By STEVE REED (AP Sports Writer) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets have named Charles Lee as their next head coach. The 39-year-old Lee joins the Hornets after serving as the Boston Celtics top assistant coach. Lee will complete the Celtics’ playoff run before joining the Hornets on a full-time basis. Lee spent five … Read more
By Tess DeMeyer, Mike Vorkunov and Eric Nehm The Charlotte Hornets looked to the top of their conference for their next head coach, hiring Boston Celtics assistant Charles Lee on Monday. Lee, 39, spent this season on the Celtics’ coaching staff after a decade on Mike Budenholzer’s staffs with the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks. … Read more
MIAMI — Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 22 points, and the Boston Celtics soundly beat the Miami Heat 104-84 on Saturday night to a take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. Tatum added 10 rebounds and six assists for the Celtics, who led Game 3 wire-to-wire and reclaimed the … Read more
BOSTON — Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla couldn’t have known the chaos headed the Celtics’ way Friday night but inadvertently set the stage for the madness about an hour and a half before tipoff. No matter who the Celtics put on the court, Mazzulla said, winning would be their priority. “We have an opportunity to … Read more
The Utah Jazz is casting its net wide for international players. “We have scouts all over the world — almost every basketball country throughout the world,” Danny Ainge, the team’s CEO and governor, told CNBC’s “Halftime Report” on Friday. The two-time champion of the National Basketball Association and former NBA All-Star highlighted having scouts in … Read more
This is the digital version of The Bounce.If you want it earlier, start every day with The Bounce delivered to your inbox. Sign up here. Not only did the NBA have far too many injuries last night, I stubbed my toe. It was a bad Monday. Protect Star PGs Ja Morant out for season, Haliburton hurt … Read more
