After officially declaring for the NBA Draft last week, AJ Dybantsa published a long “thank you” message to BYU on his LinkedIn Monday.

Below is the full post:

“When I committed to BYU, I knew I was signing up for something bigger than basketball.

A lot of people questioned the decision. For me, the choice was simple. I wanted to go to the place that would best develop me as a basketball player and as a person. BYU was the program that gave me the clearest path to both.

The moment I stepped on campus, I knew I made the right call. T

his school welcomed me in, raised the standard for me, and made me a better person every single day I was there. From the coaching staff to the professors to the fans walking across campus, this is a community unlike any other in college sports.

Coach Young, thank you for trusting me with the keys to your program. You came to BYU with an NBA mind and a deep belief in what this place could become. You pushed me harder than I’ve ever been pushed, and you cared about me as a person before you cared about me as a player. I’ll carry the lessons you taught me for the rest of my life.

To my teammates, the bond we built this year goes way beyond basketball. The film sessions, the bus rides, the late nights in the gym, the conversations that had nothing to do with the game. Y’all are brothers for life. I’m rooting for every single one of you.

To Coug Nation, what y’all do for this program is special. The way fans show up for BYU basketball is unlike anything in the country. The kindness I felt walking around campus and the city of Provo, the families who treated me like one of their own, the kids who came up to me everywhere I went. That’s the part of this experience I’ll remember most.

I am proud to have worn the Y. I’m proud to have represented this university. I’m proud to be a Cougar for life.

The next chapter starts now, but BYU will always be a part of who I am.

Go Cougs.”

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Two series could end tonight, though that would require one double-digit upset. The more intriguing wonder is if the Orlando Magic can take a firm grasp of their first-round series with the Detroit Pistons. It is always intriguing when a No. 1 seed may be on the ropes in the first round.

These NBA player props for Monday, April 27, take a quick look at Orlando before nodding toward a couple of defensive wings who should pour in the points tonight.

Best NBA player props today

Prop #1: Jalen Suggs Over 2.5 threes

+122 at bet365

Simply enough, Jalen Suggs has hit at least three 3-pointers in each game of this series. One can safely assume this is part of the Orlando Magic’s game plan.

Suggs averaged 6.3 attempted shots from beyond the arc per game this regular season. And now he has taken 28 through three games in the playoffs. That is not by accident.

As long as Suggs is shooting this often, even his middling rate should yield a few triples. Hitting 33.9% this season from deep is not astounding, but if he is taking 8+ per game, then it is more likely than not that Suggs will hit at least three.

It may be bold for the oddsmakers to raise this prop to 3.5, but they certainly should not have Over 2.5 priced at plus money.

• Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
• Where to watch: NBC or Peacock

Prop #2: Dillon Brooks 20+ points

+100 at bet365

Again, simply enough, Dillon Brooks has scored 30+ points in his last two games while averaging 27 in this series. One can very much assume this has been the Oklahoma City Thunder’s defensive game plan.

The Thunder know they will not lose this series because Brooks scored too many points, so they are content to let him shoot. He has taken at least 21 shots in each game after averaging 17.1 per game in the regular season.

Brooks attempted 21+ shots in only 26.8% of his games this year; doing so in three straight postseason games is no accident.

As long as Brooks is shooting this often, even his inefficient rates should yield 20+ points. His points prop is set at 18.5 with the Over juiced to -120; surely the one additional point is worth those 20 cents.

• Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
• Where to watch: NBC or Peacock

Prop #3: Jaden McDaniels 20+ points

+175 at bet365

No one with the Minnesota Timberwolves would ever suggest, “No Anthony Edwards, no problem,” but anyone who watched the Timberwolves this season knows to expect a Jaden McDaniels outburst now.

Yes, now. McDaniels has been in the headlines this whole series, but not for any outburst. He has been so restrained that he took a layup in the closing seconds on Saturday, and still Nikola Jokic threw a temper tantrum.

McDaniels averaged 18.7 points per game in 16 games with Edwards sidelined this season, taking 3.6 more shots per game.

This milestone is priced too aggressively, given the added workload that should be coming McDaniels’s way tonight, to the Denver Nuggets’ assured chagrin.

• Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
• Where to watch: NBC or Peacock

These props are available now at bet365, one of our best betting sites.

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The NBA Playoffs are back in the Big Apple for Game 5 between the Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks.

New York holds home court after locking this series at 2-2, and my Hawks vs. Knicks predictions and NBA picks like the momentum to stay in Madison Square Garden, with Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart making a splash.

Our best Hawks vs Knicks SGP for Game 5

The New York Knicks’ playoff experience is starting to show after four games. The Knicks are making smart adjustments and have a better cast of support players to pick up the slack. I like New York to put the Atlanta Hawks on the ropes with a strong showing at MSG.

Karl-Anthony Towns was a conduit for this Knicks offense in Game 4, generating 10 assists as he set up shop atop the key. Towns was able to see over smaller defenders and find teammates activated from off-ball screens and backdoor cuts. He’s dished out four or more dimes in seven of his last eight games overall.

Josh Hart is best known for his defense and rebounding, which is why he continues to get wide-open looks from long range. Hart hasn’t been able to make the most of those 3-point attempts, but is a much stronger shooter at MSG and makes the Hawks pay for all that space on the perimeter.

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Only one more sleep. Fewer than 34 hours.

Hawks at Knicks, Game 5 at MSG.

Let’s beat ‘em birds.

Knicks head coach Mike Brown could be on the hot seat even if New York wins the East this year, per @sam_amick.

“The noise surrounding the Knicks’ Mike Brown won’t die down unless they reach the NBA Finals, and even that might not be good enough for the first-year New York coach… pic.twitter.com/UCqGbx3CDx

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) April 27, 2026

Mike Brown

On Josh Hart’s defense in Game 4:

“Josh was really good on the ball. Josh is a guy with quick feet, he’s strong and when he gets locked in, he’s locked in. His defensive activity, especially when he [pressures the ball], was fabulous [Saturday night]. Really, really good. And we needed all of it.”

