WNBA legend Diana Taurasi publicizes retirement after unmatched basketball professionAdam Gretz, Yardbarker
Diana Taurasi, WNBA’s all-time main scorer, publicizes retirementMichael Voepel, ESPN
*FEATURE OF THE DAY*Diana Taurasi says goodbye to the sport she helped developChantel Jennings, The Athletic
“Her retirement could appear to be much more of a blow as a result of it comes on the heels of so many different WNBA greats who’ve left the ground for the final time in latest seasons — Hen, Sylvia Fowles, Candace Parker. Now add Taurasi to that listing. The league is popping over to a brand new technology that’s operating a path paved by the greats, like Taurasi. Like others who’ve helped construct legacies and dynasties, these retired stars received’t get to be part of among the fruits of their labor as the sport continues to achieve new heights.”
Mercury star Diana Taurasi publicizes retirement after iconic, 20-year WNBA professionBen Pickman, The Athletic
Diana Taurasi, WNBA’s all-time main scorer, retires after 20 years within the leagueKiki Intarasuwan, CBS Information
Diana Taurasi retires from Mercury after 20 seasons as WNBA’s all-time main scorerJason Owes, Yahoo! Sports activities
Is there any precedent for this disastrous Sixers season?Jared Dubin, Final Night time, In Basketball
Amazingly, there’s one other staff this season on monitor to do even worse within the New Orleans Pelicans, who’re engaged on the third-worst plus-minus amongst these aforementioned 775 groups. (There are some extenuating circumstances with the huge, 2024-Grizzlies-esque quantity of accidents there.)
Among the many 20 worst groups in plus-minus, although, solely two of them — the 2006 Rockets and the 2022 Lakers — had been projected for extra wins coming into the season than had been these Sixers. And people groups underperformed their preseason over-unders by 19 and 19.5 wins, respectively. The 2008 Bulls had the identical projection of fifty.5 wins, they usually underperformed by 17.5 wins. So, among the many groups anticipated to win 50-plus video games, this group seems to be essentially the most disappointing.
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NBA Energy Rankings: The place all 30 groups stand coming into the common season’s stretch runBen Rohrbach, Yahoo! Sports activities
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The true stress check for this new Lakers protection goes to return within the playoffs, when the sport slows down and inside play turns into extra vital, because the battle for additional possessions will be the difference-maker in a collection. Proper now, Los Angeles is relying closely on the likes of Jaxson Hayes and Alex Len—gamers who you’re high quality with being innings eaters throughout the season however really feel like potential issues when the video games get vital. Whether or not that is sustainable feels unlikely, however for a gaggle that ought to have little downside producing offense, if this new Lakers protection can show to be reliable for the long term, it’s not simply the addition of Luka that ought to have the LA trustworthy of their sometimes overly-optimistic lather.
Why Luka Dončić’s first sport in opposition to Mavericks was solely the start of NBA’s new rivalryZach Harper, The Athletic
Who’re the longest-tenured coaches in NBA historical past?Alex Kennedy, ESPN
NBA Energy Rankings: Most vital stretch for all 30 groupsNBA Insiders, ESPN
ATL: Dyson Daniels pushing all-time defender standing in first 12 months with HawksBen Grunert, Hovering Down South
ATL: Time is fleeting for Hawks to utilize Trae Younger’s good seasonKen Suguira, The Atlanta Journal-Structure
ATL: Collective expertise on Hawks bench making it simpler to get on similar web pageLauren Willaims, The Atlanta Journal-Structure
This season, the Hawks rank third within the NBA behind the Grizzlies and Warriors in bench factors per sport. With the addition of LeVert, Mann and Georges Niang, in addition to the shifting Clint Capela from the beginning unit, the Hawks nonetheless have a top-five second unit that has averaged 44.6 factors per sport in seven video games.
BOS: Jrue Vacation is beginning to rev his engineJacob Issenberg, Celtics Weblog
BOS: ‘We wished this one:’ Brief on gamers however large on revenge, Celtics maintain off Raptors in winGary Washburn, The Boston Globe
BOS: Sport Report: Celtics 111, Raptors 101 – Severely shorthanded C’s maintain off Toronto for sixth straight winJohn Karalis, Boston Sports activities Journal
CHI: Can Matas Buzelis win ROY?Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
DAL: Luka Doncic reminds Mavericks of his generational expertise in assertion win over outdated staffMike Curtis, The Dallas Morning Information
DAL: Luka Dončić reveals Mavericks why resolution to commerce him might age horriblySam Amick, The Athletic
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