Archives for March 2023

After a 16-year hiatus, it was only right that the Sacramento Kings punched their own ticket back into the NBA playoffs, with a 120-80 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. The Kings had been eligible to qualify for the playoffs since Saturday but had been coming up shy of getting the needed wins from themselves and other teams. Entering play Wednesday, … [Read more...] about Kings return to the playoffs 17 years later

All season long, the Wolves have had a simmering irritation with how the officials have called their games. On Wednesday, Gobert’s exasperation came out. Officials called 11 fouls in the first half and 29 in the second. When he was asked if the inconsistency of the foul calls made it hard to defend, Gobert — who had seven points and 15 rebounds — laid into the officiating all … [Read more...] about Rudy Gobert: ‘It’s hard for me to think they’re not trying to help the Suns win tonight’

Today, three copies of the contract have been made into banners. One is hanging in the team’s locker room at Golden1 Center. One is in the training room on the second floor of the team’s training center. The other travels with the team on the road. As his players showered and dressed in the locker room, Brown pulls out his phone and scrolls until he finds a picture he took of … [Read more...] about

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“There had to be an alignment of trust, and it had to start with me,’’ Brown said. “I had to be visible to everybody. I had to touch everybody as much as I could so everybody could feel my confidence as much as possible.’’ The final act was drafting what he calls “a contract.” It is essentially an “All-In” pledge, which states a willingness to selflessly connect to the team, … [Read more...] about

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