Damian Lillard Set to Depart Trail Blazers in Search of Championship Contention

In a surprising turn of events, Damian Lillard, the prolific point guard and franchise cornerstone for the Portland Trail Blazers, has requested a trade after an illustrious 11-season tenure with the team. Lillard's decision stems from his strong desire to compete for an NBA championship, something he has yet to achieve during his remarkable career. The news broke on the second day of NBA free agency, casting a shadow over the Blazers' big splash in retaining Jerami Grant. Despite Portland's attempts to improve the roster, Lillard expressed his dissatisfaction with the team's inability to become genuine title contenders. General Manager Joe Cronin acknowledged the request but emphasized the team's commitment to winning and doing what's best for the organization. As one of the league's premier talents, Lillard's decision has garnered significant interest from several potential suitors. The Miami Heat, Brooklyn Nets, and Philadelphia 76ers are among the teams reportedly interested in acquiring the seven-time All-Star. Sources suggest that Lillard's preference lies with Miami, the reigning Eastern Conference champion, although any potential move remains uncertain at this stage. Throughout his tenure with the Blazers, Damian Lillard has etched his name in the franchise's history books. He is the all-time leading scorer, top three-point shooter, and free-throw percentage leader. His scoring prowess, averaging 32.2 points per game last season, has earned him seven All-NBA selections and a spot on the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. Despite these individual accolades, postseason success has eluded Lillard, with the Blazers only managing four playoff series victories during his time with the team. In an interview earlier this year, Lillard expressed his desire to be remembered for his principles and resilience, regardless of his on-court achievements. This championship pursuit underscores his unwavering determination to leave a lasting legacy. The 31-year-old's departure will undoubtedly be felt by fans in Portland, who have come to love his electrifying performances and dedication to the community. However, trade negotiations will likely require a substantial package from interested teams, including both players and draft picks, given Lillard's considerable salary for the upcoming season and his potential earnings over the next four years. While Portland's decision to select point guard Scoot Henderson in the recent NBA Draft raised speculation about Lillard's future, General Manager Joe Cronin had dismissed concerns about losing the star player. Nevertheless, the Blazers' signing of the talented Henderson to a rookie contract suggests a possible succession plan. As Damian Lillard embarks on a new chapter in his illustrious career, the league awaits the outcome of trade discussions, which will shape the landscape of NBA contenders for the upcoming season. For now, fans and analysts alike eagerly anticipate where Lillard will land in his quest for that elusive NBA championship. This news article was compiled from various sources, including The Associated Press. The information presented is based on reports and statements from individuals familiar with the matter, as well as interviews and public statements made by Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin, and other relevant parties. Additional information and updates on this story can be found from trusted sports news outlets. Read the full article

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9 Ben Simmons trade packages that might actually make sense for both sides

If the 76ers are really going to trade Ben Simmons soon, we have nine trade packages both sides should consider.

Ben Simmons’ days in Philadelphia have felt numbered ever since his woeful offensive performance contributed to the 76ers’ surprising second round loss to the Atlanta Hawks in 2021 NBA Playoffs. It was painful to watch Simmons at times during the series as he consistently bricked free throws and refused to attempt almost any fourth quarter shot — even a wide open dunk. As the Hawks finished off Philly in six games, head coach Doc Rivers and superstar teammate Joel Embiid essentially threw Simmons under the bus in the final postgame press conference.

The NBA waited for Simmons to be traded all summer, but it never happened. 76ers GM Daryl Morey reportedly asked for the moon for the 25-year-old All-Star, and no team was willing to meet his demands. It was easy to speculate that Morey wanted to hold on to Simmons as long as possible to see if a superstar guard like Damian Lillard would eventually hit the trade market.

Simmons has now taken matters into his own hands. He wants to be traded to a new team, and he’s threatening to hold out of training camp until it happens. With Simmons’ trade request hanging over the start of the season, we came up with nine possible deals and asked the corresponding SB Nation NBA communities how they felt about the proposed trade. These were the parameters for the deals:

I came up with each potential trade. They had to work on ESPN’s trade machine

The SB Nation communities gave their feedback on each deal. Sometimes that meant a thumbs up, sometimes it meant a thumbs down, sometimes it meant a counteroffer.

Every trade includes draft compensation of some kind. Since that’s where most of the negotiation on these deals will take place, we chose to keep it vague rather than come up with specific pick protections.

At the bottom of this story, Paul Hudrick from our 76ers community Liberty Ballers ranked his favorite proposed trade packages.

This was a fun exercise when we did it with James Harden a year ago, but the polarizing nature of Simmons’ game made this an even bigger challenge. As we learned, it isn’t easy to find a deal that satisfies the 76ers’ win-now desires while also making sense for the other side.

Here are nine deals we thought could make sense.

Pacers

Framework of the deal: Malcolm Brogdon and T.J. Warren + a pick for Simmons.

Why it might work: The Pacers finished ninth in the Eastern Conference last year, and their big addition of the offseason was head coach Rick Carlisle. This team is positioned to “win-now” with most of the rotation in its prime, but their ceiling isn’t all that high. Simmons is the type of player a franchise like the Pacers would be unlikely to land in free agency. It could be worth it to cash in a few pieces for a 25-year-old All-Star who is under contract long term, and then figure out the rest of the roster around him later. While the Pacers get a new foundational star, the 76ers get a starting point guard who can shoot and a wing bucket-getter who can immediately help Embiid in the playoffs.

What Indy Cornrows says:

This is so tough because A.) I love what this does for Philadelphia B.) Ben Simmons is the most talented player in the deal, the youngest, and on a long term contract; all things that would behoove the Pacers’ braintrust to make this trade. While I normally am talent over everything, the fit is just so wonky with a frontcourt of Sabonis/Turner/Simmons. If there were a subsequent deal with one of the bigs to bring in more perimeter talent, I think it makes sense, but the team can already struggle in halfcourt or late clock scoring situations. On top of that, Brogdon and Warren are both sub All-Star talents who the Pacers have no real replacement for. Again, it’s wonky, but worth thinking about.

As dynamic and good of a player as Ben is, he isn’t an elite driver at the moment (11.4 drives per 75) and Malcolm Brogdon is (15.2 drives per 75). We don’t talk about the rim finishing. But, in all seriousness, the Pacers would really struggle without Malcolm’s consistent ability to get to the rim. Getting there causes the defense to tilt even if you’re not finishing at an elite rate, so you’re banking a great deal on Ben and Caris LeVert getting to the cup with more consistency.

Simmons and Sabonis operate from similar spaces as high or mid post playmakers using their height and court vision to pick apart a defense. What does that look like with two players who aren’t being respected past the free throw line? Playmaking is probably the most important offensive skill in the league, you can never have enough, but the fit is certainly odd.

I would ultimately be in on this for Indiana, but admit that the team would probably not feel similarly. They view themselves as a win now team, and I think it would require a one step back two steps forward approach trying to restructure a younger team around Simmons after trading two of the three best perimeter options in the organization, while knowing more moves are happening in conjunction here.

If I could, I would counter with something involving the same players, but adding in Tyrese Maxey and a conglomeration of Pacers picks to make that trade worthwhile for the Sixers. Maxey would provide another building block towards a younger team with a brighter future and the Sixers would acquire more draft capital for subsequent moves to tweak the roster. It’s not perfect and I wouldn’t want to part with Maxey if I’m Daryl Morey, but I would certainly try and make it happen. — Mark Schindler

Spurs

Framework of the deal: Dejounte Murray, Derrick White, Devin Vassell + a pick for Simmons.

Why it might work: The Spurs finished No. 10 in the Western Conference last year, and lost their best player in free agency when DeMar DeRozan went to the Bulls. San Antonio has collected some solid young pieces in recent years, but no true star. Simmons would immediately become the face of the franchise, and his long-term deal would give the Spurs a few years to try to add talent around him. In return, Philly would get a dynamic offensive guard in White, an awesome defensive wing with shooting ability in Vassell, and a capable point guard in Murray.

What Pounding the Rock says:

Parting with their presumptive starting backcourt, in addition to the promising Vassell, is a hard pill to swallow for a team that’s invested so much in their development. But the Spurs have entered asset acquisition mode this summer for a reason: the roster as constructed probably doesn’t top out as a world-beater. Simmons doesn’t get them all the way there, but he should raise their ceiling and complement many of the remaining pieces’ strengths and weaknesses. — Bruno Passos

Cavaliers

Framework of the deal: Darius Garland, Isaac Okoro, and Ricky Rubio + a pick for Simmons.

