hosted by the two teams with the best record in Group Play games, and the team with the best record in Group Play games will host the wild card team.&nbsp;
During the Knockout Rounds on days when In-Season Tournament games are not scheduled (Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 8), the 22 teams that do not qualify for the Knockout Rounds will each play two regular-season games.&nbsp; The four teams that lose in the Quarterfinals will each play a regular-season game on Dec. 8.&nbsp;
Prize Pool
For the 2023-24 season, the In-Season Tournament prize pool will be allocated to the players on the teams that participate in the Knockout Rounds as follows:&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Players on winning team of Championship:&nbsp; $500,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Championship:&nbsp; $200,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Semifinals:&nbsp; $100,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Quarterfinals:&nbsp; $50,000 each</li>
</ul>
League Honors
At the conclusion of the In-Season Tournament, the NBA will name the Most Valuable Player of the In-Season Tournament and the All-Tournament Team.&nbsp; Selection will be based on the players&rsquo; performance in both Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.

On Saturday, the NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Dec. 7) and Championship (Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
&ldquo;We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,&rdquo; said Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. &ldquo;With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.&rdquo;
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.&nbsp; Each team will play four designated Group Play games &ndash; one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road &ndash; on &ldquo;Tournament Nights,&rdquo; which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).&nbsp; The only NBA games played on Tournament Nights will be Group Play games.</li>
<li>Knockout Rounds: Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two &ldquo;wild cards&rdquo; (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group).&nbsp; The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).&nbsp; The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship. Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fourteen Group Play games (two games on each Tournament Night) and all seven Knockout Round games will be televised nationally. The game and broadcast schedule for the In-Season Tournament Group Play stage will be announced in August. An overview of the Group Play schedule <a href="https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688968848021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eTVMmHMCrLdlZ7qYM5lK7">is available here</a>.
More details about the In-Season Tournament are below.
Group Play Draw
To determine each team&rsquo;s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing.&nbsp; The groups are below:
<img src="https://cdn.basketballnews.com/images/story/body/ins.png" alt="" width="1223" height="389" />
Before the drawing, each team was placed into a &ldquo;pot&rdquo; based on its record from the prior regular season (2022-23).&nbsp; In each conference, one team from each pot was randomly selected into each of the three groups in that conference.&nbsp; The pots were as follows:&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Pot 1:&nbsp; The teams with the three best prior-season records in a conference.</li>
<li>Pot 2:&nbsp; The teams with the fourth- through sixth-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 3:&nbsp; The teams with the seventh- through ninth-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 4:&nbsp; The teams with the 10th- through 12th-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 5:&nbsp; The teams with the 13th- through 15th-best prior-season records.</li>
</ul>
Knockout Rounds
In each conference, Quarterfinal games will be hosted by the two teams with the best record in Group Play games, and the team with the best record in Group Play games will host the wild card team.&nbsp;
During the Knockout Rounds on days when In-Season Tournament games are not scheduled (Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 8), the 22 teams that do not qualify for the Knockout Rounds will each play two regular-season games.&nbsp; The four teams that lose in the Quarterfinals will each play a regular-season game on Dec. 8.&nbsp;
Prize Pool
For the 2023-24 season, the In-Season Tournament prize pool will be allocated to the players on the teams that participate in the Knockout Rounds as follows:&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Players on winning team of Championship:&nbsp; $500,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Championship:&nbsp; $200,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Semifinals:&nbsp; $100,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Quarterfinals:&nbsp; $50,000 each</li>
</ul>
League Honors
At the conclusion of the In-Season Tournament, the NBA will name the Most Valuable Player of the In-Season Tournament and the All-Tournament Team.&nbsp; Selection will be based on the players&rsquo; performance in both Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.

On Saturday, the NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut in the 2023-24 regular season.
The inaugural In-Season Tournament will tip off on Nov. 3 in NBA team markets and culminate with the playing of the Semifinals (Dec. 7) and Championship (Dec. 9) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
&ldquo;We are excited to introduce the NBA In-Season Tournament as an opportunity to further enhance and innovate around our season structure,&rdquo; said Joe Dumars, NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. &ldquo;With the addition of this new marquee event on the NBA calendar, we are focused on providing players and teams with another competition to win, engaging fans in a different way and driving further interest in the early portion of the regular-season schedule.&rdquo;
The In-Season Tournament will consist of two stages: Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Group Play: As revealed today on ESPN and outlined below, all 30 teams have been randomly drawn into groups of five within their conference based on win-loss records from the 2022-23 regular season.&nbsp; Each team will play four designated Group Play games &ndash; one game against each opponent in its group, with two games at home and two on the road &ndash; on &ldquo;Tournament Nights,&rdquo; which will take place every Tuesday and Friday from Nov. 3-28 (with the exception of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, when no games will be played).&nbsp; The only NBA games played on Tournament Nights will be Group Play games.</li>
<li>Knockout Rounds: Eight teams will advance to the Knockout Rounds:&nbsp; the team with the best standing in Group Play games in each of the six groups and two &ldquo;wild cards&rdquo; (the team from each conference with the best record in Group Play games that finished second in its group).&nbsp; The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (played in NBA team markets on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5) and Semifinals and Championship (played in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and Dec. 9, respectively).&nbsp; The Knockout teams will compete for a prize pool and the new In-Season Tournament trophy, the NBA Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The 67 games across both stages of the In-Season Tournament will count toward the regular-season standings except the Championship. Each team will continue to play 82 regular-season games in the 2023-24 season, including those games that are part of Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fourteen Group Play games (two games on each Tournament Night) and all seven Knockout Round games will be televised nationally. The game and broadcast schedule for the In-Season Tournament Group Play stage will be announced in August. An overview of the Group Play schedule <a href="https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2023/07/In-Season-Tournament-Game-Matrix-and-Matchups.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688968848021000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0eTVMmHMCrLdlZ7qYM5lK7">is available here</a>.
More details about the In-Season Tournament are below.
Group Play Draw
To determine each team&rsquo;s opponents in the Group Play games, the 15 teams in each conference were divided into three groups of five teams via a random drawing.&nbsp; The groups are below:
<img src="https://cdn.basketballnews.com/images/story/body/ins.png" alt="" width="739" height="235" />
Before the drawing, each team was placed into a &ldquo;pot&rdquo; based on its record from the prior regular season (2022-23).&nbsp; In each conference, one team from each pot was randomly selected into each of the three groups in that conference.&nbsp; The pots were as follows:&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Pot 1:&nbsp; The teams with the three best prior-season records in a conference.</li>
<li>Pot 2:&nbsp; The teams with the fourth- through sixth-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 3:&nbsp; The teams with the seventh- through ninth-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 4:&nbsp; The teams with the 10th- through 12th-best prior-season records.</li>
<li>Pot 5:&nbsp; The teams with the 13th- through 15th-best prior-season records.</li>
</ul>
Knockout Rounds
In each conference, Quarterfinal games will be hosted by the two teams with the best record in Group Play games, and the team with the best record in Group Play games will host the wild card team.&nbsp;
During the Knockout Rounds on days when In-Season Tournament games are not scheduled (Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Friday, Dec. 8), the 22 teams that do not qualify for the Knockout Rounds will each play two regular-season games.&nbsp; The four teams that lose in the Quarterfinals will each play a regular-season game on Dec. 8.&nbsp;
Prize Pool
For the 2023-24 season, the In-Season Tournament prize pool will be allocated to the players on the teams that participate in the Knockout Rounds as follows:&nbsp;
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Players on winning team of Championship:&nbsp; $500,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Championship:&nbsp; $200,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Semifinals:&nbsp; $100,000 each</li>
<li>Players on losing team of Quarterfinals:&nbsp; $50,000 each</li>
</ul>
League Honors
At the conclusion of the In-Season Tournament, the NBA will name the Most Valuable Player of the In-Season Tournament and the All-Tournament Team.&nbsp; Selection will be based on the players&rsquo; performance in both Group Play and the Knockout Rounds.

The NBA unveiled details of the league's In-Season Tournament, a new annual competition for all 30 teams that will debut next season.

Here's everything to know about the NBA's new In-Season Tournament

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.
The All-NBA center officially put pen to paper on a four-year contract extension with the Kings, ensuring his presence on the court until the 2027-28 season, as reported by <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski</a>.
Sabonis and the Kings "agreed to a massive contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217 million over five seasons -- including $195 million in new money," Woj <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes</a>.
Wojnarowski notes that Sabonis could have asked for more money, but he wanted to ensure that the Kings have some flexibility for additional roster moves as the team looks to assemble a contender.
The Kings wanted to lock up Sabonis, who just helped them ends their NBA-record playoff drought, leading Sacramento to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
As a result of the renegotiation, Sabonis will earn an extra $8.6 million in the upcoming season.
Sabonis becomes the second NBA player in the last six months who had a deal that was renegotiated with cap space and extended, joining Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner (who signed a two-year, $60 million extension).
The three-time All-Star averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season, which led to his first All-NBA selection.

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.
The All-NBA center officially put pen to paper on a four-year contract extension with the Kings, ensuring his presence on the court until the 2027-28 season, as reported by <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski</a>.
Sabonis and the Kings "agreed to a massive contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217 million over five seasons -- including $195 million in new money," Woj <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes</a>.
Wojnarowski notes that Sabonis could have asked for more money, but he wanted to ensure that the Kings have some flexibility for additional roster moves as the team looks to assemble a contender.
The Kings wanted to lock up Sabonis, who just helped them ends their NBA-record playoff drought, leading Sacramento to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
As a result of the renegotiation, Sabonis will earn an extra $8.6 million in the upcoming season.
Sabonis becomes the second NBA player in the last six months whose deal was renegotiated with cap space and extended, joining Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner (who signed a two-year, $60 million extension).
The three-time All-Star averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season, which led to his first All-NBA selection.

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.
Sabonis and the Kings "agreed to a massive contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217 million over five seasons -- including $195 million in new money," Woj <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes</a>.
Wojnarowski notes that Sabonis could have asked for more money, but he wanted to ensure that the Kings have some flexibility for additional roster moves as the team looks to assemble a contender.
The Kings wanted to lock up Sabonis, who just helped them ends their NBA-record playoff drought, leading Sacramento to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
As a result of the renegotiation, Sabonis will earn an extra $8.6 million in the upcoming season.
Sabonis becomes the second NBA player in the last six months whose deal was renegotiated with cap space and extended, joining Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner (who signed a two-year, $60 million extension).
The three-time All-Star averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season, which led to his first All-NBA selection.

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.
Sabonis and the Kings "agreed to a massive contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217 million over five seasons -- including $195 million in new money," Woj <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes</a>. This ensures that Sabonis will remain with Sacramento through
Wojnarowski notes that Sabonis could have asked for more money, but he wanted to ensure that the Kings have some flexibility for additional roster moves as the team looks to assemble a contender.
The Kings wanted to lock up Sabonis, who just helped them ends their NBA-record playoff drought, leading Sacramento to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
As a result of the renegotiation, Sabonis will earn an extra $8.6 million in the upcoming season.
Sabonis becomes the second NBA player in the last six months whose deal was renegotiated with cap space and extended, joining Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner (who signed a two-year, $60 million extension).
The three-time All-Star averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season, which led to his first All-NBA selection.

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.
Sabonis and the Kings "agreed to a massive contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217 million over five seasons -- including $195 million in new money," Woj <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes</a>. This ensures that Sabonis will remain with Sacramento through the 2027-28 campaign.
Wojnarowski notes that Sabonis could have asked for more money, but he wanted to ensure that the Kings have some flexibility for additional roster moves as the team looks to assemble a contender.
The Kings wanted to lock up Sabonis, who just helped them ends their NBA-record playoff drought, leading Sacramento to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
As a result of the renegotiation, Sabonis will earn an extra $8.6 million in the upcoming season.
Sabonis becomes the second NBA player in the last six months whose deal was renegotiated with cap space and extended, joining Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner (who signed a two-year, $60 million extension).
The three-time All-Star averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season, which led to his first All-NBA selection.

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.
Sabonis and the Kings "agreed to a massive contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217 million over five seasons -- including $195 million in new money," Woj <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes</a>. This ensures that Sabonis will remain with Sacramento through the 2027-28 campaign.
Wojnarowski notes that Sabonis could have asked for more money, but he wanted to ensure that the Kings have some flexibility for additional roster moves as the team looks to assemble a contender.
The Kings wanted to lock up Sabonis, who just helped them end their NBA-record playoff drought, leading Sacramento to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
As a result of the renegotiation, Sabonis will earn an extra $8.6 million in the upcoming season.
Sabonis becomes the second NBA player in the last six months whose deal was renegotiated with cap space and extended, joining Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner (who signed a two-year, $60 million extension).
The three-time All-Star averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season, which led to his first All-NBA selection.

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.
The All-NBA center has agreed to a four-year contract extension that will keep him in Sacramento through This ensures that Sabonis will remain with Sacramento through the 2027-28 campaign.
Sabonis and the Kings "agreed to a massive contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217 million over five seasons -- including $195 million in new money," Woj <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes</a>.&nbsp;
Wojnarowski notes that Sabonis could have asked for more money, but he wanted to ensure that the Kings have some flexibility for additional roster moves as the team looks to assemble a contender.
The Kings wanted to lock up Sabonis, who just helped them end their NBA-record playoff drought, leading Sacramento to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
As a result of the renegotiation, Sabonis will earn an extra $8.6 million in the upcoming season.
Sabonis becomes the second NBA player in the last six months whose deal was renegotiated with cap space and extended, joining Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner (who signed a two-year, $60 million extension).
The three-time All-Star averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season, which led to his first All-NBA selection.

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.
The All-NBA center has agreed to a four-year contract extension that will keep him in Sacramento through the 2027-28 campaign.
Sabonis and the Kings "agreed to a massive contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217 million over five seasons -- including $195 million in new money," Woj <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes</a>.&nbsp;
Wojnarowski notes that Sabonis could have asked for more money, but he wanted to ensure that the Kings have some flexibility for additional roster moves as the team looks to assemble a contender.
The Kings wanted to lock up Sabonis, who just helped them end their NBA-record playoff drought, leading Sacramento to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
As a result of the renegotiation, Sabonis will earn an extra $8.6 million in the upcoming season.
Sabonis becomes the second NBA player in the last six months whose deal was renegotiated with cap space and extended, joining Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner (who signed a two-year, $60 million extension).
The three-time All-Star averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season, which led to his first All-NBA selection.

