What happened in three snapshots in the NBA Playoffs on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 ..read more

University of Illinois senior forward Coleman Hawkins has declared as an Early Entry Candidate for the 2024 NBA Draft. Hawkins could have played a fifth season of college basketball, due to the NCAA granting players an addition year of eligibility due to COVID-impacted seasons. Hawkins was a two-year starter for the Illini. The 6-foot-10 forward averaged 12.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks as a senior. Hawkins projects to be a late second-round pick or a possible post-draft two-way signee ..read more

G League Ignite forward Izan Almansa has declared as an Early Entry Candidate for the 2024 NBA Draft. Almansa is from Spain and has played for Overtime Elite, in addition to the Ignite. The 6-foot-10 forward averaged 10.5 points and 7.1 rebounds for the Ignite this season. Almansa shot 55% from the field in his lone G League season. The 18-year-old big man is considered an early second-round pick by most draft experts. At one point, Almansa was considered as a lottery pick. However, a poor season on an underwhelming Ignite team saw the Spanish forward's draft stock drop ..read more

Game 2 between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets averaged 4.25 million viewers across TNT and truTV. The number is down 2% from last year's Warriors-Kings matchup. The lead-in game between the Sixers and Knicks averaged 3.47 million viewers. This year's NBA playoffs is averaging 3.45 million viewers ..read more

Labaron Philon has requested to be released from his letter of intent to Kansas and will reopen his recruitment, sources confirmed to ESPN. The point guard is currently ranked as the No. 30 recruit in the 2024 class. Philon initially chose Kansas over Alabama, Ole Miss and Cincinnati ..read more

Zion Williamson spoke with the media on Tuesday and said there's a "realistic" chance he returns from his hamstring injury during the playoffs. Williamson suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of the New Orleans Pelicans loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Play-In last Tuesday. Williamson said the extent of the injury isn't as bad as the one he suffered last year ..read more

The Philadelphia 76ers trail the New York Knicks 0-2 in their first round series after losing two close games at Madison Square Garden, but Joel Embiid remains optimistic his team can win four out of the next five games. "We're good," Embiid said. "We're going to win this series. "We are going to win this. We know what we got to fix. We did a better job today, so we are going to fix it. "We are the better team. We are going to keep fighting." Embiid had 34 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in the game ..read more

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