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The Radar – The Athletic’s Euro 2024 scouting guide
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Radar – The Athletic’s Euro 2024 scouting guide

New York Times  

Welcome to The Radar — the Euro 2024 edition. NATION Albania Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England France Georgia Germany Hungary Italy Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine CLUB AC Milan Al Nassr Arsenal Aston Villa Atalanta Athletic Bilbao Atletico Madrid Barcelona Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Benfica Dinamo Zagreb Feyenoord Girona Inter Milan …

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2024 NFL Draft rankings: Dane Brugler breaks down the top 300 prospects
8 months ago

2024 NFL Draft rankings: Dane Brugler breaks down the top 300 prospects

New York Times  

Most NFL teams’ draft boards are 125 or 150 players deep — some smaller, maybe a few larger. Team Air Force Falcons Alabama Crimson Tide Arizona Wildcats Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers BYU Cougars Baylor Bears Boise State Broncos Boston College Eagles British Columbia Cincinnati Bearcats Clemson Tigers Colorado Buffaloes Colorado State Rams Connecticut Huskies Duke Blue Devils Eastern Kentucky Colonels …

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Donovan Dent, Tucker DeVries and 4 more mid-major standouts to watch this week
9 months ago

Donovan Dent, Tucker DeVries and 4 more mid-major standouts to watch this week

New York Times  

Every March, the mid-major ranks of men’s college basketball birth new stars. No matter the level, it’s hard to find players like Achor who are this big, this long, can finish inside and also move well enough to work within an active defensive scheme. He’s averaged nearly seven long-range shots per game over the last two years, with two-thirds of …

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2024 NBA Draft Big Board: USC’s Isaiah Collier No. 1 as season of uncertainty kicks into high gear
1 year ago

2024 NBA Draft Big Board: USC’s Isaiah Collier No. 1 as season of uncertainty kicks into high gear

New York Times  

I’ve been waiting to release a 2024 NBA Draft Big Board, largely because this draft class remains so uncertain. 1 Isaiah Collier USC G 19 6-5 2 Nikola Topic Mega G 18 6-6 3 Alexandre Sarr Perth Wildcats F/C 19 7-1 4 Zaccharie Risacher JL Bourg F 19 6-8 5 Cody Williams Colorado W/F 19 6-8 6 Reed Sheppard Kentucky …

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What is Kentucky getting in 7-foot-2 Croatian center Zvonimir Ivisic?
1 year, 4 months ago

What is Kentucky getting in 7-foot-2 Croatian center Zvonimir Ivisic?

New York Times  

Kentucky coach John Calipari, hurtling toward a pivotal season with far too few players just two months ago, has since assembled not only a full roster but a wildly intriguing one. With Vecenie’s help, let’s go in-depth on what Kentucky fans can expect from Ivisic next season — strengths and weaknesses, plus style and eligibility questions that we can’t answer …

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Vecenie’s summer-league takeaways: The good, bad and unclear from NBA’s rookie class
1 year, 5 months ago

Vecenie’s summer-league takeaways: The good, bad and unclear from NBA’s rookie class

New York Times  

I was in Las Vegas for seven days scouting and evaluating all of the teams that were there and came away with a number of strong takeaways from this year’s NBA summer league. Hudgins made 46.5 percent from 3 on almost 1,000 attempts in college and 38 percent on 11 3-point attempts per game last season with Houston’s G League …

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Men’s college basketball transfer portal commits and their fits: Dickinson, Perry and more
1 year, 8 months ago

Men’s college basketball transfer portal commits and their fits: Dickinson, Perry and more

New York Times  

The men’s college basketball transfer portal continues to churn. The counting numbers may have been down by his standards — he averaged almost 22 points per game, still — but that’s just because he had a better team around him. He was Butler’s second-leading scorer in 2022-23, averaging 11.6 points on 10 shot attempts per game, including 37.8 percent from …

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Who are the Final Four’s top NBA Draft prospects? Jordan Hawkins, Donovan Clingan and more
1 year, 8 months ago

Who are the Final Four’s top NBA Draft prospects? Jordan Hawkins, Donovan Clingan and more

New York Times  

Much has been made of how this 2023 Final Four, featuring a No. Miller is extremely unselfish in the way that NBA teams love from their potential role-player wings, and he Over the back half of Miami’s season, there’s a case to be made that Miller was better than ACC Player of the Year Isaiah Wong. Andre Jackson Jr. | …

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How UConn turned Andre Jackson Jr. into a cheat code — and the Huskies’ MVP
1 year, 8 months ago

How UConn turned Andre Jackson Jr. into a cheat code — and the Huskies’ MVP

New York Times  

During the middle of the season, while losing six of eight games, Connecticut looked like it had come unhinged. In UConn’s first loss of the season on New Year’s Eve, the Musketeers decided to sag off junior wing Andre Jackson Jr. When the two teams met nearly a month later, the Musketeers went to the extreme again, putting Jackson’s man …