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.
The All-NBA center has agreed to a four-year contract extension that will keep him in Sacramento through the 2027-28 campaign, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Sabonis and the Kings "agreed to a massive contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217 million over five seasons -- including $195 million in new money," Woj <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes</a>.&nbsp;
Wojnarowski notes that Sabonis could have asked for more money, but he wanted to ensure that the Kings have some flexibility for additional roster moves as the team looks to assemble a contender.
The Kings wanted to lock up Sabonis, who just helped them end their NBA-record playoff drought, leading Sacramento to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
As a result of the renegotiation, Sabonis will earn an extra $8.6 million in the upcoming season.
Sabonis becomes the second NBA player in the last six months whose deal was renegotiated with cap space and extended, joining Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner (who signed a two-year, $60 million extension).
The three-time All-Star averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season, which led to his first All-NBA selection.

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.
The All-NBA center has agreed to a four-year contract extension that will keep him in Sacramento through the 2027-28 campaign, according to <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski</a>.
Sabonis and the Kings "agreed to a massive contract renegotiation and extension for a total of $217 million over five seasons -- including $195 million in new money," Woj <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37947436/sacramento-kings-domantas-sabonis-agree-contract-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writes</a>.&nbsp;
Wojnarowski notes that Sabonis could have asked for more money, but he wanted to ensure that the Kings have some flexibility for additional roster moves as the team looks to assemble a contender.
The Kings wanted to lock up Sabonis, who just helped them end their NBA-record playoff drought, leading Sacramento to the postseason for the first time since 2006.
As a result of the renegotiation, Sabonis will earn an extra $8.6 million in the upcoming season.
Sabonis becomes the second NBA player in the last six months whose deal was renegotiated with cap space and extended, joining Indiana Pacers big man Myles Turner (who signed a two-year, $60 million extension).
The three-time All-Star averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds last season, which led to his first All-NBA selection.

Domantas Sabonis won't be leaving the Sacramento Kings anytime soon.

Domantas Sabonis agrees to four-year extension with Kings

The NBA today announced that premier pro-am basketball from various leagues &ndash; including Drew League, Miami Pro League and AEBL, among others &ndash; will stream globally on the NBA App and NBA.com beginning with the Drew League on Saturday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.&nbsp; Fans will have access to unique pro-am content, including live games regularly featuring star NBA players, across NBA social and digital platforms.&nbsp; The addition of these top pro-am leagues into NBA App programming builds upon the NBA&rsquo;s efforts to engage with fans throughout the offseason and widen its scope of basketball content.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Last summer, the&nbsp;Drew League, now celebrating its 50th&nbsp;anniversary, was streamed globally on the NBA App, marking the first time NBA platforms featured a pro-am league.&nbsp; NBA App coverage of the Drew League was memorably tipped off by LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) teaming up.&nbsp; The&nbsp;Miami Pro League&nbsp;and&nbsp;AEBL,&nbsp;both in their 10th&nbsp;year, featured appearances from various NBA players including Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers), Obi Toppin (New York Knicks), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jose Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans) and more.
&nbsp;
In addition to the comprehensive coverage of offseason basketball, the NBA will support pro-am community efforts through the distribution of Jr. NBA kits for youth basketball players in each local community.&nbsp; Details regarding the full game schedule and coverage are available on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688151468702000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3saaeGsxxgr2IyCNkciXVB">NBA.com</a>, NBA social and the NBA App.
&nbsp;
As previously announced, all 76 games from the NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas (July 7-17) will air live on television on ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews) or NBA TV and will also be available to stream on the ESPN App or NBA App.&nbsp; Games from the 2023 California Classic in Sacramento (July 3 and 5) and 2023 Salt Lake City Summer League (July 3, 5 and 6) will also be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or NBA TV and will be streamed on the ESPN App or NBA App.

The NBA today announced that premier pro-am basketball from various leagues &ndash; including Drew League, Miami Pro League and AEBL, among others &ndash; will stream globally on the NBA App and NBA.com beginning with the Drew League on Saturday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.&nbsp;
Fans will have access to unique pro-am content, including live games regularly featuring star NBA players, across NBA social and digital platforms. The addition of these top pro-am leagues into NBA App programming builds upon the NBA&rsquo;s efforts to engage with fans throughout the offseason and widen its scope of basketball content.&nbsp;
Last summer, the&nbsp;Drew League, now celebrating its 50th&nbsp;anniversary, was streamed globally on the NBA App, marking the first time NBA platforms featured a pro-am league.&nbsp; NBA App coverage of the Drew League was memorably tipped off by LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) teaming up.&nbsp; The&nbsp;Miami Pro League&nbsp;and&nbsp;AEBL,&nbsp;both in their 10th&nbsp;year, featured appearances from various NBA players including Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers), Obi Toppin (New York Knicks), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jose Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans) and more.
&nbsp;
In addition to the comprehensive coverage of offseason basketball, the NBA will support pro-am community efforts through the distribution of Jr. NBA kits for youth basketball players in each local community.&nbsp; Details regarding the full game schedule and coverage are available on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688151468702000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3saaeGsxxgr2IyCNkciXVB">NBA.com</a>, NBA social and the NBA App.
&nbsp;
As previously announced, all 76 games from the NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas (July 7-17) will air live on television on ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews) or NBA TV and will also be available to stream on the ESPN App or NBA App.&nbsp; Games from the 2023 California Classic in Sacramento (July 3 and 5) and 2023 Salt Lake City Summer League (July 3, 5 and 6) will also be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or NBA TV and will be streamed on the ESPN App or NBA App.

The NBA today announced that premier pro-am basketball from various leagues &ndash; including Drew League, Miami Pro League and AEBL, among others &ndash; will stream globally on the NBA App and NBA.com beginning with the Drew League on Saturday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.&nbsp;
Fans will have access to unique pro-am content, including live games regularly featuring star NBA players, across NBA social and digital platforms. The addition of these top pro-am leagues into NBA App programming builds upon the NBA&rsquo;s efforts to engage with fans throughout the offseason and widen its scope of basketball content.&nbsp;
Last summer, the Drew League, now celebrating its 50th&nbsp;anniversary, was streamed globally on the NBA App, marking the first time NBA platforms featured a pro-am league.&nbsp; NBA App coverage of the Drew League was memorably tipped off by LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) teaming up.&nbsp; The&nbsp;Miami Pro League&nbsp;and&nbsp;AEBL,&nbsp;both in their 10th&nbsp;year, featured appearances from various NBA players including Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers), Obi Toppin (New York Knicks), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jose Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans) and more.
&nbsp;
In addition to the comprehensive coverage of offseason basketball, the NBA will support pro-am community efforts through the distribution of Jr. NBA kits for youth basketball players in each local community.&nbsp; Details regarding the full game schedule and coverage are available on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688151468702000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3saaeGsxxgr2IyCNkciXVB">NBA.com</a>, NBA social and the NBA App.
&nbsp;
As previously announced, all 76 games from the NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas (July 7-17) will air live on television on ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews) or NBA TV and will also be available to stream on the ESPN App or NBA App.&nbsp; Games from the 2023 California Classic in Sacramento (July 3 and 5) and 2023 Salt Lake City Summer League (July 3, 5 and 6) will also be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or NBA TV and will be streamed on the ESPN App or NBA App.

The NBA today announced that premier pro-am basketball from various leagues &ndash; including Drew League, Miami Pro League and AEBL, among others &ndash; will stream globally on the NBA App and NBA.com beginning with the Drew League on Saturday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.&nbsp;
Fans will have access to unique pro-am content, including live games regularly featuring star NBA players, across NBA social and digital platforms. The addition of these top pro-am leagues into NBA App programming builds upon the NBA&rsquo;s efforts to engage with fans throughout the offseason and widen its scope of basketball content.&nbsp;
Last summer, the Drew League, now celebrating its 50th anniversary, was streamed globally on the NBA App, marking the first time NBA platforms featured a pro-am league. NBA App coverage of the Drew League was memorably tipped off by LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) teaming up.&nbsp; The&nbsp;Miami Pro League&nbsp;and&nbsp;AEBL,&nbsp;both in their 10th&nbsp;year, featured appearances from various NBA players including Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers), Obi Toppin (New York Knicks), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jose Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans) and more.
&nbsp;
In addition to the comprehensive coverage of offseason basketball, the NBA will support pro-am community efforts through the distribution of Jr. NBA kits for youth basketball players in each local community.&nbsp; Details regarding the full game schedule and coverage are available on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688151468702000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3saaeGsxxgr2IyCNkciXVB">NBA.com</a>, NBA social and the NBA App.
&nbsp;
As previously announced, all 76 games from the NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas (July 7-17) will air live on television on ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews) or NBA TV and will also be available to stream on the ESPN App or NBA App.&nbsp; Games from the 2023 California Classic in Sacramento (July 3 and 5) and 2023 Salt Lake City Summer League (July 3, 5 and 6) will also be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or NBA TV and will be streamed on the ESPN App or NBA App.

The NBA today announced that premier pro-am basketball from various leagues &ndash; including Drew League, Miami Pro League and AEBL, among others &ndash; will stream globally on the NBA App and NBA.com beginning with the Drew League on Saturday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.&nbsp;
Fans will have access to unique pro-am content, including live games regularly featuring star NBA players, across NBA social and digital platforms. The addition of these top pro-am leagues into NBA App programming builds upon the NBA&rsquo;s efforts to engage with fans throughout the offseason and widen its scope of basketball content.&nbsp;
Last summer, the Drew League, now celebrating its 50th anniversary, was streamed globally on the NBA App, marking the first time NBA platforms featured a pro-am league. NBA App coverage of the Drew League was memorably tipped off by LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) teaming up.&nbsp;
The&nbsp;Miami Pro League&nbsp;and&nbsp;AEBL,&nbsp;both in their 10th&nbsp;year, featured appearances from various NBA players including Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers), Obi Toppin (New York Knicks), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jose Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans) and more.
&nbsp;
In addition to the comprehensive coverage of offseason basketball, the NBA will support pro-am community efforts through the distribution of Jr. NBA kits for youth basketball players in each local community.&nbsp; Details regarding the full game schedule and coverage are available on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688151468702000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3saaeGsxxgr2IyCNkciXVB">NBA.com</a>, NBA social and the NBA App.
&nbsp;
As previously announced, all 76 games from the NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas (July 7-17) will air live on television on ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews) or NBA TV and will also be available to stream on the ESPN App or NBA App.&nbsp; Games from the 2023 California Classic in Sacramento (July 3 and 5) and 2023 Salt Lake City Summer League (July 3, 5 and 6) will also be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or NBA TV and will be streamed on the ESPN App or NBA App.

The NBA today announced that premier pro-am basketball from various leagues &ndash; including Drew League, Miami Pro League and AEBL, among others &ndash; will stream globally on the NBA App and NBA.com beginning with the Drew League on Saturday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.&nbsp;
Fans will have access to unique pro-am content, including live games regularly featuring star NBA players, across NBA social and digital platforms. The addition of these top pro-am leagues into NBA App programming builds upon the NBA&rsquo;s efforts to engage with fans throughout the offseason and widen its scope of basketball content.&nbsp;
Last summer, the Drew League, now celebrating its 50th anniversary, was streamed globally on the NBA App, marking the first time NBA platforms featured a pro-am league. NBA App coverage of the Drew League was memorably tipped off by LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) teaming up.&nbsp;
The&nbsp;Miami Pro League&nbsp;and&nbsp;AEBL,&nbsp;both in their 10th&nbsp;year, featured appearances from various NBA players including Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers), Obi Toppin (New York Knicks), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jose Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans) and more.
&nbsp;
In addition to the comprehensive coverage of offseason basketball, the NBA will support pro-am community efforts through the distribution of Jr. NBA kits for youth basketball players in each local community.&nbsp; Details regarding the full game schedule and coverage are available on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688151468702000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3saaeGsxxgr2IyCNkciXVB">NBA.com</a>, NBA social and the NBA App.
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As previously announced, all 76 games from the NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas (July 7-17) will air live on television on ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews) or NBA TV and will also be available to stream on the ESPN App or NBA App.&nbsp; Games from the 2023 California Classic in Sacramento (July 3 and 5) and 2023 Salt Lake City Summer League (July 3, 5 and 6) will also be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or NBA TV and will be streamed on the ESPN App or NBA App.

The NBA today announced that premier pro-am basketball from various leagues &ndash; including Drew League, Miami Pro League and AEBL, among others &ndash; will stream globally on the NBA App and NBA.com beginning with the Drew League on Saturday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.&nbsp;
Fans will have access to unique pro-am content, including live games regularly featuring star NBA players, across NBA social and digital platforms. The addition of these top pro-am leagues into NBA App programming builds upon the NBA&rsquo;s efforts to engage with fans throughout the offseason and widen its scope of basketball content.&nbsp;
Last summer, the Drew League, now celebrating its 50th anniversary, was streamed globally on the NBA App, marking the first time NBA platforms featured a pro-am league. NBA App coverage of the Drew League was memorably tipped off by LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) teaming up.&nbsp;
The&nbsp;Miami Pro League&nbsp;and&nbsp;AEBL,&nbsp;both in their 10th&nbsp;year, featured appearances from various NBA players including Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers), Obi Toppin (New York Knicks), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jose Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans) and more.
In addition to the comprehensive coverage of offseason basketball, the NBA will support pro-am community efforts through the distribution of Jr. NBA kits for youth basketball players in each local community.&nbsp; Details regarding the full game schedule and coverage are available on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688151468702000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3saaeGsxxgr2IyCNkciXVB">NBA.com</a>, NBA social and the NBA App.
As previously announced, all 76 games from the NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas (July 7-17) will air live on television on ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews) or NBA TV and will also be available to stream on the ESPN App or NBA App.&nbsp; Games from the 2023 California Classic in Sacramento (July 3 and 5) and 2023 Salt Lake City Summer League (July 3, 5 and 6) will also be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or NBA TV and will be streamed on the ESPN App or NBA App.

The NBA today announced that premier pro-am basketball from various leagues &ndash; including Drew League, Miami Pro League and AEBL, among others &ndash; will stream globally on the NBA App and NBA.com beginning with the Drew League on Saturday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.&nbsp;
Fans will have access to unique pro-am content, including live games regularly featuring star NBA players, across NBA social and digital platforms. The addition of these top pro-am leagues into NBA App programming builds upon the NBA&rsquo;s efforts to engage with fans throughout the offseason and widen its scope of basketball content.&nbsp;
Last summer, the Drew League, now celebrating its 50th anniversary, was streamed globally on the NBA App, marking the first time NBA platforms featured a pro-am league. NBA App coverage of the Drew League was memorably tipped off by LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) teaming up.&nbsp;
The&nbsp;Miami Pro League&nbsp;and&nbsp;AEBL,&nbsp;both in their 10th&nbsp;year, featured appearances from various NBA players including Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers), Obi Toppin (New York Knicks), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jose Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans) and more.
In addition to the comprehensive coverage of offseason basketball, the NBA will support pro-am community efforts through the distribution of Jr. NBA kits for youth basketball players in each local community. Details regarding the full game schedule and coverage are available on <a href="https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688151468702000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3saaeGsxxgr2IyCNkciXVB">NBA.com</a>, NBA social and the NBA App.
As previously announced, all 76 games from the NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas (July 7-17) will air live on television on ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews) or NBA TV and will also be available to stream on the ESPN App or NBA App.&nbsp; Games from the 2023 California Classic in Sacramento (July 3 and 5) and 2023 Salt Lake City Summer League (July 3, 5 and 6) will also be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or NBA TV and will be streamed on the ESPN App or NBA App.

