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• Boston Celtics Daily Links 6/15/26

  15-06-2026 22:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 30: The sneakers worn by Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers during Round One Game Six of the 2026 NBA Playoffs on April 30, 2026 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (P
  
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• Los Angeles woman celebrates Knicks' title then grieves dog killed by police

  16-06-2026 05:19 via yahoo.com
  A woman California woman was mourning the death of her dog who was fatally shot by Los Angeles police officers on the evening of June 13.Officers of Los Angeles Police Department's Topanga Patrol Division responded to a radio call of a "screaming woman" in an apartment unit located in Canoga Park around 8:55 p.m., according to a LAPD news release. When officers arrived at the apartment complex they were directed to the unit where the noise was coming from. The woman, identified as Marie Marsiell
  
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• The Utah Jazz are fumbling Walker Kessler’s contract talks… again.

  16-06-2026 03:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PHOENIX, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 31: Walker Kessler #24 of the Utah Jazz handles the ball during the first half of the Emirates NBA Cup game against the Phoenix Suns at Mortgage Matchup Center on October 31, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns defeated the Jazz 118-96. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kelsey Grant/Getty Images) | Getty Im
  
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• The Knicks, the Suns, and the Parity Era

  16-06-2026 02:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - JUNE 13: Timothée Chalamet celebrates with Mikal Bridges #25 of the New York Knicks after the victory against the San Antonio Spurs in Game Five of the 2026 NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center on June 13, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) | Getty Images
  
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• Knicks owner James Dolan told players to make sacrifices, including intimate ones, before NBA championship run

  16-06-2026 01:58 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  In the days, weeks, months and years following the New York Knicks' winning their first NBA championship since 1973, plenty of moments, stories and anecdotes will likely become the stuff of legend. OG Anunoby's tip-in to win Game 4 of the NBA Finals, completing a comeback from a 29-point deficit? Undoubtedly. Jalen Brunson's 45 points in Game 5 to lead the Knicks to a title? Most assuredly. Knicks team owner James Dolan may have also established a place on that list. Footage of his speech to the
  
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• June P&T mailbag invite

  16-06-2026 01:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 5: New York Knicks fans watch their Game 2 NBA finals game against San Antonio Spurs at a bar on June 5, 2026 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. New York Knicks fans are expected to fill the streets once again as they seek the franchise's first championship since 1973. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images) | Getty Images 48ish hours later and still feeing . . . altered. In a good way. The best way. Saturday night, millions of Knicks fans finally caught that dragon we
  
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• Despite the painful ending, the Spurs’ season was a success

  16-06-2026 00:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Oct 26, 2025; San Antonio, Texas, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) and guard Dylan Harper (2) celebrates in the second half against the Brooklyn Nets at Frost Bank Center. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images | Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images The Finals are over, and the Spurs lost. If you could describe how you feel about how they went in one word, what would it be and why?Marilyn Dubinski: The first word is “excruciating,” considering how easily the outcome could
  
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• Jose Alvarado’s high school coach lauds ‘loyal’ Knicks champion: ‘Proud is an understatement’

  15-06-2026 23:24 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Knicks’ first NBA championship in 53 years had a local flavor. Traded deadline acquisition Jose Alvarado, a Brooklyn native, offered his Christ the King in Middle Village, Queens coach a moment of reflection nearly a decade after the freshly minted champ played for him.“I wasn’t thinking in this picture that Alvarado would one day win an NBA Championship. I was probably telling him to stop sneaking into the corner and get back on defense,” Joe Arbitello wrote on Insta
  
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• Dan Patrick unloads on Victor Wembanyama after Spurs’ Finals defeat: ‘Petty’

  15-06-2026 23:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Dan Patrick, Victor Wembanyama, Jalen BrunsonThe New York Knicks waited 53 years to raise another championship banner. When the moment finally arrived Saturday night, Jalen Brunson delivered the type of performance that cements legacies.Victor Wembanyama, meanwhile, left many talking about something entirely different.Dan Patrick praised Jalen Brunson and blasted Victor Wembanyama after the NBA Finals. Getty ImagesFollowing New York’s five-game NBA Finals victory over the San Antonio Spurs
  
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• The NSFW sacrifice James Dolan joked about with players in his pre-playoff meeting with the team

  15-06-2026 23:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Knicks owner James Dolan’s joke about giving up sex during the NBA playoffs has been revealed.“I had this idea that maybe you should give up sex for the next 10 weeks,” Dolan told the Knicks before the playoffs on Apr. 3. “You don’t have to give up sex for the next 10 weeks, but like Spartans — do you know what Spartans are? — they denied themselves to gain an edge. Get the edge.”The joke was part of a 15-minute surprise speech Dolan gave to the Kn
  
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• Jalen Brunson, the Knicks and fans toast title and blast Wemby

