Cavs Management Could Decide Whether Anderson Varejao Gets A Ring

Edit WPTV 02 Jun 2016
Warriors big man Anderson Varejao is making NBA history as the first to play for both NBA Finals teams in a single season.  ... Many sports outlets suggest whether Varejao gets a ring depends on Cavaliers management, since the NBA doesn't have any league-wide regulations on how to divvy out championship rings.  ... games this season. ....

Five keys to the NBA Finals

Edit Sacramento Bee 02 Jun 2016
The Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2 to win the NBA title last season, but that doesn’t necessarily give them the edge in the NBA Finals rematch that begins Thursday in Oakland ... They’re much healthier – remember, they didn’t have an injured Kevin Love last season, and Kyrie Irving was hurt in Game 1 – and the addition of Channing Frye has bolstered their bench ... Here are five keys to this year’s NBA Finals.1....

Round 2: LeBron, Curry square off again in NBA Finals

Edit Austin American Statesman 02 Jun 2016
Any way you slice it, it's a dream matchup for the league in the NBA Finals ... Now he has put an entire shoe company on the map, led the Warriors to a record 73 regular-season wins and has kids the world over mimicking the way he heads back up the court without watching his shot splash through the hoop.Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) dunks during NBA basketball practice Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Oakland, Calif....

Damian Lillard named one of world's most famous athletes

Edit Deseret News 02 Jun 2016
Lillard, a former Weber State All-American and an All-NBA performer with the Portland Trail Blazers, has been recognized as one of the most famous athletes in the world by ESPN ... Lillard earned All-NBA Second Team honors for the Portland Trail Blazers this season. He finished sixth in the NBA in scoring at 25.1 points per game and was ninth in assists....

George continues comeback by earning video game cover

Edit The Oklahoman 02 Jun 2016
He also served as a guest commentator at the NBA 2K16 Road to the Finals $250,000 championship Wednesday ... will lead to an even better season in 2016-17....

Trayce proud of Klay's success with Warriors

Edit MLB 02 Jun 2016
CHICAGO -- Officially, Trayce Thompson is keeping his pick to win the NBA Finals to himself, just as he did last year, when his brother, Klay, won a championship with the Golden State Warriors ... Thompson broke away from a team event on Monday night in Chicago to watch the second half of the Warriors' victory over the Thunder in Game 7 of the NBA's Western Conference finals, a series they had trailed, 3-1....

NBA Finals | Matchups favor Warriors

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 02 Jun 2016
A look at the matchups in the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. ... Love will have to shoot better than he did against the Warriors in the regular season, when he made 28.6 percent from the field. That will be tough against Green, the runner-up again for Defensive Player of the Year who averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds against Cleveland in the regular-season sweep....

St. John’s flameout Rysheed Jordan allegedly shoots man in stickup

Edit New York Post 02 Jun 2016
John’s point guard who had NBA aspirations, was arrested Wednesday for his alleged role in a shooting in North Philadelphia, 6abc.com is reporting ... The supremely talented but combustible 6-foot-4 Jordan played two season for St ... Jordan considered entering the NBA Draft in 2015 after Lavin was fired, but decided against it....

Cavs’ health puts new spin on the title chase

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 02 Jun 2016
The NBA Finals’ logo was on all four sides of the giant videoboard, and attached to its base was a huge cylindrical pad that hovered over midcourt ... The Warriors are champions, a team that felt that target on its back all season and extraordinarily dodged the arrows to complete the best regular season in NBA history ... > ....

Trayce proud of Klay's success with Warriors (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Jun 2016
Thompson broke away from a team event on Monday night in Chicago to watch the second half of the Warriors' victory over the Thunder in Game 7 of the NBA's Western Conference finals, a series they had trailed, 3-1 ... He has the same confidence heading into the NBA Finals, which begin on Thursday at Oracle Arena ... parts of seven seasons in the Minors....

Trayce proud of Klay's success with Warriors (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Jun 2016
Thompson broke away from a team event on Monday night in Chicago to watch the second half of the Warriors' victory over the Thunder in Game 7 of the NBA's Western Conference finals, a series they had trailed, 3-1 ... He has the same confidence heading into the NBA Finals, which begin on Thursday at Oracle Arena ... parts of seven seasons in the Minors....

Warriors or Cavaliers in NBA Finals? Take your pick, if you can

Edit The Miami Herald 02 Jun 2016
It’s been 52 years and a combined 156 seasons for Cleveland’s three pro teams since the Browns won the NFL title ... But then there’s Curry, the baby-faced sprite, Peter Pan with a basketball, the sharpshooter who shattered his own NBA record with 402 three-pointers in the regular season ... The W’s also have secret weapon Anderson Varejao, the first NBA player to play for both finalists in the same season....

Source: Knicks plotting gala intro for Jeff Hornacek on Friday

Edit New York Post 02 Jun 2016
Hornacek coached 2 ½ seasons in Phoenix before he was fired in February with a 14-35 record but came away with a reputation as a high-tempo practitioner who may sway president Phil Jackson to modify his triangle ... The Knicks haven’t won an NBA title since 1973 but made their official naming of a new coach drag on seven weeks and into Thursday night’s start of the NBA Finals....
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