The NBA today announced that premier pro-am basketball from various leagues &ndash; including Drew League, Miami Pro League and AEBL, among others &ndash; will stream globally on the NBA App and NBA.com beginning with the Drew League on Saturday, July 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET.&nbsp;
Fans will have access to unique pro-am content, including live games regularly featuring star NBA players, across NBA social and digital platforms. The addition of these top pro-am leagues into NBA App programming builds upon the NBA&rsquo;s efforts to engage with fans throughout the offseason and widen its scope of basketball content.&nbsp;
Last summer, the Drew League, now celebrating its 50th anniversary, was streamed globally on the NBA App, marking the first time NBA platforms featured a pro-am league. NBA App coverage of the Drew League was memorably tipped off by LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) teaming up.&nbsp;
The&nbsp;Miami Pro League&nbsp;and&nbsp;AEBL,&nbsp;both in their 10th&nbsp;year, featured appearances from various NBA players including Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers), Darius Garland (Cleveland Cavaliers), Obi Toppin (New York Knicks), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Jose Alvarado (New Orleans Pelicans) and more.
In addition to the comprehensive coverage of offseason basketball, the NBA will support pro-am community efforts through the distribution of Jr. NBA kits for youth basketball players in each local community. Details regarding the full game schedule and coverage are available on <a href="https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/pro-am-schedule&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688151468702000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3saaeGsxxgr2IyCNkciXVB">NBA.com</a>, NBA social and the NBA App.
As previously announced, all 76 games from the NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas (July 7-17) will air live on television on ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews) or NBA TV and will also be available to stream on the ESPN App or NBA App.&nbsp;
Games from the 2023 California Classic in Sacramento (July 3 and 5) and 2023 Salt Lake City Summer League (July 3, 5 and 6) will also be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or NBA TV and will be streamed on the ESPN App or NBA App.

This summer, the NBA will stream games from premier pro-am leagues – including the Drew League, Miami Pro League and AEBL.

NBA to stream 150+ games from premier pro-am leagues this summer

Two-time WNBA MVP A&rsquo;ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces and 2018 WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart of the New York Liberty lead the list of 10 players &ndash; four guards and six frontcourt players &ndash; selected by fans, current WNBA players and media to start in the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game set to be played on July 15 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas (ABC, 5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET).&nbsp;&nbsp;
The starters were&nbsp;revealed today during ABC&rsquo;s broadcast of a game between the Liberty and Washington Mystics.
Wilson and Stewart, each selected as an All-Star for the fifth time, will serve as official team captains by virtue of being the two All-Star starters who finished with the most fan votes. This marks the second consecutive year that Wilson and Stewart finished No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in fan voting.
Last year,&nbsp;Team Wilson defeated Team Stewart 134-112 at the 2022 AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star Game in Chicago. Wilson also served as a captain when she led Team Wilson past Team (Elena) Delle Donne 129-126 in the 2019 AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas.
Joining&nbsp;Wilson&nbsp;and&nbsp;Stewart&nbsp;as starters in the frontcourt are&nbsp;2023 No. 1 overall draft pick&nbsp;Aliyah Boston&nbsp;of the Indiana Fever, nine-time All-Star&nbsp;Brittney Griner&nbsp;of the Phoenix Mercury, 2016 Kia WNBA MVP and eight-time All-Star&nbsp;Nneka Ogwumike&nbsp;of the Los Angeles Sparks and two-time All-Star&nbsp;Satou Sabally&nbsp;of the Dallas Wings.
The starting backcourt will feature five-time All-Stars&nbsp;Chelsea Gray&nbsp;of Las Vegas and&nbsp;Jewell Loyd&nbsp;of the Seattle Storm, three-time All-Star&nbsp;Arike Ogunbowale&nbsp;of Dallas and two-time All-Star&nbsp;Jackie Young&nbsp;of Las Vegas.
Voting will now begin for the 12&nbsp;AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star&nbsp;reserves, who&nbsp;will be selected by the league&rsquo;s head coaches. The head coaches will vote for three guards, five frontcourt players and four players at either position regardless of conference. They may not vote for their own players.
The reserves will be announced on Saturday, July 1. If a player is unable to play in AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star, a replacement will be named by WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert.
The captains will draft their rosters by selecting first from the pool of eight remaining starters and then from the pool of 12 reserves. ESPN will broadcast the&nbsp;WNBA All-Star Team Selection Special on July 8 (1 p.m. ET).

The WNBA announced this year's All-Star starters, headlined by team captains A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart.

A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart headline 2023 WNBA All-Star starters

CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) &mdash; Kawhi Leonard had a clean up procedure on his right knee in early June and is expected to be ready for the start of Los Angeles Clippers&rsquo; training camp in late September.
The five-time All-Star, who turns 32 next week, had a meniscus tear in his knee, although his surgically repaired ACL was intact.
Leonard had the procedure around June 6, Lawrence Frank, president of basketball operations, said Thursday night after the conclusion of the NBA draft.
&ldquo;He feels great,&rdquo; Frank said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s an eight-week recovery from surgery to when you&rsquo;re on the court playing in a game.&rdquo;
Frank said Leonard is &ldquo;100%&rdquo; going to be ready for training camp.
Leonard played in Games 1 and 2 of the Clippers&rsquo; first-round playoff series against the Phoenix Suns, but missed the next three games because of the knee injury. The Suns beat the Clippers in five games.
The team had said Leonard sustained a right knee sprain after the first two playoff games, but didn&rsquo;t provide further details at the time. He had a MRI after the second game, which showed the tear.
Leonard missed all of the previous season while recovering from the ACL tear.
The two-time NBA Finals MVP averaged 34.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and six assists in the first two games against the Suns.

Kawhi Leonard had a clean up procedure on his right knee in early June and is expected to be ready for the start of training camp.

Kawhi Leonard had clean up procedure on knee, should be ready for camp

The 2023 NBA Playoffs across ABC, ESPN and TNT averaged 5.47 million viewers, making it the most-watched playoffs in five years.&nbsp;
NBA games accounted for nine of the top 10 most-watched programs across all of television since the beginning of May, and 15 of the top 20 most-watched programs among people under 50 since the start of April.
The 2023 NBA Finals, which saw the Denver Nuggets defeat the Miami Heat in a five-game series on ABC, averaged 11.64 million viewers, more than tripling its competition and winning the night across all of television for all five broadcasts.&nbsp;
The championship-clinching Game 5 averaged 13.08 million viewers, up 1% vs. last year&rsquo;s Game 5, and peaked at 17.88 million viewers at 11 p.m. ET.
Across all NBA social-media platforms, the 2023 NBA Playoffs garnered eight billion views, making it the most-viewed playoffs ever.&nbsp;
The NBA's account on Twitter was the most-viewed brand on the platform during the 2023 NBA Finals.&nbsp;
Driven by users outside of the U.S., the NBA App also had a historic postseason, with unique viewers on NBA League Pass up 32% vs. last year.&nbsp;
2023 NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic&rsquo;s popularity on social media skyrocketed throughout the Denver Nuggets&rsquo; title run with more than 540 million views, catapulting him from the No. 18 most-viewed player on social last season to No. 1 since May 1.

The 2023 NBA Playoffs across ABC, ESPN and TNT averaged 5.47 million viewers, making it the most-watched playoffs in five years.

