Yahoo Sports reached out to all 30 teams seeking input from coaches on their feelings about the challenge through the first quarter of its inaugural season and the strategies they are using to maximize it during this trial campaign. Most declined to go on record, some of whom have publicly denounced it. One coach threw his endorsement behind the newly implemented tactic: NBA Coaches Association president Rick Carlisle. “I believe that any time you have a mechanism that could potentially correct an error in an NBA game that it’s a positive thing,” the Dallas Mavericks coach told Yahoo Sports. “I believe it protects the integrity of the competition, so I like the rule, and I believe as time goes on more and more people will feel the same way.”
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January 20, 2021 | 11:26 am EST Update
Basketball-Reference: Yesterday was Zion Williamson’s sixth 30-point game, as many 30-point games thru the first 40 of his NBA career as LeBron James stathead.com/tiny/7LTR0 pic.twitter.com/VD0eiRFyj2
January 20, 2021 | 6:34 am EST Update
Kyle O'Quinn moving to Turkey
Fenerbahce and Kyle O’Quinn have a done deal for the remainder of the season according to Eurohoops sources, and their agreement is set to be announced later on Wednesday.
Will Guillory: Brandon Ingram: “We have to shoot more 3s.”
Olgun Uluc: Steven Adams was his vintage self in my chat with him for @ESPNAusNZ: “Just to make sure: when I said Stan Van Gundy’s old school, I just meant that he’s old… Hopefully he doesn’t hear that.” pic.twitter.com/XrXyaeEHiy
Harrison Wind: More Monte Morris on Jokic: “He don’t get a lot of credit, as he should. Maybe because he ain’t flashy with the dunks and things. But he produces just as much, if not more, than anybody in the NBA. I’m amazed every night. I see it and in practice it’s effortless.”