  15-06-2026 22:57 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Apparently, Jalen Brunson, the Knicks, and New York fans were not done with Victor Wembanyama.Less than 24 hours after they beat Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs for their first NBA Championship in 53 years, they were celebrating at Fishfly, a private Manhattan club, Page Six reported. Video from @SMHighlights1 shows The NBA Finals MVP with teammates, family, friends and fans raising a glass with the salute of "(Expletive) Wemby!"Knicks fans had been saying it for a week. They started in Gam
  
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• Raptors fans say RJ Barrett should stay, team needs new big man

  15-06-2026 22:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  TORONTO, ON - NOVEMBER 17: RJ Barrett #9 of the Toronto Raptors celebrates his basket with teammate Jakob Poeltl #19 during second half action against the Charlotte Hornets at Scotiabank Arena on November 17, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Andrew Lahodynskyj/Getty Images) | Getty Images It’
  
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• Do the Spurs need to shake it up? Why San Antonio shouldn't overreact to NBA Finals disappointment

  15-06-2026 22:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  San Antonio Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson laid it plain in his closing press conference: "We weren't ready to win an NBA championship."The New York Knicks certainly were. They took every first quarter, first-half punch the Spurs threw and responded. Jalen Brunson got the buckets he needed; Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby filled gaps on both ends of the floor. Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges were timely; Jose Alvarado and Landry Shamet consistently tilted the energy, one drive, 3-pointer, screen,
  
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• Spurs, Thunder Open as 2027 Title Cofavorites, Knicks Sit 4th

  15-06-2026 22:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here.Newly released 2027 NBA championship odds have the runner-up San Antonio Spurs as the co-favorites with the 2025 champion Oklahoma City Thunder.Key TakeawaysThe Spurs and Thunder have a combined near-60% probability of winning the Finals.The Celtics are listed ahead of the Knicks as the Eastern Conference favorites.Since 2018, no team has won the championship more than once.The Thunder and the Spurs spent t
  
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• The championship ring promise James Dolan made to Knicks in pre-playoff speech

  15-06-2026 22:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  James Dolan is recognizing the contributions of the Knicks’ significant others.The Knicks owner spoke to his team on April 3 before their playoff run that ended Saturday with a 94-90 win over the Spurs that clinched the team’s first championship since 1973.At the time, Dolan assured his players that, should the Knicks bring home the championship, their significant others will also be receiving championship rings in recognition for their contributions and support to the team.Knicks ow
  
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• What's the latest on Giannis and Jaylen? O'Connor offers insight

  15-06-2026 22:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  What's the latest on Giannis and Jaylen? O'Connor offers insight originally appeared on NBC Sports BostonThe Milwaukee Bucks are widely expected to trade Giannis Antetokounmpo sometime in the next week. According to several recent reports, the Boston Celtics are frontrunners to land the two-time NBA MVP.By all accounts, Antetokounmpo is intrigued by the idea of playing in Boston, but acquiring him would almost certainly require the C’s parting ways with 2024 NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown. It
  
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• Should Knicks superfan Spike Lee get a championship ring? These celebrities say yes

  15-06-2026 22:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Filmmaker Spike Lee reacts to a play during first half of Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs on June 10 at Madison Square Garden. (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press)Spike Lee couldn’t contain himself.“We did it!” the legendary filmmaker shouted during an ESPN interview after the New York Knicks sealed their first NBA championship since 1973 on Saturday night. “We did it! We did it! We did it!”If any fan can be excused for using “we&r
  
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• The pre-playoff James Dolan speech delivered to the Knicks — ‘I know you can do it. . .You know you can do it’

  15-06-2026 22:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Mike Brown sat to the right of James Dolan, Knicks players seated in front of them at the club’s practice facility. It was before the April 3 shootaround when Dolan gave an impassioned 15-minute speech, recorded on video, that implored his Knicks to sacrifice everything with an unyielding commitment across the next 10 weeks of the playoffs to compete a mission years in the making — and 53 years in all — that would make every one of them champions and kings of New
  
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• Knicks Championship Parade: Times and locations

  15-06-2026 22:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - JUNE 13: New York Knicks fans, including Erica Ford, center, chant Go New York, Go New York, Go! as they are filmed by a television station outside of Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Saturday, June 13, 2026, before Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, (Katina Zentz/San Antonio Express-News via Getty Images) According to FOX 5 NY, the New York City Mayor’s Office has finalized the logistics for the Knicks’ historic championship
  
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• Jalen Brunson: How I resisted retaliating after Wemby shove

  15-06-2026 22:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Following the Knicks’ closeout Game 5 on Saturday that gave the franchise its first title since 1973, captain and NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson made a special guest appearance on ABC’s “The View.”Host Whoopi Goldberg asked Brunson how he resisted retaliating against Victor Wembanyama after the Spurs star shoved Brunson to the ground in Game 3.“I think it starts, honestly, with my parents, how they raised me,” the Knicks star said. “I’ll start there.
  