2023 NBA playoffs were league's most-watched postseason in 5 years

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA announced today.
Curry was selected from a group of <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yR7wPqL_AlyY9Kx217W6h">five finalists</a>&nbsp;for his dedication to pursuing social justice and advancing Abdul-Jabbar&rsquo;s life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.
Curry prioritizes uplifting communities by fostering equity and creating access to opportunity. As a co-chair of former First Lady Michelle Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;When We All Vote&rdquo; initiative, Curry uses his platform to drive voter registration, education and turnout, most recently during the 2022 election season. His role encouraged millions of new voters to participate in the political process and make their voices heard through civic engagement. As part of his ongoing voting-related efforts, Curry participated in the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition&rsquo;s &ldquo;Freedom to Vote&rdquo; <a href="https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xr1diKYJYDyNGBlgPRMQb">social-media campaign</a>&nbsp;to help advocate for the passage of the&nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act&nbsp;in the U.S. Senate.&nbsp; Curry is also committed to raising awareness around issues of community safety, utilizing the Warriors&rsquo; 2023 White House visit to engage directly with President Biden and participate in a White House press briefing with head coach Steve Kerr to publicly address the matter.
Much of Curry&rsquo;s work also focuses on supporting underrepresented groups and reducing barriers to opportunity. In 2022, he graduated from Davidson College and wrote his final thesis on gender equity in sports, an issue that anchors his progressive and innovative ventures across the consumer, entertainment and non-profit spaces.&nbsp; Through UNDERRATED, Curry&rsquo;s lifestyle brand that empowers underrated and underrepresented individuals by opening doors for often-overlooked student-athletes, he creates equity, access and opportunity for basketball and golf athletes around the world to be seen by college recruiters, sports agents and other industry leaders.&nbsp; UNDERRATED has also enabled female athletes to access the same opportunities as their male counterparts, provided scholarships for athletes and offered personal development programming for young people.&nbsp; Among these efforts, Curry committed $6 million in funding to the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s golf team at Howard University, which hadn&rsquo;t been active for 50 years.
Unanimous Media, Curry&rsquo;s multimedia company rooted in the mission to inspire audiences through authentic storytelling, is dedicated to collaborating with underrepresented filmmakers, creators and writers across the entertainment industry.
Through Eat. Learn. Play., Curry&rsquo;s nonprofit co-founded with his wife Ayesha, Curry works to ensure every child in Oakland has access to nutritious food they need to be healthy and thrive, resources to foster a love for learning and reading, and safe places with equitable opportunities to play. With a mission to address and overcome the systemic socio-economic barriers facing underserved communities, Eat. Learn. Play. and its partners continue making a positive impact in the lives of children and families in need. Over the last year, Eat. Learn. Play. has provided over two million meals and 500,000 books to Oakland students, funded over 1,500 teacher-led classroom literacy projects, remodeled four new playspaces complete with multi-sport courts, playgrounds, gardens and murals, and more.
Curry has selected University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, which investigates, illuminates, and advances the theory and practice of transformational nonviolence to confront and overcome injustice and systemic violence and contribute to the just resolution of communal conflict, to receive a $100,000 contribution from the NBA on his behalf.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m passionate about the work of the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and its commitment to overcoming injustice and systemic violence through peace,&rdquo; said Curry.&nbsp; &ldquo;As an athlete, I consistently leverage my platform to amplify advocacy and address the pervasive issue of systemic racism.&nbsp; I firmly believe that we must be vocal both on social media and in real life, taking tangible actions to effect real change in our society and for generations to come.&nbsp; Together, with the organization's co-founder and director, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, we have initiated meaningful conversations around social justice with the school's student body, doubled the charity&rsquo;s donations through my foundation Eat. Learn. Play.'s gift matching initiatives, and continued building on its mission in my personal and professional life by holding people accountable and promoting the principles of justice, fairness and equality today, tomorrow and in the future.&rdquo;
The four other finalists &ndash; Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr., San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones, Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams &ndash; will each receive $25,000 donations from the NBA to the following social justice organizations of their choosing: VisionC (Williams), The Girls Opportunity Alliance/The Obama Foundation (Jackson Jr.), Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas (Jones) and the Social Change Fund United (Paul).
The winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award was determined by a selection committee comprised of Abdul-Jabbar and notable social justice leaders Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Dr. Richard Lapchick, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murgu&iacute;a, Rise Founder and CEO Amanda Nguyen and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum. This year&rsquo;s youth representative and&nbsp;<a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3bfVOPybhiUMluCn67KQ4G">Jr. NBA Court of Leaders</a>&nbsp;member was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BVbEvHqv7oh9ybAKvgdC6">Leah Harmon</a>.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA announced today.
Curry was selected from a group of <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yR7wPqL_AlyY9Kx217W6h">five finalists</a>&nbsp;for his dedication to pursuing social justice and advancing Abdul-Jabbar&rsquo;s life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.
Curry prioritizes uplifting communities by fostering equity and creating access to opportunity. As a co-chair of former First Lady Michelle Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;When We All Vote&rdquo; initiative, Curry uses his platform to drive voter registration, education and turnout, most recently during the 2022 election season. His role encouraged millions of new voters to participate in the political process and make their voices heard through civic engagement. As part of his ongoing voting-related efforts, Curry participated in the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition&rsquo;s &ldquo;Freedom to Vote&rdquo; <a href="https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xr1diKYJYDyNGBlgPRMQb">social-media campaign</a>&nbsp;to help advocate for the passage of the&nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act in the U.S. Senate. Curry is also committed to raising awareness around issues of community safety, utilizing the Warriors&rsquo; 2023 White House visit to engage directly with President Biden and participate in a White House press briefing with head coach Steve Kerr to publicly address the matter.
Much of Curry&rsquo;s work also focuses on supporting underrepresented groups and reducing barriers to opportunity. In 2022, he graduated from Davidson College and wrote his final thesis on gender equity in sports, an issue that anchors his progressive and innovative ventures across the consumer, entertainment and non-profit spaces.&nbsp; Through UNDERRATED, Curry&rsquo;s lifestyle brand that empowers underrated and underrepresented individuals by opening doors for often-overlooked student-athletes, he creates equity, access and opportunity for basketball and golf athletes around the world to be seen by college recruiters, sports agents and other industry leaders.&nbsp; UNDERRATED has also enabled female athletes to access the same opportunities as their male counterparts, provided scholarships for athletes and offered personal development programming for young people.&nbsp; Among these efforts, Curry committed $6 million in funding to the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s golf team at Howard University, which hadn&rsquo;t been active for 50 years.
Unanimous Media, Curry&rsquo;s multimedia company rooted in the mission to inspire audiences through authentic storytelling, is dedicated to collaborating with underrepresented filmmakers, creators and writers across the entertainment industry.
Through Eat. Learn. Play., Curry&rsquo;s nonprofit co-founded with his wife Ayesha, Curry works to ensure every child in Oakland has access to nutritious food they need to be healthy and thrive, resources to foster a love for learning and reading, and safe places with equitable opportunities to play. With a mission to address and overcome the systemic socio-economic barriers facing underserved communities, Eat. Learn. Play. and its partners continue making a positive impact in the lives of children and families in need. Over the last year, Eat. Learn. Play. has provided over two million meals and 500,000 books to Oakland students, funded over 1,500 teacher-led classroom literacy projects, remodeled four new playspaces complete with multi-sport courts, playgrounds, gardens and murals, and more.
Curry has selected University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, which investigates, illuminates, and advances the theory and practice of transformational nonviolence to confront and overcome injustice and systemic violence and contribute to the just resolution of communal conflict, to receive a $100,000 contribution from the NBA on his behalf.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m passionate about the work of the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and its commitment to overcoming injustice and systemic violence through peace,&rdquo; said Curry.&nbsp; &ldquo;As an athlete, I consistently leverage my platform to amplify advocacy and address the pervasive issue of systemic racism.&nbsp; I firmly believe that we must be vocal both on social media and in real life, taking tangible actions to effect real change in our society and for generations to come.&nbsp; Together, with the organization's co-founder and director, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, we have initiated meaningful conversations around social justice with the school's student body, doubled the charity&rsquo;s donations through my foundation Eat. Learn. Play.'s gift matching initiatives, and continued building on its mission in my personal and professional life by holding people accountable and promoting the principles of justice, fairness and equality today, tomorrow and in the future.&rdquo;
The four other finalists &ndash; Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr., San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones, Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams &ndash; will each receive $25,000 donations from the NBA to the following social justice organizations of their choosing: VisionC (Williams), The Girls Opportunity Alliance/The Obama Foundation (Jackson Jr.), Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas (Jones) and the Social Change Fund United (Paul).
The winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award was determined by a selection committee comprised of Abdul-Jabbar and notable social justice leaders Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Dr. Richard Lapchick, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murgu&iacute;a, Rise Founder and CEO Amanda Nguyen and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum. This year&rsquo;s youth representative and&nbsp;<a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3bfVOPybhiUMluCn67KQ4G">Jr. NBA Court of Leaders</a>&nbsp;member was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BVbEvHqv7oh9ybAKvgdC6">Leah Harmon</a>.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA announced today.
Curry was selected from a group of <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yR7wPqL_AlyY9Kx217W6h">five finalists</a>&nbsp;for his dedication to pursuing social justice and advancing Abdul-Jabbar&rsquo;s life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.
Curry prioritizes uplifting communities by fostering equity and creating access to opportunity. As a co-chair of former First Lady Michelle Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;When We All Vote&rdquo; initiative, Curry uses his platform to drive voter registration, education and turnout, most recently during the 2022 election season. His role encouraged millions of new voters to participate in the political process and make their voices heard through civic engagement. As part of his ongoing voting-related efforts, Curry participated in the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition&rsquo;s &ldquo;Freedom to Vote&rdquo; <a href="https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xr1diKYJYDyNGBlgPRMQb">social-media campaign</a>&nbsp;to help advocate for the passage of the&nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act in the U.S. Senate. Curry is also committed to raising awareness around issues of community safety, utilizing the Warriors&rsquo; 2023 White House visit to engage directly with President Biden and participate in a White House press briefing with head coach Steve Kerr to publicly address the matter.
Much of Curry&rsquo;s work also focuses on supporting underrepresented groups and reducing barriers to opportunity. In 2022, he graduated from Davidson College and wrote his final thesis on gender equity in sports, an issue that anchors his progressive and innovative ventures across the consumer, entertainment and non-profit spaces. Through UNDERRATED, Curry&rsquo;s lifestyle brand that empowers underrated and underrepresented individuals by opening doors for often-overlooked student-athletes, he creates equity, access and opportunity for basketball and golf athletes around the world to be seen by college recruiters, sports agents and other industry leaders.&nbsp; UNDERRATED has also enabled female athletes to access the same opportunities as their male counterparts, provided scholarships for athletes and offered personal development programming for young people.&nbsp; Among these efforts, Curry committed $6 million in funding to the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s golf team at Howard University, which hadn&rsquo;t been active for 50 years.
Unanimous Media, Curry&rsquo;s multimedia company rooted in the mission to inspire audiences through authentic storytelling, is dedicated to collaborating with underrepresented filmmakers, creators and writers across the entertainment industry.
Through Eat. Learn. Play., Curry&rsquo;s nonprofit co-founded with his wife Ayesha, Curry works to ensure every child in Oakland has access to nutritious food they need to be healthy and thrive, resources to foster a love for learning and reading, and safe places with equitable opportunities to play. With a mission to address and overcome the systemic socio-economic barriers facing underserved communities, Eat. Learn. Play. and its partners continue making a positive impact in the lives of children and families in need. Over the last year, Eat. Learn. Play. has provided over two million meals and 500,000 books to Oakland students, funded over 1,500 teacher-led classroom literacy projects, remodeled four new playspaces complete with multi-sport courts, playgrounds, gardens and murals, and more.
Curry has selected University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, which investigates, illuminates, and advances the theory and practice of transformational nonviolence to confront and overcome injustice and systemic violence and contribute to the just resolution of communal conflict, to receive a $100,000 contribution from the NBA on his behalf.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m passionate about the work of the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and its commitment to overcoming injustice and systemic violence through peace,&rdquo; said Curry.&nbsp; &ldquo;As an athlete, I consistently leverage my platform to amplify advocacy and address the pervasive issue of systemic racism.&nbsp; I firmly believe that we must be vocal both on social media and in real life, taking tangible actions to effect real change in our society and for generations to come.&nbsp; Together, with the organization's co-founder and director, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, we have initiated meaningful conversations around social justice with the school's student body, doubled the charity&rsquo;s donations through my foundation Eat. Learn. Play.'s gift matching initiatives, and continued building on its mission in my personal and professional life by holding people accountable and promoting the principles of justice, fairness and equality today, tomorrow and in the future.&rdquo;
The four other finalists &ndash; Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr., San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones, Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams &ndash; will each receive $25,000 donations from the NBA to the following social justice organizations of their choosing: VisionC (Williams), The Girls Opportunity Alliance/The Obama Foundation (Jackson Jr.), Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas (Jones) and the Social Change Fund United (Paul).
The winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award was determined by a selection committee comprised of Abdul-Jabbar and notable social justice leaders Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Dr. Richard Lapchick, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murgu&iacute;a, Rise Founder and CEO Amanda Nguyen and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum. This year&rsquo;s youth representative and&nbsp;<a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3bfVOPybhiUMluCn67KQ4G">Jr. NBA Court of Leaders</a>&nbsp;member was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BVbEvHqv7oh9ybAKvgdC6">Leah Harmon</a>.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA announced today.
Curry was selected from a group of <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yR7wPqL_AlyY9Kx217W6h">five finalists</a>&nbsp;for his dedication to pursuing social justice and advancing Abdul-Jabbar&rsquo;s life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.
Curry prioritizes uplifting communities by fostering equity and creating access to opportunity. As a co-chair of former First Lady Michelle Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;When We All Vote&rdquo; initiative, Curry uses his platform to drive voter registration, education and turnout, most recently during the 2022 election season. His role encouraged millions of new voters to participate in the political process and make their voices heard through civic engagement. As part of his ongoing voting-related efforts, Curry participated in the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition&rsquo;s &ldquo;Freedom to Vote&rdquo; <a href="https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xr1diKYJYDyNGBlgPRMQb">social-media campaign</a>&nbsp;to help advocate for the passage of the&nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act in the U.S. Senate. Curry is also committed to raising awareness around issues of community safety, utilizing the Warriors&rsquo; 2023 White House visit to engage directly with President Biden and participate in a White House press briefing with head coach Steve Kerr to publicly address the matter.
Much of Curry&rsquo;s work also focuses on supporting underrepresented groups and reducing barriers to opportunity. In 2022, he graduated from Davidson College and wrote his final thesis on gender equity in sports, an issue that anchors his progressive and innovative ventures across the consumer, entertainment and non-profit spaces. Through UNDERRATED, Curry&rsquo;s lifestyle brand that empowers underrated and underrepresented individuals by opening doors for often-overlooked student-athletes, he creates equity, access and opportunity for basketball and golf athletes around the world to be seen by college recruiters, sports agents and other industry leaders. UNDERRATED has also enabled female athletes to access the same opportunities as their male counterparts, provided scholarships for athletes and offered personal development programming for young people.&nbsp; Among these efforts, Curry committed $6 million in funding to the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s golf team at Howard University, which hadn&rsquo;t been active for 50 years.
Unanimous Media, Curry&rsquo;s multimedia company rooted in the mission to inspire audiences through authentic storytelling, is dedicated to collaborating with underrepresented filmmakers, creators and writers across the entertainment industry.
Through Eat. Learn. Play., Curry&rsquo;s nonprofit co-founded with his wife Ayesha, Curry works to ensure every child in Oakland has access to nutritious food they need to be healthy and thrive, resources to foster a love for learning and reading, and safe places with equitable opportunities to play. With a mission to address and overcome the systemic socio-economic barriers facing underserved communities, Eat. Learn. Play. and its partners continue making a positive impact in the lives of children and families in need. Over the last year, Eat. Learn. Play. has provided over two million meals and 500,000 books to Oakland students, funded over 1,500 teacher-led classroom literacy projects, remodeled four new playspaces complete with multi-sport courts, playgrounds, gardens and murals, and more.
Curry has selected University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, which investigates, illuminates, and advances the theory and practice of transformational nonviolence to confront and overcome injustice and systemic violence and contribute to the just resolution of communal conflict, to receive a $100,000 contribution from the NBA on his behalf.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m passionate about the work of the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and its commitment to overcoming injustice and systemic violence through peace,&rdquo; said Curry.&nbsp; &ldquo;As an athlete, I consistently leverage my platform to amplify advocacy and address the pervasive issue of systemic racism.&nbsp; I firmly believe that we must be vocal both on social media and in real life, taking tangible actions to effect real change in our society and for generations to come.&nbsp; Together, with the organization's co-founder and director, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, we have initiated meaningful conversations around social justice with the school's student body, doubled the charity&rsquo;s donations through my foundation Eat. Learn. Play.'s gift matching initiatives, and continued building on its mission in my personal and professional life by holding people accountable and promoting the principles of justice, fairness and equality today, tomorrow and in the future.&rdquo;
The four other finalists &ndash; Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr., San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones, Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams &ndash; will each receive $25,000 donations from the NBA to the following social justice organizations of their choosing: VisionC (Williams), The Girls Opportunity Alliance/The Obama Foundation (Jackson Jr.), Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas (Jones) and the Social Change Fund United (Paul).
The winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award was determined by a selection committee comprised of Abdul-Jabbar and notable social justice leaders Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Dr. Richard Lapchick, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murgu&iacute;a, Rise Founder and CEO Amanda Nguyen and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum. This year&rsquo;s youth representative and&nbsp;<a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3bfVOPybhiUMluCn67KQ4G">Jr. NBA Court of Leaders</a>&nbsp;member was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BVbEvHqv7oh9ybAKvgdC6">Leah Harmon</a>.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA announced today.
