NBA midseason grades: Who’s forward of the curve and who wants additional workKevin Pelton, ESPN+
VIDEO: Smartest Performs of the 2023-24 Season So FarBen Taylor, Considering Basketball/NBA
NBA Storylines: Thunder successful with youth, Suns succeeding with vetsJohn Schuhmann, NBA.com
2023-24 Function Participant All-Stars
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What’s the NBA’s game-protest course of and has a workforce ever been profitable?Lukas Weese/John Hollinger, The Athletic
Warmth’s Terry Rozier transfer alerts the boundaries of this yr’s NBA commerce marketJohn Hollinger, The Athletic
G League: TBP Dwell from Chiles Heart
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[Norris Cole] is a bench participant within the G League greater than a decade after reaching the height of basketball success, and I sincerely consider that somebody scraping alongside, working every single day within the area they love after a profession that began off completely then rapidly tailed into obscurity requires a will that few individuals have.
I additionally assume {that a} scenario like Cole’s ought to make us, as followers, reevaluate what we expect success means in sport. As a result of Norris Cole “made it.” He gained two NBA Finals rings in his first two seasons. After which just a few years later he was 27 and unable to search out work within the NBA. He disappeared from our TV’s so he ceased to exist in our minds earlier than he even turned 30.
WAS: Marvin Bagley III is profiting from his alternative with WizardsAva Wallace, The Washington Put up
WAS: Wes Unseld Jr. out as Wizards coach amid 7-36 season, will transfer to front-office positionJenna West, The Athletic