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2023 NBA Draft Top 100 Big Board: Wembanyama No. 1; Whitmore in top 5; players to watch in tourney
1 year, 9 months ago

2023 NBA Draft Top 100 Big Board: Wembanyama No. 1; Whitmore in top 5; players to watch in tourney

New York Times  

With March Madness heating up and the regular season coming to a close, it’s time to update my 2023 NBA Draft Big Board of the top 100 prospects in the class. 1 Victor Wembanyama Metropolitans 92 C 19 7-4 2 Scoot Henderson G League Ignite G 19 6-2 3 Brandon Miller Alabama F 20 6-9 4 Amen Thompson Overtime Elite …

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College basketball’s Top 50 newcomers for 2022-23: Nick Smith Jr, Tyrese Hunter and more
2 years, 1 month ago

College basketball’s Top 50 newcomers for 2022-23: Nick Smith Jr, Tyrese Hunter and more

New York Times  

The 2022-23 college basketball season tips off Monday, and there will be both new names to learn and familiar faces in new places. He’s a terrific distributor who gets everyone involved, finishing top-10 nationally in assists per game last season and within the top three of the Atlantic 10 each of the last three years. Broome averaged a double-double and …

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Top 300 NFL Draft 2022 prospect rankings by Dane Brugler
2 years, 8 months ago

Top 300 NFL Draft 2022 prospect rankings by Dane Brugler

New York Times  

Most NFL teams’ draft boards are 125 or 150 players deep — some smaller, maybe a few larger. Overall, Dotson isn’t a tackle-breaker, and his marginal play strength will be more noticeable vs. NFL defenders, but his dynamic speed, route instincts and ball skills make him a difficult player to cover one-on-one. Overall, Ebiketie needs to improve his refinement as …

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An excellent Kansas offense will become elite if Dajuan Harris keeps defenders honest
3 years ago

An excellent Kansas offense will become elite if Dajuan Harris keeps defenders honest

New York Times  

When Kansas point guard Dajuan Harris made his first 3-pointer of the season on Saturday, Bill Self immediately looked down the sideline at Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin to see his reaction. “I saw Cuonzo laughing when Juan made his first one,” Self said, “because that’s what they wanted.” Martin did not want Harris to make his 3, of course. Harris …

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‘Vampire Hours’ at Fazoli’s with The Alien? Lakers’ Anthony Davis ‘did it all in one year’ at Kentucky
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Vampire Hours’ at Fazoli’s with The Alien? Lakers’ Anthony Davis ‘did it all in one year’ at Kentucky

New York Times  

In the heated debate about greatest freshman seasons in NCAA basketball history, you could make a case for Carmelo Anthony or Kevin Durant or Zion Williamson, but this much is certain: There has never been one quite like the alien invasion of Anthony Davis at Kentucky. You don’t know what he really is until you see guys like LeBron and …

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Osa Odighizuwa film analysis: Cowboys’ 3rd-round pick adds excellent ability to keep LBs clean
3 years, 7 months ago

Osa Odighizuwa film analysis: Cowboys’ 3rd-round pick adds excellent ability to keep LBs clean

New York Times  

Another week brings us another film breakdown of a Cowboys draft pick. We have learned years ago to not judge a player by the career of his older brother, so while I liked Owa out of college quite a bit before he played poorly at the next level, we will recognize the family’s talent and judge Osa on his own …

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How Jordan Poole became an emerging part of Warriors’ future: ‘His answer to everything is more work’
3 years, 8 months ago

How Jordan Poole became an emerging part of Warriors’ future: ‘His answer to everything is more work’

New York Times  

The pandemic paused Jordan Poole’s rookie season in March. “I told myself I’d work out every day until we returned,” Poole said. “I’ve been a winner my entire life,” Poole said. “I mean…if I had the opportunity to try that in a game as a rookie, I would’ve tried it,” Poole said. “We have the greatest shooter of all time …

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Hardik Pandya gives away his Man of the Series trophy to T Natarajan, says 'You deserve it bhai'
4 years ago

Hardik Pandya gives away his Man of the Series trophy to T Natarajan, says 'You deserve it bhai'

India Today  

In a moment to remember for cricket fans and India pace sensation T Natarajan, star all-rounder Hardik Pandya handed over his Man of the Series trophy to the "deserving" 29-year-old. This time around Hardik Pandya took things in his control and made sure that his Man of the Series trophy goes into the 'right' hands. Posting a social media picture …

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Inside the Celtics playbook: How the team makes its ’11’ play work
4 years, 6 months ago

Inside the Celtics playbook: How the team makes its ’11’ play work

New York Times  

The staggered screen is making a comeback, and the Celtics are at its epicenter. As this FastModel diagram shows, defenses that don’t switch the first pick are stuck in a conundrum where point guard Kemba Walker’s defender and the defender on the four, typically Jayson Tatum, defend the ball in what coaches call “showing two.” Both screeners have to read …

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