Curry was selected from a group of <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yR7wPqL_AlyY9Kx217W6h">five finalists</a>&nbsp;for his dedication to pursuing social justice and advancing Abdul-Jabbar&rsquo;s life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.
Curry prioritizes uplifting communities by fostering equity and creating access to opportunity. As a co-chair of former First Lady Michelle Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;When We All Vote&rdquo; initiative, Curry uses his platform to drive voter registration, education and turnout, most recently during the 2022 election season. His role encouraged millions of new voters to participate in the political process and make their voices heard through civic engagement. As part of his ongoing voting-related efforts, Curry participated in the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition&rsquo;s &ldquo;Freedom to Vote&rdquo; <a href="https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xr1diKYJYDyNGBlgPRMQb">social-media campaign</a>&nbsp;to help advocate for the passage of the&nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act in the U.S. Senate. Curry is also committed to raising awareness around issues of community safety, utilizing the Warriors&rsquo; 2023 White House visit to engage directly with President Biden and participate in a White House press briefing with head coach Steve Kerr to publicly address the matter.
Much of Curry&rsquo;s work also focuses on supporting underrepresented groups and reducing barriers to opportunity. In 2022, he graduated from Davidson College and wrote his final thesis on gender equity in sports, an issue that anchors his progressive and innovative ventures across the consumer, entertainment and non-profit spaces. Through UNDERRATED, Curry&rsquo;s lifestyle brand that empowers underrated and underrepresented individuals by opening doors for often-overlooked student-athletes, he creates equity, access and opportunity for basketball and golf athletes around the world to be seen by college recruiters, sports agents and other industry leaders. UNDERRATED has also enabled female athletes to access the same opportunities as their male counterparts, provided scholarships for athletes and offered personal development programming for young people. Among these efforts, Curry committed $6 million in funding to the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s golf team at Howard University, which hadn&rsquo;t been active for 50 years.
Unanimous Media, Curry&rsquo;s multimedia company rooted in the mission to inspire audiences through authentic storytelling, is dedicated to collaborating with underrepresented filmmakers, creators and writers across the entertainment industry.
Through Eat. Learn. Play., Curry&rsquo;s nonprofit co-founded with his wife Ayesha, Curry works to ensure every child in Oakland has access to nutritious food they need to be healthy and thrive, resources to foster a love for learning and reading, and safe places with equitable opportunities to play. With a mission to address and overcome the systemic socio-economic barriers facing underserved communities, Eat. Learn. Play. and its partners continue making a positive impact in the lives of children and families in need. Over the last year, Eat. Learn. Play. has provided over two million meals and 500,000 books to Oakland students, funded over 1,500 teacher-led classroom literacy projects, remodeled four new playspaces complete with multi-sport courts, playgrounds, gardens and murals, and more.
Curry has selected University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, which investigates, illuminates, and advances the theory and practice of transformational nonviolence to confront and overcome injustice and systemic violence and contribute to the just resolution of communal conflict, to receive a $100,000 contribution from the NBA on his behalf.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m passionate about the work of the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and its commitment to overcoming injustice and systemic violence through peace,&rdquo; said Curry.&nbsp; &ldquo;As an athlete, I consistently leverage my platform to amplify advocacy and address the pervasive issue of systemic racism.&nbsp; I firmly believe that we must be vocal both on social media and in real life, taking tangible actions to effect real change in our society and for generations to come.&nbsp; Together, with the organization's co-founder and director, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, we have initiated meaningful conversations around social justice with the school's student body, doubled the charity&rsquo;s donations through my foundation Eat. Learn. Play.'s gift matching initiatives, and continued building on its mission in my personal and professional life by holding people accountable and promoting the principles of justice, fairness and equality today, tomorrow and in the future.&rdquo;
The four other finalists &ndash; Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr., San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones, Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams &ndash; will each receive $25,000 donations from the NBA to the following social justice organizations of their choosing: VisionC (Williams), The Girls Opportunity Alliance/The Obama Foundation (Jackson Jr.), Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas (Jones) and the Social Change Fund United (Paul).
The winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award was determined by a selection committee comprised of Abdul-Jabbar and notable social justice leaders Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Dr. Richard Lapchick, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murgu&iacute;a, Rise Founder and CEO Amanda Nguyen and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum. This year&rsquo;s youth representative and&nbsp;<a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3bfVOPybhiUMluCn67KQ4G">Jr. NBA Court of Leaders</a>&nbsp;member was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BVbEvHqv7oh9ybAKvgdC6">Leah Harmon</a>.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA announced today.
Curry was selected from a group of <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yR7wPqL_AlyY9Kx217W6h">five finalists</a>&nbsp;for his dedication to pursuing social justice and advancing Abdul-Jabbar&rsquo;s life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.
Curry prioritizes uplifting communities by fostering equity and creating access to opportunity. As a co-chair of former First Lady Michelle Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;When We All Vote&rdquo; initiative, Curry uses his platform to drive voter registration, education and turnout, most recently during the 2022 election season. His role encouraged millions of new voters to participate in the political process and make their voices heard through civic engagement. As part of his ongoing voting-related efforts, Curry participated in the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition&rsquo;s &ldquo;Freedom to Vote&rdquo; <a href="https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xr1diKYJYDyNGBlgPRMQb">social-media campaign</a>&nbsp;to help advocate for the passage of the&nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act in the U.S. Senate. Curry is also committed to raising awareness around issues of community safety, utilizing the Warriors&rsquo; 2023 White House visit to engage directly with President Biden and participate in a White House press briefing with head coach Steve Kerr to publicly address the matter.
Much of Curry&rsquo;s work also focuses on supporting underrepresented groups and reducing barriers to opportunity. In 2022, he graduated from Davidson College and wrote his final thesis on gender equity in sports, an issue that anchors his progressive and innovative ventures across the consumer, entertainment and non-profit spaces. Through UNDERRATED, Curry&rsquo;s lifestyle brand that empowers underrated and underrepresented individuals by opening doors for often-overlooked student-athletes, he creates equity, access and opportunity for basketball and golf athletes around the world to be seen by college recruiters, sports agents and other industry leaders. UNDERRATED has also enabled female athletes to access the same opportunities as their male counterparts, provided scholarships for athletes and offered personal development programming for young people. Among these efforts, Curry committed $6 million in funding to the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s golf team at Howard University, which hadn&rsquo;t been active for 50 years.
Unanimous Media, Curry&rsquo;s multimedia company, rooted in the mission to inspire audiences through authentic storytelling, is dedicated to collaborating with underrepresented filmmakers, creators and writers across the entertainment industry.
Through Eat. Learn. Play., Curry&rsquo;s nonprofit co-founded with his wife Ayesha, Curry works to ensure every child in Oakland has access to nutritious food they need to be healthy and thrive, resources to foster a love for learning and reading, and safe places with equitable opportunities to play. With a mission to address and overcome the systemic socio-economic barriers facing underserved communities, Eat. Learn. Play. and its partners continue making a positive impact in the lives of children and families in need. Over the last year, Eat. Learn. Play. has provided over two million meals and 500,000 books to Oakland students, funded over 1,500 teacher-led classroom literacy projects, remodeled four new playspaces complete with multi-sport courts, playgrounds, gardens and murals, and more.
Curry has selected University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, which investigates, illuminates, and advances the theory and practice of transformational nonviolence to confront and overcome injustice and systemic violence and contribute to the just resolution of communal conflict, to receive a $100,000 contribution from the NBA on his behalf.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m passionate about the work of the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and its commitment to overcoming injustice and systemic violence through peace,&rdquo; said Curry.&nbsp; &ldquo;As an athlete, I consistently leverage my platform to amplify advocacy and address the pervasive issue of systemic racism.&nbsp; I firmly believe that we must be vocal both on social media and in real life, taking tangible actions to effect real change in our society and for generations to come.&nbsp; Together, with the organization's co-founder and director, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, we have initiated meaningful conversations around social justice with the school's student body, doubled the charity&rsquo;s donations through my foundation Eat. Learn. Play.'s gift matching initiatives, and continued building on its mission in my personal and professional life by holding people accountable and promoting the principles of justice, fairness and equality today, tomorrow and in the future.&rdquo;
The four other finalists &ndash; Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr., San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones, Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams &ndash; will each receive $25,000 donations from the NBA to the following social justice organizations of their choosing: VisionC (Williams), The Girls Opportunity Alliance/The Obama Foundation (Jackson Jr.), Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas (Jones) and the Social Change Fund United (Paul).
The winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award was determined by a selection committee comprised of Abdul-Jabbar and notable social justice leaders Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Dr. Richard Lapchick, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murgu&iacute;a, Rise Founder and CEO Amanda Nguyen and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum. This year&rsquo;s youth representative and&nbsp;<a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3bfVOPybhiUMluCn67KQ4G">Jr. NBA Court of Leaders</a>&nbsp;member was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BVbEvHqv7oh9ybAKvgdC6">Leah Harmon</a>.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA announced today.
Curry was selected from a group of <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yR7wPqL_AlyY9Kx217W6h">five finalists</a>&nbsp;for his dedication to pursuing social justice and advancing Abdul-Jabbar&rsquo;s life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.
Curry prioritizes uplifting communities by fostering equity and creating access to opportunity. As a co-chair of former First Lady Michelle Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;When We All Vote&rdquo; initiative, Curry uses his platform to drive voter registration, education and turnout, most recently during the 2022 election season. His role encouraged millions of new voters to participate in the political process and make their voices heard through civic engagement. As part of his ongoing voting-related efforts, Curry participated in the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition&rsquo;s &ldquo;Freedom to Vote&rdquo; <a href="https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xr1diKYJYDyNGBlgPRMQb">social-media campaign</a>&nbsp;to help advocate for the passage of the&nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act in the U.S. Senate. Curry is also committed to raising awareness around issues of community safety, utilizing the Warriors&rsquo; 2023 White House visit to engage directly with President Biden and participate in a White House press briefing with head coach Steve Kerr to publicly address the matter.
Much of Curry&rsquo;s work also focuses on supporting underrepresented groups and reducing barriers to opportunity. In 2022, he graduated from Davidson College and wrote his final thesis on gender equity in sports, an issue that anchors his progressive and innovative ventures across the consumer, entertainment and non-profit spaces. Through UNDERRATED, Curry&rsquo;s lifestyle brand that empowers underrated and underrepresented individuals by opening doors for often-overlooked student-athletes, he creates equity, access and opportunity for basketball and golf athletes around the world to be seen by college recruiters, sports agents and other industry leaders. UNDERRATED has also enabled female athletes to access the same opportunities as their male counterparts, provided scholarships for athletes and offered personal development programming for young people. Among these efforts, Curry committed $6 million in funding to the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s golf team at Howard University, which hadn&rsquo;t been active for 50 years.
Unanimous Media, Curry&rsquo;s multimedia company rooted in the mission to inspire audiences through authentic storytelling, is dedicated to collaborating with underrepresented filmmakers, creators and writers across the entertainment industry.
Through Eat. Learn. Play., Curry&rsquo;s nonprofit co-founded with his wife Ayesha, Curry works to ensure every child in Oakland has access to nutritious food they need to be healthy and thrive, resources to foster a love for learning and reading, and safe places with equitable opportunities to play. With a mission to address and overcome the systemic socio-economic barriers facing underserved communities, Eat. Learn. Play. and its partners continue making a positive impact in the lives of children and families in need. Over the last year, Eat. Learn. Play. has provided over two million meals and 500,000 books to Oakland students, funded over 1,500 teacher-led classroom literacy projects, remodeled four new playspaces complete with multi-sport courts, playgrounds, gardens and murals, and more.
Curry has selected University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, which investigates, illuminates, and advances the theory and practice of transformational nonviolence to confront and overcome injustice and systemic violence and contribute to the just resolution of communal conflict, to receive a $100,000 contribution from the NBA on his behalf.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m passionate about the work of the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and its commitment to overcoming injustice and systemic violence through peace,&rdquo; said Curry.&nbsp; &ldquo;As an athlete, I consistently leverage my platform to amplify advocacy and address the pervasive issue of systemic racism. I firmly believe that we must be vocal both on social media and in real life, taking tangible actions to effect real change in our society and for generations to come. Together, with the organization's co-founder and director, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, we have initiated meaningful conversations around social justice with the school's student body, doubled the charity&rsquo;s donations through my foundation Eat. Learn. Play.'s gift matching initiatives, and continued building on its mission in my personal and professional life by holding people accountable and promoting the principles of justice, fairness and equality today, tomorrow and in the future.&rdquo;
The four other finalists &ndash; Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr., San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones, Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams &ndash; will each receive $25,000 donations from the NBA to the following social justice organizations of their choosing: VisionC (Williams), The Girls Opportunity Alliance/The Obama Foundation (Jackson Jr.), Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas (Jones) and the Social Change Fund United (Paul).
The winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award was determined by a selection committee comprised of Abdul-Jabbar and notable social justice leaders Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Dr. Richard Lapchick, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murgu&iacute;a, Rise Founder and CEO Amanda Nguyen and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum. This year&rsquo;s youth representative and&nbsp;<a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3bfVOPybhiUMluCn67KQ4G">Jr. NBA Court of Leaders</a>&nbsp;member was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BVbEvHqv7oh9ybAKvgdC6">Leah Harmon</a>.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA announced today.
Curry was selected from a group of <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yR7wPqL_AlyY9Kx217W6h">five finalists</a>&nbsp;for his dedication to pursuing social justice and advancing Abdul-Jabbar&rsquo;s life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.
Curry prioritizes uplifting communities by fostering equity and creating access to opportunity. As a co-chair of former First Lady Michelle Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;When We All Vote&rdquo; initiative, Curry uses his platform to drive voter registration, education and turnout, most recently during the 2022 election season. His role encouraged millions of new voters to participate in the political process and make their voices heard through civic engagement. As part of his ongoing voting-related efforts, Curry participated in the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition&rsquo;s &ldquo;Freedom to Vote&rdquo; <a href="https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xr1diKYJYDyNGBlgPRMQb">social-media campaign</a>&nbsp;to help advocate for the passage of the&nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act in the U.S. Senate. Curry is also committed to raising awareness around issues of community safety, utilizing the Warriors&rsquo; 2023 White House visit to engage directly with President Biden and participate in a White House press briefing with head coach Steve Kerr to publicly address the matter.
Much of Curry&rsquo;s work also focuses on supporting underrepresented groups and reducing barriers to opportunity. In 2022, he graduated from Davidson College and wrote his final thesis on gender equity in sports, an issue that anchors his progressive and innovative ventures across the consumer, entertainment and non-profit spaces. Through UNDERRATED, Curry&rsquo;s lifestyle brand that empowers underrated and underrepresented individuals by opening doors for often-overlooked student-athletes, he creates equity, access and opportunity for basketball and golf athletes around the world to be seen by college recruiters, sports agents and other industry leaders. UNDERRATED has also enabled female athletes to access the same opportunities as their male counterparts, provided scholarships for athletes and offered personal development programming for young people. Among these efforts, Curry committed $6 million in funding to the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s golf team at Howard University, which hadn&rsquo;t been active for 50 years.
Unanimous Media, Curry&rsquo;s multimedia company rooted in the mission to inspire audiences through authentic storytelling, is dedicated to collaborating with underrepresented filmmakers, creators and writers across the entertainment industry.
Through Eat. Learn. Play., Curry&rsquo;s nonprofit co-founded with his wife Ayesha, Curry works to ensure every child in Oakland has access to nutritious food they need to be healthy and thrive, resources to foster a love for learning and reading, and safe places with equitable opportunities to play. With a mission to address and overcome the systemic socio-economic barriers facing underserved communities, Eat. Learn. Play. and its partners continue making a positive impact in the lives of children and families in need. Over the last year, Eat. Learn. Play. has provided over two million meals and 500,000 books to Oakland students, funded over 1,500 teacher-led classroom literacy projects, remodeled four new playspaces complete with multi-sport courts, playgrounds, gardens and murals, and more.
Curry has selected University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, which investigates, illuminates, and advances the theory and practice of transformational nonviolence to confront and overcome injustice and systemic violence and contribute to the just resolution of communal conflict, to receive a $100,000 contribution from the NBA on his behalf.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m passionate about the work of the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and its commitment to overcoming injustice and systemic violence through peace,&rdquo; said Curry.&nbsp; &ldquo;As an athlete, I consistently leverage my platform to amplify advocacy and address the pervasive issue of systemic racism. I firmly believe that we must be vocal both on social media and in real life, taking tangible actions to effect real change in our society and for generations to come. Together, with the organization's co-founder and director, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, we have initiated meaningful conversations around social justice with the school's student body, doubled the charity&rsquo;s donations through my foundation Eat. Learn. Play.'s gift matching initiatives, and continued building on its mission in my personal and professional life by holding people accountable and promoting the principles of justice, fairness and equality today, tomorrow and in the future.&rdquo;
The four other finalists &ndash; Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr., San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones, Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams &ndash; will each receive $25,000 donations from the NBA to the following social justice organizations of their choosing: VisionC (Williams), The Girls Opportunity Alliance/The Obama Foundation (Jackson), Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas (Jones) and the Social Change Fund United (Paul).
The winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award was determined by a selection committee comprised of Abdul-Jabbar and notable social justice leaders Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Dr. Richard Lapchick, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murgu&iacute;a, Rise Founder and CEO Amanda Nguyen and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum. This year&rsquo;s youth representative and&nbsp;<a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/www.nba.com/news/court-of-leaders-launch-headlines-jr-nba-week___.YXAzOnNwdXJzOmE6bzpiOGUzNDIwMWNjYTk2MDhkMzA2ZGI5Nzk4Zjc5MzJkNDo2OmIzMjA6ZDE5YzU3YjZmMGQ1NzFmNWE0ZDcxZTc5OTdlOTkyZDMwNjZiYWVhNTI3MWEyYTg3ZDA5NmUxYTM2ZTljMWQ1ODpoOkY&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3bfVOPybhiUMluCn67KQ4G">Jr. NBA Court of Leaders</a>&nbsp;member was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/leah-harmon-amplifies-youth-voices-in-acitivism&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BVbEvHqv7oh9ybAKvgdC6">Leah Harmon</a>.