Why it might work: The Cavs have been collecting top-five lottery picks ever since LeBron James bounced to LA, but the team is still far away from contention. Evan Mobley could be the face of the franchise moving forward, but it’s hard to tell exactly how good Cleveland’s other young players are. Like the Pacers, Simmons is the type of player the Cavs likely would never get in free agency. A team with Mobley and Simmons could have incredible defensive potential. The Cavs would have a log jam in the front court, but Simmons is under contract long enough for the team to reshape the rest of the roster around him in coming years. The 76ers would get an exciting young point guard in Garland who could be set for a breakout third year. Okoro is an awesome young wing defender who needs to improve offensively, and Rubio could help Philly at point guard right now.

What Fear the Sword says:

Maybe the Cavs do this as a talent play because Ben Simmons is no doubt better than anyone the Cavs currently have. But this is also a tricky deal because Garland is their best young creator and would fit well with Simmons. Okoro, meanwhile, is a standout defender just starting and they got Rubio. Simmons is also a tricky fit with a Evan Mobley-Jarrett Allen frontcourt. In reality, I think the Cavs probably do this because it’s a talent play and they have to take those. But I don’t really know why the 76ers would do this?

I also think the Cavs would want to try and move off of Kevin Love in any trade they make here, but that wouldn’t seem to fit with what the 76ers would want to do here. Simmons to Cleveland might just be too complicated to do unless a third team gets involved. — Chris Manning

Trail Blazers

Framework of the deal: C.J. McCollum and Robert Covington + a pick for Simmons and Thybulle.

Why it might work: The Sixers might dream of trading Simmons for Lillard, but it’s possible his backcourt mate is the best they can do right now. The 30-year-old McCollum would give the team a new lead guard in the backcourt who can score from all three levels and pairs well with Embiid. Covington is already a fan favorite for starting his career in Philly. Losing Thybulle in this might be a tough for the Sixers, but seems necessary for the contracts to match. From Portland’s perspective, an all-in move for Simmons could keep Lillard around long-term and give the Blazers the defensive stopper they’ve been missing.

What Blazer’s Edge says:

For the trade in question, the BE staff would accept that trade. Our only counter would be to make this trade less noisy. Let’s remove all the additional pieces and make this a straight CJ-for-Ben swap.

Simmons might not love the idea of Portland, but Klutch would unite one of their marquee players when one of their top coaching clients. With Larry Nance Jr. and Simmons in the fold, the Blazers’ defense would finally have the tools to compete with true contenders. — Steven Dewald

Grizzlies

Framework of the deal: Steven Adams, Dillon Brooks, and DeAnthony Melton + Jazz and Lakers 2022 first round picks for Simmons.

Why it might work: The Grizzlies have a great young foundation led by Ja Morant, but the team still has a long way to go before they reach contender status even after sneaking into the playoffs last year. Acquiring a blue chip talent like Simmons while keeping Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., and a solid young complementary shooter in Desmond Bane would be a major boon. For the Sixers, Brooks could be an immediate starter on the wing, Melton is one of the more underrated players in the league, and Adams would be an elite backup center. The picks could come in handy for a future trade, too.

What Grizzly Bear Blues says:

If the Grizzlies could acquire a player that’s 25 years old and has been a 3-time All-Star, without giving up Ja Morant or Jaren Jackson Jr., they should pull the trigger - even for the oft-criticized Ben Simmons. Grizzlies followers would be reluctant to give up Dillon Brooks, but Simmons would serve as a defensive and playmaking upgrade. Brooks, Kyle Anderson, and De’Anthony Melton sound like a good framework for the deal, and guys like Brandon Clarke or Desmond Bane could replace one of the guys in this deal. The rest will likely revolve around draft compensation, primarily the first-round picks from the Lakers and the Jazz in 2022 and maybe one of their own.

The allure of Ben Simmons is transforming him into a super-charged Draymond Green. What better duo for him to do that with than the electric Ja Morant and the sweet-shooting Jaren Jackson Jr.? — Parker Fleming

Timberwolves

Framework of the deal: D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley, Jaden McDaniels + a pick for Simmons, Tybulle, and Isaiah Joe.

Why it might work: Minnesota reportedly has heavy interest in Simmons, and there are some pathways to a deal. This package would give the Sixers a starting guard in Russell, a high volume shooter in Beasley, and high-upside, young defensive forward in McDaniels. Russell may be a negative team value on his current deal, but Philly could also flip him down the line. For the Wolves, Simmons’ elite defense is a perfect match next to Karl-Anthony Towns in the front court. This trade might come down to what Philly thinks of McDaniels after a promising rookie year.

What Canis Hoopus says:

As a Wolves fan/writer, I wouldn’t do this trade. DLo and Beasly are the two best perimeter shooters on the team and Jaden McDaniels looks like the steal of the 2020 draft. I also don’t think the Sixers are interested in Russell. I think the Wolves big plan is to win with Simmons AND Russell together so I’ll propose this. The Timberwolves trade Malik Beasley, Jaden McDaniels, Taurean Prince, 2022 FRP, and 2024 FRP for Ben Simmons and Isaiah Joe.

The Wolves keep Russell, meanwhile the Sixers get extra pieces they can include in a trade once another star becomes available like Dame or Beal. Prince also cannot be traded until September 27th but teams could agree in principle. — Cooper Carlson

Raptors

Framework of the deal: Goran Dragic, OG Anunoby, Chris Boucher, and Malachi Flynn for Simmons, Thybulle, and Isaiah Joe.

Why it might work: The Raptors are embarking on a new era without Kyle Lowry, and it sure feels like they want a full team of big, athletic forwards with multi-dimensional skill sets. Simmons would fit. While a 1-for-1 swap with Pascal Siakam is possible, Raptors HQ chose to talk about this deal centered around OG Anunoby instead. Anunoby is a tremendous young wing who would be a plug-and-play starter for the 76ers. Boucher is a stretch big off the bench, Flynn is a promising young point guard, and Dragic could play a role right now in the last year of his deal. For the Raptors, a core of Simmons, Siakam, VanVleet, and Scottie Barnes could be the start of something big.

What Raptors HQ says:

This is definitely one of the more creative Raptors-76ers trade ideas that I’ve seen! Here, you’re moving two players who clearly want to be moved in Ben Simmons and Goran Dragic, and that’s a good starting point. The 76ers also need a point guard, and I think Dragic would quickly become a fan-favourite in Philly, assuming he hasn’t lost a step.

Beyond that? Well, OG Anunoby becomes the real sticky point here. Yes, I realize that Anunoby is more highly valued by Raptors fans, including me, than he is anywhere else. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t deserved. For an example of that, look no further than… Matisse Thybulle, who made all-defence last year over the more deserving Anunoby last season!

Still — if we remove the Klutch factor here (Anunoby is a Klutch client) — if you had to move OG to get Simmons, getting Thybulle in return to fill OG’s spot is not a bad thing. Imagine fielding a lineup of Simmons, Thybulle, Pascal Siakam, Scottie Barnes and Precious Achiuwa? I bet Masai Ujiri, Bobby Webster and Nick Nurse would give that one some serious thought. — Josh Kern

Kings

Framework of the deal: Tyrese Haliburton and Buddy Hield for Simmons.

Why it might work: The Kings are already reportedly out on this deal, and it makes sense. Haliburton was awesome as a rookie. He might be the most appealing piece in any of the packages we mention in this article. Still, there’s a case for why the Kings should consider this. Simmons is a young All-Star signed long-term. Trading for arguably the best defensive player in the game is a great way to address what was the league’s worst defense last year. The Kings also have a promising rookie guard in Davion Mitchell who could take Haliburton’s place in the lineup. It’s totally fair if the Kings and their fans don’t like this deal, but it’s at least worth considering.

What Sactown Royalty says:

This is a highly-risky move for the Kings that I would not want to see come to fruition.

Tyrese Haliburton is an essential piece of the young core Sacramento is trying to build around alongside De’Aaron Fox. The Kings would essentially be trading Haliburton, who finished third in Rookie of the Year voting last season, and Buddy Hield, the best 3-point shooter in the league, in return for good defense.

The way this is set up, Kings undoubtedly lose the deal. Instead, I would offer Buddy Hield and Marvin Bagley III and a future pick in return for Ben Simmons. The relationship between Bagley and Kings brass isn’t quite as hostile as Simmons and the Sixers, but it’s no secret they both want out of their respective markets. Philly would acquire a young wing who wants a fresh start while Sacramento would do the same. — Marina Drab

Warriors

Framework of the deal: Andrew Wiggins, James Wiseman, Moses Moody + a pick for Simmons.

