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What does it take to keep a basketball player from leaving his team? Some Utah Jazz fans are hoping a billboard will help. With the team’s season over, its 27-year-old star Gordon Hayward is eligible to enter free agency and likely to entertain enormous contract offers from several teams in July. In anticipation, some Salt Lake City residents have chipped in to emblazon his likeness and the slogan “#STAYWARD” on a massive sign near the arena. Ultimately, though, whether Hayward re-signs in Utah may hinge not on a billboard, but on the NBA’s latest attempt to keep its 30 teams competitive. Under a new provision called a “designated-player exception” in the National Basketball Association’s collective-bargaining Continue to Article

May 17, 2017 11:21:am EST

The Celtics are the current envy of the NBA, with a contending team and the No. 1 pick. The 76ers are positioned to do the same. On Tuesday, the Celtics won the 2017 NBA Draft Lottery, earning the opportunity to draft guard phenom Markelle Fultz or flip the pick in a trade for a superstar. Continue to Article

May 17, 2017 10:51:am EST

In this two-part podcast, we talk to Celtics fans about their impending No. 1 pick and Lakers fans about saving their No. 2 selection. The NBA Draft Lottery is finished, and the big-market teams cleaned up. In this two-part podcast, I chat with Celtics Blog’s Jeff Clark about Boston’s enviable position. Continue to Article

May 17, 2017 9:40:am EST

It’s almost unheard of for a No.1 seed to be a heavy underdog in the NBA playoffs, but that’s the situation that LeBron James has created. The Cleveland Cavaliers are favored over the Boston Celtics in the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals, and the series might not last very long if Isaiah Thomas and Co. can’t steal Game 1 at home Wednesday night. The Celtics will return to TD Garden, where they defeated the Washington Wizards in Game 7 of their second-round series just two nights ago. Continue to Article

May 17, 2017 9:29:am EST

For all of the nervous energy in the room at last night’s draft lottery, reduced stakes by and large prevailed as the Celtics went home happy with the No. 1 selection, the Lakers held onto their pick (and moved up to No. 2) and the Sixers actually got to use one of those patented Hinkie pick swaps to move up a couple spots and draft third. Finally, the C’s cash out in full on one of those Nets picks and spend the house money on Fultz, who’s not only the most well-rounded player in this draft, but fits with Boston’s needs as a versatile backcourt piece who will be able to handle early minutes without heavy pressure. Continue to Article

May 17, 2017 8:47:am EST

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