AROUND the NBA:

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Shams Charania: Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker is changing his jersey from No. 1 to No. 15, honoring his USA Basketball uniform and the college number of his father, Melvin, per ESPN sources.

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[omahen]

Shams Charania: Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker is changing his jersey from No. 1 to No. 15, honoring his USA Basketball uniform and the college number of his father, Melvin, per ESPN sources.

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Interesting connected information: Mark Williams, who is a FA this season, currently wears No.15 in Phoenix

[HoosierDaddyKid]

I disagree... And i think he wants to be paid in the next contract.

Boston won the ring after he is gone. Overrated.

I don't know what past games you were watching to call him overrated. Sure, he's been hurt a lot these past seasons, and he's aging a bit. But at one time, the former DPOY was the heart and soul of those Celtics teams.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Q. What qualities do the players around you need to have for you to be at your best? Luka Doncic: Well, I think above all, shooters and a center who can run the pick and roll and jump in so I can pass to him. And if I have shooters, they can't double-team me as much, so it helps me a lot.

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[Smitty]

Knicks associate HC Chris Jent's name "started to circulate" in Blazers' coaching search, per @highkin.

[FireNicoHarrison]

I don't know what past games you were watching to call him overrated. Sure, he's been hurt a lot these past seasons, and he's aging a bit. But at one time, the former DPOY was the heart and soul of those Celtics teams.

Empty words. 

Boston won a ring without his "soul and heart" because a PG/SG who can't shoot can't be a Championship starter in this league.
They understood it very soon and trade Smart.

DPOY is trash.
Gobert won 3 times.

Smart is good just for the MLE.
And maybe not even for that.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Empty words. 

Boston won a ring without his "soul and heart" because a PG/SG who can't shoot can't be a Championship starter in this league.
They understood it very soon and trade Smart.

DPOY is trash.
Gobert won 3 times.

Smart is good just for the MLE.
And maybe not even for that.

Ok, Boss, not getting into a pissing contest over his value. Your opinion, you're entitled to it.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Mike Vorkunov: More than 2 million people came out today to lower Manhattan for the Knicks parade, according to the NYPD

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[HoosierDaddyKid]

Marc J. Spears: Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer @GaryPayton had a street named after him in his hometown @Oakland today.

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[HoosierDaddyKid]

Bernie Lee on Jalen Brunson’s pay cut with Knicks: The idea that any player making a contractual sacrifice automatically leads to success does not align with what I have seen repeatedly. Once a player sacrifices money, he is handing a tool back to an organization to make decisions he does not control, while still carrying the results of those decisions. There is not an NBA player I have met who, while playing, has the perspective required to be a good general manager. Putting players in the position of making personnel decisions does not help anyone. Bernie Lee: Jalen Brunson will be remembered for the rest of his natural life and beyond for taking an incredible risk and leading one of the marquee teams in the NBA to a championship. Over the years, I have had numerous clients with the opportunity to play with the Knicks. I have always said that a person can win anywhere, but winning in New York is entirely different. That has clearly proven to be true. It is an incredible story with a great ending, and every person involved deserves to enjoy it. But the idea that this should start a trend does not add up to me, because the circumstances that allowed it to work were finite and almost impossible to recreate. The family history between the Brunson family and Knicks management has been well documented for good reason, and it clearly played a major role in the trust that defined the relationship from the outset. Still, unless you own the team, everyone works for someone.



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[DallasMaverick]

Bernie Lee on Jalen Brunson’s pay cut with Knicks: The idea that any player making a contractual sacrifice automatically leads to success does not align with what I have seen repeatedly. Once a player sacrifices money, he is handing a tool back to an organization to make decisions he does not control, while still carrying the results of those decisions. There is not an NBA player I have met who, while playing, has the perspective required to be a good general manager. Putting players in the position of making personnel decisions does not help anyone.  Bernie Lee: Jalen Brunson will be remembered for the rest of his natural life and beyond for taking an incredible risk and leading one of the marquee teams in the NBA to a championship. Over the years, I have had numerous clients with the opportunity to play with the Knicks. I have always said that a person can win anywhere, but winning in New York is entirely different. That has clearly proven to be true. It is an incredible story with a great ending, and every person involved deserves to enjoy it. But the idea that this should start a trend does not add up to me, because the circumstances that allowed it to work were finite and almost impossible to recreate. The family history between the Brunson family and Knicks management has been well documented for good reason, and it clearly played a major role in the trust that defined the relationship from the outset. Still, unless you own the team, everyone works for someone.



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Summary:

If you’re a player, winning an NBA championship is very uncertain, regardless of what financial sacrifices you might make to facilitate roster-building. 