Why it might work: The Warriors are trying to augment their aging championship core with young, unproven talent taken at the top of the draft. It sounds like a good plan in theory, but Golden State also can’t afford to waste time while Stephen Curry is still playing at an MVP level. Trading young pieces for Simmons would be a major boost in the short-term for Golden State, and immediately improve their chances at coming out of the West this year. For the Sixers, Wiggins could contribute on the wing right away, while Moody and Wiseman are nice long-term pieces. This deal may not give the Sixers the immediate talent infusion they’re looking to add, but the young pieces could be flipped in another deal down the road.

What Golden State of Mind says:

The main concern with Simmons on the Warriors seems to be whether the team can make a non-shooter work next to Draymond Green. But the Warriors have built elite offenses in the past with frontcourts of Green and Kevon Looney, Green and JaVale McGee, Green and Zaza Pachulia, and so on and so forth. The Warriors would have to eschew having a traditional center for it to work, but Simmons is bigger than many traditional centers (including Looney). With Simmons and Green, the Warriors would have a frontcourt starring two of last year’s Defensive Player of the Year finalists, and two of the top 12 assists per game leaders, who would be passing the ball to Steph Curry and Klay Thompson. You have to be mighty high on Wiggins to think this does anything but dramatically increase the team’s title odds in the next few years, and that’s before mentioning how perfect of a fit Thybulle is on the Warriors. Maximizing a title window around a 33-year old Curry is more important than hoping that two draft lottery tickets in Wiseman and Moody pan out. It’s an easy yes for me, though it’s worth noting that Golden State’s front office is reportedly split on Simmons, so it may not be an easy yes for them. — Brady Klopfer

Liberty Ballers ranks the Ben Simmons trade packages

Paul Hudrick from our 76ers community Liberty Ballers stopped by with his thoughts on his favorite potential deals.

1. San Antonio - Murray, White, Vassell + a pick

The reason I like this deal better than most is the addition of Murray. Say what you want about Simmons, but he was the runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year and is arguably the most versatile defender in the league. Getting a player like Murray that already has an All-Defensive Team nod would help mitigate the loss of Simmons on that end. At 25, you could talk yourself into Murray’s potential offensive upside — despite him not being a perfect fit playing next to Embiid — while also seeing a big role in helping the Sixers win now.

White would immediately become the Sixers’ sixth man and would be a damn good one. The Sixers’ bench has talent and potential but is awfully young. At 27, White adds maturity and experience. I love Vassell, but he is a tough fit here with wings like Matisse Thybulle, Furkan Korkmaz and Isaiah Joe that fit a similar mold. You can never have enough good, young wings, but I might prefer another pick or someone like Keldon Johnson, who offers more perimeter shot-creation potential, something the Sixers desperately need. — Paul Hudrick

2. Indiana - Brogdon, Warren + a pick

You could argue this deal makes more sense with the Sixers looking to maximize Embiid’s prime. Brogdon gives the Sixers a traditional point guard that can help space the floor even more for Embiid while also providing solid defense. I love the idea of Warren — especially the bubble version that destroyed the Sixers — as either the team’s starting three or a flamethrower off the bench. Both players offer more perimeter creation than what’s on the current roster.

The reason I like the Spurs deal better is trepidation over the health of both Indiana players. Brogdon, who isn’t the most explosive player to begin with, has missed time with various injuries over the last three seasons. Warren missed all but four games last season after having foot surgery. Both players are 28 and have proven NBA track records — which aligns with what the Sixers want — but their injury histories would make me want more draft compensation. — Paul Hudrick

3. Sacramento - Hield, Haliburton

Adding more shooting in Hield makes a ton of sense. The more shooting around Embiid the better. My only concern is that I’d imagine Hield would come here with the expectation to start. That would mean one of Danny Green or Seth Curry — who were both excellent last season — would have to move to the bench, something I’m not sure Doc Rivers wants to do.

While Haliburton doesn’t necessarily fit the mold of a win-now acquisition, that’d be a strong return. Haliburton replaces Simmons as a big playmaker but with the ability to shoot. Would he be ready for the moment in the postseason? I think it’s 100 percent worth finding out … if Sacramento is willing to move him. — Paul Hudrick

Fox Sports Apologize For Their Opinions Of Giannis

The build up to game 6 of the NBA finals has brought with it some interesting analysis and a lot of it was really self-analysis on the part of the television analysts and the media attempting a kind of mea culpa regarding their perceptions of one of the best players in the league.

Fox Sports has spent most of the day questioning their perceptions of Milwaukee Bucks star, Giannis Antetokounmpo, starting with Nick Wright. 

To Nick’s credit he brought up some very great points about how most stars that accomplish what Giannis has accomplished get far more open and gushing praise and far more respect from the media and current players.

All this goes back to comments James Harden made a year ago regarding Giannis, to the effect of “I can’t just be seven feet tall and dunk the basketball. I gotta have skill”. The obvious implication being that Giannis doesn’t have skill which was utterly ridiculous and down right untrue when Harden said it and has been prove to be even more ridiculous now.

Indeed Nick Wright is 100% on the money here. Any NBA star that wins 2 back to back MVP’s and a Defensive Player Of The Year award to boot, would be regarded as the unquestioned best two-way player in the league.

It’s a false narrative and James Harden coming to the Nets overweight and unable to help Kevin Durant win a series against the Giannis and the Bucks. Harden didn’t face nearly enough backlash for that.

However the guy that should have caught the most heat during the Nick Wright segment in question, was his co-host Brandon Marshall, who has repeatedly said over the last two year that Giannis’ lack of shooting skill would prevent him from being in the position that he’s in now.

He’s clearly looking like one of the worst analysts on tv right now because of this and you have to wonder how these guys can get paid to be wrong. It’s one thing to hedge your bets on a players succeeding but it’s a whole other thing to bet on a player’s failure and that’s what a lot of these guys in sports media do. 

Brandon Marshall is the beneficiary of a tv sports media culture that doesn’t pay you to be right they pay you to be on time. The way it should work is that guys lose money for getting it this wrong but that would be meritocracy and the media want meritocracy for athletes but nor for themselves.

These NBA playoffs have reminded me of the 2019 NBA playoffs, not because of Giannis but because once again you have a team and a star player in the Finals that the media would have not chosen if they were to have their preference.

The media are shamelessly pushing for big market teams to make the finals and some of it is jut job preference. Stephen A Smith has said many times that he would rather have to travel to Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago than Toronto, San Antonio or Milwaukee. Most of the media would rather be in big cities.

The problem is that it’s not supposed to matter what they want. It has nothing to do with the game, the sport or anything else for that matter. 

Just Do Your Job!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of it is a style of play thing with Giannis and people thinking that Steph Curry is more fun to watch which is the dumbest thing ever. 

 Some of it of it is the belief in analytics and 3-point shooting being the defining factor separating elite players from the rest, which is clearly false. The Suns in this series have proven the limitations of 3-point shooting and the Warriors in 2019 were still capable of big shooting nights but the Raptors were just better.

I have one question for those that think Damian Lillard, Steph Curry, James Harden, Kyrie Irving and any other player who favors flashy plays and ankle breakers, “How many of those guys have ever carried their teams to a championship?”.

Kyrie Irving was instrumental in the Cavs 2016 win but he was not the best player on that team. 

Steph Curry in 2015, was not named Finals MVP and the team he played against had injuries, and before you point out Giannis and the Bucks injury luck this year, remember that Giannis also came back from the nasty knee-bending injury that looked for sure, as if it would end his season. Any other player comes back from an injury like that within mere days, the way Giannis did would have stories written comparing him to Willis Reed. 

By the way, American media tried to say that the Bucks would be better with Giannis off the court, because now the other Bucks can be more aggressive, which is ridiculous. The Hawks were without Trae Young and when he came back he was hobbled, these are not difficult things to point out given that it was just a few weeks ago but can you imagine another star being talked about in this way. 

Yesterday, Fox Sports’ Colin Cowherd spent the entire day backtracking on things he had said about Giannis over the last two years. As always Colin just pretended all of his old takes don’t exist and he explains that away as “adapting to changing information” as opposes to it being that he was always wrong.

Completely undermines things Colin said a year ago during an interview with Doug Gottlieb, another known hater of small market teams.

