NBA en streaming : où regarder les playoffs de la saison 2023/2024 en direct ?
news.movim.eu / Numerama · 7 days ago - 09:51
La saison régulière de NBA est désormais terminée. Il est maintenant temps de faire place aux phases finales, avec déjà de belles affiches pour le début des playoffs. Les Denver Nuggets de Nikola Jokic visent le back-to-back (deux titres de suite) et devront affronter les Los Angeles Lakers de LeBron James au premier tour.
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Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes
news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 18 April - 21:47 · 1 minute
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X's chatbot Grok is supposed to be an AI engine crunching the platform's posts to surface and summarize breaking news, but this week, Grok's flaws were once again exposed when the chatbot got confused and falsely accused an NBA star of criminal vandalism.
"Klay Thompson Accused in Bizarre Brick-Vandalism Spree," Grok's headline read in an AI-powered trending-tab post that has remained on X (formerly Twitter) for days. Beneath the headline, Grok went into even more detail to support its fake reporting:
In a bizarre turn of events, NBA star Klay Thompson has been accused of vandalizing multiple houses with bricks in Sacramento. Authorities are investigating the claims after several individuals reported their houses being damaged, with windows shattered by bricks. Klay Thompson has not yet issued a statement regarding the accusations. The incidents have left the community shaken, but no injuries were reported. The motive behind the alleged vandalism remains unclear.
Grok appears to be confusing a common basketball term, where players are said to be throwing "bricks" when they take an airball shot that doesn't hit the rim. According to SF Gate , which was one of the first outlets to report the Grok error, Thompson had an "all-time rough shooting" night, hitting none of his shots on what was his emotional last game with the Golden State Warriors before becoming an unrestricted free agent.
‘A true unicorn’: Expectations for Victor Wembanyama were wild. He exceeded them
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 12 April - 08:00
The Frenchman arrived in the NBA amid a storm of hype. But a year on, those who came up against him in Europe are surprised by how good he has become
Hailed as the best prospect since LeBron James, labelled an all-time great in the making and distinctive for his 7ft 4in frame, expectations were high from the outset when Victor Wembanyama was drafted No 1 overall by the San Antonio Spurs last year.
He arrived in the United States to a maelstrom of hype, aided by eye-catching performances in a pair of showcase exhibition games against the G League Ignite in Las Vegas the previous October for Parisian club Metropolitans 92. Concerns were raised over the durability of his slender frame and projections were tempered by calls for patience with a young player not only taking his first steps in the NBA but moving to a new continent.
Continue reading...‘Fear is the basis of human psychology’: how self-doubt haunts the NBA
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 2 April - 09:00 · 1 minute
Players such as Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz have been accused of suffering from the yips. But every player has to confront fear at some point
Philadelphia 76ers basketball fans know one sentence above all else: Trust the process . It was used often when the team was struggling in the 2010s as the team appeared to tank for the sake of high draft picks and long-term team building. But two of the franchise’s ensuing No 1 selections – Ben Simmons and Markel Fultz, both of whom are no longer on the team, despite being dubbed saviors – seemed to lose sight of the maxim when it came to their own on-court games. Both players came into the NBA with sky-high potential. But they both came under unwelcome scrutiny: Fultz for a hitch in his shooting technique , and Simmons for a reluctance to shoot at all. The pair were inevitably accused of succumbing to the “ the dreaded yips .”
Throughout the history of pro sports, there have been many high profile cases of players losing the ability to conduct the most basic of on-field tasks. In baseball, New York Yankees second baseman Chuck Knoblauch somehow could not throw to first base . Similarly, catcher Mackey Sasser found himself unable to send the ball from home plate to the pitcher, double clutching his throws, as if he was thinking too much about the task. Pitcher Rick Ankiel, who lost his ability to pitch and later became an outfielder, said of his issues , “Throwing the baseball, it felt like my wrist wouldn’t work. I couldn’t feel the ball.”
Continue reading...Hoop Dreams at 30: Arthur Agee, William Gates and the ties that bind
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 7 March - 09:00
Arthur Agee and William Gates never fulfilled their dream of making the NBA, but the subjects of the groundbreaking 1994 doc ended up making more of an impact than many who did
America has long obsessed over celebrity and the quest for fame. Thirty years ago, millions of moviegoers got to see that desire up close thanks to the groundbreaking documentary Hoop Dreams, which focused on two teenage basketball players, Arthur Agee and William Gates. The pair never fulfilled their dream of making the NBA, but Agee and Gates ended up making more of an impact than many who did.
“I always wish that we would have made it,” Gates tells the Guardian. “That feeling will never go away. I wish we would have achieved the ultimate hoop dream.”
Continue reading...LeBron James becomes first player in NBA history with 40,000 career points
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 3 March - 02:37
LeBron James reached 40,000 points Saturday night, still going strong in his 21st NBA season as he tries to put the career scoring record out of reach.
James drove past Michael Porter Jr. and hit a layup with 10:39 left in the second quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Denver Nuggets for the historic basket.
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NBA2K24 arrive dans les iPhone, mais à une condition
news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Wednesday, 25 October, 2023 - 09:30
Le prochain jeu mobile de la licence NBA 2K vient de sortir, il est disponible sur iPhone mais à une petite condition.
NBA 2023-24 predictions: a wild West and Wembanyama fever
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 24 October, 2023 - 08:30
Our writers give their verdicts on the new season, which starts on Tuesday night. Can Boston or Milwaukee thwart a Denver repeat?
The fact that every time Jimmy Butler ’s name appears in line-up graphics or his stats are displayed mid-game, it’ll be accompanied by his headshot with the “emo” hairstyle and facial piercings he showed up with at media day. After he did the same with his dreadlocks-and-clean-shaven look last year, his commitment to the bit is almost as impressive as his postseason heroics. RB
Continue reading...Il y a une référence subtile à LeBron James dans Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
news.movim.eu / Numerama · Monday, 19 June, 2023 - 08:03
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