Let the copy machine jokes begin!
Shams Charania reports Thursday that Kyle Korver whose draft rights the Nets sold for $125,000 then (in)famously used the proceeds to buy a brand new copier .
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Personal Rooting Guide: Wildcard Weekend By driftinscotty on Jan 7, 2021, 8:43am EST +
Yep, it still sucks super hard.
Alas, the games go on. In my younger days, once any of my teams were knocked out of the playoffs, I couldn t bear to watch any other post-season games aside from the championships. Fortunately, I ve grown a bit less hyper-sensitive, which has allowed me to get back to watching some really good games between the best teams, even if my team isn t involved. And so I ll be taking in as many of the
six (that s kind of a cool novelty) Wild Card games as I can this Saturday and Sunday, and there will definitely be teams that I am rooting for more than others.
Shortly after the draft, a news conference is held to introduce the young prospects to local media.
The front office’s top talent evaluator and the head coach explain the reasoning behind the selections and why this collection of talent will ultimately lead to winning games.
That was the scene on Nov. 27 when the Detroit Pistons presented their 2020 draft class - rookies Killian Hayes, Isaiah Washington, Saddiq Bey and Saben Lee.
General manager Troy Weaver said the four men, “embody everything we want for the Pistons going forward.”
Head coach Dwane Casey said all four players, “will be special for our program going forward.”
Sekou Doumbouya and Josh Jackson keep this up, they’re going to need a modern-day Kevin McHale to conjure an appropriate nickname.
It was McHale who 33 years ago came up with “X Factor” to describe a pair of coltish Pistons rookies, Dennis Rodman and John Salley. They were critical, the wily Celtics veteran determined, in how the upstart Pistons – not yet dubbed the Bad Boys – would fare against the reigning Eastern Conference heavyweights in the street brawl that the 1987 conference finals became.
Rodman and Salley embraced the nickname, eventually devising an arms-crossed greeting – simulating an X – for each other upon entering games. They were otherwise known by their given names, Worm and Spider.