The meat and potatoes of this is that the media should stop trying to tell us what people like and what they like and just report what actually happens on the court.

The idea that fans are less interested in a Suns-Bucks finals series and that the game’s biggest stars (LeBron, Durant, Curry) not being present at this time of year is hurting the NBA is absolute hogwash. More than that though it shouldn’t matter as far as the audience is concerned.

The other layer of this is media commentators, like Jason Whitlock who believe that the decline in the NBA’s rating is due to them supporting Trayvon Martin and movements like Black Lives Matter, like a way of punishing a corporation for not being indifferent towards racism or racist behaviour. 

It is absolutely astonishing how little these guys actually know about the wider world. If I lose 1 million local viewers and I gain 3 million international viewers have I really lost ground? Does math matter? Are your sources/metrics for keeping up with the rating a true reflection of ALL your total viewership or are you still using the old Neilsen ratings because you’re boomers, and there is no other country except  America considered in the metric?

A combination of cord-cutting, new media, streaming and all other manner of things means that the NBA is better off embracing the idea of this being a global sport. Adam Silver understands this better than the talking heads on TV. 

I cannot with this nonsense.

It struck me while writing this that usually at this time of the year, there are soundbites and callouts and subtle digs being thrown about in post game press conferences. Chris Paul tried some of that after game 5 when he said that “everybody expects Giannis to miss free throws”. I’ve been respectful towards Chris Paul even though this sereis has given me every bit of ammunition not to be. 

I’ll only say this; Giannis has led his team from down 2-0 and the whole time, he’s been missing free throws but what does that say about the guys that gave up the 2-3 lead. What does that say about a guy that has given up multiple series leads?

Game 6 awaits tonight and yes, people are doing what they always do at this time of the year and the media vultures are already taking pieces of flesh out of Chris Paul. The talk in the media is that Chris Paul losing would hurt his legacy. I don’t agree but every year it’s got to be someone and this year it might CP3.

As For Giannis and further adding to how the media relate to the guy, is that his press conferences have no sound bites. There’s no calling someone trash or saying that “that’s a bad shot” or  “claiming that the series is over” or that “they can’t guard him”, even if the last two of those things may in fact be true. 

He has handled the media with kid gloves and in turn there is a stability and calmness about the Bucks. 

For one thing, Giannis has completely challenged and flipped the media’s expectations of what a star player can be in this league. Long may he reign.

It’s a new day as far as the NBA media goes and if you’re not adapted, you’re dying.

Blazers, NBA World Await Word from Damian Lillard in Las Vegas

เกมส์สล็อตทดลองเล่นฟรี Damian Lillard became the center of NBA news this morning after a report from Henry Abbott of TrueHoop cited a source indicating that Lillard was ready to make a trade demand to leave the Portland Trail Blazers. Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports also released an interview with Lillard which, though less pointed, revealed frustration and a desire for change from the six-time NBA All-Star. Lillard is currently in Las Vegas, Nevada practicing as part of Team USA in preparation for the 2021 Summer Olympics. The Haynes report indicated that Lillard would address the trade demand issue in a press conference following that practice. The media event is expected to commence around 12:30 PM, Pacific Time. We will update this post as Lillard’s remarks become available. In the meantime, Frank Isola of ESPN has tweeted that President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey and new Head Coach Chauncey Billups are expected to meet with Lillard in Las Vegas today, according to one of Isola’s sources. This comes amid swirling, sometimes conflicting, rumors about Lillard’s intentions, possible destinations, and potential trade packages. Stay tuned here for updates as Lillard speaks. The following comments were transcribed from live audio. They may not have exact, word-for-word fidelity but they are very close to what Lillard said in response to questions about the Blazers. We will link you to an audio recording when it becomes available. DAMIAN LILLARD COMMENTS

Blazers, NBA World Await Word from Damian Lillard in Las Vegas

Lillard is currently in Las Vegas, Nevada practicing as part of Team USA in preparation for the 2021 Summer Olympics. The Haynes report indicated that Lillard would address the trade demand issue in a press conference following that practice. The media event is expected to commence around 12:30 PM, Pacific Time. We will update this post as Lillard’s remarks become available ตู้สล็อต

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NBA trade machines are running at full tilt.

The 2021 offseason has already arrived for 26 teams, and in a matter of weeks, it will feature all 30 squads. From restless fanbases to forward-thinking front offices, just about everyone is firing off hypothetical swaps that could reshape the basketball landscape.

That makes it tricky to drum up potential deals you’ve never seen before.

But we aren’t ones to shy away from a challenge, so we threw on our thinking caps, doused them in creativity and played matchmaker to conjure up realistic fake trades that haven’t come across your radar a thousand times.

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Miami Heat receive: Kemba Walker and Kenrich Williams

Oklahoma City Thunder receive: Goran Dragic, KZ Okpala and 2025 first-round pick (lottery-protected)

Despite carefully cultivating salary-cap space for this offseason, the Heat almost assuredly won’t land a difference-maker in free agency. Kawhi Leonard is the only superstar on the market, and considering he’s back at home with the conference finalist Los Angeles Clippers and alongside his handpicked co-star, Paul George, it’s tough to see Leonard wanting out.

But Miami, which just fell from a Finals appearance to a first-round sweep in one year’s time, needs to do something to shake up this roster, improve its 18th-ranked offense and try to open a championship window with Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo.

Lacking the trade ammo to fetch a Damian Lillard or Bradley Beal, the Heat could shift their sights to a discounted Kemba Walker. The 31-year-old is admittedly clearance-priced for a reason, as a lengthy battle with his balky left knee limited his availability and, at times, his effectiveness this season.

Even then, though, the four-time All-Star averaged better than 19 points and four assists for the sixth consecutive season. Only six other players have matched that streak. Butler was Miami’s only player to clear both marks in 2020-21.

Walker’s shot-creation could scratch perhaps the Heat’s biggest offensive itch. They landed outside the top 50th percentile on isolations (45th) and plays finished by a pick-and-roll ball-handler (28th). A healthy Walker can carve up defenders on the ball, and he’s a sharp enough shooter from distance (career 36.0 percent) to spot up alongside Butler and Adebayo.

This trade would force Miami to lift its lottery protection on the 2023 first-rounder it already owes to OKC, so it could put the 2025 pick in play. That’s a steep concession given Walker’s knee problems, which is why Kenrich Williams enters the equation. Nicknamed Kenny Hustle, he’d be an easy fit with the Heat’s famed #Culture, describing himself as “no maintenance” to ESPN’s Zach Lowe.

Unofficially, this would be draft pick gazillion collected by the Thunder, who’d effectively get a pair of draft assets out of the exchange with the removed protections. They would also get a dice roll on KZ Okpala, a raw 22-year-old with enviable length and athleticism. They should also have enough shots to let Goran Dragic run wild and perhaps elevate his value to unlock a deadline deal to a contender that nets OKC yet another asset.

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Charlotte Hornets receive: Ben Simmons

Philadelphia 76ers receive: Gordon Hayward and No. 11 pick

Gordon Hayward helped the Hornets get their buzz back. Now, he could help bring back a 24-year-old All-Star to bulk up what has quietly become one of the Association’s better young cores.

Charlotte could give Ben Simmons the freedom he needs not just to bounce back from a brutal postseason, but also to evolve into something greater than his current form. Repurposed as a small-ball big man, he would be a creative solution to the Hornets’ search for an interior upgrade and a fascinating co-star for Rookie of the Year LaMelo Ball.

Charlotte would become a blur in the open court, as Ball, Simmons or Terry Rozier could lead the break with shooters and athletes sprinting alongside. Once the game slowed down to half-court offense, Simmons could set screens for Ball (or vice versa) and either explode to the basket or feed open shooters once defenses collapse on the short roll.

It would be a risk for the Hornets, who got a ton of mileage out of Hayward and saw, as everyone else did, Simmons shrink on the playoff stage. But it would also be a wager that they could create an environment more conducive to growth than the win-now, Joel Embiid-centric Sixers could.

If the gamble paid off, Charlotte would suddenly have two young stars leading its roster and a slew of complementary role players around them. The success could be higher reaching and more sustainable long-term than anything the Hornets can achieve with the 31-year-old Hayward.

For Philly, though, this would swap out Simmons for a better fitting Embiid co-star. Hayward may not have a go-to elite skill, but that’s kind of the point. His ability to shape-shift between secondary scoring, playmaking, shot-creating and shooting roles would allow him to complement Embiid however needed and coexist with the likes of Tobias Harris, Seth Curry and whomever else the Sixers retain on their roster.

