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Kobe Bryant card latest basketball card to break $2 million threshold for sale]
A Kobe Bryant card was sold privately last week for $2 million, PWCC Marketplace announced Tuesday, the highest a Bryant card has ever brought. The sale is notable in that the card, a 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Emerald -- is not a rookie card, nor does it boast an autograph or game-used memorabilia swatch. The Bryant card received an 8.5 grade from Beckett Grading Services, tied for the best-graded known example of this card. PSA's highest-graded version of the emerald parallel is a 7.
[ur=[URL]https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33450352/gregg-popovich-pulls-tie-nba-all-winningest-coach-san-antonio-spurs-played-good-defense-stretch-home]Gregg[/URL] Popovich pulls into tie for NBA all-time winningest coach as San Antonio played good defense down the stretch at home[/url]
Popovich tied Don Nelson's NBA record with his 1,335th career victory as a coach in the San Antonio Spurs' 117-110 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.
Suns, behind 'statement win' first in playoffs
Phoenix improved the NBA's best record to 53-13, and the reigning Western Conference champion Suns have now beaten all other 29 teams this season.
Denver Nuggets reach multiyear extension with coach Michael Malone, sources say
Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone has agreed on a multiyear contract extension, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Malone, who had the 2022-2023 season remaining on his deal, will now be tied to the franchise through what it hopes will be a window of championship contention over the next few years. Malone ranks third in Nuggets history with 309 career victories, trailing Doug Moe and George Karl. The Nuggets have the most regular-season victories in the conference over the past three seasons, and they won 20 playoff games in the past three trips to the postseason. In nine years as a coach, including parts of two seasons with the Sacramento Kings up from 2013 to 2015, Malone is 348-304 (.534).
NBA Power Rankings, Week 25: Risers and fallers as seeding battles heat up
With one week to go in the NBA's regular season, only three postseason seeds are locked in: The Phoenix Suns will have the top seed in the Western Conference playoffs, the Memphis Grizzlies will have the second and the LA Clippers are locked into eighth.The other 17 seeds remain up for grabs to set up what should be a frenetic race to the finish once play resumes Tuesday. For now, one of the few certainties is this: The final week of the season is full of massive stakes up and down the standings.
NBA seeding, play-in implications of the regular season's final weekend
The NBA regular season's final weekend is here, and all we know is 48 hours of chaos lie ahead. Thanks to a jumbled seeding picture in both conferences, only a handful of seeds are decided.