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A lot shots are short with tired legs. This is a very logical conclusion to come to.

The Hornets may have the best crop of rookies in the League. Two of the guys from last night will be starting for them. Stop complaining about the officiating. They let the Summer League play much like a playoff game. It is a way to welcome the rooks to the pro league. Sure there was...

Clifford was a dominant player in the Mountain West. Last game he seemed lost. It sounds like he has made some quick adjustments to the NBA and played much better this time around. The guy has talent.

"The Seven Samurai." 1954.

Raynaud looked like an NBA player against guys trying to make an NBA team. It is easy to forget how big he is. He does everything well. Defense will determine how much playing time he gets. Clifford looked like the game was too fast for him. He was bothered by the physicality. The refs...

Fultz is a gifted athlete. He has had physical challenges and some mental ones in his way. He might be great in a back up role. He can do everything well. Dematha High School in DC, U of Washington, and a number one pick is worth taking a chance on.

Clifford is a Swiss army knife type player. He does everything well. I watched him in the Mountain West against Nevada. Cardwell can play defense and so can Clifford. The Kings are not so easy to recognize these days.

Perpetual rebuilding team for 20 years. The Pacific Division is relentless. Modern NBA teams that go deep into the playoffs play defense, run and shoot the three. They have ferocious rebounders. The Kings run and shoot the 3 well sometimes. Their defense has been their weak point the whole...

I used to get all of the games for free. I was a big Kings fan even when they were terrible. Now the team keeps turning over players and is in perpetual rebuilding mode. Games are blacked out all the time and I live in Nevada. I see a few games a year and the team is hard to recognize.

The Pacers will need defense and physicality to have a chance in the final. Nembhard has done a remarkable job on SGA. The MVP gets away with a lot of subtle push offs. The Pacers D has bothered him some of the time. Look out for Jaylen Williams, that guy can play. In game 6 the Thunder...

Jaylen Williams and SGA just wore out the Pacers. They played like champions. Really good players can make their opponents look bad. I am a Pacers fan, but they just got beat in the last 2 games by a better team. The Thunder are a very complete team. Special mention to McConnell coming off...

Good coaching adjustments by the Thunder in game 4. SGA was deadly at the end. The Pacers played great and built a lead, but then coasted a little. You can't do that against the best team in the league. The MVP showed up in the fourth quarter. It was the Pacers that looked tired. Some...

Very few teams in professional sports have managed to stay in the rebuilding mode for 20 years. The Kings have managed to do it.

I was a big fan back when we got all the games for free. Now I only see one or two a month. There is so much turnover it is hard to keep track of the players. I live in Nevada and have never been to a game. But I still like them. Now In an unbelievable turn of events I like the Raiders.

They can all work on shooting and handling. But what they need is better defense, which is hard to practice without the team.