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA announced today.
Curry was selected from a group of <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nba.com/news/2023-kareem-abdul-jabbar-finalists-revealed&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0yR7wPqL_AlyY9Kx217W6h">five finalists</a>&nbsp;for his dedication to pursuing social justice and advancing Abdul-Jabbar&rsquo;s life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.
Curry prioritizes uplifting communities by fostering equity and creating access to opportunity. As a co-chair of former First Lady Michelle Obama&rsquo;s &ldquo;When We All Vote&rdquo; initiative, Curry uses his platform to drive voter registration, education and turnout, most recently during the 2022 election season. His role encouraged millions of new voters to participate in the political process and make their voices heard through civic engagement. As part of his ongoing voting-related efforts, Curry participated in the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition&rsquo;s &ldquo;Freedom to Vote&rdquo; <a href="https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/representus/status/1470182428547244034?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684950559417000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2xr1diKYJYDyNGBlgPRMQb">social-media campaign</a>&nbsp;to help advocate for the passage of the&nbsp;Freedom to Vote Act in the U.S. Senate. Curry is also committed to raising awareness around issues of community safety, utilizing the Warriors&rsquo; 2023 White House visit to engage directly with President Biden and participate in a White House press briefing with head coach Steve Kerr to publicly address the matter.
Much of Curry&rsquo;s work also focuses on supporting underrepresented groups and reducing barriers to opportunity. In 2022, he graduated from Davidson College and wrote his final thesis on gender equity in sports, an issue that anchors his progressive and innovative ventures across the consumer, entertainment and non-profit spaces. Through UNDERRATED, Curry&rsquo;s lifestyle brand that empowers underrated and underrepresented individuals by opening doors for often-overlooked student-athletes, he creates equity, access and opportunity for basketball and golf athletes around the world to be seen by college recruiters, sports agents and other industry leaders. UNDERRATED has also enabled female athletes to access the same opportunities as their male counterparts, provided scholarships for athletes and offered personal development programming for young people. Among these efforts, Curry committed $6 million in funding to the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s golf team at Howard University, which hadn&rsquo;t been active for 50 years.
Unanimous Media, Curry&rsquo;s multimedia company rooted in the mission to inspire audiences through authentic storytelling, is dedicated to collaborating with underrepresented filmmakers, creators and writers across the entertainment industry.
Through Eat. Learn. Play., Curry&rsquo;s nonprofit co-founded with his wife Ayesha, Curry works to ensure every child in Oakland has access to nutritious food they need to be healthy and thrive, resources to foster a love for learning and reading, and safe places with equitable opportunities to play. With a mission to address and overcome the systemic socio-economic barriers facing underserved communities, Eat. Learn. Play. and its partners continue making a positive impact in the lives of children and families in need. Over the last year, Eat. Learn. Play. has provided over two million meals and 500,000 books to Oakland students, funded over 1,500 teacher-led classroom literacy projects, remodeled four new playspaces complete with multi-sport courts, playgrounds, gardens and murals, and more.
Curry has selected University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, which investigates, illuminates, and advances the theory and practice of transformational nonviolence to confront and overcome injustice and systemic violence and contribute to the just resolution of communal conflict, to receive a $100,000 contribution from the NBA on his behalf.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m passionate about the work of the University of San Francisco Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice and its commitment to overcoming injustice and systemic violence through peace,&rdquo; said Curry.&nbsp; &ldquo;As an athlete, I consistently leverage my platform to amplify advocacy and address the pervasive issue of systemic racism. I firmly believe that we must be vocal both on social media and in real life, taking tangible actions to effect real change in our society and for generations to come. Together, with the organization's co-founder and director, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, we have initiated meaningful conversations around social justice with the school's student body, doubled the charity&rsquo;s donations through my foundation Eat. Learn. Play.'s gift matching initiatives, and continued building on its mission in my personal and professional life by holding people accountable and promoting the principles of justice, fairness and equality today, tomorrow and in the future.&rdquo;
The four other finalists &ndash; Memphis Grizzlies forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr., San Antonio Spurs guard Tre Jones, Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams &ndash; will each receive $25,000 donations from the NBA to the following social justice organizations of their choosing: VisionC (Williams), The Girls Opportunity Alliance/The Obama Foundation (Jackson), Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas (Jones) and the Social Change Fund United (Paul).
The winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award was determined by a selection committee comprised of Abdul-Jabbar and notable social justice leaders Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Dr. Richard Lapchick, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial, UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murgu&iacute;a, Rise Founder and CEO Amanda Nguyen and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum. This year&rsquo;s youth representative and Jr. NBA Court of Leaders member was Leah Harmon.&nbsp;

