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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

DZ83CK
One of the last big prizes in the portal is Iowa State transfer Milan Momcilovic, who shot 49% from 3 for the Cyclones this past season. Kentucky has offered him around $6M for one year, but it is believed Arizona might actually be in the driver's seat.
https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr...catchall/RK=2/RS=mMpAcAP_2fNSBBNf_HqyEi1Pri0-
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Deciding When to Retire

Mike80
sparcboxbuck said:
When can I stop trading my time for money? That's a great way to think of it. I could have stopped a while ago, I'm sure. But, this I do know. My time, regardless of how much I'm being paid, is FAR better used to spend time with young people, making them better people and lacrosse players than it is building AI and analytic systems as a professional.

Life has thrown too many signals my way for me to justify not living for myself and _giving_ back in ways that I uniquely can.
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It's this part right here and it's the exact reasoning I do what I do in my free time but for me it's routers, switches, circuits, etc.

Seeing some of these kids graduate (really it started last year for me), really hits home.

Hell this past weekend, I went to a grad party for one of the boys I coached in wrestling. He's going to college to wrestle now and I hadn't actively coached him since he was in 7th grade. He literally stopped the whole party just to call out how I helped him believe in himself as a kid just starting out in the sport.

I tell ya I had no idea what to say - I didn't expect it, I've never taken a salary or anything other than a thank you and the shirt they give to staff members.

Having a positive effect on these kids as they learn and grow means a hell of a lot more to me.

4 years, 2 months and 13 working days until I can pop smoke and retire.

Sincerest condolences on your loss and to the family.
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Cleveland Cavs (2016 NBA Champions)

Bucklion
buckeyemania11 said:
Yea we should definitely hold James Harden's opinion in very high regard. What is with the league's fetish with this guy?
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Harden says he’s the “ultimate players coach” which translates to letting me do whatever I want, take however many bad shots I want, play defense when I want, turn it over 10 times, and he’ll still love me
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Cleveland Cavs (2016 NBA Champions)

buckeyemania11
ScriptOhio said:

Sources: Kenny Atkinson to return as Cavaliers head coach​

Kenny Atkinson will return next season as the Cleveland Cavaliers coach, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Tuesday.

The Cavs advanced to their first conference finals since 2018 this season, the furthest the team has gone without LeBron James on the roster since 1992. But their season ended in a sweep by the New York Knicks where each game was decided by double digits.

Support still remains high for Atkinson from key officials within the organization, team sources told ESPN. And after the Cavs were eliminated Monday night, both Donovan Mitchell and James Harden voiced their support for their coach.

"It's just hilarious," Mitchell said Monday night. "We've done something that we haven't done since 2018. There's going to be criticism everywhere on Kenny, but why?... We did it, but we did it with Kenny. We didn't just go out there and coach ourselves.

"I love Kenny. We love Kenny. We ride with Kenny and ultimately that's all that matters."

Atkinson, who signed a five-year deal with the team in 2024, will return for a third season with the Cavs after compiling a record of 116-48 (.707 winning percentage) during the last two regular seasons. Even though the Cavs fell short of their ultimate goal, Atkinson said after the series ended that he was proud of the group for taking the next step.

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Yea we should definitely hold James Harden's opinion in very high regard. What is with the league's fetish with this guy?
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Cleveland Cavs (2016 NBA Champions)

ScriptOhio

Sources: Kenny Atkinson to return as Cavaliers head coach​

Kenny Atkinson will return next season as the Cleveland Cavaliers coach, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Tuesday.

The Cavs advanced to their first conference finals since 2018 this season, the furthest the team has gone without LeBron James on the roster since 1992. But their season ended in a sweep by the New York Knicks where each game was decided by double digits.

Support still remains high for Atkinson from key officials within the organization, team sources told ESPN. And after the Cavs were eliminated Monday night, both Donovan Mitchell and James Harden voiced their support for their coach.

"It's just hilarious," Mitchell said Monday night. "We've done something that we haven't done since 2018. There's going to be criticism everywhere on Kenny, but why?... We did it, but we did it with Kenny. We didn't just go out there and coach ourselves.

"I love Kenny. We love Kenny. We ride with Kenny and ultimately that's all that matters."

Atkinson, who signed a five-year deal with the team in 2024, will return for a third season with the Cavs after compiling a record of 116-48 (.707 winning percentage) during the last two regular seasons. Even though the Cavs fell short of their ultimate goal, Atkinson said after the series ended that he was proud of the group for taking the next step.

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Cleveland Cavs (2016 NBA Champions)

buckeyemania11
NJ-Buckeye said:
Pretty sure Gilbert was aware that two of the coaches we met in the playoffs (and one we lost to) were already here...
So the availability of a 'better' coach is narrow at best
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A better coach at this point would be one who the players are maybe less likely to quit on. They've clearly shown they will quit on Atkinson.

Clinging on to a lame duck because "well what if we don't get better" is playing scared and you will never win anything with that attitude.
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Cleveland Cavs (2016 NBA Champions)

buckeyemania11
Bucklion said:
If they fire him the media will go crazy “HOW DO YOU FIRE A GUY THAT GOT YOU TO THE CONFERENCE FINALS WITHOUT LEBRON”

His incompetence will never be mentioned.
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Yea, I 100% expect this to be the logic from the "key people within the organization"

Maybe if the team didn't clearly quit on him after the game 1 meltdown, I could see coming to that conclusion, but you are throwing everything into a guy who the team will clearly quit on if they aren't feeling it, that pretty much show's you aren't actually committed to winning. Even then he clearly has shown coaching incompetence too often and it's a stretch.

There is absolutely zero rational defense to retaining Harden after how bad he hurt the team for most of the playoffs.
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