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Jorge Sierra: Jalen Brunson passed all these players in playoff scoring tonight: Vince Carter George Gervin Anthony Davis George Hill Michael Cooper Don Nelson Paul Millsap He's No. 110 all-time now.

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Atlanta Hawks PR: Dyson Daniels has recorded at least one steal in a career-long 20 straight games, the longest active steal streak in the NBA and the longest by a Hawk since Paul Millsap (21: 12/26/13-2/8/14).

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The Jazz selected him with the 47th overall in the 2006 NBA draft and by his fourth season with them, Millsap found a gear that launched him into the All-Star conversation. Two seasons before his first All-Star appearance he averaged 17.3 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists on 39.1% 3-point shooting per game. The following season, he averaged 16.6 points 8.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, but playing a different role, he shot fewer 3′s. But his number dipped again the following year and that one game against the Clippers on Dec. 28, 2012, opened up Millsap to doubt.

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Up against then-Clippers forward Blake Griffin, Millsap remembers Griffin, 23, outcompeting him and the Jazz. They lost to the Clippers by 11 points, and Millsap remembered not putting up his best, scoring 14 points on 4-of-10 shooting, along with seven rebounds. Griffin, however, scored 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting, while going to the free-throw line nine times. He also had 13 rebounds “He beat us,” Millsap told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “And, he definitely outcompeted me that game. And I went to my car after that, and I broke out, and I just cried, and I just like, ‘Dang, I think I missed my chances of being an All-Star.’”

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But Millsap, who last played in the NBA during the 2021-22 season, also remembered that moment, along with the Jazz not re-signing him, motivating him to work even harder. “When I say that, I trained super hard (that summer),” Millsap said. “I had a basketball court in my house. I used to go down there every single day, every single night, and train, train, train. I even put together some of my own, training programs, just picking things here and there and putting it together and understanding what I needed to do.”

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On July 10, 2013, Millsap signed a two-year deal with the Hawks. By January 2014, he earned his first All-Star nod after coaches voted him as a reserve. He was averaging 17.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, three assists, 1.7 steals and 1.2 blocks per game. He credits then-Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer, who sent him a congratulatory message following Tuesday’s news, for motivating him simply to play his game. “I don’t think coming in, they knew, you know, I was gonna be that good,” he said with a little laughter. “I don’t think I knew I was gonna be that good. But he definitely wanted me to expand my game out and stretch the floor a little bit more and do a little bit more playmaking. “And within all that, you know, there’s doubts amongst you know, a lot of people around you, ‘Oh, you may not be good, or we may need to do something else.’ And as a player, you hear all that stuff, and a lot of that stuff is really what drove me and motivated me to be better than what I was.”

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Shams Charania: After 16 NBA seasons, four-time All-Star Paul Millsap has retired from basketball. Millsap, the No. 47 pick in the 2006 NBA draft, spent his career with the Jazz, Hawks, Nuggets, Nets and 76ers. One of eight players all-time with 500 3-pointers, 1,000 blocks and 1,000 steals.

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The popularity of women's sports continues to grow as the Atlanta VIBE Pro volleyball team takes on their first season. Atlanta VIBE volleyball players are off to a great start, winning both of their down-to-the-wire matches on the road. As they return home, a surprise investor will be in the crowd cheering them on -- Former NBA player and Atlanta Hawk Paul Millsap.

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The 4-time NBA All-Star chose to invest in the team because he saw how much the sport meant to his own daughters, who played volleyball in high school. "I see the energy. I see the enthusiasm. I see women leading out there," said the former NBA player. "And that's awesome to see because I got four daughters, and for them to look on TV or look on social media and see women out there empowering, it's an amazing feeling."

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Paul Millsap: Basketball is getting better and better every day. And you can see it in the way today’s players approach the game. The level of focus, skill, and creativity required to be successful has never been higher.

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Harrison Wind: Jamal Murray just shouted out Gary Harris, Monte Morris and Paul Millsap and gave them credit for establishing the culture in Denver: "It's been a journey. It's nice to finally reach this point and for this to be the first team in Nuggets history to do it."

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“Jarace Walker can create his own shot, and he’s a pretty good shooter,” one NBA executive told HoopsHype. “He rebounds. He’s more of a four. Everyone’s looking for a four like Walker, that Paul Millsap type of four. He’s not that level of a rebounder, but he’s kind of along those lines.”

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Atlanta Hawks PR: Clint Capela has tied Paul Millsap for 22nd on the Hawks all-time offensive rebounds list with 602. Capela grabbed seven total rebounds in the first frame - a season-high for rebounds in a single quarter.

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