The whispers began over the weekend. Steve Nash’s tenure as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets was in jeopardy. That smoke proved to be a raging fire come Tuesday afternoon. Nash piloted Monday night’s victory over the Indiana Pacers, but Brooklyn management had already determined his fate prior to tipoff, sources told Yahoo Sports. Nash’s close ties to general manager Sean Marks were at the root of his unorthodox hire from the beginning of the 2020-21 campaign, with the executive believing… Source link
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Once opening lineups have been introduced this preseason, you can find the Phoenix Suns’ players bunched at their side of the court. A group of larger-than-life bowling pins, joyfully rattling and ramming against each other, all bouncing off the hardwood. Never mind the team is up for sale, following the expose of Robert Sarver’s long-rumored behaviors. Never mind that debut defeat at the hands of the … Adelaide 36ers? The giggliest Sun might even be the tallest, starting center Deandre… Source link
Read More »Analyzing the curious Arizona Diamondbacks
During draft season, I didn’t see writing an early May article about the Arizona Diamondbacks coming. After all, this is a team that had one player with a top-100 ADP (Ketel Marte), two others who barely made the top-150 (Zac Gallen, Mark Melancon) and one other team member who was tabbed inside the top-200 picks (Daulton Varsho). But there are some statistical oddities with the D-backs right now that fantasy managers need to be aware of. Let’s start with pitching. You could guess most of… Source link
Read More »The curious case of the collector who decided to ‘hodl’
Sometimes, it’s best to “hodl” — even if it means embarrassing one of the biggest art auction houses on earth. Earlier this week, a historically high-priced Sotheby’s auction for 104 Crypto Punk non-fungible tokens (NFTs) was abruptly withdrawn. NFTs have become a highly lucrative asset class in their own right, powered by the soaring popularity of smart-contract digital tokens like Ethereum (ETH-USD), with the unique images seeing eye-popping sales amid booming mainstream interest. But… Source link
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TipRanks Goldman Sachs Picks 2 Electric Car Stocks to Buy (And 1 to Watch) Reducing carbon emissions is all the vogue among the green policy wonks these days, and whether you believe in the efficacy of those policies or not, one thing is undeniable: they will have an impact on your daily life. Specifically, they will impact the cars you drive – and probably your fuel and electric bills as well.It’s no secret that the Trump Administration has favored the oil and gas industry, and in fact,… Source link
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