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The 2023 NBA free agent class isn’t a particularly strong one, with just two All-NBA-level players headlining it in the form of James Harden and Kyrie Irving, who are then followed up by a few borderline All-Stars like Fred VanVleet, Khris Middleton and Draymond Green.

Tim Bontemps: Doc Rivers, while insisting he is not campaigning, says he doesn’t like the precedent the NBA is setting by suspending Draymond Green for Game 3 of the Warriors-Kings series.
Source: Twitter @TimBontemps

“I don’t see any three [backcourt defenders] better than us,” Marcus Smart says. “Especially when Derrick White is playing the way he’s playing. And Malcolm Brogdon’s playing the way he’s playing. And then obviously me getting back to me. I don’t see any three guards that are doing exactly what we’re doing at a very high level every game. So that speaks volumes about us and the pride we are taking on that end.”
Source: Sports Illustrated

Erik Slater: Cam Johnson on Joel Embiid remaining in the game: “I don’t really get it. I thought precedent was set a day or so ago… I thought that was a surefire one. Literally exessive and unantural and not basketball-like. I thought it hit all those. I guess they saw it differently.” pic.twitter.com/OX7CI5mbrZ
Source: Twitter @erikslater_

Brian Lewis: The Joel Embiid kick to Nic Claxton’s groin will be reviewed by #NBA operations today, but that’s not unusual. Every flagrant is reviewed by the league the next day. #nets #76ers #sixers
Source: Twitter @NYPost_Lewis

Nick Nurse has been fired after five seasons as Toronto Raptors coach, the team announced Friday. Former Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka is expected to be a serious candidate to replace Nurse, sources said.
Source: ESPN

Jorge Sierra: Stephen Curry passed Scottie Pippen and Dirk Nowitzki in playoff scoring tonight. He’s now at No. 16 all-time and about to move ahead of Magic Johnson too.
Source: Twitter @hoopshype

Gerald Bourguet: Final: PHX 129, LAC 124 Booker: 45 Pts, 7 Reb, 18-29 FG Durant: 28-6-5, 8-15 FG Craig: 15 Pts, 3-4 3P Ayton: 12 Pts, 11 Reb, 4-9 FG Powell: 42 Pts, 15-23 FG Suns take a 2-1 lead in the series
Source: Twitter @GeraldBourguet

Nets Daily: Asked a well-placed league source if the NBA could review Embiid’s foul on Claxton and suspend him, as it did with Draymond Green. Source said probably. So we wait.
Source: Twitter @NetsDaily

Jeff Schultz: Dejounte Murray on the struggling Trae Young: “He has to be confident, be Trae Young, be who he is. Keep the outside noise outside. I texted him when we got home. I just told him, ‘Be yourself, play the game you want to play, and play it at a high level like you’re used to doing”
Source: Twitter @JeffSchultzATL

When Williams wakes up a couple hours after the deal is done, he has dozens of missed calls and texts. As he begins to scroll, he realizes what has transpired. Bridges and Johnson had become family to him — and now they were gone. “If I was going to lose Cam and Mikal, it better be for Kevin,” Williams told ESPN. “You know what I mean? It’s like you’re crying in one eye and then the other eye is kind of bright.” “That’s the only time in my coaching that I’ve cried [after a trade],” he said.
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Alex Schiffer: Final: Sixers beat the Nets 102-97 to take a 3-0 series lead. Nets had multiple chances to win that one, especially when Harden got tossed. Tyrese Maxey continues to be clutch. Game 4 is Saturday afternoon.
Source: Twitter @Alex__Schiffer

The Phoenix Suns (2-1) play against the Los Angeles Clippers (1-2) at Crypto.com Arena

The Sacramento Kings (2-1) play against the Golden State Warriors (1-2) at Chase Center

Law Murray: Lawrence Frank says that Kawhi Leonard aggravated injury at the end of Game 1 and played through injury in Game 2. pic.twitter.com/Sk4xemqc6j
Source: Twitter @LawMurrayTheNU

The Philadelphia 76ers (2-0) play against the Brooklyn Nets (0-2) at Barclays Center

Shams Charania: Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon has won the 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award.
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania

Tyler Herro said the Heat banned Giannis Antetokounmpo’s sneakers from everyone’s feet several years ago when they faced the Bucks in the playoffs, but that was by team agreement, not the fiat of one grizzled vet.
Source: Mike Vorkunov @ The Athletic

It is an abrupt deactivation, one that leaves the team much less time to prepare. While I am told by team sources that there is not the same level of concern for Leonard now as there was when Leonard was injured in the 2021 postseason, that doesn’t mean much for this series.
Source: The Athletic Staff, Law Murray, Law Murray and The Athletic Staff @ The Athletic

As of Thursday, April 20, Twitter will no longer be verifying anyone who isn’t subscribed to Twitter Blue, i.e., a program that charges $8 per month to keep verification while offering users various perks on the website.

With Draymond Green‘s feet in the news for the wrong reasons, it’s the perfect opportunity to take a closer look at the shoes he’s been wearing this season.

Dirk Nowitzki on initially telling the NBA he didn’t want the MVP Award… “I was embarrassed. I let the city and my team down and all I wanted to do was go somewhere where nobody knew me and go on vacation or something. And then sure enough, I got the call from the NBA, ‘You cannot leave yet, or not quite yet. There is a chance you might get the MVP.’ And I remember saying, ‘Just give it to somebody else.’”
Source: YouTube

Dirk Nowitzki on Kobe recruiting him to join the Lakers… “That felt super cool to get that call from him, but I think he respected me almost more when I said, ‘Listen, I’ve been here in Dallas so long; I want to finish my career here.’”
Source: YouTube