On giving Hart differente defensive assignments:

“We just wanted to move Josh around. Josh, his ball pressure is good. He’s strong, he’s got pretty good feet, he’s got long arms and he locks into the ball, so he’s able to get some deflections without fouling because of his long arms. CJ is a handful, so we just gotta keep finding ways to show him different looks, which means different guys gotta guard him at different times.”

On the defensive changes applied in Game 4:

“The players in that locker room (made the change). We didn’t change anything in transition. Our rules are still the same. We just got back.”

“Knicks fans travel all around the world.” 🌎 @KarlTowns gives props to the @NYKnicks faithful who made their presence felt in Game 4. pic.twitter.com/IvQlJxjU7n

— NBA TV (@NBATV) April 26, 2026

Karl-Anthony Towns

On adjusting his game to more of a playmaking role:

“I think that the difference for me today over other days — and I thought I did a good job playmaking this series — was instead of trying to lead people to a spot, I just passed it to where they were and let them make the decision. I thought that helped me a lot today, getting my teammates the ball earlier and allowing them to make a decision and then convert on those plays. So, just being aggressive and playmaking and trying to be playing quarterback at those spots when I got the ball.”

On finding joy in facilitating:

“Just to see my teammates being special and to be able to get them involved is something I truly enjoy more than hitting a shot. To see people like OG consistently making the right read on the cut, the back door, whatever the case may be against the defense and doing something special, it brings me joy and it brings me the most energy.”

On Knicks fans traveling:

“Knicks fans travel all around the world. It’s even more special — I already knew how special the Knicks fans were from last year, but to be going to Abu Dhabi in preseason and see the stadium packed with Knicks fans is crazy. So, they travel around the world. They bring us so much love and energy and just passion that you can just feel that kind of passion in the building and it helps us feel like every game we play, no matter if it’s away or in Abu Dhabi, around the world, it’s a home game.”

"He's gotta come out like that every game––which he will"

–– Jose Alvarado on KAT pic.twitter.com/JJsQzYxzBe

— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) April 26, 2026

OG Anunoby

On Towns’ skill set:

“[KAT] is a special talent. He can do it all. And I know if I get open, he’ll find me. No matter how tight the window is, he’ll be able to find it. It’s amazing playing with a player like him.”

On Hart’s defensive impact:

“It makes it easier, because it gives me more time to rotate toward the rim and then also make a read on if the ball handler is gonna pick up his dribble or if he’s going to the rim full speed, because Josh is pressuring him. So it just makes it easier what to do. He’s doing an amazing job being physical, getting into the ball. He’s beating guys up. And that’s what he does.”

😂 https://t.co/18MRrBcTFfpic.twitter.com/Iz3QSjYPVj

— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) April 26, 2026

Josh Hart

On his defensive approach:

“I’ve been trying to do that every game this series, trying to be physical with those guys, take that challenge upon myself. Don’t think there was anything different today. Trying to do what I’ve been doing. I haven’t been making shots. So I’ve got to make sure I find a way to be impactful.”

On not being satisfied after Game 4:

“You never know what that can be. You can’t be satisfied with this performance. You can’t go into Game 5 thinking we had a great game, and they’re just going to lay down, ’cause they’re not. They’re going to come out with a sense of urgency, a sense of physicality that they probably haven’t shown yet. We’ve got to be ready to weather that storm and have our own physicality.”

Tirico "Tell us about the game

Spike "We had a plan & we executed

Reggie "What was the plan?

Spike "Well…how far's Magic City from here😂and they had a Magic City Night & Commissioner said nah😂We in Atlanta!😂I've never been, ever. Tonya
!😂
…
Tirico "Game 5…You'll be in… pic.twitter.com/mZT441qzUX

— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) April 27, 2026

Jalen Brunson

On the team’s mindset shift in Game 4:

“I think we refocused and understood what was going to be needed tonight. Most importantly, just not being afraid to fail is a mindset we need to have. Let’s go out there and leave it all on the table.”

On his ankle injury scare:

“I’m right here. I’m all good.”

On Knicks fans traveling:

“It’s one of the coolest things that I will always remember when I’m done playing, is how crazy these Knicks fans travel. Whether they live here now or whatever, they know how to attack an away stadium. And it’s a really cool sight to see.”

"We know they gonna come back and try to punch us in the mouth when we at the crib

We gotta be ready"

–– Jordan Clarkson pic.twitter.com/BApC9GV849

— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) April 26, 2026

Jordan Clarkson

On returning to playing playoff basketball:

“It’s beautiful, bro. I’m just happy to be playing for something again, playing in the playoffs. This high is something you can’t buy.”

On sacrificing his scoring role in New York:

“I don’t think it was something I wanted to prove. I just wanted to impact this team, help this team get a win and continue to win. That’s it. That’s sacrificing what I’ve done for the last 12 years, and that’s scoring.”

On his defensive focus and intensity:

“It was just being aggressive, getting into the ball, picking up guys and then rebounding — turning it up on that end. Those are things that they’ve been preaching to me all year. I’ve been out of this kind of intensity basketball for the last three years. So playing myself back into game shape and this high-intensity playoff effort all through the year. Just for a time like this.”

On his years with the tanking Jazz:

“It was definitely tough. Not playing to win something and working towards a goal. My job there wasn’t to be this role that I’m in right now, either. So definitely different there. So trying to stay locked in through the year, knowing we’re not playing for nothing in the playoffs. And looking forward to that. But still continue to be a pro, work on my game, during that time.”

On the Game 5 mindset:

“We know [the Hawks] are going to try to come back and punch us in the mouth when we’re at the crib. So we got to be ready.”

Carmelo Anthony was impressed by the Knicks gameplan and KAT in their game 4 victory. 👏 pic.twitter.com/qjvGVuJ1yw

— NBA on NBC and Peacock (@NBAonNBC) April 26, 2026

Carmelo Anthony

On Towns’ Game 4 performance:

“We talk about KAT, about what we always want to see from KAT. From him today to lead the team by his passing, by his aggressiveness and then took advantage of the defense when he could. He just played a complete game.”

GOOD GOAL? 🤔

Ryan Poehling's OT winner came down to a lengthy video review after this was called a goal on the ice, and later confirmed.