Netting the first-round pick—largely accounting for the age gap between Simmons and Hayward—would give president Daryl Morey a potentially critical trade chip to help make this roster championship-ready around Embiid.

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Minnesota Timberwolves receive: Damian Lillard and Robert Covington

Portland Trail Blazers receive: Anthony Edwards, Malik Beasley, Ricky Rubio, Leandro Bolmaro, 2022 first-round pick (top-five protected), 2024 first-round pick (top-three protected) and 2026 first-round pick

Brace yourselves, Portland. Damian Lillard, the rock-solid centerpiece of the Blazers franchise who is loyal to his core, might be ready to scope out a scenery change.

“The enormous backlash from the Portland Trial Blazers’ process to hire a new coach and his concerns on whether a championship contender can be built have become factors that may push the franchise player—Damian Lillard—out the door,” Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes reported.

The Timberwolves won’t be mentioned often (if at all) during Lillard trade talks, because they haven’t won in recent history and aren’t a destination team. But maybe Minnesota has a pulse in this race. With 2020 top pick—and Rookie of the Year runner-up—Anthony Edwards leading the charge, the Wolves could put an awfully enticing trade package on the table.

With free agency awaiting D’Angelo Russell in 2023 and Karl-Anthony Towns the following summer, Minnesota should be looking to win sooner than later. To that end, the team reportedly has an interest in trading for Ben Simmons, per SKOR North’s Darren Wolfson (h/t NBC Sports Philadelphia). Simmons might be fun in the Gopher State, but Lillard would be transformational.

He is an all-caps SUPERSTAR who could team with Towns and Russell to turbo-charge this attack into a top-five unit. Either guard can pick-and-roll or pick-and-pop with Towns while the other shreds nets as a catch-and-shoot sniper. The defense wouldn’t be great—though reuniting with Robert Covington, who was in the Gopher State until February 2020, would help a little bit—but if the offense hits its ceiling, that may not matter much.

The Timberwolves may not be a tier-one contender after the trade, but if Towns and Russell time their hot streaks just right, this club could score its way into the conference finals.

Portland, meanwhile, would embrace an inevitable post-Lillard rebuild with Edwards front and center of the redesign. Leandro Bolmaro could be a long-term keeper, Malik Beasley is a productive 24-year-old, and Ricky Rubio can help either push for next season’s playoffs or be flipped for someone or something that helps with future postseason pursuits. Throw in the draft picks, and the Blazers should be set to start their next chapter on solid ground.

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Golden State Warriors receive: Jimmy Butler and Andre Iguodala

Miami Heat receive: Andrew Wiggins, James Wiseman, Eric Paschall, No. 7 pick, No. 14 pick and 2026 first-round pick (top-three protected)

Would Heat president Pat Riley, 76 years young and competitive as all get out, ever sign off on a rebuild? Probably not.

But if he was ever open to the idea, this might secretly be the right summer to explore it. Miami has just five players with guaranteed contracts for next season. Bam Adebayo is the second-oldest of that group at 23 years old. In that context, the 31-year-old Jimmy Butler—32 before next season tips—stands out as the proverbial “one of these things is not like the others.”

Butler can contribute to a championship run right now, but the Heat aren’t necessarily positioned to make one with their cap-space situation.

Get Butler to Golden State with Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and a healthy Klay Thompson, though, and the Dubs could be on the light-years expressway to title contention. Butler and Green burn the same hypercompetitive fire, and they could extinguish opposing scorers of all sizes and styles. While there might be spacing concerns with that pairing, those could be alleviated by deploying one more sniper with the Splash Brothers.

This wouldn’t be without risk for the Warriors, since their core four would all be on the wrong side of 30, and both Curry and Butler can hit unrestricted free agency in 2022. But considering the reward is a world title, that might be a risk worth taking.

For the Heat, they’d pivot into a rebuild around Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Andrew Wiggins, James Wiseman (or whatever he’d bring back in a trade if they don’t like his fit with Adebayo) and a suddenly strong asset collection. That core could also include restricted free agents Duncan Robinson and Kendrick Nunn, though the organizational shift would surely spell the end of Victor Oladipo’s short tenure in South Beach.

Eric Paschall could inject some second-team scoring, the picks could be developed or traded, and the cap space could be splurged on an up-and-comer who fits the core like John Collins, Lonzo Ball, Gary Trent Jr. or Talen Horton-Tucker.

              Stats courtesy of NBA.com and Basketball Reference unless otherwise noted.

Zach Buckley covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter, @ZachBuckleyNBA.

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YOUNG GUNS: THE TOP 5 NBA SUPERSTARS IN THE 2021 PLAYOFFS UNDER THE AGE OF 25

by Cholo Hermoso / June 24, 2021

               The 2021 NBA playoffs have proven to be a platform for the young stars to showcase their true skills and creep towards superstardom. 

               While this year’s playoffs featured superstars like LeBron James, Damian Lillard and NBA MVP Nikola Jokić, as well as guys like Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard and MVP finalist Joel Embiid, there is no doubt that the spotlight has been stolen by the NBA’s star youth. 

               This article will tackle the top young NBA superstars in the NBA playoffs. 

               Honorable Mention: Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies (Age: 21)

               This may be a top five list, but it is hard to leave a guy of Morant’s stature off this list.

               Making his NBA playoff debut while only in his sophomore year, the No. 2 overall pick of the 2019 NBA draft has proven that he truly is prime time – he seems to enjoy stepping his game up when the lights are the brightest.

               In the five games he played against the Utah Jazz, Morant averaged 30.2 points on 49-percent floor shooting and 8.2 assists. 

               Without a doubt, the Memphis Grizzlies have found their franchise player. 

               5. Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks (Age: 22)

               The list begins with the fifth overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft, Trae Young. 

               In the regular season, Young’s stats dropped compared to his sophomore year where he earned his first All-Star nod.  He went from basically a 30-point scorer to averaging 25.3 points while hitting on only 34 percent of his threes.

               However, talks of his regression have been put to rest as he has been excellent for the Hawks, leading them to their first playoff series win since 2016 with a five-game victory over New York in the first round and an epic seven-game triumph over Philadelphia in the second. 

               As of now, Young has been a walking double-double – averaging 29 points and 10 assists in the postseason.

Trae Young tries to beat then-Orlando guard D.J. Augustin (Associated Press)

               4. Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns (Age: 24)

               This man is criminally underrated. 

               Throughout his career, Booker has always been one of the best scorers in the league, yet does not garner the same attention other players get. 

               Remember, this guy scored 70 points in a game in his second year in the NBA in 2017, the youngest player to score more than 60 points in league history. 

               The elevated stage has not stopped him from scoring. 

               He is averaging 27 points in this year’s playoffs, including a first round-clinching 47 points against the Lakers.

               Now that he has finally made the playoffs and is playing in the Western Conference finals, the whole world has taken notice. 

Devin Booker tests the defense of Brooklyn star Kyrie Irving (Associated Press)

               3. Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz (Age: 24)

               Donovan Mitchell is a superstar.

               He has never missed the playoffs and always elevates his game at this time of the year. 

               After his inspiring play in the bubble where he averaged 36 points, he averaged 32 points on 48-percent field goal percentage in this year’s postseason play, making 4.4 threes a game on a 44-percent clip. 

               He is also etching his name in Jazz franchise history with four 40-point games in the playoffs, having tied Karl Malone for that distinction.  It is important to note that Mitchell only needed 27 playoff games to do this while Malone needed 193. 

               The next step for Mitchell is to deliver a championship to Utah, a potential first in franchise history.

Donovan Mitchell goes against a New Orleans defender (Associated Press).

               2. Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics (Age: 23)

               The Boston Celtics had an unfortunate NBA playoffs, but Jayson Tatum continued to prove that he is now among the NBA’s elite. 

               For the first time in his career, Tatum averaged 30 points in this year’s playoffs, including a 50-point effort in Game 3 of Boston’s first-round series versus the Nets. 

               At his length, mobility and shooting touch, Tatum is absolutely the most ideal NBA superstar. 

Jayson Tatum drives against the Washington Wizards (Associated Press).

              1.  Luka Dončić, Dallas Mavericks (Age: 22)

               Luka Dončić is the wonder kid; he is the future face of the NBA. 

               An European who can be – or perhaps already is! – marketable around the world and someone who is about to take over the league, Dončić has taken over as the Mavericks’ franchise superstar.

