If the Boston Celtics want to get out of salary cap jail and dip under the second apron of the luxury tax, they’ll need to shed at least $20 million in salary this offseason. That would require trading a core rotation player — and Jrue Holiday is among the potential options.
While Holiday provides excellent shooting, rock-solid defense and valuable veteran leadership, he’s set to make $32.4 million next season on the second year of a four-year, $134.4 million contract. If the Celtics find a willing trade partner for the 34-year-old, they could save a significant amount against the cap while handing a bigger role to reigning Sixth Man of the Year Payton Pritchard.
And it sounds like there’s at least one team interested in Holiday’s services.
As longtime NBA reporter Marc Stein wrote Monday, the Dallas Mavericks are “expected to at least explore whether there are any feasible trade pathways” to acquiring Holiday, “complicated as that would likely be given the three years and $104 million still left on Holiday’s contract.”
Stein noted that Charlotte Hornets point guard Lonzo Ball would be a “far more reasonable” trade target for Dallas. But Mavs general manager Nico Harrison just traded a generational talent (Luka Doncic) on the basis that “defense wins championships,” so you’d have to think he’d have a strong affinity for Holiday, a two-time NBA champion and six-time NBA All-Defense selection.
What might a Holiday deal look like?
Our Celtics Insider Chris Forsberg proposed one scenario Tuesday in which the Mavs trade Daniel Gafford ($14.4 million salary for 2025-26) and P.J. Washington ($14.2 million) to match salaries, and a third team gets involved to take on Washington’s contract.
“Boston could retain Gafford to stabilize an uncertain frontcourt, while a team with options to absorb salary (perhaps Brooklyn with its cap space or Atlanta with its large trade exceptions) might take on Washington and other filler in exchange for draft assets from both Dallas and Boston,” Forsberg wrote.
The Mavs already have two big men ahead of Gafford in Anthony Davis and Dereck Lively II, while Dallas’ expected addition of projected No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg makes Washington more expendable. Holiday would give the Mavs a ball-stopping guard to complement the offensive-minded Kyrie Irving and certainly would fit into Harrison’s defense-first vision.
Losing Holiday undoubtedly would sting for the Celtics. But with Jayson Tatum expected to miss most or all of the 2025-26 season due to a ruptured Achilles tendon, now is a good time for Boston to pursue a “mini reset” by cutting costs while still being positioned to compete for a title in 2026-27.
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The Boston Celtics’ 2024-25 season ultimately ended in disappointment with a playoff defeat to the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. But it was a season to remember for Payton Pritchard.
The 27-year-old guard raised his performance and became an integral part of the team’s success on a nightly basis. After setting career highs in many different stat categories, Pritchard was named the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year, becoming the fourth player in team history to receive that honor.
What role will Pritchard play next season?
Let’s take a look at Pritchard’s 2024-25 campaign and analyze how he fits into the Celtics’ lineup going into 2025-26.
2024-25 Season Recap
Pritchard had his best season as a pro in 2024-25. He set career highs in the following categories:
Minutes: 28.4 per game
Points: 14.3 per game
Rebounds: 3.8 per game
Assists: 3.5 per game
Steals: 0.9 per game
Field goal percentage: 47.2 percent
Pritchard also shot 40.7 percent from 3-point range, which ranked third on the Celtics. He has shot 40-plus percent from beyond the arc in three of his five seasons with the C’s, and he has improved his 3-point percentage each of the last two seasons.
The fact that Pritchard shot 40.7 percent on a career-high 7.8 3-point attempts per game was encouraging for the Celtics.
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Pritchard was a little less effective offensively in the playoffs (11.9 points per game), but he did score in double figures in eight of Boston’s 11 postseason games. During the East semifinals versus the Knicks, the only two matchups the Celtics won — Game 3 and Game 5 — were the games in which Pritchard played his most minutes of the series.
Overall, Pritchard did a great job providing instant offense off the bench. He can hit 3-pointers, he can drive to the basket and finish over taller defenders, he isn’t a huge liability on defense and he crashes the glass as well as any player his size.
Pritchard has developed into a true difference-maker.
Contract details
Pritchard just completed the first year of a four-year, $30 million extension that expires after the 2027-28 season. His average yearly salary is just $7.5 million and his salary cap hit for 2025-26 is only $7.23 million, per Spotrac.
This is one of the most team-friendly contracts in the league. Pritchard provides enormous value for a player making less than $8 mllion annually. As a result, it would make little sense for a team like the Celtics to entertain trade offers for Pritchard.
Scenario 1: Pritchard starts if Jrue Holiday or Derrick White are traded
Pritchard has played in 347 games over five seasons for the Celtics, but he has started only 17 of them. This past season, he started just three of the 80 games he played.
Pritchard might have to start next season depending on what moves the Celtics make this summer. The C’s could look to shed salary and get under the second apron. If the Celtics traded Jrue Holiday, for example, that would open up more minutes and potentially a starting guard role for Pritchard.
The C’s have a lot of depth in the backcourt, so if they had to move someone for salary reasons, it would make sense to trade a guard.