(via ESPN) pic.twitter.com/ytrNGii57z

— BarDown (@BarDown) April 27, 2026

All season long, members of the Minnesota Timberwolves had insisted to the coaching staff that things would be different come playoff time.

During a December back-to-back series in New Orleans, Anthony Edwards mentioned that the team was already looking forward to the playoffs.

IN DECEMBER.

Only four months to go!

At the beginning of December, Anthony Edwards said it felt to him like the Wolves were "waiting around for the playoffs"

Asked Edwards today if it felt that way for most of the regular season.

"Yeah, it felt like that at times, like we was just trying to get through season to… pic.twitter.com/8KSJkHyqjt

— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) April 15, 2026

So, all included, surely game one would wake a team up from a malaise of a season in which they said would get better once the postseason started, right?

Not quite.

“They kept telling me it would be different when we get there, and game one wasn’t any different…so we jumped their ass,” coach Chris Finch said at the podium after a rollercoaster game two. “They lied to us, and they responded.”

Did they ever. Over the last three games, the Wolves have played with a composure that has them sustaining runs and preventing the Nuggets from going on them, locking in defensively, and sharing the ball in the half court that allows them to get to the teeth of the defense.

None of this, and I repeat NONE, was visible in the regular season for multi-game stretches. Quarters? Sure. A game? Sure, I can hear that out. A whole run? No way.

“I knew it was there,” Finch said.

But he continued – and it’s worth the whole quote.

“It was very frustrating. Sometimes it was focus, sometimes it was effort, sometimes it was execution. We couldn’t sustain what we wanted to in order to be a top team at the time. Guys were admittedly probably bored. Some immaturity of two long runs in the playoffs and we thought we would take a step forward there, and we didn’t.”

He would go on to talk about the banter heading into the playoffs, and the ensuing game one loss and motivation that would follow.

But the product of all of this is a night that everyone will remember for a really long time. Donte DiVincenzo went down just 1:19 into the game holding his calf, the worst becoming true with a torn achilles. An injury of that magnitude that can surely take the wind out of the sails of a team playing so well up until that point, and starting out game four on a tear.

Anthony Edwards catch-and-shoot 3, assisted by Donte DiVincenzo pic.twitter.com/I6juzUxUfr

— Timberwolves Clips (@WolvesClips) April 26, 2026

For a team that so often would pack it up and mail it in over the course of the season, a reason to do so dropped right into their lap. It’s a pretty traumatic event, and obviously shakes up a rotation well beyond what the coaching staff is going into the game expecting.

💔 pic.twitter.com/2nXksUBZ0O

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) April 27, 2026

Then your best player goes down for the rest of the game. The powerhouse of the team.

Though Anthony Edwards was playing poorly up until that point, it’s never an actual good thing for a player of his caliber to leave the game, believe it or not. It left a team beginning to really find itself in an immediate place of searching for answers in a playoff setting they had been hoping to see all season.

Multiple people had just become more important at work.

Hampered with a shoulder injury, Naz Reid would need to step up his game beyond what he was giving. Bones Hyland would need to become a more important scorer and collapse defenses (he will moving forward as well). Terrence Shannon Jr. will need to become a version of himself that was expected heading into the season.

“These playoff games really matter,” Naz Reid said afterward. “Every possession, every moment, every second. Making sure that we make smart plays..we want to make things happen in our favor, try not to have boneheaded mistakes we had throughout the season, and right now it’s super crucial.”

Reid would go one to live by it, putting up his best game in over a month, and helping to chip in on the production left out on the floor by his injured counterparts.

Naz Reid driving dunk, assisted by Bones Hyland pic.twitter.com/oEKMAjcpGH

— Timberwolves Clips (@WolvesClips) April 26, 2026

Injuries independent, the theme now moving forward lies in the mentality of this group heading into game five.

I tried to ask as many members of the group as possible what they’ve found in the playoffs that they previously didn’t have in the regular season.

The hero of the night’s answer put it all in a bow.

“I’m not gonna lie, I knew we guarded like that, but the intesnity…each and every possession, just seeing the guys fight,” 43-point scorer Ayo Dosunmu said.

Just arriving in February, Dosunmu’s arrival was in the middle of the season’s doldrums, and the guard would have a unique perspective on the personality resurgence currently taking place.

“Everytime [Jaden] was on the court guarding Murray, he was guarding him like his life depended on it.”

Like their life depends on it.

Surely a mental place that this team has gotten to. But now, the challenge is much more unique. The Wolves will now head on the road to try and close a talented team out down two starters, and in desperate need of their bench to find the continuous life they did on Saturday night. More crucial will be showing one of the more talented two man pairings in the league that there isn’t a way forward in the series in Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray – smothered offensively for the last three games.

While things look positive, there is still basketball to be played.

More importantly, up 3-1, the Wolves will need to channel their their “life depends on it” mindset, even though it doesn’t right now – and fight off the demons that prevented a sense of urgency in the first place.

Former Northwestern center Cade Bennerman has committed to North Carolina via the NCAA Transfer Portal. He didn’t see any action as a true freshman in the 2025-26 season and ultimately redshirted.

Cade Bennerman played high school basketball at Father Ryan (TN), where he was a three-star prospect. The 7-foot center was the No. 219 overall player and No. 26 center in the 2025 recruiting cycle, according to the Rivals Industry Rankings.

At the time of his commitment to Louisville, Bennerman was the No. 30 center in On3’s 2026 Transfer Portal Player Rankings. On April 21, North Carolina also landed a front-court commitment from former FAU forward Maxim Logue.

Bennerman and Logue will help fill the roster hole left by Henri Veesar, who declared for the 2026 NBA Draft. Veesar averaged 17.0 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this past season, while shooting 60.8% from the field and 42.6% from beyond the arc.

For his efforts, Veesar was named an All-ACC Second-Team selection this year.Veesar was offered up to $6 million by teams attempting to lure him into the transfer portal this offseason, per CBS Sports‘ Matt Norlander. Nonetheless, he opted to move onto the next chapter of his career.

The Tar Heels are undergoing significant roster turnover after firing head coach Hubert Davis this offseason and replacing him with longtime NBA HC Michael Malone. Malone coached in the NBA from 2001-25.

