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BKN: Drake Powell heard Jordi Fernandez’s powerful love Nets message loud and clearBridget Reilly, NY Submit
BKN: Nets rookies beginning to impress as franchise will get most prolonged look yetPeter Botte, NY Submit
BKN: Danny Wolf Main Rookies in Two Main Stat CategoriesSameer Kumar, Sports activities Illustrated
CLE: Why Cavs ought to transfer De’Andre Hunter out of beginning lineupChris Fedor, cleveland.com
CLE: The Cavs preserve needing Dean Wade — and that’s not an accidentEthan Sands, cleveland.com
CLE: If not now, when? What this Evan Mobley-less stretch means for Jarrett Allen’s Cavs tenureEthan Sands/Jimmy Watkins, cleveland.com
LAL: Why JJ Redick sees promise within the imperfect LakersThuc Nhi Nguyen, LA Occasions
MIA: What occurred to Warmth’s revamped offense?Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald
NOP: Derik Queen’s Brilliance Shouldn’t Overshadow Jeremiah Fears’ Spectacular Rookie CampaignCem Yolbulan, Sports activities Illustrated
NYK: The Knicks received the NBA Cup with out a hero, and that ought to frighten the leagueKelly Iko, Yahoo Sports activities
NYK: The Knicks bench could lastly be prepared for a deep playoff runBradley Rowland, Fansided
NYK: Knicks beat critical competitors in not-quite-serious NBA CupMike Lupica, Each day Information
POR: Why Path Blazers gamers at the moment are determined to get their names inside a mysterious locked field after gamesJoe Freeman, Oregon Stay
POR: Blazers finish dropping streak by toppling classic Stephen Curry and WarriorsJoe Freeman, Oregon Stay
SAC: Report: Kings’ Veterans Clashing With Doug ChristieEric Sperlazza, Sports activities Illustrated
SAC: There isn’t even any grass over hereAkis Yerocostas, The Kings Herald
De’Aaron Fox believes the grass is greener in San Antonio and to that I say, “what’s grass?”
Sure, it is a very flawed roster, however Doug Christie hasn’t been ready to determine the right way to make a workable offense regardless of having some superb scorers on this crew. Final yr, he managed to maintain the crew collectively however was counting on Mike Brown’s outdated teaching workers. This yr it’s a completely new workers and nothing is working. This crew is depressing to observe, and it seems like they’re depressing after they’re on the market. That’s the most important indictment of Christie as full time head coach thus far.
This crew wants a shakeup, even when simply to filter some enjoying time for these younger guys. Devin Carter lastly bought some burn in opposition to the Nuggets and performed fairly effectively, scoring 15 factors with 4 assists in 21 minutes off the bench, solely to not even see the ground the following sport in opposition to Minnesota. In a misplaced season like this, the younger guys ought to be getting as a lot time as doable if solely to see what we’ve got. Sure, they may stumble and fall and look terrible at instances, however this crew already seems horrible even after they don’t play so what’s the purpose? This crew simply looks like a bunch of mercenaries biding their time till they’re elsewhere and it’s laborious to get enthusiastic about video games understanding that’s what you’re going to see.
SAS: For De’Aaron Fox, the ‘grass is greener’ with the San Antonio SpursMarc J. Spears, Andscape
SAS: Spurs vindicated for draft day commerce as ignored guard struggles on rival teamJosh Cornelissen, Air Alamo
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