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  1. Hoopguru

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    As of today 13 of 30 teams are 500 or below.
    The league is built around mediocrity with usually only 1-4 legit contenders.
    The league is all about play off basketball and now they are talking about a early/mid season tournament. Its what generates fandom, the HOPE your team can shock the world. Hope is addicting and the league is the pusherman.
    Goddamn the Pusherman!
     
    Hoopguru, Apr 9, 2022
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    D’Antoni, Stotts Among Kings’ Coaching Targets?
    April 9th 2022 at 1:20pm CST by JD Shaw

    There appears to be a growing expectation that the Kings won’t name Alvin Gentry as their full-time head coach, according to Marc Stein of Substack. Gentry was named interim head coach when the franchise fired Luke Walton back in November.

    Sacramento could be interested in veteran coaches, with Terry Stotts, Mike D’Antoni, Mike Brown and Steve Clifford being mentioned as likely candidates, according to Stein. Stotts and D’Antoni are coaching free agents, while Brown (Warriors assistant) and Clifford (Nets coaching consultant) work for teams.

    The Kings will miss the playoffs for the 16th straight time this season, the longest streak in NBA history. The team has seen seven head coaches in the last decade: Keith Smart, Michael Malone, Tyrone Corbin, George Karl, Dave Joerger, Walton and Gentry.

    Stotts, D’Antoni, Brown and Clifford all hold experience as former head coaches. Stein notes that D’Antoni has a strong relationship with Kings general manager Monte McNair, as both were together in Houston from 2016-20. Stotts is also expected to receive interest on the coaching market this summer.
     
    lawai'a, Apr 9, 2022
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    Go Grizzlies.
     
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    DDolla, Apr 9, 2022
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    Does San Antonio have the tiebreaker against NO?
     
    KSF-ERIC, Apr 9, 2022
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    Spurs win tie break and home court if they end up Tie
     
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    Thanks. There will be some fun games tomorrow. Looking forward to them.
     
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    Man, the Pels really are like the Stotts' Blazers in some ways. They beat bad teams but their defense gets sliced up by good teams even more than ours' did.
     
    PCmor7, Apr 9, 2022
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    Go Knicks against Raptors tomorrow!!!
     
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    I am OK with the pelicans and ending in the 12th spot because when I run the tank -athon lottery similar simulator the pelicans end up In the top four too many times to feel confident that we will keep the pick.
     
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    It's worth remembering that they are playing without one of their best players ,Brandon Ingram.
     
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    During the grizzlies pelicans game today the grizzlies announcer said that Popovic is more concerned with the health of the team than winning the last two games.
    They also mentioned that the Spurs have won more games on the road than at home this season.
     
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    the Pels last 5 wins have been against Lakers-Blazers-Lakers-Kings-Blazers. They had the easiest part of their schedule at a perfect time
     
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    Solid chance Raps rest most of their core guys tomorrow.
     
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    Spurs have little chance to beat the Pels, at Pels, if Murray is out
     
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    This says he's out tonight for reconditioning purposes, so it looks like the illness is behind him and given the other guys that the Spurs are sitting, I think they're going to have those guys practicing and hopefully rested and ready to go against the Pels. So, let's just hope they can beat the Pels and they're as close to full strength as possible to do it.

    https://www.espn.com/nba/team/injuries/_/name/sa/san-antonio-spurs
     
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    well, the Spurs do have one big advantage:

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    wizenheimer, Apr 9, 2022
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    Warriors need to beat the Pels to secure the 3rd seed
     
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    I don't remember their defense being that good with Brandon Ingram, though, either.
     
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    They just beat the Pelicans on the road in the last couple of weeks after losing to them at home.
     
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