He led the Denver Nuggets to an NBA championship in 2023. Now, he’s ready to guide North Carolina to similar success.

“Carolina is one of the most historic programs in college basketball, and I am honored to be the head coach of the Tar Heels,” Malone said. “It is humbling to follow so many legends in Chapel Hill. I know from the many Tar Heels in the NBA how special the Carolina Basketball Family is, and I will do everything I can to continue UNC’s championship legacy while preparing our players for professional careers and life after basketball.”

The NCAA Transfer Portal officially opened on April 7 and closed on April 21. The new 15-day window was enacted following a recommendation by the men’s basketball oversight committee. Athletes did not have to commit to a new school by the April 21 deadline.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.

Up next in our pop quiz series are the Bucks’ backup bigs: Bobby Portis, Jericho Sims, and Pete Nance. But while they share on-court positions, these guys play completely different games. How well do you know them?

Season in a snippet

Bobby Portis

67 GP, 24.2 MPG, 13.6 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG, .488/.456/.706

Kyle’s end-of-season grade: B-

Bobby Portis’ season started slowly, with the veteran averaging just 8.8 PPG on less than 40% shooting from the field through Milwaukee’s first eight games, and it seemed his flaws were becoming too much to gloss over. But you can’t keep a good shooter down for long, and by the end of November he was up to 11.2 PPG, shooting nearly 50% from the floor (48%) and three (47%). Portis’ hot streak continued, so much so that he was invited to participate in the three-point contest during All-Star Weekend. But with Milwaukee continuing to struggle and looking to rectify this by making a splash at the trade deadline, Portis’ contract and skillset had him in nearly every Bucks trade rumour. Of course, none of those scenarios came to fruition, and Portis finished the season with his typical Bucks’ numbers—albeit with a near-career-low rebounding percentage.

Jericho Sims

67 GP, 19.7 MPG, 5.0 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.3 BPG, .784/.000/.620

Kyle’s end-of-season grade: B-

Jericho Sims’ season was a tale of two halves. In the first, he played sporadically—13.9 MPG in 32 of the Bucks’ opening 46 games—averaging just 2.8 PPG, 3.6 RPG, and 0.6 APG, while turning the ball over way too often (1.0 per game) for a guy with such low usage. In the second half, everything changed. No longer relegated to the dunker spot, Sims became something of an offensive hub, his confidence increasing seemingly by the day. In this second half stretch, Sims played 35 of a possible 36 games, increasing his averages to 24.9 MPG, 7.0 PPG, 7.3 RPG, and 2.4 APG, while turning it over just 1.2 times per game. He even posted a triple-double in a late-season game against the Detroit Pistons. Metamorphosis complete, Sims enters the offseason in a good spot—pick up his player option for 2026–27 or enter free agency following the best basketball of his career.

Pete Nance

46 GP, 15.7 MPG, 5.4 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.3SPG, 0.3 BPG, .515/.420/.364

Kyle’s end-of-season grade: B

Despite a strong Summer League, Pete Nance started the year as an afterthought, finishing 18th in our Ranking the Roster series. As a mature two-way player who was ineligible for postseason play, this was completely understandable. But Nance was not deterred, making the most of his opportunities when he got them. By the end of February—after a strong stretch where he played 16 consecutive games, shooting 61% from the field and 53% from three—Nance had won his way into fans’ hearts. In fact, 77% of them wanted him converted into a standard contract and were happy to waive Andre Jackson Jr., Gary Harris, Taurean Prince, Gary Trent Jr., or Cam Thomas to do so. By late March, they got their wish, with the Bucks signing Nance to a multi-year deal and surprisingly cutting Thomas to do so. Locked up for the next two seasons, Nance’s 2025–26 campaign is yet another chapter in the book of two-way success stories.

Tantalising totals

(1) Portis hit a career-high 135 three-pointers across the season. How many times did he hit five or more?

Click to reveal answer Four, including a season-high six against the Indiana Pacers.

(2) Sims dished out a career-high 10 assists in an end-of-season triple-double vs. the Detroit Pistons. How many times did he set or tie his career high in assists across the season?

Click to reveal answer Six.

(3) In his 47 games, how many times did Nance score double digits?

Click to reveal answer 12, including a career-high 23 against the Houston Rockets.

Atypically advanced

(1) True or false: Portis had both a better true shooting percentage and assist percentage this season than he did in either of the last two seasons he finished top three in Sixth Man of the Year voting?

Click to reveal answer True. Shooting: .587 vs. .581 and .575. Assists: 10.5% vs. 7.8% and 8.7%.

(2) True or false: Sims finished with a lower block percentage than Gary Harris, Mike Conley, and Desmond Bane?

Click to reveal answer True—0.6% compared to Harris’ 0.8%, Conley’s 0.7%, and Bane’s 0.7%.

Obscure optics   

(1) Match Nance’s splits:

• 10.7 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 1.5 APG, .463/.371/.500, -21.5
• 4.7 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 0.9 APG, .479/.424/.333, -9.1
• 9.7 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 2.4 APG, .600/.500/.333, +5.9

to the minute range:

• 10–19 MPG.
• 20–29 MPG.
• 30–39 MPG.

Click to reveal answer 10-19 minutes: 4.7 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 0.9 APG, .479/.424/.333, -9.1. 20-29 minutes: 9.7 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 2.4 APG, .600/.500/.333, +5.9. 30-39 minutes: 10.7 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 1.5 APG, .463/.371/.500, -21.5.

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How did you fare? Share your score in the comments, and don’t forget to drop your thoughts along with it—which stat stands out?

The 2026 NBA Playoffs are all about the matchups, and that puts an added emphasis on coaching. Coaching often has a way of falling into the background during the league’s eternal 82-game regular season, but maximizing every possession matters in the playoffs, and it puts a harsh spotlight on the men in the big chair who need to consistently cook up advantages for their teams to advance.

The narratives can change fast in the playoffs. It feels like several people on this list are coaching for their jobs even if they had a lot of regular season success. With offseason openings in Chicago and New Orleans and a potential opening in Portland, we already know the coaching carousel will be spinning this summer. You can bet that there will be a couple more vacancies before the end of the season.