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• Inside look at Knicks celebrating championship at private Manhattan club

  15-06-2026 21:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Think you’ve seen all the postgame Knicks celebrations?Think again. A series of exclusive photos obtained by The Post highlight the Knicks celebrating their NBA championship — the franchise’s first in 53 years — at Flyfish Club, the exclusive private members’ club co-founded by Gary Vaynerchuk, David Rodolitz, Chef Josh Capon and Chef Conor Hanlon, located in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.The team boarded flights back home right after their celebrations at the F
  
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• Knicks Burn Sportsbooks on Road to NBA Championship

  15-06-2026 21:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here.The New York Knicks winning their first NBA title since 1973 in five games was bad for sportsbooks. Key TakeawaysThe Knicks turned into a liability for BetMGM as the Finals went along.Bettors kept backing New York in both futures markets and live betting in games.Jalen Brunson took home Finals MVP, a small relief for operators.The good news for operators was that they avoided bettors unloading on the K
  
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• 2027 NBA Finals Predictions & Top Futures: 3 Teams to Target Now

  15-06-2026 21:18 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here.The New York Knicks’ 16-3 run to the NBA Championship was impressive.Just not impressive enough to sway the NBA Championship odds at prediction markets like Kalshi to believe anyone other than the San Antonio Spurs or Oklahoma City Thunder can win the 2027 title.Those two Western Conference powers have a combined 55% shot to claim the NBA title next season (Thunder 28%, Spurs 27%), which means solid r
  
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• Devin Booker’s decline and the path back to superstardom

  15-06-2026 21:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Phoenix Suns all-time leading scorer Devin Booker is one of the greatest Suns players, if not the greatest player, in the history of the organization. That statement is factually true and cannot be argued against with any real weight. In his 11 seasons with the franchise, Booker has taken the Suns as close to the pinnacle of the sport as they have been after going up 2-0 against the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Finals. He is an Olympic gold medalist, a first-team All-NBA selection in 2021-22,
  
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• NBA mock draft 17.0: Full predictions, projections for both rounds

  15-06-2026 20:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  After the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win the 2026 NBA Finals, front offices are all turning their attention to the 2026 NBA Draft.An exciting postseason gave us a better indication of which types of players thrive in the modern NBA when the games matter most. Additionally, pre-draft workouts as well as conversations with folks around the league have provided more intel on where each prospect might get selected during draft nights at Barclays Center on June 23 and June 24.O
  
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• Should Warriors take swing on Chris Cenac Jr. in loaded 2026 NBA Draft?

  15-06-2026 20:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Should Warriors take swing on Chris Cenac Jr. in loaded 2026 NBA Draft? originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay AreaThe plan always was for Chris Cenac Jr. to compete for a championship in his one season at Houston and be a one-and-done player taken at the top of the 2026 NBA Draft.Recruiting services had the same kind of thinking as Cenac. The Big Four of this year’s draft – AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, Cam Boozer and Caleb Wilson – along with Nate Ament, were the only five pla
  
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• Post-Finals NBA Draft questions & 2nd round sleepers with Derek Parker + Richie Saunders talks BYU, journey to the league

  15-06-2026 20:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Subscribe to The Kevin O'Connor ShowApple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeKevin O’Connor is joined by Sports Illustrated draft analyst Derek Parker to discuss the NBA Draft now that the Finals have concluded.What should be made of Darryn Peterson only working out with the Washington Wizards? Are there any lessons from the New York Knicks' Finals run that teams should consider when drafting? KOC and Derek also share six sleeper picks in the second round of the draft.Then, Richie Saunders, BYU g
  
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• Tom Izzo rants after Michigan State president, AD leave in same summer: 'I've had it'

  15-06-2026 20:27 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  This has been a summer of change at Michigan State. First, the school's president Kevin Guskiewicz left. Now, its athletic director J Batt has bolted for Kentucky after just one year in East Lansing.Tom Izzo has been one constant at MSU — 43 years to be exact — and he vented his frustrations Monday, June 15 about the instability above him.“Well, I’ll be very honest with you, which I’ve always been. I can’t stand what’s going on, and I’m not going t
  
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• Alex Sarr undergoes surgery for fractured foot

  15-06-2026 20:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 27: Alex Sarr #20 of the Washington Wizards dribbles against the Golden State Warriors in the first quarter at Chase Center on March 27, 2026 in San Francisco, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images) | Getty Images Washington Wizards forward Alex Sarr underwent surge
  
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• Wizards C Alex Sarr reportedly has surgery on fractured right foot, expected to be ready for 2026-27 season

  15-06-2026 20:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Washington Wizards center Alex Sarr had surgery performed on a fractured right foot on Monday, ESPN's Shams Charania reports.Sarr, 21, sustained the injury last week during a workout in which a contact play was made. The 7-footer is expected to be healthy by the beginning of the upcoming season, which will be Sarr's third NBA campaign.In his second season, Sarr performed like the player the Wizards envisioned when selecting him No. 2 overall in the 2024 NBA Draft. However, he was limited to 48 g
  
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