So don’t.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Meanwhile, Sean Sweeney’s coaching staff has begun to take shape with HoopsHype reporting the additions of DJ Bakker, Mfon Udofia, and Riley Crean as assistant coaches. Sources say other assistant coaching candidates in the mix for Sweeney’s staff include Joe Prunty, Popeye Jones, Greg Buckner, and Tom Bialaszewski.

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[HoosierDaddyKid]

Marc Stein: Dallas’ hiring of Dusty May leaves Portland as the NBA’s only team without a head coach entering Tuesday’s draft … with sources saying Knicks assistant Chris Jent is getting real consideration for that post alongside finalists Micah Nori (Wolves) and Tyler Lashbrook (Celtics). BREAKING: Micah Nori has agreed to become the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, sources tell @TheAthletic . Nori was lead assistant of the Minnesota Timberwolves for the past five years. Nori, 52, signed a one-year deal with team options for each of the next two seasons.

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How does Nori sign a one-year deal with team options for the next two seasons? That's a horrible contract for a first-time HC. That new Portland owner must really be the cheapskate that I've been hearing about.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

A woman caught on video emptying a public trash can on the street, then stealing it during New York City’s Knicks championship parade, was a director at JPMorgan Chase who was fired Tuesday over the incident, The Post has learned. Angie Báez, 40, was promoted to Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce at JPMorgan Chase more than a year ago, according to her LinkedIn profile. She previously served as Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at New York-based review website The Infatuation, which Chase acquired as part of its broader push into lifestyle and experiential content.

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Knicks fans are some kind of different.

[Mavs2021]

Marc Stein: Dallas’ hiring of Dusty May leaves Portland as the NBA’s only team without a head coach entering Tuesday’s draft … with sources saying Knicks assistant Chris Jent is getting real consideration for that post alongside finalists Micah Nori (Wolves) and Tyler Lashbrook (Celtics).  BREAKING: Micah Nori has agreed to become the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, sources tell @TheAthletic . Nori was lead assistant of the Minnesota Timberwolves for the past five years. Nori, 52, signed a one-year deal with team options for each of the next two seasons.

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How does Nori sign a one-year deal with team options for the next two seasons?  That's a horrible contract for a first-time HC.  That new Portland owner must really be the cheapskate that I've been hearing about.

Nori is 52 years old. He has been an assistant for 17 years. I find this completely reasonable. He probably gets paid more than he did as an assistant in the last 17 years and he gets a chance to prove whatever he got as a head coach.

That Portland owner bought the Carolina Hurricanes after they missed the play-offs for nine straight years and they have not missed the play-offs once since and just won the Stanley Cup. So he clearly knows what he is doing.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

Nori is 52 years old. He has been an assistant for 17 years. I find this completely reasonable. He probably gets paid more than he did as an assistant in the last 17 years and he gets a chance to prove whatever he got as a head coach.

That Portland owner bought the Carolina Hurricanes after they missed the play-offs for nine straight years and they have not missed the play-offs once since and just won the Stanley Cup. So he clearly knows what he is doing.

Doing things his way doesn't necessarily mean he knows what he's doing. All I've heard since he bought the team is he's a penny-pincher and is petty in regards to how he runs his teams. Two-way players weren't allowed to fly with the team on road games, Staff members and media have to check out of the hotel early to avoid fees, not supplying fans with t-shirts for home playoff games, the broadcast team also didn't travel with the team during the play-in tournament, and low-balling his coach's salary. That's why Spiltter left for the Bulls after doing a pretty good job as interim coach.



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[HoosierDaddyKid]

The Warriors signed a new jersey patch deal with AI cloud firm Iren. The multi-year agreement is the richest sponsorship in the history of North American team sports at an average of more than $50 million per year.

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[Smitty]

@ShamsCharania
Nine-year NBA veteran Malik Beasley has been indicted on federal charges for gambling related to a sports betting scheme, such as point shaving and prop bets, his attorney Steve Haney tells ESPN. The government is coordinating a voluntary surrender of Beasley this week.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

@ShamsCharania
Nine-year NBA veteran Malik Beasley has been indicted on federal charges for gambling related to a sports betting scheme, such as point shaving and prop bets, his attorney Steve Haney tells ESPN. The government is coordinating a voluntary surrender of Beasley this week.

Beasley's ship has sailed apparently.

[KillerLeft]

@ShamsCharania
Nine-year NBA veteran Malik Beasley has been indicted on federal charges for gambling related to a sports betting scheme, such as point shaving and prop bets, his attorney Steve Haney tells ESPN. The government is coordinating a voluntary surrender of Beasley this week.

Excuse my ignorance on this, but is this a NEW situation, or was he involved in that mess with the poker games from a year or two ago?