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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Yahoo’s Jake Fischer on Payton Pritchard’s competitive nature: ‘That dude is a hooper’  Yahoo Sports Source link

Why Draymond laments Warriors losing GP2, Porter after title originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Halfway through the 2022-23 NBA season, Draymond Green still ponders how things would have been different had Gary Payton II and Otto Porter Jr. remained with the Warriors. Speaking with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on the “K[NO]w Mercy with Stephen A. Smith” podcast, Green shared his thoughts on Golden State losing Payton and Porter in free agency this past offseason. “Absolutely hate it, and… Source link

This is not a rebuild I repeat: This is not a rebuild. That’s effectively what New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis has said for the past two offseasons despite losing Drew Brees to retirement after the 2020 season and then losing head coach Sean Payton after the 2021 season. “I think our team feels confident in our ability, but there’s so many variables that go into a season,” Loomis said at the start of training camp this year. “But we’re not a rebuild. This isn’t a rebuild,… Source link

If Sean Payton could have borrowed a philosophical line from Aaron Rodgers this week, it might have been that whole “my future is a beautiful mystery” thing. That’s the wide-open, anything-is-possible attitude Payton was selling when he stepped down from his head-coaching duties with the New Orleans Saints this week. His coaching future? Who knows. Television? That sure sounds great. Orbiting the world of football? Absolutely — but with no solid plans for anything at the moment. It’s… Source link

After 16 seasons as head coach of the New Orleans Saints, Sean Payton is stepping down. The Super Bowl-winning coach cited a need for a change and said his heart wasn’t in it for next season, although he didn’t rule out a return to coaching in the future. “I still have a vision for doing things in football, and I’ll be honest with you, that might be coaching again at some point,” Payton said. “I don’t think it’s this year. I think maybe in the future, but that’s not where my… Source link

Hall of Fame guard Gary Payton told Yahoo Sports that he is interested in coaching in the NBA and wants it known that he’s passionate about this next phase and is available to join a coaching staff. “I have had conversations in the past about coaching, but the timing wasn’t right. I believe I now am ready to coach,” Payton told Yahoo Sports in a phone interview Thursday night. “A lot of young NBA players are a voice away from reaching their true potential. I would like to join an… Source link