Let’s rank every head coach who made the 2026 NBA Playoffs.

16. Jamahl Mosley, Orlando Magic

The Magic were my preseason NBA Finals pick out of the East, and instead they barely snuck into the playoffs as the No. 8 seed. Orlando was the most disappointing team of the season, and it seemed likely they would try out a new head coach before making a major shake-up to the core once the season ended. Then something funny happened: the Magic finally got healthy and started playing their best basketball at the right time. Orlando looks like it can absolutely win its first-round series against the No. 1 seed Detroit Pistons. If the Magic advance, they probably can’t fire Mosley even if they never should have been the 8-seed to begin with. Mosley deserves a ton of credit for optimizing his defense to limit Cade Cunningham and shutdown Jalen Duren to this point. Everything is fluid in the playoffs, and that includes this ranking of Mosley.

15. Tiago Splitter, Portland Trail Blazers

Chauncey Billups was arrested in a federal gambling probe after the first game of the season, and it thrust assistant Tiago Splitter into a head coaching role the rest of the season. All Splitter did was lead the Blazers to a winning record for the first time in five years, and finally get them back into the playoffs. Splitter has been good enough to keep the job going forward, but new owner Tom Dundon is emerging as an unprecedented cheapskate who might not offer him enough money to return. It’s hard to think another coach could have squeezed out many more wins this season, but I do think it would benefit Portland to play faster going forward given their halfcourt scoring troubles. The Blazers rank No. 21 in pace after a defensive rebound, and No. 23 in pace after a turnover. Billups made them play faster before his arrest. Splitter has performed really well in general, but I’m still not super convinced he’s a great head coaching candidate long-term.

14. Nick Nurse, Philadelphia 76ers

Nurse won it all with the Toronto Raptors in 2019. He’s still hanging on with the Sixers in 2026, but he’s lost his momentum at this point and feels like he’s hanging on by a string. Philly ranked in the bottom half of the league in both offensive and defensive efficiency despite Nurse riding Tyrese Maxey so hard that he led the league in minutes per game. The constant injuries to Joel Embiid and Paul George certainly haven’t helped, but it feels like Nurse’s ‘mad scientist’ act from Toronto has lost its juice all these years later. It wouldn’t be too surprising if his head coaching days are over either after this series, or after next season.

13. Ime Udoka, Houston Rockets

What a disaster the playoffs are shaping up to be for Udoka and the Rockets. Houston avoided the sweep to the Lakers in Game 4, but there’s no excuses when you’re facing a team without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. Udoka just hasn’t been able to find any answers for how to unclog the halfcourt offense. While other teams have been able to hide bad defenders, Udoka has no plan for former No. 3 overall pick Reed Sheppard and still doesn’t trust him. Udoka took the Rockets from 22 wins to 41 wins to 52 wins since arriving, but it feels like Houston is stalling out. We predicted Udoka could lose his job if the Rockets lose the series, and it sure feels like it’s trending that way.

12. Mike Brown, New York Knicks

Brown was always going to be feeling pressure in his first year as Knicks head coach after taking over for Tom Thibodeau, who had just led the team to the conference finals. So far, it’s impossible to say the Knicks upgraded. New York’s defense rose from No. 14 to No. 7 during the regular season and the offense finished a couple spots better too, but it just feels like Brown still doesn’t have the answers to the team’s biggest questions. He’s made multiple missteps in his first-round series with the Atlanta Hawks, including playing lineups with Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns multiple times per game. The Hawks are no slouch, but the Knicks still feel like they have the talent advantage in this series, and it would be a complete disaster if they fail to advance. Could Brown be coaching for his job after just one year? I’m not sure if there’s a head coach in the playoffs feeling more heat than Brown.

11. Darko Rajaković, Toronto Raptors

Reputations can change quickly in the playoffs, and it feels like Darko Rajaković’s is turning for the better during his first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Rajaković was hired as a developmental coach, but Scottie Barnes regressed in his first season a year ago, and recent first-round picks Ja’Kobe Walter and Gradey Dick haven’t contributed much. Well, Barnes roared back to form with the best season of his career in his second season in the system, rookie Collin Murray-Boyles has been an instant impact hybrid forward, and Rajaković squeezed a 16-win improvement out of Toronto this year. Rajaković is drawing praise from every corner for evening the series with Cleveland through four games, showing impressive adaptability on both sides and coming up with a plan to limit the Cavs’ pick-and-roll combinations as much as possible. I had Darko a couple spots lower before the weekend, and he could be a couple spots higher by the time this series is over.

10. David Adelman, Denver Nuggets

Adelman was facing championship-or-bust expectations from the moment he took over for Mike Malone. He performed well in an incredibly difficult situation after getting the job at the very end of last year’s regular season, leading the Nuggets to a 7-game first-round win over the Los Angeles Clippers and then a tough 7-game loss to the eventual champion Thunder. This year’s Nuggets won 54 games even with long injuries to Nikola Jokic, Aaron Gordon, Peyton Watson, and more, but the playoffs haven’t been so kind to them. Minnesota’s Game 4 victory to take a 3-1 series lead despite major injuries to Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo is the type of loss that can blow up a franchise. The Nuggets are getting out-classed in the series, and Adelman hasn’t had any answers to their various problems. It’s possible Denver can still mount a comeback with Minnesota’s starting backcourt out for the series, but Denver simply looks flat and dead right now, so it’s hard to expect it will happen. Adelman could quickly find his reputation in the gutter with one more loss.

9. JB Bickerstaff, Detroit Pistons

Bickerstaff once took the Cavs from 22 to 44 to 51 wins, and now he’s pulled off a similar turnaround with the Pistons. He inherited a 14-win team when he was hired by Detroit, and immediately won 44 games and then pushed for 60 wins this season to grab the East’s No. 1 seed. Now Bickerstaff is fighting for his reputation as the Orlando Magic have given him all he can handle in the first-round. The Pistons’ halfcourt offense was middling all year for a team that won at such a high clip, and this playoff run has exposed even more issues, including a failure to maximize Jalen Duren. The Pistons can’t bully the Magic in the same way they pulled a lot of opponents this year, and there have been some questions about how he’s handled a deep rotation in this series. Getting eliminated by Orlando would do major damage to Bickerstaff’s reputation, and would essentially invalidate the 2026 NBA Coach of the Year that he may win. Add in his struggles in the playoffs in Cleveland too, and Bickerstaff badly needs to take these Pistons on a deep run. He’s definitely a solid coach who deserves a lot of credit for building an elite Pistons defense, but he needs to prove there isn’t a better option out there for a team with NBA Finals aspirations.

