Pacers All-NBA G Tyrese Haliburton — who is out for the rest of Game 2 vs. the Celtics — departed with left hamstring soreness, sources tell ESPN. Haliburton missed 10 games with a left hamstring strain in January.

For ESPN NBA Countdown on ⁦Tyrese Haliburton⁩

Full ESPN story on the Detroit Pistons’ plans to hire Pelicans GM Trajan Langdon as the new president of basketball operations espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

Langdon has spent the past five years building a well-regarded Pelicans’ roster under President David Griffin. Langdon previously worked under Sean Marks with the Brooklyn Nets and played three seasons with the Cavs in the NBA.

ESPN Sources: The Detroit Pistons have landed on Trajan Langdon to become the franchise’s new President of Basketball Operations and sides are beginning work on a deal for New Orleans’ GM to oversee organization.

ESPN Sources: Four months after Newport Beach (Calif) police announced a probe had been “unable to corroborate any criminal activity” against Oklahoma City’s Josh Giddey, 21, involving online allegations of an inappropriate relationship with an underage girl, the NBA has closed

ESPN Sources: In approving a new WNBA franchise in Toronto, the WNBA Board of Governors voted 13-0 and the NBA’s Board of Governors voted 29-1. Only the New York Knicks voted against the expansion. Knicks are suing Raptors in case over alleged “theft of proprietary information.'

Full ESPN story on the Cleveland Cavaliers dismissing coach JB Bickerstaff espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman and GM Mike Gansey will start to formulate a list in coming days, but one candidate to monitor: Golden State assistant Kenny Atkinson. He coached Jarrett Allen and Caris LeVert to playoffs with Nets.

ESPN Sources: The Cleveland Cavaliers dismissed coach JB Bickerstaff on Thursday. Bickerstaff led Cavs to conference semifinals and won 99 regular-season games in past two years, but change comes with hope of advancing deeper.

Tyrese Haliburton and Anthony Edwards have earned an extra $41M by their All-NBA selection.

ESPN story on Kristaps Porzingis’ looming return for the Celtics — possibly as soon as Game 4 of ECF espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

Reporting for ESPN NBA Countdown on Kristaps Porzingis’ looming return for the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals

“We’re not done yet. We didn’t come this far just to get this far.”

Myles Turner joins NBA Today to talk the Eastern Conference Finals — and of course, LEGOs!

The 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team:

▪️ Chet Holmgren of OKC THUNDER
▪️ Jaime Jaquez Jr. of Miami HEAT
▪️ Brandon Miller of Charlotte Hornets
▪️ Brandin Podziemski of Golden State Warriors
▪️ Victor Wembanyama of San Antonio Spurs

ESPN story on the Bulls landing Wes Unseld Jr., and Dan Craig as top assistant coaches under Billy Donovan espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

Clippers assistant Dan Craig is joining Billy Donovan’s Chicago Bulls coaching staff, sources tell ESPN. Craig spent the past four years with Ty Lue and the previous four under Erik Spoelstra with the Heat. He’ll team with Wes Unseld Jr., as top assistants for Chicago.

Jalen Brunson (fractured left hand) will miss the remainder of the game.

The main reason Indiana is leading by 15 at half? The Pacers had the best shooting half in a playoff game in the last 25 years, per ESPN Stats & Info, shooting 76 percent to surpass the Spurs in the first half of Game 3 of the 2014 NBA Finals against the Heat.

Anunoby and Hart are playing Game 7, per sources.