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“He is the blueprint and role model, for me,” Amen Thompson says of his older brother. “Growing up in Oakland, my family tried to keep me away from certain things, and he was a big part of that.”

Landry Fields was humming a tune, but just wasn’t singing the lyrics. At the Hawks’ news conference Monday to introduce their three newest team members – 15th overall pick Kobe Bufkin from Michigan, 46th pick Seth Lundy from Penn State and draft-night trade acquisition Mouhamed Gueye (picked 39th by the…

On this day, the Boston Celtics drafted Dino Radja, Joe Johnson, and Dee Brown; they also traded for Dennis Johnson.

According to multiple reports on Monday, the Utah Jazz have acquired forward John Collins from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for swingman Rudy Gay and a future NBA Draft pick. However, due to league rules and the upcoming free agency period, the deal cannot be finalized until July 6.

For a few minutes early Monday afternoon, Jordan Walsh stood at midcourt of the newly renovated gym at the Cambridge Community Center holding a microphone and instructed dozens of young campers on some defensive fundamentals.

With free agency set to begin Friday, the rumor mill is churning, and there’s a key Warriors figure at the heart of some of the gossip: Draymond Green.

“I told them (before the draft), I wanted to be in Houston,” #Rockets rookie Cam Whitmore tells @SportsVanessa. “The fit, the people, I fell in love. I was just so comfortable.”

“Nothing is handed out anymore,” new #Rockets coach Ime Udoka says of Houston’s phase-two approach to its rebuild. “Some guys will play different roles than they have been.”