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Darius Acuff, Jr. | 6-2 guard | 19 years old | Arkansas Eastern Conference executive No. 1: Everyone knew coming in that Acuff could score. Elite, elite scorer from multiple levels. He did not play to his age as a scorer. Where he evolved this year and put himself in a tier with the top prospects was his playmaking. He made huge, huge strides. Throwing lobs, running pick-and-rolls, trying to find a balance between scoring and playmaking. For a guy who came in as a thirsty guard to now be a legit point guard who can also be an explosive scorer, that is something you look for with a player of his size. The defensive side of the floor is a concern. I worry that he’s going to be a player that teams target. But what gives me hope is that he is built like a tank. … You put the right guys around him, he’s going to be a Tyrese Maxey-level player.
Kaysuane has put together two murals during the Knicks’ spectacular run through the playoffs. The latest is located in New York Midtown, between 30th Street and 31st Street and 8th Avenue, depicting Jalen Brunson as the “King of the East,” with NBA guards Trae Young, Tyrese Maxey and James Harden bowing to the throne. Next to the image is a Larry O’Brien championship trophy with the Knicks logo drawn over it. A Game 3 loss in the NBA Finals hasn’t taken the spirit from Kaysuane or the New York City basketball fans. Wednesday night is expected to be electric in and around Madison Square Garden, as the Knicks look to return to their winning ways against a San Antonio Spurs team that silenced the crowd on Monday.
Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey has plenty to celebrate this year and can now add one of the biggest milestones of all: becoming a girl dad. The six-year veteran announced the arrival of his daughter, Marvel, on social media Thursday evening. The pictures show the Sixers star in a hospital bed holding the newborn, while another shows Marvel in a crib with her name glowing on the wall above.
Tyrese Maxey is officially a girl dad. On Wednesday, Myra Gordon announced on Instagram that her and the Philadelphia 76ers guard's daughter, Marvel, had been born May 14. Gordon had announced back in November that the two were expecting a child. Gordon also posted a photo of Maxey and herself with Marvel on her Instagram story. Marvel is Maxey and Gordon's first child together. Gordon played college basketball at the University of Alabama and Pepperdine.
Bobby Marks: All-NBA implications: - Tyrese Maxey: Super max eligible next offseason but only if he earns All-NBA in 2026-27 - Jalen Duren: Eligible to negotiate up to 30% of the cap.
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NBA Communications: The 2025-26 Kia All-NBA Third Team: Jalen Duren, @DetroitPistons Chet Holmgren, @okcthunder Jalen Johnson, @ATLHawks Tyrese Maxey, @sixers Jamal Murray, @nuggets
Mikal Bridges is averaging 18.7 points, 3.0 assists and 1.4 steals in his past seven games, while shooting 68.3 percent from the field and 44.4 percent on 3-pointers. Since being held scoreless, Bridges has hit at least half his shots during each victory of the Knicks winning streak while silencing the likes of Harden, Tyrese Maxey and Nickeil Alexander-Walker. “He just started to impose his will on the game a little bit more,” coach Mike Brown said. “I also have to make sure I call his number every once in a while and make sure he stays in the flow because he has a tough assignment every game defensively … I have to make sure I continue to involve him offensively to let him know: ‘Hey, we know you can do this for us. So go do it.’ ”
Draymond Green: “Bob Myers has been to Daryl Morey almost what Michael Jordan was to Stockton and Malone. You’ve done great work. I mean, I’m not saying Daryl Morey is Stockton or Malone, but you’ll get the reference in a second. You’ve done some great work, right? You traded for James Harden when nobody believed, gave him a max contract, and then James Harden proceeded to become who he became. You built a team with the Houston Rockets that was a very good roster, built to beat the Golden State Warriors. It didn’t quite happen, but you built a good team. You go to Philly and sign Tyrese Maxey to a max deal, right? He’s done some good things in Philly, just can’t quite get over the hump. And Bob Myers — Daryl Morey couldn’t get over the hump due to teams that Bob Myers was putting together. And now Daryl Morey is going to lose his role as the president of basketball operations due to Bob Myers making the basketball decisions in Philly. He’s more than capable, well-deserved, and should be making basketball decisions anywhere. But Daryl Morey just kind of keeps running into Bob Myers, and it’s unfortunate.”
So, what was the advice he gave you going into this experience? Kingston Flemings: Yeah, definitely just putting my head down and working and just being me at the end of the day. You can't be someone else. He had a talk with me during the year that I was trying to be to Allen Iverson. Don't be Allen Iverson, be Kingston Flemings. So really just being myself and if myself is going to be good enough for a team and when that team drafts me, I'm going to show them who I am. So that's really what coach Sam talked to me about for sure. Q. Who would your comp be? Like you talk about like trying to be Allen Iverson, who would you comp yourself to if you were an NBA team and they said, "Okay, what's the best comp for Kingston Fleming?" Flemings: I think a little bit of Tyrese Maxey, a little bit of De’Aaron Fox. They play really fast. They're not huge guards. They get downhill. They're really physical and they're getting to the rim. I think that's definitely why I need to add weight and get a little stronger because Tyrese Maxey is a strong guy, but like him in college, he didn't shoot a lot of threes, but when he got there, when he got to the NBA, he really expanded his game. And that's me. I think every single year I'm in the NBA, I'm going to be better and better.
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Gina Mizell: Tyrese Maxey said he will debrief the season by...becoming a new dad. You know this if you're a very online Sixers/NBA fan, but it's really the first time he's addressed in this type of setting. "I’m ready to go home and then just see (what) that’s like, that’s just honestly the facts of it."
Derek Bodner: Tyrese Maxey on the Knicks fan takeover in Philly: "It absolutely sucks. It just sucks. That's really all I can say about it, man...There's only one way to put a stop to it: we have to go out there and win these games. It felt louder here for them than it did in the Garden."
Derek Bodner: Tyrese Maxey, on VJ Edgecombe's growth into being more of a perimeter initiator: "I think next year I'm gonna do some things off the ball, and I don't have to be in front of the defense all the time. When you're in front of the defense, it gives them an opportunity to trap you."
Adam Aaronson: VJ Edgecombe says he does not know where he is spending his summer. He has been “on the road for the past six years.” He thinks he’ll spend time in The Bahamas, New York and Texas, where he can work out with Tyrese Maxey.