8. Mitch Johnson, San Antonio Spurs

Mitch Johnson entered his first full season as Spurs head coach just trying to make the playoffs. Instead, San Antonio blew past its preseason over/under of 44.5 wins by winning 62 games and claiming the No. 2 seed in the West. It might feel like anyone could coach Victor Wembanyama to success, but Johnson did well to convince his superstar big man to cut out some three-point shots, play more frequently at the basket, and cut down his turnovers. Johnson also seamlessly juggled a backcourt with one highly paid veteran (De’Aaron Fox) and two hungry youngsters in Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper. He deserves some credit for coaxing career-years out of Julian Champagnie and Sixth Man of the Year Keldon Johnson, too. Johnson is only 39 years old, and will have every opportunity to grow alongside Wembanyama long term.

7. Kenny Atkinson, Cleveland Cavaliers

Atkinson took the Cavs from 48 wins to 64 wins in his first season on the job, but a second-round playoff flameout took some of the shine off his 2025 NBA Coach of the Year award. This season has continued to be a bit sobering for Atkinson and Cleveland, as the Cavs dipped to 52 wins in an injury-marred season that saw the team swap out Darius Garland for James Harden. Cleveland regressed on both ends of the floor, and its No. 1 ranked offense from 2024-25 was exposed as unsustainable. Atkinson has been out-coached by Darko Rajaković at times in this series, and Cleveland risks getting upset if he doesn’t tighten things up and figure out how to puncture a flawed Raptors team. Again: reputations can change quickly in the playoffs, and Atkinson feels like he might be starting to live on the edge, and not in a good way.

6. Jordan Ott, Phoenix Suns

The Suns are getting pulverized by the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round, but that shouldn’t take away from the incredible job Ott did in his first season this year. The Suns’ preseason over/under was set at 30.5 wins, and Ott ended up leading the team to 45 victories and a playoff berth no one saw coming. He found edges on the margins by going all-in on offensive rebounding and trying to force turnovers defensively, and it ended up getting the most out of a group that didn’t have the most talent but always played hard. Taking the next step will be even more difficult for Ott and the Suns, but his first year was a huge success regardless of how this series ends.

5. Quin Snyder, Atlanta Hawks

Snyder missed the playoffs his first two years with the Jazz before making six straight trips to the postseason, including three 50-win seasons. Are the Hawks on the brink of a similar run of sustained success? Snyder got the Hawks back into the playoffs in his third season with the team despite massive midseason roster turnover. The preseason optimism for Atlanta started with Trae Young and Kristaps Porzingis. Both were traded before the deadline, and now Snyder is coaching up C.J. McCollum, Jonathan Kuminga, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker to go toe-to-toe with the Knicks. Atlanta has consistently found ways to frustrate Jalen Brunson, and they made a sharp move by putting Kuminga on Karl-Anthony Towns. I also give Snyder credit for making the tough decision to take former No. 1 overall pick Zacch Risacher out of the rotation right now. I don’t know if Atlanta will actually win its series against the Knicks, but I do know they should feel good about their head coach long-term.

4. Chris Finch, Minnesota Timberwolves

It wasn’t long ago that the Wolves went 13 straight years without making the playoffs. Under Chris Finch, they’ve made the playoffs in five straight seasons, including two Western Conference Finals trips. Minnesota was on its way to waxing the Denver Nuggets in a first-round series upset when Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo both suffered long-term injuries. If Finch can still get Minnesota to advance despite missing his starting backcourt, it will be proof that he’s one of the best coaches in the league. Minnesota fans can get frustrated with his lack of development for young players on the roster, but you can’t argue with the results — especially for a franchise like the Wolves that spent so many years in the wilderness.

3. JJ Redick, Los Angeles Lakers

No one expected the Lakers to mount a playoff run without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves entering the postseason, but somehow they are on the brink of advancing to round two largely due to Redick’s brilliance. The Lakers coach has taken full advantage of the Rockets’ shortcomings in terms of ball handling and shooting to put Houston on the precipice of crisis. Redick’s strong connection with LeBron James is evident in this series as the 41-year-old continues to play at a high level, but he’s also getting good play out of Luke Kennard and Marcus Smart. Redick has zero coaching experience when he was hired off his podcast a couple years ago, but he’s made the most of a changing roster in a pressure-cooker environment. The Lakers are being rewarded for their belief in him, and now he may be one of the best coaches in the league.

2. Mark Daigneault, Oklahoma City Thunder

Mark Daigneault spent his first three seasons building up the Thunder without a playoff appearance. Ever since, they’ve been one of the best teams in the league, and now they’re trying to make history. No NBA team has won back-to-back championships since the Kevin Durant-era Warriors, but the Thunder are the favorites to repeat after winning their first title since moving to OKC last year. Daigneault has done well to set up an elite defense that blurs the lines between physicality and fouling, and he knows how to stay out of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s way on offense. It might feel like anyone could coach the Thunder to success, but that would be taking Daigneault’s success for granted.

1. Joe Mazzulla, Boston Celtics

This was supposed to be a gap year for the Celtics with Jayson Tatum coming off a torn Achilles. Instead, Boston zoomed right past their 41.5-win preseason over/under to earn 56 wins and eventually emerge as the Eastern Conference favorite once Tatum made his return. Mazzulla deserves most of the credit for turning the Celtics into a machine at both ends of the floor despite losing key veterans Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis over the offseason. He maximized an inexperienced front court to help make Neemias Queta into a legitimate starting center, he did well to re-center the offense around Jaylen Brown, and he got the most out of Derrick White even during a season where he was ice cold from three. The Celtics just play their game every night out and that’s a credit to Mazzulla. Still only 37 years old, Mazzulla should be an elite coach for a long, long time.

