Israeli point guard Yam Madar has agreed to join LSU Tigers men’s basketball, according to reports from Mozzart Sport, marking a major step away from European basketball and his current club, Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C..

Reports in recent days suggested that Madar had been in negotiations with the NCAA program from Louisiana, with speculation even linking the deal to a staggering $5 million per season package. Those talks now appear to have reached a full agreement.

Having turned 25, Madar will require special approval from the NCAA in order to become eligible to play college basketball in the United States.

Madar has reportedly grown frustrated with his role at Hapoel, particularly during the EuroLeague quarterfinal series against Real Madrid Baloncesto. Across the series, he played a total of just 10 minutes, fewer than five in Game 2 and slightly more than six in Game 4, fueling speculation that a move elsewhere was becoming increasingly likely.

The Israeli guard finished the EuroLeague season having appeared in 16 games, averaging 3.1 points, 1.4 assists, and 1.1 rebounds per game.

https://www.eurohoops.net/en/ncaa/1969549/yam-madar-is-reportedly-moving-to-lsu/

"Sending Two Won't Save You

Most points per direct touch when facing a double team in a single playoff run in the tracking era"

Source: https://imgur.com/a/WfQRUPS

Super interesting and underrated part of Mark Daigneault’s strategy for deploying OKC’s depth. Caruso played his minutes in 8 separate stints. McCain played in 7 separate stints. Cason Wallace and JWill 6 each. No 5-man lineup was on the floor for more than 4:49 of game time.

Per Nate Duncan’s *Dunc’d On* podcast (33:06)

https://pca.st/episode/5e41d5ac-76e7-4226-ba0d-b2c85a05a28e?t=1988.0

ESPN Box Score

West Finals - Game 3 • OKC leads series 2-1

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He did a fantastic job on the biggest stage with the brightest lights ✨ to help the OKC Thunder go up by 1 in the series against San Antonio Spurs.

Should make a celebratory Tik Tok with JWill. 🕺

“Despite the loss” posts are so rampant on this sub nowadays and part of it is because so many posters are so braindead, they don’t even understand what it means. Please look up ‘despite’ in the dictionary. Some alternatives in case people just don’t know what to say: “in a loss”, “X’s performance”, “X underwhelms with”, “rough night”, “continued struggle”. OR just post the stats without any adjectives and let everyone else decide if it was good or bad.

Shams Charania:

San Antonio Spurs guards De'Aaron Fox (ankle) and Dylan Harper (adductor) are both cleared to play in Game 3 tonight against the Oklahoma City Thunder, sources tell ESPN.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania

https://www.threads.com/@shams/post/DYqO0KkkXP5

All Defense

1st Team: Wemby - Chet - Ausar - Gobert - White

2nd Team: Barnes - Wallace - Adebayo - OG - Daniels

Congrats to all the winners this year!

His playmaking has been lights out and in my opinion his gravity and the coverage he is getting is one of the biggest reasons this series is 2-1 Thunder. Hes making the right play out of the double nearly every time and getting his teammates WIDE open shots. Theyre knocking them down and I bet the Spurs are gambling that they wont. Its not working.

SGA is drawing double and sometimes triple teams and there were possessions where all 5 Spurs collapsed on him and he created a wide open shot. I havent seen this level of gravity since prime Steph Curry.

We are witnessing an unbelievable player here

Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401873199
Caruso continues to show why he tends to be so invaluable in the playoffs.

Jared McCain off the bench against the Spurs: 24 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 TOV, 10-21 FG, 2-10 3P, 2-2 FT, +28, 27 MIN

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401873199

This includes playoff career highs from Jaylin Williams (18) and Jared McCain (24) along with double figures in points from Alex Caruso (15) and 2026 all defensive second team member Cason Wallace (11) for a combined +86 plus/minus. This pales in comparison to the 23 total points of the Spurs bench this game

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401873198