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been named the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion.

Stephen Curry named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion

The NBA announced today that Hall-of-Famer Mike Krzyzewski, the all-time wins leader in NCAA Division I men&rsquo;s basketball and a six-time gold medalist as head coach of the USA Basketball Men&rsquo;s Senior National Team, has been appointed special adviser to basketball operations.
In his new role, Krzyzewski will provide counsel to the league office, NBA team executives and other leaders across the league on a host of issues related to the game. He will begin in this consulting capacity by attending a meeting of NBA general managers next week in Chicago.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;We are honored to have Coach K join the NBA family and share his vast experience and expertise with the league and our teams,&rdquo; said NBA president, league operations Byron Spruell. &ldquo;As a preeminent coach and renowned leader who cares deeply about the game of basketball, he is uniquely suited to drive discussions and offer insights about the present and future of the NBA.&rdquo;
&ldquo;This is a tremendous opportunity to deepen my connection to the NBA and participate in conversations about further strengthening the league and the game,&rdquo; said Krzyzewski. &ldquo;Even in my retirement from coaching, my passion for the sport has never been higher.&nbsp; This role will enable me to stay engaged with basketball at the highest level.&rdquo;
Krzyzewski joins the NBA one year after completing a storied 47-year career as a college basketball head coach, including 42 seasons at Duke (1980-2022) and five seasons at his alma mater, Army West Point (1975-80). He went 1202-368 (.766) overall and 1129-309 (.785) with the Blue Devils, making him the winningest men&rsquo;s coach in NCAA history and at one school.
During his extraordinary tenure at Duke, Krzyzewski won five national championships and set the NCAA record for Final Four appearances by a head coach with 13. He also holds NCAA Tournament records for the most victories (101) and appearances (36) by a head coach.
Duke averaged nearly 27 victories per season under Krzyzewski, who won a national Coach of the Year award in eight different seasons and was selected as the ACC Coach of the Year five times. The Blue Devils spent 127 weeks ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 College Basketball Poll, the most by a head coach in poll history. Krzyzewski tutored 73 NBA Draft selections at Duke, including 46 first-round picks and four No. 1 overall picks.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In addition to his historic college coaching career, Krzyzewski made his mark in international competition as head coach of USA Basketball Men&rsquo;s Senior National Team from 2005-16. He guided the program to an 88-1 record, including a 24-0 mark in the Olympics.&nbsp;
With Krzyzewski at the helm, the United States won three gold medals in the Olympics (2008, 2012 and 2016), two in the FIBA Basketball World Cup (2010 and 2014) and one in the FIBA AmeriCup (2007).&nbsp; Krzyzewski is the only basketball head coach to lead a nation to three consecutive Olympic championships, and he helped the United States earn back-to-back titles at the FIBA Basketball World Cup for the first time.&nbsp; He was named the USA Basketball National Coach of the Year a record seven times.
Among his other accolades, Krzyzewski was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.&nbsp; The Chicago native was also enshrined in the Army Sports Hall of Fame (2009), the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame (2010) and the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame (2011).&nbsp;
A West Point graduate and three-year letterman on the basketball team, Krzyzewski served as an Army officer and attained the rank of Captain before moving into college coaching.&nbsp; In recognition of his service to the United States, Krzyzewski was honored with the Distinguished Graduate Award by the United States Military Academy in 2005 and the George Catlett Marshall Medal by the Association of the United States Army in 2014.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Hall-of-Famer Mike Krzyzewski is joining the NBA league office as a special adviser to basketball operations.

NBA names Mike Krzyzewski a special adviser to basketball operations

DENVER (AP) &mdash; Nikola Jokic had 39 points and 16 rebounds to rally the Denver Nuggets to a 97-87 win over Phoenix on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead over the Suns in the Western Conference semifinals.
Jokic, who learns Tuesday if he&rsquo;s edged Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo for his third consecutive NBA MVP award, recently renamed for Michael Jordan, scored 26 in the second half as the Nuggets erased a seven-point third-quarter deficit.
Jokic&rsquo;s big night was necessary as Jamal Murray scored just 10 points on 3-of-15 shooting after he scored 34 in the series opener when he had six 3-pointers. Murray was 0 for 9 from long range Monday night.
Aaron Gordon added 16 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 14 points and went 4 for 4 from beyond the arc, including back-to-back swishes that erased a 73-70 deficit and put the Nuggets ahead for good early in the fourth quarter.
Devin Booker led Phoenix with 35 points and Kevin Durant added 24.
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DENVER (AP) &mdash; Nikola Jokic had 39 points and 16 rebounds to rally the Denver Nuggets to a 97-87 win over Phoenix on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead over the Suns in the Western Conference semifinals.
Jokic, who learns Tuesday if he&rsquo;s edged Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo for his third consecutive NBA MVP award, recently renamed for Michael Jordan, scored 26 in the second half as the Nuggets erased a seven-point third-quarter deficit.
Jokic&rsquo;s big night was necessary as Jamal Murray scored just 10 points on 3-of-15 shooting after he scored 34 in the series opener when he had six 3-pointers. Murray was 0 for 9 from long range Monday night.
Aaron Gordon added 16 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 14 points and went 4 for 4 from beyond the arc, including back-to-back swishes that erased a 73-70 deficit and put the Nuggets ahead for good early in the fourth quarter.
Devin Booker led Phoenix with 35 points and Kevin Durant added 24.
The teams get an extended break before the series resumes with Game 3 in Phoenix on Friday night.
The Suns, who lost Chris Paul to a tight left groin late in the third quarter, took a 73-70 lead thanks to Booker&rsquo;s 31 points &mdash; which matched Jokic&rsquo;s output &mdash; entering the fourth quarter.

DENVER (AP) &mdash; Nikola Jokic had 39 points and 16 rebounds to rally the Denver Nuggets to a 97-87 win over Phoenix on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead over the Suns in the Western Conference semifinals.
Jokic, who learns Tuesday if he&rsquo;s edged Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo for his third consecutive NBA MVP award, recently renamed for Michael Jordan, scored 26 in the second half as the Nuggets erased a seven-point third-quarter deficit.
Jokic&rsquo;s big night was necessary as Jamal Murray scored just 10 points on 3-of-15 shooting after he scored 34 in the series opener when he had six 3-pointers. Murray was 0 for 9 from long range Monday night.
Aaron Gordon added 16 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 14 points and went 4 for 4 from beyond the arc, including back-to-back swishes that erased a 73-70 deficit and put the Nuggets ahead for good early in the fourth quarter.
Devin Booker led Phoenix with 35 points and Kevin Durant added 24.
The teams get an extended break before the series resumes with Game 3 in Phoenix on Friday night.
The Suns, who lost Chris Paul to a tight left groin late in the third quarter, took a 73-70 lead thanks to Booker&rsquo;s 31 points &mdash; which matched Jokic&rsquo;s output &mdash; entering the fourth quarter.
The Suns went cold, however, and Denver surged ahead 76-73 on back-to-back 3-pointers by Caldwell-Pope, forcing a Phoenix timeout at the 8:56 mark.
After allowing Denver to take 17 more shots than they had in Game 1, the Suns flipped things Monday night, taking 15 more shots than the Nuggets in the first half, but they led just 42-40 at the break.
The Suns pushed the lead to seven in the third quarter but both Durant and Deandre Ayton picked up their fourth fouls late in the period, taking a seat, and Paul walked gingerly to the locker room at the 4:32 mark and didn&rsquo;t return.
TIP-INS
Suns: Phoenix held the Nuggets to their lowest-scoring first quarter all season, limiting them to 18 points. ... The Suns didn&rsquo;t shoot a single free throw in the first half. ... Paul finished with 8 points.
Nuggets: Jokic scored 11 of Denver&rsquo;s first 14 points but only had 13 by halftime. ... The Nuggets had 68 points by halftime in the series opener but made just 16 first-half shots Monday night. ... Murray was 1 for 7 from the floor before halftime and scored just 4 points before the break.

Nikola Jokic had 39 points and 16 rebounds to rally the Nuggets to a 97-87 win over Phoenix on Monday, taking a 2-0 lead over the Suns.