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If the New York Jets are still searching for a solution at quarterback, they can just look across the Big Apple hardwood.

New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns put his playmaking on display in a crucial win over the Atlanta Hawks this weekend, knotting New York’s first-round series at 2-2 heading home for Game 5.

Towns dished out 10 assists — his second-best passing performance of the season — and our Hawks vs. Knicks predictions and NBA picks see New York’s big man setting up his teammates.

Hawks vs Knicks prediction

Hawks vs Knicks best bet: Karl-Anthony Towns Over 3.5 assists (-105)

The New York Knicks need to get guys like Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges going. The Atlanta Hawks have done a great job of pressuring the Knicks' backcourt early in possessions, which has disrupted how New York normally operates.

However, head coach Mike Brown made an excellent adjustment in Game 4. He utilized center Karl-Anthony Towns as an offensive conduit, feeding him at the high post and allowing Brunson & Co. to work off the ball, with KAT as the primary playmaker.

That resulted in the Knicks’ best offensive showing of the series (114 points on 49% shooting), fueled by 10 assists on 12.0 potential dimes from Towns. He found cutters inside, connected on pocket passes, and skipped to shooters off screens, producing the second-most assists of his entire season.

KAT averaged 3.3 assists on 3.7 potential assists through the first three games of the series, and while the Hawks will try to adjust to him as a playmaker, his passing prowess will continue to be a problem.

Towns as the ball handler above the foul line not only draws Atlanta’s size away from the rim, opening up a ton of room in the key, but gives him a strategic advantage as a playmaker. The 7-footer is able to see over the Hawks’ diminutive frontcourt, easily accessing open teammates.

Towns’ assist props have bounced between 2.5 and 3.5 for this series (he’s gone 3-1 Over), coming in at 3.5 O/U for Game 5. Going back to the regular season, KAT has dished out 4+ dimes in seven of his last eight games overall.

Hawks vs Knicks same-game parlay

New York avoided a bad spot with a strong road win in Game 4 and is learning to live without Jalen Brunson making his usual postseason magic. Atlanta, on the other hand, is starting to struggle with adjustments as the series goes on and doesn’t have a reliable support staff to step up, as the Knicks do.

Josh Hart is more focused on defense and rebounding in this series, but he's getting plenty of looks from outside. As the Hawks swarm Brunson, the space is there for Hart.

He was just 1-for-5 from beyond the arc in Game 4, but Atlanta is allowing him wide-open attempts. Hart is a better shooter inside MSG, shooting 44% from distance at home compared to 40% on the road.

Hawks vs Knicks SGP

• Knicks moneyline
• Karl-Anthony Towns Over 3.5 assists
• Josh Hart Over 1.5 threes

Our "from downtown" SGP: KAT's out of the bag!

Towns keeps coming up big for New York. He’s found his spot as a primary passer from the high post, which also makes him a dangerous offensive rebounder as he crashes from outside.

The Hawks will eventually have to sag off KAT to plug up the paint, and he’s not afraid to let it fly from deep, having made two and three triples in the opening two games of the series.

Hawks vs Knicks SGP

• Knicks -6.5
• Karl-Anthony Towns Over 3.5 assists
• Karl-Anthony Towns Over 11.5 rebounds
• Karl-Anthony Towns Over 1.5 threes

Hawks vs Knicks odds for Game 5

• Spread: Hawks +6.5 | Knicks -6.5
• Moneyline: Hawks +220 | Knicks -270
• Over/Under: Over 213 | Under 213

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The Knicks have covered the spread in 29 of their last 45 home games for +12.50 units and a 25% ROI. Find more NBA betting trends for Hawks vs. Knicks.

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Arkansas basketball added to its 2026 recruiting class, and it did so internationally.

John Calipari and the Razorbacks landed the commitment of Finnish power forward Miikka Muurinen, a four-star recruit and No. 55-ranked player in the 2026 recruiting class by 247Sports Composite rankings, on Monday.

He's the fourth commit to the Razorbacks' 2026 recruiting class.

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The 6-10 power forward played for Partizan Belgrade in the Serbian League this past season after splitting time at multiple high schools in the United States. He also has international experience with the Finland senior national team, where he averaged 6.6 points in eight games at the FIBA EuroBasket last summer.

"Since my visit a year and a half ago, they've been consistent and committed to recruiting me," Muurinen told ESPN's Jeff Borzello and Paul Biancardi. "They've always shown interest. They've been very consistent, and they've gotten to know me as a person. That's been very important to me.

"When I left my Arkansas visit, I was not only excited about the program but also about the people, and I said to myself, those are the type of people I want to be around on a daily basis."

With Muurinen's commitment, Arkansas now holds the No. 1 recruiting class for 2026 on 247Sports Composite rankings. Other commits to the Razorbacks include five-star recruits in shooting guards JJ Andrews and Jordan Smith Jr. and strong forward Abdou Toure.

Here's a deeper look into Muurinen:

Miikka Muurinen 247Sports rankings

• Stars: Four
• National ranking: No. 55
• Positional ranking: No. 9

Muurinen is listed as a four-star recruit by 247Sports Composite Rankings. He is the No. 9 power forward in the 2026 recruiting class and the No. 1 player in Serbia.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Miikka Muurinen commitment: Arkansas lands four-star Finnish forward

Everything you need to know about Game 4 of the Sixers-Celtics series was encapsulated in a single Boston possession late in the first quarter.

Jayson Tatum missed a three-pointer, and teammate Baylor Scheierman tracked down the offensive rebound. 

And well, OK, it happens.

But then the ball found its way to the C’s Nikola Vucevic, who also came up empty from the arc.

And Jordan Walsh gathered in the miss for Boston. And Tatum tried again from deep, but was unable to connect. And the ball caromed out of bounds, off the Sixers.

The possession ended with Philadelphia’s Dominick Barlow fouling Vucevic. That the veteran center missed both free throws is immaterial. The Celtics were taking the game to the Sixers. Had been since the opening tip, in fact. And they never stopped, en route to a 128-96 runaway.

