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Lendeborg joins Chamberlain and Barry: Dimitri keeps the pause before the name
With two games of at least 30 points in his first seven appearances, Yaxel Lendeborg joins Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry in Warriors history. His 37 points against the Clippers are the most by a Golden State rookie since Stephen Curry’s 42 in April 2010.
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Batum blocked Prepelič with two seconds left, Martine has no box for that
On 5 August 2021 in Saitama, Nicolas Batum blocked Klemen Prepelič with two seconds left in the Olympic semi-final between France and Slovenia. In March 2022, Prepelič went through that final possession…
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The Knicks Hire a New Challenge Guy, Darnell Called Indiana
The New York Knicks have hired Ed Flynn as their new challenge guy, the assistant who watches replays on an iPad and advises Mike Brown on whether to use a coach’s challenge.…
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Clippers name an interim governor, and Dimitri asked for the lights off
The lawyer John Gibson becomes interim governor and CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers. The appointment, proposed by Steve Ballmer, was approved by the NBA, according to Shams Charania (ESPN).
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Exclusive window to buy ASVEL runs to November, and Darnell talked about his bag
Joey and Jesse Buss hold exclusive negotiating rights to buy the LDLC ASVEL from Tony Parker until the first days of November, according to Eurohoops. No other buyer is allowed to step…
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Extended to 2030, Lefrançois announces it himself: Martine gets out the folder
Fabrice Lefrançois has signed two more seasons with Cholet Basket, through to June 2030. The 43-year-old coach told the Cholet crowd himself, with nothing published by the club beforehand.
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A 2001 contract clause is back in the NBA, and Dimitri has cued the jingle
According to Bobby Marks, who covers salary matters for ESPN, you have to go back 25 years to find a genuine mutual option in the NBA: July 2001, Jerome Williams extending in…
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94 calls between 15 July and the signature, and Martine opened a column
Matt Lloyd, general manager of the Minnesota Timberwolves, told the Minnesota Star-Tribune he had 94 phone conversations with Jonathan Kuminga’s camp, between 15 July and the day of the signing. Kuminga signed…
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Kevin Love jokes about LeBronto, gets booed: in Indiana they laughed at something else
At the block party held in Toronto for Kyle Lowry, Kevin Love made a joke about the LeBronto nickname. The crowd booed, and he said straight away that he was kidding.
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Five lengths in a minute, five times over: Dimitri has already cut the jingle
On the Deuce and Mo podcast, Davion Mitchell described the Miami Heat fitness test: five lengths of the floor in one minute, two minutes of recovery, five repetitions. With most NBA teams,…
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Curry won’t test free agency before next summer, and Martine noted the date
In an interview with CNBC, Stephen Curry ruled out testing free agency before his contract expires next summer and repeated that he wants to end his career with the Golden State Warriors.
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Investing in Partizan meant taking the swimming too: Chantal has the same key
In an interview with Mozzart Sport published on 18 September 2026, Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos said that around ten to fifteen years ago, Partizan Belgrade offered him the chance to…
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Jokic, Murray and Gordon called DeRozan: Darnell picked up his own phone
DeMar DeRozan, 37, a six-time All-Star, has joined the Denver Nuggets on a one-year veteran-minimum deal worth 3.9 million dollars. In The Athletic, he said Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon…
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Martine
Timekeeper at home and scorer away for a second-provincial club on the Herve plateau, since her son stopped playing. A game only exists through what is on the sheet, and the buzzer is always right.
Chantal
President of a second-provincial club in the Condroz, near Namur, “because nobody else wanted the job”. Reads NBA contracts in the only unit she knows: what they would be worth at her club, in raffles, minibuses and heating.
Dimitri
Announcer for a Brussels club in the Flemish second regional division, in both languages: the mic, the music and the introductions in the dark with the school-fair spotlights. Everything is a moment, and the NBA sometimes does too little.
Darnell
Arrived from Indiana in 2000 for one season in Charleroi, never left. Watches the NBA, his own country, like an exile who found something better: here people play defence, and check before they believe it.
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