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The Pistons have reached an agreement with Bucks assistant Sean Sweeney to join Dwane Casey's staff, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN tweets. Detroit had been making a hard push to convince Sweeney to make the switch. Sweeney has worked closely with Bucks' star Giannis Antetokounmpo. One of the concessions the Pistons made in negotiations with the former Raptors head coach was that he could pick his own assistants. Sweeney was one of the candidates for the Nets' head coaching job two years ago...
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According to ESPN's Chris Haynes, Wilson Chandler (6'8''-F/G-87, college: De Paul) plans to opt in to the final year of his contract. Wilson had until June 30th to decide whether or not he wanted to exercise his 2018-19 player option worth $12.8 million. Chandler played in 74 games this season and averaged 10 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while shooting 36% from the three-point line. He started at small forward in 71 of those 74 games. While not surprising, Chandler's decision to...
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Team Canada's Senior Men's National team defeated China 97-62 on Friday evening in the opening game of the Pacific Rim Basketball Classic. Dillon Brooks (198-F-96, college: Oregon) led the way for Canada scoring a team-high 21 points after catching fire from beyond the arc in the third quarter. R.J. Barrett Jr. (201-SF-00) also had a strong game with 16 points, while Chris Boucher (208-C/F-93, college: Oregon), who was named Player of the Game, posted an enormous double-double with 17 poi...
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