               In his two career playoff series these last two years, he has been nothing short of magnificent.  It is only a matter of time before he begins winning MVP awards and possibly delivering Dallas’ second chip since Dirk Nowitzki’s team did it in 2011. 

Luka Doncic shoots against the Sacramento defense (Associated Press.

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Woj on what the Lakers will do in the offseason

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The 2019-20 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers Appreciation Post

The Los Angeles Lakers are the 2019-20 NBA Champions. Damn, that feels great to type, so let me do it again: the Los Angeles Lakers are the 2019-20 NBA Champions. I’ve already written before about why this team was so lovable, so let this serve as part two.

I think what makes this championship so sweet, outside of actually winning the damn thing, is the fact that this was far from a guarantee, despite the fact that once we reached the Conference Finals, the Lakers were prohibitive favorites. But the Clipper love from numerous pundits was there after Kawhi Leonard’s run last year. The Bucks’ numbers were astronomical. The Raptors were defending champions despite not retaining Kawhi Leonard. Buzz was there for the up-and-coming Celtics, Sixers, and Nuggets. Surely, the Lakers were right in this mix and above most of these other teams (it’s not like they snuck up on anybody with LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the squad), but this thing was up for the taking. It also might have been the Lakers’ best shot at a title. They will be even better next year, but the Clippers should be too. The Nuggets as well if Michael Porter Jr. takes a leap. The Brooklyn Nets get a healthy Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving back. Jayson Tatum took a leap in Boston. Not just that I’m a Laker fan, but I’d still take the Lakers over any of those teams with two guys you can argue are the best players in the league. But you can make the case for any of those teams, I feel. That the Lakers upended their franchise to put Anthony Davis next to LeBron James and already have a championship to show for it just ensures that all the moves they made to get to this point was worth everything and then some.

What also made this championship so awesome is that it truly took a collective team effort to make this happen. Sure, the stress and attention LeBron and AD put on opposing defenses make the job of those around them way easier than it normally would be, but the players still had to get the job done. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made GM Rob Pelinka look like a prophet when he called Pope ‘mana from heaven’ at his introductory press conference in 2017, shooting 38% from deep in the playoffs, and hitting arguably the biggest shot(s) of the entire season in Game 4 with about three minutes to go to push a two-point Laker lead up to 7. Playoff Rondo made his triumphant return like Luke Skywalker at the end of ‘The Last Jedi’ and was a constant difference-maker since returning to action in the second round against the Houston Rockets. Want to know drastic a difference there was in Rajon Rondo’s play in the postseason? In the regular season, the Lakers had a Net Rating of -5.2 points per 100 possession when Rondo shared the floor with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. In the playoffs? That number skyrocketed to +12 points per 100 possessions. I can’t understate how wrong I was in writing off Rondo, but boy am I glad to be wrong because he was awesome throughout the entire playoff run.

But that isn’t all. Frank Vogel saved his ‘secret weapon’ for literally the last game of the season, but Alex Caruso was great all season long. His two-man game with LeBron James bore itself out again and routinely accepted and stood out in arduous matchups against Damian Lillard, James Harden, Jamal Murray, Tyler Herro, and Jimmy Butler defensively, along with playing the exceptional help defense we’ve been accustomed to seeing from him throughout his young career. There’s a reason why us fans love him so much. The Lakers had a +3.6 Net Rating with Caruso on the floor in the playoffs, the fourth-best mark on the team with only LeBron, AD, and Danny Green ahead of him. Danny Green’s shooting drew ire from fans, but I always trusted and wanted him on the floor in big moments because he would make similar plays to Caruso, like here against Denver swatting Mason Plumlee and Nikola Jokic in big moments. Markieff Morris made like Denzel Curry and unlocked lineups to feature Anthony Davis at center with Kieff’s ability to stretch the floor. For the playoffs, Markieff Morris shot 42% on 3.3 attempts per game. The Lakers had a Net Rating of +16.5 for the playoffs when Morris shared the floor with Anthony Davis to better free Davis to swarm the paint. Kyle Kuzma may not have become the third scorer many were hoping for, but he totally bought into defense and routinely snuck through crevices in opposing defenses honing on LeBron and Davis. Dwight Howard bothered Nikola Jokic in the Conference Finals much the same way he did in their matchup before the All-Star break back in February. The Lakers had a Net Rating of +19.7 when Dwight was on the floor at the same time as Jokic during the Conference Finals. Even the rook Talen Horton-Tucker had a moment against Houston flashing versatility defensively and playmaking off the bounce (watch out for Young Talen next season). Jared Dudley, Dion Waiters, Quinn Cook, JaVale McGee, and JR Smith brought even more chemistry, camaraderie, and/or accountability to the team. The celebrations on the bench were nonstop. When Talen Horton-Tucker got run against Houston and produced, you could just hear and see the love from his teammates. That always stuck out to me. Before this season restarted, Lakers head coach Frank Vogel said that the third option on this team was going to be ‘the open man,’ implying that anybody on the roster could have both the ability and opportunity to step up when the Lakers need it the most. That couldn’t have been any more true. It truly was a team effort.

But of course, those guys were third options for a reason. It’s not bad having LeBron James and Anthony Davis be your first or second options, I suppose. Let’s start with Davis. If there were questions of whether or not the Lakers could win a title, I think those hinged on whether or not pundits believed Davis could step up the way the Lakers would’ve needed him to. Now, that felt particularly silly after Davis averaged 30.5 points, 12.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 2.5 blocks, and 1.8 steals per game on over 50% shooting with elite defense in 13 previous playoff games (nine of which coming against the eventual champion Golden State Warriors), but any questions about Davis in the playoffs were quickly answered. He was dominant on both ends. Teams had no answer for him, and if they did, that meant they didn’t have any answers for LeBron. Lumbering bigs like Nikola Jokic, Jusuf Nurkic, Hassan Whiteside, Meyers Leonard, or Kelly Olynyk couldn’t contest Davis’ perimeter jumper, and after trying to take that away, he’d fly to the rim with lobs from LeBron and Rondo waiting for him. Wings like Carmelo Anthony, PJ Tucker, Robert Covington, Jerami Grant, Paul Millsap, Jimmy Butler, Andre Iguodala, Solomon Hill, and Jae Crowder all got their turns going against Davis and he laid waste to all of them, whether it be with his iso face-up game on the elbows, in the post or clobbering the offensive glass. Post-ups and isolations have become two of the less-glamourous modes of offense, but in the playoffs, you have to get offense by any means necessary, and Davis generated 0.97 points per possessions out of post-ups and 1.09 points per possessions out of iso, per NBA.com, both healthy numbers. Davis shot well from basically anywhere on the floor, embodying the persona of a three-level scorer. Davis managed to pull off an effective field goal percentage of 60.2%. The only player to have a better eFG% in the postseason while shooting at least 15 attempts per game and at least advance past the first round? Some guy named LeBron James. Not only was he efficient, but he also was clutch too, as evidenced by the buzzer-beater against the Nuggets in Game 2 and the dagger in Game 4 of the Finals. When the game was within five points in the last five minutes of the game in the playoffs, Davis shined, shooting 75% from the field, scoring 20 points in 26 clutch minutes. No matter the time, no matter who, what, where or when something was thrown at Davis, Davis had an answer. He averaged 27.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and basically 2.5 stocks (steals + blocks) on 57.1/38.3/83.2 shooting splits. He did this all while playing elite, defensive player of the year level defense as well, going from corraling Damian Lillard’s pick and roll prowess to shutting down Houston’s three-point brigade, to stifling the Jamal Murray-Nikola Jokic duet with switches to slowing down Jimmy Butler rim romps simultaneously while limiting Miami’s shooters in Tyler Herro and Duncan Robinson from truly getting comfortable AND stuffing Bam Adebayo at the rim repeatedly (check out Kevin O’Connor of ‘The Ringer’ break Davis’ defense down even further here). Anthony Davis did it all time and time again. He didn’t win Finals MVP but he could’ve. He likely will win at least one of those before it is all said and done.

Unfortunately for the rest of the NBA, I can say the same thing about the man who DID win Finals MVP, even though he is about to turn 36 in a couple of months and just finished his 17th season of basketball duty. LeBron James is still THAT dude, the best player in the league, the ultimate alpha dog, the man who shapes this league like no other can. Do you want a crazy, mind-blowing stat? Well, check this out, courtesy of Michael Pina of GQ. I want you to guess who is who:

Player A: 10.5 drives per game, 60% FG% from shots off of those drives.

