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If for some reason that doesn’t happen, Canada would be in a strong position to recruit its next head coach, as leading one of the best national teams in the world is a pretty strong platform to audition for an NBA head coaching opportunity, with Fernandez’ path offering a convincing proof-of-concept. That’s all for another day, but for now what seems to be happening is the best of both worlds — Canada’s preferred coach staying on to lead it through the Olympics, while simultaneously earning one of the most difficult positions to achieve in basketball: NBA head coach. “We’re excited for him, it’s a great opportunity,” said Barrett. “There’s only so many teams in the NBA and there’s coaches all across the world. It’s a coveted role. So, I’m happy to see that — not that he was an unknown commodity in the NBA world — but I’m happy to see that through all of his efforts through the years, as well as his performance last summer with our team that, you know, the NBA world is taking notice to the level of actually hiring him.”
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Joel Embiid thought Sixers Game 2 loss was worse than Game 7 loss against the Raptors
“This is worse than Game 7,” Embiid, wearing dark glasses, said a couple of minutes later. Everyone knew what he meant. The Sixers have bad memories of opponent playoff 3s bouncing on the rim, and bouncing, and falling through. This was after Embiid pulled out his phone and showed reporters a picture of Brunson, before the ball was inbounded on the critical play, holding a generous portion of Maxey’s jersey in his hand.
Aaron Rose: The Pacers/Raptors lost the tiebreaker. Toronto will have the 19th pick
Clemente Almanza: Larry Nance Jr. on the Thunder: “You don’t get the No. 1 seed by accident… They got (4) guys up for major awards… We got a ton of respect for them, but respectfully I’m betting on the Pels.” Immediately clarified he isn’t literally betting lmao: “No Jontay Porter.”
Magic Johnson: For the Lakers to have any chance to beat the Nuggets this time around, the guards have to bring their A-game. Last year, the Nuggets’ guard trio of Bruce Brown, KCP, and Jamal Murray were dominant! The Lakers’ key to win will be DLO, Reaves, Vincent, and Dinwiddie outperforming
The now former Raptors‘ forward, according to the NBA’s ongoing investigation, bet on league games and schemed on prop bets with another individual to take the under on the production of Porter, who then took himself out of games claiming to be ill. The general reaction of those in discussion with Heavy Sports was encapsulated by the general manager who said, “I mean, what the f*** was he thinking? I can’t even imagine … unless he figured he was so insignificant as a player that no one would notice.”
Jontay Porter was a dead man dribbling, and Silver didn’t have to think twice. “The league obviously didn’t want any of this stuff to ever happen, but once it did you knew they were going to send a message,” the aforementioned coach told Heavy. “This guy was the perfect candidate for that. “What he did was bad and stupid, and it cuts to the core of the game’s integrity. So they HAD to come down on him. And the thing is, because he’s so unimportant as a player, no one’s going to make an issue about him being banned. “You think if Pete Rose was some weak hitting guy going back and forth from the minors to the end of the bench in the majors that anyone would have batted an eyelash over him being banned from baseball? No. And no NBA team is going to be like, ‘Damn, we can’t have Jontay Porter.’ “Now the league gets to hold him up as a warning. ‘Screw around with gambling like this, and you’re out.’ They should put up his picture in every locker room.”
Heat-Sixers topped Wednesday’s slate with a combined 3.40 million across ESPN (3.31M) and ESPN2 (98K) — up 42% from Bulls-Raptors on the same two networks last year (2.34M). The Sixers’ win delivered the sixth-largest audience in the young history of the Play-in (23 total telecasts), with half of the top six coming this year. It was the most-watched Play-in game that did not involve the Warriors or Lakers.