Nikola Jokic’s 39 points leads Nuggets past Suns 97-87

PHOENIX (AP) &mdash; Load management is a big topic across the NBA these days.
One great way to make sure players get rest in the playoffs is to end the series early.
The Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics all have that opportunity on Tuesday night when they host Game 5s with a 3-1 lead in the series.
&ldquo;Closeout games are always the hardest,&rdquo; Suns center Deandre Ayton said. &ldquo;We expect it&rsquo;s going to be a battle. We&rsquo;re just gearing up.&rdquo;
The Western Conference top-seed Nuggets already had one opportunity to end their series, but the feisty Timberwolves managed to extend it with a Game 4 win in overtime on Sunday.
&ldquo;We really wanted to come out and have a sweep under our belt. Didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; Nuggets guard Jamal Murray said. &ldquo;They fought. They fought like hell, all game long. Even when we put a scare in their heart a little bit, they kept fighting, kept playing, and the crowd was into it.&rdquo;
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PHOENIX (AP) &mdash; Load management is a big topic across the NBA these days.
One great way to make sure players get rest in the playoffs is to end the series early.
The Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics all have that opportunity on Tuesday night when they host Game 5s with a 3-1 lead in the series.
&ldquo;Closeout games are always the hardest,&rdquo; Suns center Deandre Ayton said. &ldquo;We expect it&rsquo;s going to be a battle. We&rsquo;re just gearing up.&rdquo;
The Western Conference top-seed Nuggets already had one opportunity to end their series, but the feisty Timberwolves managed to extend it with a Game 4 win in overtime on Sunday.
&ldquo;We really wanted to come out and have a sweep under our belt. Didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; Nuggets guard Jamal Murray said. &ldquo;They fought. They fought like hell, all game long. Even when we put a scare in their heart a little bit, they kept fighting, kept playing, and the crowd was into it.&rdquo;
The Suns-Los Angeles Clippers series has been shaped by Kawhi Leonard&rsquo;s knee injury. Leonard has missed the past two games with a sprained knee, which has helped tip the series in favor of Phoenix.
&ldquo;He&rsquo;s definitely hurt. It&rsquo;s not load management where he&rsquo;s taking time off,&rdquo; Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s shown in the past that he&rsquo;s played through injuries in the playoffs and so if it&rsquo;s something he can&rsquo;t play through, then it has to be pretty serious.&rdquo;
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PHOENIX (AP) &mdash; Load management is a big topic across the NBA these days.
One great way to make sure players get rest in the playoffs is to end the series early.
The Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics all have that opportunity on Tuesday night when they host Game 5s with a 3-1 lead in the series.
&ldquo;Closeout games are always the hardest,&rdquo; Suns center Deandre Ayton said. &ldquo;We expect it&rsquo;s going to be a battle. We&rsquo;re just gearing up.&rdquo;
The Western Conference top-seed Nuggets already had one opportunity to end their series, but the feisty Timberwolves managed to extend it with a Game 4 win in overtime on Sunday.
&ldquo;We really wanted to come out and have a sweep under our belt. Didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; Nuggets guard Jamal Murray said. &ldquo;They fought. They fought like hell, all game long. Even when we put a scare in their heart a little bit, they kept fighting, kept playing, and the crowd was into it.&rdquo;
The Suns-Los Angeles Clippers series has been shaped by Kawhi Leonard&rsquo;s knee injury. Leonard has missed the past two games with a sprained knee, which has helped tip the series in favor of Phoenix.
&ldquo;He&rsquo;s definitely hurt. It&rsquo;s not load management where he&rsquo;s taking time off,&rdquo; Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s shown in the past that he&rsquo;s played through injuries in the playoffs and so if it&rsquo;s something he can&rsquo;t play through, then it has to be pretty serious.&rdquo;
L.A.&rsquo;s Paul George has been out since March 21 with the same injury as Leonard.
HAWKS AT CELTICS
Boston leads 3-1. Game 4, 7:30 p.m. EDT, TNT.
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Celtics have never lost a best-of-seven playoff series after building a 3-1 lead. They are 27-0 in those situations over their storied history.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Jaylen Brown&rsquo;s facial wear. The Boston star had been using a protective mask since February, when he sustained a broken bone in his face. But he ditched the mask in the second quarter of Game 4 after making just 1 of 7 shots. He went 11 of 15 the rest of the way to finish with 31 points in a 129-121 victory. Presumably, he won&rsquo;t be wearing the mask anymore in these playoffs. &ldquo;As soon as I took it off, things started to turn around a little bit,&rdquo; Brown said.
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: Boston G Marcus Smart looked just fine in Game 4 after falling hard on his tailbone in the previous contest. He said they were times when his lower back tightened up, and he&rsquo;ll have to remain diligent in his treatment to make sure the pain doesn&rsquo;t keep him off the court. &ldquo;Throughout the game, it got a little tight on me. It flared up. But once I got it stretched out again, got it loose, got some heat on it, it was pretty good,&rdquo; Smart said.
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PHOENIX (AP) &mdash; Load management is a big topic across the NBA these days.
One great way to make sure players get rest in the playoffs is to end the series early.
The Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics all have that opportunity on Tuesday night when they host Game 5s with a 3-1 lead in the series.
&ldquo;Closeout games are always the hardest,&rdquo; Suns center Deandre Ayton said. &ldquo;We expect it&rsquo;s going to be a battle. We&rsquo;re just gearing up.&rdquo;
The Western Conference top-seed Nuggets already had one opportunity to end their series, but the feisty Timberwolves managed to extend it with a Game 4 win in overtime on Sunday.
&ldquo;We really wanted to come out and have a sweep under our belt. Didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; Nuggets guard Jamal Murray said. &ldquo;They fought. They fought like hell, all game long. Even when we put a scare in their heart a little bit, they kept fighting, kept playing, and the crowd was into it.&rdquo;
The Suns-Los Angeles Clippers series has been shaped by Kawhi Leonard&rsquo;s knee injury. Leonard has missed the past two games with a sprained knee, which has helped tip the series in favor of Phoenix.
&ldquo;He&rsquo;s definitely hurt. It&rsquo;s not load management where he&rsquo;s taking time off,&rdquo; Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s shown in the past that he&rsquo;s played through injuries in the playoffs and so if it&rsquo;s something he can&rsquo;t play through, then it has to be pretty serious.&rdquo;
L.A.&rsquo;s Paul George has been out since March 21 with the same injury as Leonard.
HAWKS AT CELTICS
Boston leads 3-1. Game 4, 7:30 p.m. EDT, TNT.
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Celtics have never lost a best-of-seven playoff series after building a 3-1 lead. They are 27-0 in those situations over their storied history.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Jaylen Brown&rsquo;s facial wear. The Boston star had been using a protective mask since February, when he sustained a broken bone in his face. But he ditched the mask in the second quarter of Game 4 after making just 1 of 7 shots. He went 11 of 15 the rest of the way to finish with 31 points in a 129-121 victory. Presumably, he won&rsquo;t be wearing the mask anymore in these playoffs. &ldquo;As soon as I took it off, things started to turn around a little bit,&rdquo; Brown said.
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: Boston G Marcus Smart looked just fine in Game 4 after falling hard on his tailbone in the previous contest. He said they were times when his lower back tightened up, and he&rsquo;ll have to remain diligent in his treatment to make sure the pain doesn&rsquo;t keep him off the court. &ldquo;Throughout the game, it got a little tight on me. It flared up. But once I got it stretched out again, got it loose, got some heat on it, it was pretty good,&rdquo; Smart said.
&mdash; PRESSURE IS ON: The Hawks. It looks like another brief playoff appearance unless they can pull of a win in Boston, and the challenge got even tougher when guard Dejounte Murray was suspended for Game 5 after bumping and verbally abusing an official after the end of Game 4. Murray is averaging 25.3 points in the series. Atlanta has lost five straight at TD Garden since its last victory on Feb. 17, 2021, including a pair of 13-point defeats in the first two games of this series. If the Hawks lose, it would be the second straight year they&rsquo;ve gone down in five games in the opening round and could signal major changes heading into the offseason.
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PHOENIX (AP) &mdash; Load management is a big topic across the NBA these days.
One great way to make sure players get rest in the playoffs is to end the series early.
The Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics all have that opportunity on Tuesday night when they host Game 5s with a 3-1 lead in the series.
&ldquo;Closeout games are always the hardest,&rdquo; Suns center Deandre Ayton said. &ldquo;We expect it&rsquo;s going to be a battle. We&rsquo;re just gearing up.&rdquo;
The Western Conference top-seed Nuggets already had one opportunity to end their series, but the feisty Timberwolves managed to extend it with a Game 4 win in overtime on Sunday.
&ldquo;We really wanted to come out and have a sweep under our belt. Didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; Nuggets guard Jamal Murray said. &ldquo;They fought. They fought like hell, all game long. Even when we put a scare in their heart a little bit, they kept fighting, kept playing, and the crowd was into it.&rdquo;
The Suns-Los Angeles Clippers series has been shaped by Kawhi Leonard&rsquo;s knee injury. Leonard has missed the past two games with a sprained knee, which has helped tip the series in favor of Phoenix.
&ldquo;He&rsquo;s definitely hurt. It&rsquo;s not load management where he&rsquo;s taking time off,&rdquo; Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s shown in the past that he&rsquo;s played through injuries in the playoffs and so if it&rsquo;s something he can&rsquo;t play through, then it has to be pretty serious.&rdquo;
L.A.&rsquo;s Paul George has been out since March 21 with the same injury as Leonard.
HAWKS AT CELTICS
Boston leads 3-1. Game 4, 7:30 p.m. EDT, TNT.
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Celtics have never lost a best-of-seven playoff series after building a 3-1 lead. They are 27-0 in those situations over their storied history.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Jaylen Brown&rsquo;s facial wear. The Boston star had been using a protective mask since February, when he sustained a broken bone in his face. But he ditched the mask in the second quarter of Game 4 after making just 1 of 7 shots. He went 11 of 15 the rest of the way to finish with 31 points in a 129-121 victory. Presumably, he won&rsquo;t be wearing the mask anymore in these playoffs. &ldquo;As soon as I took it off, things started to turn around a little bit,&rdquo; Brown said.
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: Boston G Marcus Smart looked just fine in Game 4 after falling hard on his tailbone in the previous contest. He said they were times when his lower back tightened up, and he&rsquo;ll have to remain diligent in his treatment to make sure the pain doesn&rsquo;t keep him off the court. &ldquo;Throughout the game, it got a little tight on me. It flared up. But once I got it stretched out again, got it loose, got some heat on it, it was pretty good,&rdquo; Smart said.
&mdash; PRESSURE IS ON: The Hawks. It looks like another brief playoff appearance unless they can pull of a win in Boston, and the challenge got even tougher when guard Dejounte Murray was suspended for Game 5 after bumping and verbally abusing an official after the end of Game 4. Murray is averaging 25.3 points in the series. Atlanta has lost five straight at TD Garden since its last victory on Feb. 17, 2021, including a pair of 13-point defeats in the first two games of this series. If the Hawks lose, it would be the second straight year they&rsquo;ve gone down in five games in the opening round and could signal major changes heading into the offseason.
TIMBERWOLVES AT NUGGETS
Denver leads 3-1. Game 5, 9 p.m. EDT, NBA TV.
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Nuggets closed the last 2&frac12; minutes of the fourth quarter of Game 4 on a tying 12-0 run, but the Timberwolves recovered with an 18-point overtime on 6-for-8 shooting for a 114-108 victory. It denied Denver a first playoff-series sweep in franchise history and keep the first-round matchup alive despite Nikola Jokic&rsquo;s playoff-career-high-tying 43 points.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Anthony Edwards. Minnesota&rsquo;s All-Star guard has 129 points in four games, the second-most in the NBA playoffs behind Phoenix&rsquo;s Devin Booker (139). He delivered a wide array of clutch baskets down the stretch for the Wolves in Game 4, including a pull-up 3-pointer from the wing with 11.5 seconds left in overtime to push their lead to four. He&rsquo;s the first player in Wolves&rsquo; history with 100-plus points over three consecutive playoff games. Only LeBron James (eight) had more 30-plus-point playoff games before age 22 than Edwards does (five). Still, Edwards was aiming for a higher bar after his 12-for-27 shooting performance.
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PHOENIX (AP) &mdash; Load management is a big topic across the NBA these days.
One great way to make sure players get rest in the playoffs is to end the series early.
The Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics all have that opportunity on Tuesday night when they host Game 5s with a 3-1 lead in the series.
&ldquo;Closeout games are always the hardest,&rdquo; Suns center Deandre Ayton said. &ldquo;We expect it&rsquo;s going to be a battle. We&rsquo;re just gearing up.&rdquo;
The Western Conference top-seed Nuggets already had one opportunity to end their series, but the feisty Timberwolves managed to extend it with a Game 4 win in overtime on Sunday.
&ldquo;We really wanted to come out and have a sweep under our belt. Didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; Nuggets guard Jamal Murray said. &ldquo;They fought. They fought like hell, all game long. Even when we put a scare in their heart a little bit, they kept fighting, kept playing, and the crowd was into it.&rdquo;
The Suns-Los Angeles Clippers series has been shaped by Kawhi Leonard&rsquo;s knee injury. Leonard has missed the past two games with a sprained knee, which has helped tip the series in favor of Phoenix.
&ldquo;He&rsquo;s definitely hurt. It&rsquo;s not load management where he&rsquo;s taking time off,&rdquo; Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s shown in the past that he&rsquo;s played through injuries in the playoffs and so if it&rsquo;s something he can&rsquo;t play through, then it has to be pretty serious.&rdquo;
L.A.&rsquo;s Paul George has been out since March 21 with the same injury as Leonard.
HAWKS AT CELTICS
Boston leads 3-1. Game 4, 7:30 p.m. EDT, TNT.
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Celtics have never lost a best-of-seven playoff series after building a 3-1 lead. They are 27-0 in those situations over their storied history.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Jaylen Brown&rsquo;s facial wear. The Boston star had been using a protective mask since February, when he sustained a broken bone in his face. But he ditched the mask in the second quarter of Game 4 after making just 1 of 7 shots. He went 11 of 15 the rest of the way to finish with 31 points in a 129-121 victory. Presumably, he won&rsquo;t be wearing the mask anymore in these playoffs. &ldquo;As soon as I took it off, things started to turn around a little bit,&rdquo; Brown said.
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: Boston G Marcus Smart looked just fine in Game 4 after falling hard on his tailbone in the previous contest. He said they were times when his lower back tightened up, and he&rsquo;ll have to remain diligent in his treatment to make sure the pain doesn&rsquo;t keep him off the court. &ldquo;Throughout the game, it got a little tight on me. It flared up. But once I got it stretched out again, got it loose, got some heat on it, it was pretty good,&rdquo; Smart said.
&mdash; PRESSURE IS ON: The Hawks. It looks like another brief playoff appearance unless they can pull of a win in Boston, and the challenge got even tougher when guard Dejounte Murray was suspended for Game 5 after bumping and verbally abusing an official after the end of Game 4. Murray is averaging 25.3 points in the series. Atlanta has lost five straight at TD Garden since its last victory on Feb. 17, 2021, including a pair of 13-point defeats in the first two games of this series. If the Hawks lose, it would be the second straight year they&rsquo;ve gone down in five games in the opening round and could signal major changes heading into the offseason.
TIMBERWOLVES AT NUGGETS
Denver leads 3-1. Game 5, 9 p.m. EDT, NBA TV.
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Nuggets closed the last 2&frac12; minutes of the fourth quarter of Game 4 on a tying 12-0 run, but the Timberwolves recovered with an 18-point overtime on 6-for-8 shooting for a 114-108 victory. It denied Denver a first playoff-series sweep in franchise history and keep the first-round matchup alive despite Nikola Jokic&rsquo;s playoff-career-high-tying 43 points.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Anthony Edwards. Minnesota&rsquo;s All-Star guard has 129 points in four games, the second-most in the NBA playoffs behind Phoenix&rsquo;s Devin Booker (139). He delivered a wide array of clutch baskets down the stretch for the Wolves in Game 4, including a pull-up 3-pointer from the wing with 11.5 seconds left in overtime to push their lead to four. He&rsquo;s the first player in Wolves&rsquo; history with 100-plus points over three consecutive playoff games. Only LeBron James (eight) had more 30-plus-point playoff games before age 22 than Edwards does (five). Still, Edwards was aiming for a higher bar after his 12-for-27 shooting performance.
&ldquo;I played terrible, if you ask me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I took three bad 3s, three terrible possessions, and I damn near shot us out the game.&rdquo;
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: Wolves sixth man Kyle Anderson was inadvertently struck by a stray arm from Edwards during a leap for a rebound late in the third quarter and did not return after suffering what the team announced as a left eye and facial contusion. Coach Chris Finch said Anderson went to see an eye specialist. ... Nuggets coach Mike Malone on Jokic&rsquo;s aggression with 12 free-throw attempts in Game 4 after zero in Game 3: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s banged up. He&rsquo;s playing hard.&rdquo;
&mdash; PRESSURE IS ON: Jamal Murray. After scoring 40 points in Game 2, Denver&rsquo;s standout point guard missed 26 of 43 shots over the two games in Minnesota. He had 19 points in Game 4, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker frequently picking up his defense before half court and making him work hard for every shot, drive and pass.
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PHOENIX (AP) &mdash; Load management is a big topic across the NBA these days.
One great way to make sure players get rest in the playoffs is to end the series early.
The Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics all have that opportunity on Tuesday night when they host Game 5s with a 3-1 lead in the series.
&ldquo;Closeout games are always the hardest,&rdquo; Suns center Deandre Ayton said. &ldquo;We expect it&rsquo;s going to be a battle. We&rsquo;re just gearing up.&rdquo;
The Western Conference top-seed Nuggets already had one opportunity to end their series, but the feisty Timberwolves managed to extend it with a Game 4 win in overtime on Sunday.
&ldquo;We really wanted to come out and have a sweep under our belt. Didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; Nuggets guard Jamal Murray said. &ldquo;They fought. They fought like hell, all game long. Even when we put a scare in their heart a little bit, they kept fighting, kept playing, and the crowd was into it.&rdquo;
The Suns-Los Angeles Clippers series has been shaped by Kawhi Leonard&rsquo;s knee injury. Leonard has missed the past two games with a sprained knee, which has helped tip the series in favor of Phoenix.
&ldquo;He&rsquo;s definitely hurt. It&rsquo;s not load management where he&rsquo;s taking time off,&rdquo; Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s shown in the past that he&rsquo;s played through injuries in the playoffs and so if it&rsquo;s something he can&rsquo;t play through, then it has to be pretty serious.&rdquo;
L.A.&rsquo;s Paul George has been out since March 21 with the same injury as Leonard.
HAWKS AT CELTICS
Boston leads 3-1. Game 4, 7:30 p.m. EDT, TNT.
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Celtics have never lost a best-of-seven playoff series after building a 3-1 lead. They are 27-0 in those situations over their storied history.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Jaylen Brown&rsquo;s facial wear. The Boston star had been using a protective mask since February, when he sustained a broken bone in his face. But he ditched the mask in the second quarter of Game 4 after making just 1 of 7 shots. He went 11 of 15 the rest of the way to finish with 31 points in a 129-121 victory. Presumably, he won&rsquo;t be wearing the mask anymore in these playoffs. &ldquo;As soon as I took it off, things started to turn around a little bit,&rdquo; Brown said.
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: Boston G Marcus Smart looked just fine in Game 4 after falling hard on his tailbone in the previous contest. He said they were times when his lower back tightened up, and he&rsquo;ll have to remain diligent in his treatment to make sure the pain doesn&rsquo;t keep him off the court. &ldquo;Throughout the game, it got a little tight on me. It flared up. But once I got it stretched out again, got it loose, got some heat on it, it was pretty good,&rdquo; Smart said.
&mdash; PRESSURE IS ON: The Hawks. It looks like another brief playoff appearance unless they can pull of a win in Boston, and the challenge got even tougher when guard Dejounte Murray was suspended for Game 5 after bumping and verbally abusing an official after the end of Game 4. Murray is averaging 25.3 points in the series. Atlanta has lost five straight at TD Garden since its last victory on Feb. 17, 2021, including a pair of 13-point defeats in the first two games of this series. If the Hawks lose, it would be the second straight year they&rsquo;ve gone down in five games in the opening round and could signal major changes heading into the offseason.
TIMBERWOLVES AT NUGGETS
Denver leads 3-1. Game 5, 9 p.m. EDT, NBA TV.
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Nuggets closed the last 2&frac12; minutes of the fourth quarter of Game 4 on a tying 12-0 run, but the Timberwolves recovered with an 18-point overtime on 6-for-8 shooting for a 114-108 victory. It denied Denver a first playoff-series sweep in franchise history and keep the first-round matchup alive despite Nikola Jokic&rsquo;s playoff-career-high-tying 43 points.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Anthony Edwards. Minnesota&rsquo;s All-Star guard has 129 points in four games, the second-most in the NBA playoffs behind Phoenix&rsquo;s Devin Booker (139). He delivered a wide array of clutch baskets down the stretch for the Wolves in Game 4, including a pull-up 3-pointer from the wing with 11.5 seconds left in overtime to push their lead to four. He&rsquo;s the first player in Wolves&rsquo; history with 100-plus points over three consecutive playoff games. Only LeBron James (eight) had more 30-plus-point playoff games before age 22 than Edwards does (five). Still, Edwards was aiming for a higher bar after his 12-for-27 shooting performance.
&ldquo;I played terrible, if you ask me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I took three bad 3s, three terrible possessions, and I damn near shot us out the game.&rdquo;
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: Wolves sixth man Kyle Anderson was inadvertently struck by a stray arm from Edwards during a leap for a rebound late in the third quarter and did not return after suffering what the team announced as a left eye and facial contusion. Coach Chris Finch said Anderson went to see an eye specialist. ... Nuggets coach Mike Malone on Jokic&rsquo;s aggression with 12 free-throw attempts in Game 4 after zero in Game 3: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s banged up. He&rsquo;s playing hard.&rdquo;
&mdash; PRESSURE IS ON: Jamal Murray. After scoring 40 points in Game 2, Denver&rsquo;s standout point guard missed 26 of 43 shots over the two games in Minnesota. He had 19 points in Game 4, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker frequently picking up his defense before half court and making him work hard for every shot, drive and pass.
CLIPPERS AT SUNS
Phoenix leads 3-1, Game 5, 10 p.m. EDT, TNT
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Suns took control of the series with two wins in Los Angeles and now return to Phoenix to try and close it out. The Suns have taken advantage of the absence of L.A. star Kawhi Leonard, who missed both Games 3 and 4 because of a sprained knee.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Three-time All-Star Devin Booker is cooking for the Suns, averaging 34.8 points on 57.1% shooting. The 26-year-old isn&rsquo;t just scoring, he&rsquo;s averaging 5.5 assists, 4.3 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 1.3 blocks.
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: All eyes are on Leonard to see if he can return. The Suns have been without backup point guard Cam Payne, who hasn&rsquo;t played in the series because of a sore back.
&mdash; PRESSURE IS ON: Russell Westbrook. If Leonard can&rsquo;t play, the Clippers almost certainly have to have another massive game from Westbrook, who has played well in the series. He&rsquo;s improved his scoring total each game, rising from 9 points in Game 1 to 28 in Game 2, 30 in Game 3 and 37 in Game 4. L.A. might need a 40-spot from him on Tuesday to extend the series.
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PHOENIX (AP) &mdash; Load management is a big topic across the NBA these days.
One great way to make sure players get rest in the playoffs is to end the series early.
The Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics all have that opportunity on Tuesday night when they host Game 5s with a 3-1 lead in the series.
&ldquo;Closeout games are always the hardest,&rdquo; Suns center Deandre Ayton said. &ldquo;We expect it&rsquo;s going to be a battle. We&rsquo;re just gearing up.&rdquo;
The Western Conference top-seed Nuggets already had one opportunity to end their series, but the feisty Timberwolves managed to extend it with a Game 4 win in overtime on Sunday.
&ldquo;We really wanted to come out and have a sweep under our belt. Didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; Nuggets guard Jamal Murray said. &ldquo;They fought. They fought like hell, all game long. Even when we put a scare in their heart a little bit, they kept fighting, kept playing, and the crowd was into it.&rdquo;
The Suns-Los Angeles Clippers series has been shaped by Kawhi Leonard&rsquo;s knee injury. Leonard has missed the past two games with a sprained knee, which has helped tip the series in favor of Phoenix.
&ldquo;He&rsquo;s definitely hurt. It&rsquo;s not load management where he&rsquo;s taking time off,&rdquo; Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s shown in the past that he&rsquo;s played through injuries in the playoffs and so if it&rsquo;s something he can&rsquo;t play through, then it has to be pretty serious.&rdquo;
L.A.&rsquo;s Paul George has been out since March 21 with the same injury as Leonard.
HAWKS AT CELTICS
Boston leads 3-1. Game 4, 7:30 p.m. EDT, TNT.
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Celtics have never lost a best-of-seven playoff series after building a 3-1 lead. They are 27-0 in those situations over their storied history.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Jaylen Brown&rsquo;s facial wear. The Boston star had been using a protective mask since February, when he sustained a broken bone in his face. But he ditched the mask in the second quarter of Game 4 after making just 1 of 7 shots. He went 11 of 15 the rest of the way to finish with 31 points in a 129-121 victory. Presumably, he won&rsquo;t be wearing the mask anymore in these playoffs. &ldquo;As soon as I took it off, things started to turn around a little bit,&rdquo; Brown said.
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: Boston G Marcus Smart looked just fine in Game 4 after falling hard on his tailbone in the previous contest. He said they were times when his lower back tightened up, and he&rsquo;ll have to remain diligent in his treatment to make sure the pain doesn&rsquo;t keep him off the court. &ldquo;Throughout the game, it got a little tight on me. It flared up. But once I got it stretched out again, got it loose, got some heat on it, it was pretty good,&rdquo; Smart said.
&mdash; PRESSURE IS ON: The Hawks. It looks like another brief playoff appearance unless they can pull of a win in Boston, and the challenge got even tougher when guard Dejounte Murray was suspended for Game 5 after bumping and verbally abusing an official after the end of Game 4. Murray is averaging 25.3 points in the series. Atlanta has lost five straight at TD Garden since its last victory on Feb. 17, 2021, including a pair of 13-point defeats in the first two games of this series. If the Hawks lose, it would be the second straight year they&rsquo;ve gone down in five games in the opening round and could signal major changes heading into the offseason.
TIMBERWOLVES AT NUGGETS
Denver leads 3-1. Game 5, 9 p.m. EDT, NBA TV.
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Nuggets closed the last 2&frac12; minutes of the fourth quarter of Game 4 on a tying 12-0 run, but the Timberwolves recovered with an 18-point overtime on 6-for-8 shooting for a 114-108 victory. It denied Denver a first playoff-series sweep in franchise history and keep the first-round matchup alive despite Nikola Jokic&rsquo;s playoff-career-high-tying 43 points.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Anthony Edwards. Minnesota&rsquo;s All-Star guard has 129 points in four games, the second-most in the NBA playoffs behind Phoenix&rsquo;s Devin Booker (139). He delivered a wide array of clutch baskets down the stretch for the Wolves in Game 4, including a pull-up 3-pointer from the wing with 11.5 seconds left in overtime to push their lead to four. He&rsquo;s the first player in Wolves&rsquo; history with 100-plus points over three consecutive playoff games. Only LeBron James (eight) had more 30-plus-point playoff games before age 22 than Edwards does (five). Still, Edwards was aiming for a higher bar after his 12-for-27 shooting performance.
&ldquo;I played terrible, if you ask me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I took three bad 3s, three terrible possessions, and I damn near shot us out the game.&rdquo;
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: Wolves sixth man Kyle Anderson was inadvertently struck by a stray arm from Edwards during a leap for a rebound late in the third quarter and did not return after suffering what the team announced as a left eye and facial contusion. Coach Chris Finch said Anderson went to see an eye specialist. ... Nuggets coach Mike Malone on Jokic&rsquo;s aggression with 12 free-throw attempts in Game 4 after zero in Game 3: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s banged up. He&rsquo;s playing hard.&rdquo;
&mdash; PRESSURE IS ON: Jamal Murray. After scoring 40 points in Game 2, Denver&rsquo;s standout point guard missed 26 of 43 shots over the two games in Minnesota. He had 19 points in Game 4, with Nickeil Alexander-Walker frequently picking up his defense before half court and making him work hard for every shot, drive and pass.
CLIPPERS AT SUNS
Phoenix leads 3-1, Game 5, 10 p.m. EDT, TNT
&mdash; NEED TO KNOW: The Suns took control of the series with two wins in Los Angeles and now return to Phoenix to try and close it out. The Suns have taken advantage of the absence of L.A. star Kawhi Leonard, who missed both Games 3 and 4 because of a sprained knee.
&mdash; KEEP AN EYE ON: Three-time All-Star Devin Booker is cooking for the Suns, averaging 34.8 points on 57.1% shooting. The 26-year-old isn&rsquo;t just scoring, he&rsquo;s averaging 5.5 assists, 4.3 rebounds, 2.8 steals and 1.3 blocks.
&mdash; INJURY WATCH: All eyes are on Leonard to see if he can return. The Suns have been without backup point guard Cam Payne, who hasn&rsquo;t played in the series because of a sore back.
&mdash; PRESSURE IS ON: Russell Westbrook. If Leonard can&rsquo;t play, the Clippers almost certainly have to have another massive game from Westbrook, who has played well in the series. He&rsquo;s improved his scoring total each game, rising from 9 points in Game 1 to 28 in Game 2, 30 in Game 3 and 37 in Game 4. L.A. might need a 40-spot from him on Tuesday to extend the series.

The Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics all have an opportunity to advance on Tuesday night when they host Game 5s.

Suns, Nuggets, Celtics can all advance with Game 5 wins

MILWAUKEE (AP) &mdash; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo landed hard on his backside after a drive to the basket on Sunday and was ruled out of his team&rsquo;s Eastern Conference playoff series opener against the Miami Heat with a bruised lower back.
Antetokounmpo got up slowly but remained in the game to take his free throws after getting fouled by Miami&rsquo;s Kevin Love with 4:13 left in the first quarter. The two-time MVP stayed in the game until picking up his second foul about 2 1/2 minutes later.
After getting removed from the game, Antetokounmpo went to the locker room. He returned with 9:56 left in the second quarter but exited again with 8:33 left in the half.
Antetokounmpo had six points and three rebounds in 11 minutes for the top-seeded Bucks.
The Heat had their own injury concerns. Miami&rsquo;s Tyler Herro broke his right hand late in the second quarter.

Giannis Antetokounmpo landed hard on his back after a drive to the basket on Sunday and was ruled out for the rest of the game.