Finest Magazine

New issue of @FinestMagazine drops Tues, April 7th 🔥. Featuring the annual All Finest Mag HS Boys & Girls/college Men’s & Women’s teams, this release goes LIVE on @TheFocus_TV only on The Focus channel on @Roku and @amazonfiretv . To read it… visit FinestMag.com

Damn

Paul Pierce can still shoot better than half the NBA.

Sources: Syracuse is working to finalize a deal to hire Siena coach Gerry McNamara as the school’s next head coach, per me and @jeffborzello. McNamara won a national championship as a player at Syracuse and led Siena to the NCAA Tournament this year.

Some intense coaching from Maryland coach Brenda Frese to her star player Oluchi Okananwa 👀

Figured as much. They were rumbling in that pile.

Oklahoma City's Ajay Mitchell and Washington's Justin Champagnie have each been suspended for one game for altercation in Thunder-Wizards game.

Without rain. Nothing grows. Learn to embrace the storms of your life.

Kevin Garnett says today’s NBA is more of a ‘event’ than a ‘sport’ “I say this with respect cause today’s game is a lot more faster, more technical, they exhaust dribble little to much. You can get right to it if you want. It’s a bit of an event. It’s not a sport. Sports were on the ground. I’m seeing how they presented it from what it used to be to what it is now…. You got to play with an edge. You got to be in the gym. If your celebrity is in front of your work, then that’s a problem… I don’t know if our players are working at steam engine or peak level. I watch workouts. I hate the walk back to grab It then go. I hate that sh*t. That’s not game speed” (Via youtu.be/Mzwzz4iwmts)

Houston HC Kelvin Sampson - Why Coaches Fail - "I think the coaches that fail at every level, are the coaches that are passive aggressive. Passing aggressive coaches are usually afraid to hold kids accountable, they rationalize." - "If you're going to build a culture, the first thing you have to come to grips with, you're going to have confrontation." - Consistency - Competence - Confidence - Confrontation

Spoelstra on Adebayo: "Max players, if they’re not scoring and they’re starting to get criticism... usually there will be friction (...) Instead of there being any friction, I had my annual 5K run for Nicklaus Children's Hospital, and he showed up without even letting me know."

I get the question marks about Tyler Tanner at 6'0". Then I see this finishing and go "hmm." He shot 66.0 percent at the rim overall this season. For comparison, -Darryn Peterson: 58.6% -Kingston Flemings: 55.3% -Keaton Wagler: 55.0% -Darius Acuff: 58.5% -Mikel Brown: 61.7%

Kevin Durant says it’s bigger then stats with Michael Jordan: “MJ is just bigger than the game. I mean, no matter who passes him in stats or who wins more, it’s going to be hard to win. Go 6-0. Even if you were to pass him in anything, just his impact on the sport and just culture in general is just too big.” (Via @boardroom)

Kevin Garnett Speaks on Return to Timberwolves, Anthony Edwards, NBA Era... youtu.be/Mzwzz4iwmts?si…

I’ve actually been saying this same thing to a long time, the next “Shaq” will be the most dominant version ever—-kids don’t even know how to guard the post right now

These guys are so disingenuous and play so stupid -Durant took 4,216 more 3 point shots than Jordan -Durant made 1,761 more 3 point shots than Jordan -1.8% of the points Jordan, who did not play in the 3ball era, scored came from 3balls -5.5% of the points KD scored came from 3balls -7 out of every 100 Jordan's shots were 3balls -27 out of every 100 KD shots have been 3balls -Meaning KD has been 286% more likely to shoot a 3ball in his career than MJ in his -KD took 118 games longer played than MJ to pass MJ. -It took KD the equivalent of 1.4 full 82-game seasons longer played to catch MJ and pass him even with the 2,177 fewer shots needed to do it. That's how prolific a scorer Michael Jordan was. Big salute to Sniper and all the respect in the world. He deserves his flowers. But I feel like when these twitter clowns try and frame these milestones like "oh, he was such a much more efficient scorer than Jordan, the greatest scorer of all time (or whoever), I will never give these mfs a pass.

Brad Underwood and fellow Illini made sure to shake the hands of VCU’s Nyk Lewis, who left the game early for x-rays and returned in a boot to watch the rest of the game Class act 👏 #illini | @IlliniMBB

Thought this was interesting. Dan Hurley on benefit of playing for his HOF dad in HS: "When I got to practice at Seton Hall my 1st year & we're installing things ... new concepts ... I was finishing the sentence of my college coaches in my first college practice."

Ball movement on point

To Coach Cal’s point, High Point is a mid-major in the metrics. Not in the money. I’ve called numerous games at High Point. It is a gated campus with a country club vibe. Its on-campus facility is a mini-NBA arena, unmatched at their level, and better than many in the power conferences. The investment in the program allows them to mitigate churn by retaining some talent and replenishing the rest. This is High Point:

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