Onlinegambling.com analyzed over 400,000 tweets containing the phrase ‘GOAT’ and the goat emoji, and according to the study, Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell has the highest percentage of mentions that tie back to the “GOAT” phrase. They did this for every major sport. “During May 2021, we scraped and analyzed over 400,000 tweets containing the phrase ‘GOAT’ and the goat emoji,” according to the study. “We then created a seed list of athletes who are widely considered by sources to be the greatest in their field. We then cleaned our initial list for errors and looked at the frequency to which these athletes appeared, using the resulting percentage as the basis for the GOAT %.”
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June 22, 2021 | 6:30 pm EDT Update
Spencer Dinwiddie cleared for all basketball activities
Shams Charania: Nets free agent Spencer Dinwiddie has been fully cleared for all basketball activities, his operating surgeon Dr. Riley Williams says. Dinwiddie recovered from a partial ACL tear in just over five months. He enters free agency as one of the top point guards on the market.
Duane Rankin: After talking with those in the know, don’t rule out Deandre Ayton playing for USA in a future Olympics.. They know he’s from Bahamas, too. There are rules, but there are exceptions too. I’m going to leave it at that for now and get ready for Game 2. Look to have more later.
Sarah K. Spencer: Cam Reddish has been upgraded to questionable on the Hawks injury report, with Game 1 vs. the Bucks tomorrow.
Chris Kirschner: For tomorrow’s game at Milwaukee: Kevin Huerter (left ankle soreness) is probable. Bogdan Bogdanovic (right knee soreness) is questionable. Cam Reddish (right Achilles soreness) is questionable. Brandon Goodwin (minor respiratory condition) is out. De’Andre Hunter is out.
Blazers owner strongly interested in hiring Becky Hammon as head coach
In Portland, there is a growing belief that Jody Allen, the team’s owner, has a strong interest in Becky Hammon, who has been an assistant coach in San Antonio for seven seasons in her quest to become the first woman to serve as a head coach in any of North America’s four major men’s team sports. Neil Olshey, Portland’s general manager, continues to be relentlessly linked to Chauncey Billups.
Orlando management is said to prefer hiring a candidate with previous head-coaching experience, even with a roster full of younger players who will need time to develop. The Los Angeles Lakers’ Jason Kidd and Kenny Atkinson, who coached the Nets before becoming an assistant with the Clippers, are two names that keep coming up.
June 22, 2021 | 6:02 pm EDT Update
Mavs not pursuing established executives to replace Donnie Nelson
The Mavericks are not pursuing established executives like Toronto’s Masai Ujiri or Danny Ainge, the former Boston president of basketball operations, to replace Nelson, according to a person with knowledge of the team’s intentions. Those executives would surely want more autonomy that Cuban is willing to cede.
