Don Nelson, the second winningest coach in NBA history, a five-time NBA champion as a player and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, has died, it was announced Sunday. He was 86.
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Ray Allen says modern basketball has lost one of its greatest skills, and he thinks analytics are to blame.
Brice Butler: When you watch today's game, do you see it as evolution, or do you think basketball has lost its art?
Ray Allen: When I came into the league, basketball was beautiful.
Ray Allen: Teams ran motion offenses, set hard screens, made four or five passes, cut backdoor, it was like watching a machine work.
Ray Allen: It was never about one great player. It was about all five guys doing their job.
Ray Allen: Sometimes you'd make the hardest cut on the floor knowing you were never getting the ball, just so someone else could score.
Ray Allen: That's basketball.
Ray Allen: Now? Teams shoot threes, then more threes, then even more threes.
Ray Allen: We've lost the mid-range game.
Ray Allen: We've lost post-up players. Big men barely have a place anymore.
Ray Allen: And to me, that's the tragedy.
Ray Allen: You have analytics guys who've never played the game telling organizations they should only shoot threes and layups.
Ray Allen: But here's the proof they're wrong...
Ray Allen: Look at Oklahoma City and Indiana.
Ray Allen: Yes, they had great three-point shooters... but they also dominated in the pick-and-roll and the mid-range.
Ray Allen: When I came into the NBA, some of the greatest players lived in that area of the floor.
Ray Allen: That's an art, and I think we've lost it.
Heartbreaking: Former Jets OL Nick Mangold has tragically passed away due to complications from kidney disease.
Mangold was only 41 years old.
Prayers to his entire family and friends 🙏
The once highest-paid center in the NFL decided to retire in his prime to become a farmer, but now he’s doing something that virtually no other business does.
Here's the crazy (true) story 👇
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Davante Adams red-eyed into New Jersey early this am, with the parameters of the deal basically in place. Adams is now getting a physical to finalize the trade, per source.