Player B: 12 drives per game, 68% FG% from shots off of those drives.

So who are these mystery characters? Player A is back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo in the regular season. Player B is LeBron James in the playoffs. Yes, when defenses are honed in on everything you do, LeBron James at age 35 was somehow more lethal plowing through the rim than the extraterrestrial Giannis was rampaging through everyone in the regular season. That seems impossible, but impossible is nothing for the King. When the Lakers smelled blood in the water, it was typically LeBron who made sure to ignite the impending doom awaiting his opponent, whether it be a 36-7-5 performance against the Rockets to take a 2-1 lead, a masterful 38-16-10 triple-double to eliminate the Denver Nuggets and advance to the NBA Finals, or an even better 40-13-7 masterpiece in Game 5 of the Finals that tragically was wasted after a masterpiece from Jimmy Butler in his own right and Danny Green’s three-ball at the end went begging short. LeBron took on defensive challenges in his own right, as he did all season long, most-notably shutting down bubble star Jamal Murray towards the end of the Western Conference Finals. LeBron averaged a career-low in playoff minutes per game at 36.3, but his averages and play were right there with his Finals runs of yesteryear, putting up 27.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, 8.8 assists and 2 stocks on 56/37/72 shooting splits. As mentioned earlier, he was the most efficient scorer in the playoffs among those who made it to the second round at least, and Davis was right behind him. There isn’t much more that really can be said about LeBron James. The end isn’t anywhere near sight, and it likely won’t be for the foreseeable future either.

Which leads us to this offseason. The Lakers have a mid-level exception of about $10million to spend, have the 28th pick in the draft, and will likely be a destination for ring-chasers to snatch one before their careers are over. Anthony Davis is still only 27 years old. Maybe Kyle Kuzma becomes more consistent and is more comfortable next season after buying and playing well in his new role. Talen Horton-Tucker should be a rotation player next year on the wing. They’ll have max money in 2021 when numerous free agents will be on the market. LeBron can continue to age gracefully playing off the 7-foot gazelle that is Anthony Davis. This could be the start of another Laker dynasty.

But this 2019-20 team will likely stick out amongst the pack if things go the Lakers way in the future. This team went through so much, from being in China during the aftermath of Rockets’ GM Daryl Morey’s tweet to healing a mourning city after the tragic passing of franchise icon Kobe Bryant and his daughter and three other members of separate families to the ongoing coronavirus to helping lead in the racial reckoning this country faced in the summer. Through all of this, there were these Lakers, there to help us fans get through it all. Maybe you could use the term ‘distract,’  but damn it at least I know I needed that distraction. And through it all, you could see and feel how much fun these guys had together. 

This team was more than a basketball team; it truly was a family, one I eagerly awaited to welcome into my room time and time again once their games tipped. Head Coach Frank Vogel and GM Rob Pelinka deserve a ton of credit for putting this team together and having it gel as quickly as it did. Pelinka was put in a tough spot after the Davis trade and Kawhi Leonard stalling their free agency plans (Vogel on the latest episode of ‘The Lowe Post’ podcast said the team was put together in three hours after Leonard’s decision broke). Vogel sifted through different lineup variations when called upon and cooked up all the correct and necessary game plans to short-circuit all the opponents in the Lakers’ way in the playoffs. They didn’t get off to the strongest of starts (Pelinka especially) and I was skeptical because of it, but those two proved me wrong BIG TIME, and boy am I glad I was wrong. Hopefully, those two hold on to their respective positions for quite a long time.

It stinks the fans in the city of Los Angeles can’t truly celebrate with the team, but that time will eventually come. This wasn’t my first Laker championship to celebrate; I remember being in Las Vegas in 2009 when they won in Orlando and watching Game 7 of the 2010 Finals. I never thought that moment could be topped, yet there I was with tears of joy strolling down my face once the clock struck zeroes in Game 6. After all those years of losing. After all the shit 2020 threw in the face of the world. Something worth celebrating happened. So again, thank you to all the players, to GM Rob Pelinka, to Governor Jeanie Buss, to everyone who played a part.

The Los Angeles Lakers are the 2019-20 NBA Champions. Damn, that feels great to type.

Good marketing is nothing more than good communication. And by good, I mean, it changes things. It propels someone to act. It causes a shift in perspective. It makes us feel.

For what other reason would we open our mouths?

Of all the skills we can help young people develop in school, communicating with the intent to make change feels like one of the most important.

So, allow me to stand on a small soap box and illustrate what makes for “good marketing” (read: communication that inspires change).

It comes down to two tool: nods and nudges.

An unexpected nod. A convenient nudge.

Have you ever passed someone in the grocery store who nods at you like they know you? It sticks with you for hours if not days afterward. Internally: who was that person? How do I know them? Should I have stopped and said hello? It’s like planting a virus directly in the frontal cortex.

Have you ever been told what to do? In a direct and unblinking fashion: do x by y time. It’s dehumanizing. It’s unnerving and uncomfortable. Nudges are a different thing. Real leaders use their actions as nudges. Ones that guide us, if we choose to follow, toward a better future. Martin Luther King didn’t tell people what to do. He sat in jail showing them what to do. Nudging them toward non-violence.

Have you seen Hulu’s (streaming TV service) most recent ad campaign? It’s brilliant. In it, three prominent NBA players tell us that “Hulu has live sports” with three uniquely clever nods.

Damian Lillard is getting a tattoo of that phrase on his arm. Lots of NBA players have tattoos so it’s familiar. But “Hulu has live sports” as a tattoo is unexpected. Familiar yet unexpected nod.

Giannis Antetokounmpo got a signature slipper deal from Hulu. He wears the slippers during his press conferences. Again, a nod to basketball players getting shoes deals. But unexpected because it’s a slipper deal instead.

The nudges here are just that, nudges. Hulu isn’t telling anyone to do anything. They are planting a virus in our heads. One that will bug us until we buy Hulu to alleviate the discomfort.

Today, challenge your students to create more nods and nudges. If they made advertisements for their school, how could they create familiar yet unexpected nods? What would they nudge one to do?

As usual, no wrong answers :)

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How the Raptors defense is making other teams see ghosts

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Zone defense, man defense, full-court press, half-court trap, it doesn’t matter. The key to the Raptors’ success is their unrelenting pressure.

Picture yourself on a haunted house ride at your favorite amusement park. You’ll be spooked by pop-out faces, fluorescent lights, and ominous sounds, but you don’t know exactly how, where, or when they will hit you. Intellectually, you know there’s nothing to really fear and you’ll eventually finish the exhibit unscathed. But as soon as you enter that front door, those rational thoughts give way to base fears that you can’t escape. You scream. You yelp. You gasp. You lose your nerve. You’re scared shitless. And you forget, for a brief moment, that the ride is all an illusion.

If this experience describes one you’ve had before, congratulations. Now you understand what it’s like to go against the Toronto Raptors’ defense, and why so many skilled teams and star players look shockingly out of their depth when they try.

You also understand why the Raptors have responded with even more vigor after losing the star that carried them to last year’s NBA title. Toronto was expected to slink back into the league’s middle class after losing Kawhi Leonard in free agency. Instead, the Raptors are two games better off than they were at this time last year and riding a 15-game winning streak, the longest of any Canadian professional sports franchise ever.

They constantly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, no matter who’s healthy enough to suit up. The most recent example: a one-point win over conference rival Indiana in which they scored 11 straight points in the final 2:25. After watching Indiana calmly move the ball and nail scores of open threes for 45 minutes, the Raptors dialed up their pressure, deployed a full-court press, and watched the Pacers wilt.

It wasn’t the first time Toronto used unconventional methods to take teams out of their comfort zone. They deployed that same full-court press to devastating effect to overcome a 30-point third-quarter deficit against Dallas. They held LeBron James to 13 points on 5-15 shooting in a win in Los Angeles, flummoxed Damian Lillard into a 2-12 night with a mix of box-and-one and triangle-and-two zone defenses, and didn’t even let Joel Embiid score a single point in a November victory over Philadelphia. Their aggressive double-teaming of James Harden in a December game against the Rockets inspired other imitators and played a role in Houston’s decision to go all-in on small ball. Turns out the box-and-one they famously deployed against Stephen Curry in last year’s NBA Finals was merely a precursor to the “janky” defenses they’ve effectively rolled out this year.

