BREAKING: The New Orleans Pelicans are hiring Jamahl Mosley as the franchise's new head coach on a five-year contract, sources tell ESPN. Mosley accepts the Pelicans job after five seasons in Orlando where he guided the Magic to three consecutive playoff berths.
USA Today’s top 25 greatest basketball players of all-time:
1) Michael Jordan
2) LeBron James
3) Kobe Bryant
4) Stephen Curry
5) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6) Magic Johnson
7) Larry Bird
8) Bill Russell
9) Wilt Chamberlain
10) Shaquille O’Neal
11) Tim Duncan
12) Kevin Durant
13) Allen Iverson
14) Oscar Robertson
15) Elgin Baylor
16) Jerry West
17) Julius Erving
18) Moses Malone
19) Kevin Garnett
20) Charles Barkley
21) Karl Malone
22) David Robinson
23) Isiah Thomas
24) John Havlicek
25) George Mikan
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Celtics announcers on the Wizards:
“They’re not guarding Queta! They’re literally leaving him wide open! He’s on pace for 50 points. No wonder Bam had 83… I’ve never seen a defense like this.” 😬
(h/t @Fullcourtpass, @HaterReport)
Despite putting together one of the all-time great rookie seasons and leading all rookies in every major stat…Cooper Flagg is not the favorite to win rookie of the year because his team is actively working against him
Look at the cards he was dealt
▪️Youngest player in the NBA
▪️Walked into a franchise that just made the worst trade in league history
▪️Star they got back played just 20 games
▪️GM harassed so relentlessly he was fired
▪️Star that was supposed to return from injury was shut down
The result is one of the most aggressive tanks in recent memory
Dallas has now lost 17 of their last 19, but all Flagg has done is improve
He’s rapidly developing
one the league’s best defenders while averaging 20, 6 and 4
The stats place him squarely in the LeBron, Luka, Wemby zone of all-time great rookie seasons
Despite all of this, the most impressive piece isn’t the stats…it’s fact that he’s doing all of this as the the primary scorer, playmaker and defensive anchor for a team that is trying to lose
If Flagg played on literally any team in the NBA that wasn’t tanking, the conversation would already be over