Even with Joel Embiid back in the lineup, the Sixers shot miserably and defended horribly. But the long and short of this one is that they got outworked. That is reflected most in their work on the boards (or lack of same), and it is as inexplicable as it is embarrassing.

Staring at a 3-1 series deficit, this is all they could muster? Hoping to make a stand, they instead laid down? Hoping to redeem an up-and-down season, they instead cashed in their chips?

Unacceptable.

Nick Nurse said this one was, like the Game 1 blowout loss, an “about-as-bad-as-we-can-play game,” and there can be no dissent on that score. Boston swished a franchise-playoff-record 24 triples, six of those by backup guard Payton Pritchard, who finished with 32 points. Tatum added 30, and Jaylen Brown had 20.

The Sixers also shot 33.3 percent while falling behind by 18 at halftime. At that point the rebounding difference was 36-23 in the Celtics’ favor. That includes 9-0 on the offensive glass, leading to a 13-0 advantage on second-chance points for the visitors.

The Sixers did not collect their first offensive board until 6:51 remained in the third quarter. Read that again: 6:51 in the third quarter. The final rebounding gap was 51-30, the difference in second-chance points 18-9.

Again, unacceptable.

“It’s tough,” Tyrese Maxey said. “Honestly, that’s tough. … I hate to say this, but we’ve gotta wash it. We’ve gotta let it go right now, because it happened. We’re down 3-1, and we’ve got a game on Tuesday, and our season’s on the line, so we’ve gotta play desperate.”

But why not do that on Sunday?

“We shoulda been,” he said. “Shoulda been.”

Nurse said his team was “a half-step behind, energy-wise,” and that when it came to rebounds the Celtics “wanted to chase ‘em down more than we did.”

“It’s hard to watch, and hard to explain, too,” he said.

Which is why the arena had begun emptying out long before the final buzzer. The only ones who seemed to be left were Celtics fans, and most of them were chanting, “We want Boston,” a mocking reference to the chorus sounded by Sixers followers during the play-in victory over Orlando.

Well, the Sixers got the Celtics all right. Got every bit of them, and have been ill-equipped to deal with them.

“It’s certainly disappointing at this stage for sure, right?” Nurse said.

Paul George said boardwork had been the Sixers’ “Achilles Heel all season,” and that is a fact. They averaged 43.6 rebounds a game to 45.3 for their opponents. It’s also true that in this day and age cleaning up the defensive glass has become far more challenging than in the past, given the number of long rebounds that result from all the three-pointers that are hoisted.

Boston, which is as triple-happy as any club in the NBA, crashes the glass from the corners and wings with regularity, as evidenced by the fact that the Celtics reclaimed 29.2 percent of their regular-season misses, the league’s sixth-best rate.

The work of backup wings Scheierman and Walsh on the aforementioned possession typifies how they operate. (An even better example was the damage inflicted by starting guard Derrick White late in Game 3. He grabbed two offensive boards, leading to five critical points in a game the C’s won by eight.)

Vucevic and Sixers backup center Andre Drummond, who respectively have played 15 and 14 years and claimed over 10,000 rebounds each, discussed before the game how much their jobs have changed over the years.

The 35-year-old Vucevic, who began his career with the Sixers in 2011, acknowledged that all the long rebounds have led to bigs sharing board duties with their shorter accomplices. He also mentioned how much the pace of the game has increased since he broke in.

His own game has changed, too, in that he guns more from the perimeter than ever before.

“When I’m crashing,” he said, “I try to see where the ball might go. It’s not so much being physical but also trying to move a little more. There’s a little more movement involved now in rebounding than I think there was before. It’s definitely affected the rebounding, the way the game is being played now.”

Drummond, who for his career is averaging nearly 12 rebounds a game, at first disputed that his role is all that different than before.

“For me it doesn’t change,” he said. “I still try to go after all of them.”

And, he added, “The game’s still the game. People miss, so you’ve just gotta know where the ball’s going. If anything, there’s a lot more misses than normal.”

But he did admit that the ball comes off long more than ever, and that rebounding has become a group project.

The guards, he said, have “got to come in, too. They’ve got to come in from the free throw line or the top of the key. Once they shoot those shots, it comes off anywhere.”

Drummond was destined for a rough night, one that saw him go rebound-less while playing a little over five minutes. He was also repeatedly targeted by the Celtics defensively.

But none of the other Sixers really distinguished themselves, either. And now, as Maxey said, they have to wash this one and move on. It’s not a matter of them doing anything different tactically in Game 5; rather, Nurse pointed out, it’s a matter of playing with “better energy, toughness, guarding, rebounding.”

“It’s going to have to be a big mental pickup,” he added.

That would be nice. They are professionals, after all. But the time to make a stand was Sunday, at home, with a full complement of players available. Instead the Sixers rolled over. And that simply cannot happen.

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Jaden McDaniels lives rent-free in the Denver Nuggets’ heads, and that is a huge boon for the Minnesota Timberwolves — even now without Anthony Edwards.

This Timberwolves vs. Nuggets same-game parlay expects more McDaniels’ highlights in Game 5 on Monday, April 27.

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It was not enough to rattle off the Denver Nuggets’ roster and cite each player as a bad defender. It was not enough to double down on that when given a chance to walk it back by a reporter.

It was not enough to then score 20 points on just 13 shots in Game 3, proving the Nuggets are all bad defenders. And it was not enough to hold Jamal Murray to 5-for-14 shooting in the second half.

Minnesota Timberwolves’ wing Jaden McDaniels had to do just a little bit more, dropping in a layup with 1.3 seconds left and prompting Nikola Jokic to show effort for the first time in any of the second half of Game 4.

There is no reason for McDaniels to slow down now. With Anthony Edwards out for a couple of weeks, at least, he needs to emphasize his scoring. McDaniels averaged 4.9 more points per game with Ant sidelined this season and took 3.6 more shots per game.

Even with his 3-pointer looking rather ugly lately — 2-for-19 in his last six games — McDaniels should be able to live in the mid-range and in transition.

He doesn't need to shoot from beyond the arc to score. Against Denver’s shoddy defense, he can score at the rim.

And those transition opportunities should set up for a few assists, too, particularly with the likes of Bones Hyland and Ayo Dosunmu running along with McDaniels.

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