Toronto’s adaptability is attributed to second-year coach Nick Nurse, an innovative basketball tinkerer willing to try many different defensive alignments. Nurse is indeed a creative soul, and his nonchalance at the possibility of embarrassment inspires buy-in from his players. Toronto’s roster is stocked with athletic wings and some of the smartest veterans in the league, the ideal mix to carry out Nurse’s experiments.

But ingenuity and intelligence only succeed when they’re used in service of a common purpose. That goal for the Raptors is simple: create a feeling of constant pressure that scares otherwise-poised players shitless. Zone or man, full-court or half-court, 2-3 or box-and-one, trapping or switching, hard double-teaming or softer digs down, the point is to facilitate the same kind of base fear one gets when riding a haunted house exhibit. They make you see ghosts.

“Constant pressure” does not mean sprinting directly into ball-handlers’ faces. The Raptors do attack the ball sometimes, with targeted surprise traps at opportune times. D’Angelo Russell certainly wasn’t ready for this.

But these frontline maneuvers are useless if the back line of defense isn’t moving in concert to shut down potential outlets. Every team strives to cut off drives to the basket, but the Raptors commit to the cause with all five defenders sinking deep into a shell, on or even before any move to the basket. They have two goals: clog precious driving space and cut off the most obvious escape routes a ball-handler might use when they draw multiple defenders to them.

When they accomplish both, they force offenses to be indecisive. That’s when they pounce.

To make that style work, Raptors’ extra defenders don’t actually go directly to the ball. Instead, they anticipate where the offense wants to take it and position themselves to stand in the way, or at least in the vicinity. Get past one guy, and a second is already in position to replace him while a third lurks nearby.

Every player must see the big picture to make this five-man strategy work. Luckily, Toronto’s roster is stocked with players capable of doing just that. This is not a group that gets tunnel vision on their own matchup. Instead, they happily block off potential driving lanes, as if they are human banana peels.

One downside to a collective paint-packing approach is that it leaves the perimeter relatively unguarded. The more compressed the shell, the more room for offenses to suck the defense in and deliver kickout passes for open jumpers. The league’s three-point revolution, in theory, makes these drive-and-kick easier to execute, not to mention more valuable on the scoreboard.

To solve that problem and maintain their pressure anyway, the Raptors do two things that most teams don’t.

One is that they close out incredibly aggressively to open shooters, often to the point of looking reckless. They don’t merely run shooters off the line. They catapult them off it.

This is a high-risk approach because a simple shot fake gives the offense an odd-man advantage. It can often look undisciplined and silly, so I wouldn’t recommend coaching your youth team this way. But Nurse and the Raptors find a way to make it work with their personnel and commitment.

How? Stack up enough help-and-fly recovery sequences, and suddenly the offense is wasting precious time trying to find a perfect shot that doesn’t exist. Every additional decision the offense must make to avoid or shoot against a flying closeout is another chance for them to mess up and/or hesitate due to self-doubt. Toronto gets so many “coverage sacks” like this because they force opponents into endless drive-and-kicks that don’t go anywhere and mentally drain them.

Every Raptor plays an instrument, but Pascal Siakam is the orchestrator of the Raptors’ closeout crescendo. He is so fast, long, and versatile that he spooks potential shooters the second he surges toward them. Per NBA.com tracking data, Siakam contests six three-point attempts per game all by himself, the most among players with at least 25 games played by a wide margin. Because he can guard all five positions effectively, opponents never know exactly where he might be on a given possession. And because the Raptors’ system is so well drilled at rotating down early to stop drives to the basket, Siakam is free to run at shooters all over the court without worrying about getting beat on drives.

The other key is that the Raptors’ five players switch seamlessly in scramble situations to lessen the distance any single player must travel to get back in position. Most teams have mastered the art of the “scram” or “kickout” switch, a maneuver used to prevent offenses from exploiting big-vs.-small mismatches inside. (Here’s a good breakdown from 2017).

The Raptors use the same principle, but on the perimeter. Rather than scram switching to stop post mismatches, the Raptors scram switch players of all sizes to shorten the distance needed to close out on shooters or stop drives. Watch Fred VanVleet pick up Patrick McCaw’s man on this Pacers curl.

Or Rondae Hollis-Jefferson boot McCaw to his spot-up wing assignment to cut off Caris LeVert’s drive.

Or Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka covering for each other on two straight Thunder spot-up drive attempts.

Collectively, Toronto’s frantic closeouts and quick-thinking switching make opponents feel pressured in moments where they should feel comfortable. Shots that are objectively “open” against Toronto often feels like they’re too contested to take, but when opponents choose to drive instead, they’re bound to find someone unexpected cutting off their path before they even get started. Their only choice is to restart the process with another drive-and-kick that hopefully yields a less stressful situation for a teammate.

Sometimes — nay, often, it does, but Toronto’s OK with that. This seems counterintuitive on many levels. Historically, the league’s best defense are the ones which limit three-point attempts rather than three-point percentage, because they have much more control over the former than the latter. Yet four out of every 10 Raptors opponents��� shots are threes, the highest rate in the league. More significantly, Toronto yields the highest proportion of corner threes in the NBA, according to Cleaning the Glass, and the difference between them and 29th-place Miami is larger than the difference between the Heat and 10th-place Detroit.

If the goal of a defense is to limit high-efficiency shots, Toronto’s would fail spectacularly. Cleaning the Glass uses a metric known as Shooting Location Effective Field Goal Percentage, which estimates how well an opponent would shoot if they converted the shots a defense gives up at a league-average rate. Based on this, Toronto’s defense should surrender an effective field goal percentage of 53.7 percent, the sixth-worst mark in the league. Instead, the Raptors actually hold opponents an effective field goal percentage of just 50.8 percent, mere percentage points behind Brooklyn and the Clippers for the second-best mark in the league. Since 2014, only two other teams (the 2016-17 Warriors and 2017-18 Celtics) have maintained a wider positive disparity between those two numbers over a whole season. Usually, those large discrepancies indicate good fortune and stabilize over time.

But there’s a growing case that Toronto is actually the exception to this rule. Teams may get juicy three-point looks against them, but only after surviving what seems like a never-ending a gauntlet of closeouts, switches, and traps. This shot is “open” in literal terms, because there’s no defender in sight.

But in the same way an unexpected tap on the shoulder gives you anxiety, this shot seems more contested than it is because the Raptors’ constant pressure screws with the shooters’ senses.

Those numbers also don’t account for the many “open” shots teams pass up, only to turn the ball over because they feel the Raptors’ footsteps. Toronto is second in the league in live-ball turnovers, second in points off turnovers, and tops in most points added per 100 possessions via steals. They strike quickly off the many mistakes they force, which only stresses their opponents out even more.

Nurse’s deployment of a shapeshifting defense with pressure as the foundational principle is unconventional and creative, but hardly unprecedented. In the early and mid 1990s, the Seattle SuperSonics emerged as a defensive powerhouse using Bob Kloppenburg’s “SOS” system, a frantic style of play that was often seen as a gimmick by its detractors. Among the core tenants of the system: switch all 2-on-2 screens, defend each action with all five guys, and force opponents to vulnerable “checkpoints” on the court before turning up the heat.

This system, combined with the Sonics’ athleticism and quick-strike ability, helped them overcome their lack of size and probably should have yielded a title. It looked bad when teams managed to beat it, but those moments were more than cancelled out by turnovers, rushed shots, and the general discomfort opponents felt trying to navigate what seemed like an endless supply of bodies in the way. (The three-point shot wasn’t en vogue in that era, but it like Toronto, those Sonics teams surrendered more long-distance attempts than most of their peers).

Nurse and the now-retired Kloppnburg were never on the same coaching staff. (The head coach Nurse replaced in Toronto, Dwane Casey, did overlap with Kloppenburg for one year as George Karl assistants in 1994-95). Still, it’s not hard to spot the parallels between the two men and their teams’ defensive systems. Both understood they needed to throw opponents off kilter to win the larger defensive war, even if it meant surrendering some easy buckets along the way. As Bernie Bickerstaff, the Sonics coach who initially hired Kloppenburg, told the Seattle Times in 1993, playing against Kloppenburg’s SOS defense “was like you were still picking something off you after the game.” They both make five defenders feel like 15.

Nearly three decades later, Nurse’s Raptors have translated the principles of those legendary Sonics defenses to the modern game. We don’t yet know if their haunted house defense is creative enough to take them all the way to the promised land again. Maybe, like Seattle’s style, it’s too gimmicky to ultimately triumph on its own.

But no matter the outcome, the Raptors have made the NBA a more interesting place. That’s the power of creativity and innovation.

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