It’s a small sample size of just 17 games, but Pritchard has performed well as a starter in his career. He’s averaged 34 minutes, 17.2 points, 6.4 assists and 5.1 rebounds while shooting 38 percent from 3-point range in those matchups as a starter.
Scenario 2: Pritchard remains in sixth man role
If the Celtics don’t trade one of their starting guards, or if the team just decides Pritchard is most effective off the bench, then it would make sense to keep him in a sixth man role. You don’t have to start to be a very important player or be part of the closing lineup.
Pritchard has proven he can play at a high level either as a starter or bench player, which gives head coach Joe Mazzulla valuable flexibility when configuring his lineups.
Final thoughts
Whether he’s a starter or sixth man next season, the Celtics will need Pritchard to reach another level offensively with Jayson Tatum potentially missing most or all of the regular season due to an Achilles injury.
Tatum led the Celtics with 26.8 points per game this past season. That’s a lot of scoring to lose, and even though replacing that production will certainly be a team-wide effort, Pritchard could play a key role in filling it.
Pritchard’s field goal and 3-point percentages were at or near career-high levels this past season, even though his shot volume was way up. This bodes well for Pritchard’s ability to remain an efficient scorer if his usage rate increases again in 2025-26.
The Athletics, yet again, made a series of roster moves ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Houston Astros at Dalkin Park.
The Green and Gold placed first baseman Nick Kurtz on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hip flexor and selected outfielder Drew Avans from Triple-A Las Vegas.
Kurtz, who made his big league debut April 24, just nine months after the A’s selected him No. 4 overall in the 2024 MLB Draft, has slashed .245/.315/.762 with five home runs and 15 RBI in 94 plate appearances.
Avans, meanwhile, was batting .328/.444/.858 with four home runs and 34 RBI in 189 plate appearances in Las Vegas.
Additionally, the A’s acquired veteran left-handed pitcher Sean Newcomb from the Boston Red Sox for cash considerations.
Newcomb returns to the A’s after spending parts of the 2023 and 2024 seasons with the club. The 32-year-old, however, only tossed 25 innings for the two seasons due to knee injuries.
Newcomb tallied a 3.95 ERA this year with the Red Sox, tallying 41 strikeouts and 17 walks in 41 innings pitched across 12 appearances, five of which were starts.
To clear space on the 40-man roster, the A’s designated left-handed Matt Krook and right-handed pitcher Ryan Cusick for assignment.
Meanwhile, Seth Brown cleared waivers and the A’s outrighted the outfielder/ first baseman to Las Vegas. Brown was hitting just .212 in his seventh year with the Green and Gold.
As it stands, the Athletics are last in the AL West, losing nine of their last 10 games.
It remains to be seen exactly how long Kurtz will be out, but manager Mark Kotsay and Co. will hope a second round of roster moves in a week’s time will inject some much-needed life into the team.
Jimmy Butler’s famous “Playoff Jimmy” alter ego didn’t shine in full form for the Warriors during the 2025 NBA playoffs, but “Off-Season Jimmy” has been front and center ever since Golden State was eliminated.
On Monday, a video of a vacationing Butler went viral after he was pranked with a card magic trick that turned into a snake scare by Colombian artist J Balvin.
Butler, who did suffer a pelvic contusion after falling hard on his rear during Golden State’s first-round series against the Houston Rockets, fell on his butt once again — but he seemed to be OK this time around, leaving everyone around him crying laughing.
Jimmy Butler gets pranked by a magician with a snake 🐍🪄
Butler’s immediate reaction was priceless, as he fell out of his chair.
“Get that snake away from me, dog,” Butler exclaimed to Balvin. “I swear to God, I’ll fight. I swear to God — I don’t play with snakes.”
And Balvin had fun with Butler’s off-guard fear.
“That was a good one, eh?” Balvin sarcastically asked Butler, to which the Warrior replied, “No, it’s not.”
Butler seems to be having a — mostly — good time during the offseason leading up to the 2025-26 NBA season. The trade-off, though, is that he’ll likely never trust someone trying a magic trick on him ever again, let alone something involving a box of cards.
Jimmy Butler’s famous “Playoff Jimmy” alter ego didn’t shine in full form for the Warriors during the 2025 NBA playoffs, but “Off-Season Jimmy” has been front and center ever since Golden State was eliminated.
On Monday, a video of a vacationing Butler went viral after he was pranked with a card magic trick that turned into a snake scare by Colombian artist J Balvin.
Butler, who did suffer a pelvic contusion after falling hard on his rear during Golden State’s first-round series against the Houston Rockets, fell on his butt once again — but he seemed to be OK this time around, leaving everyone around him crying laughing.
Jimmy Butler gets pranked by a magician with a snake 🐍🪄
Butler’s immediate reaction was priceless, as he fell out of his chair.
“Get that snake away from me, dog,” Butler exclaimed to Balvin. “I swear to God, I’ll fight. I swear to God — I don’t play with snakes.”
And Balvin had fun with Butler’s off-guard fear.
“That was a good one, eh?” Balvin sarcastically asked Butler, to which the Warrior replied, “No, it’s not.”
Butler seems to be having a — mostly — good time during the offseason leading up to the 2025-26 NBA season. The trade-off, though, is that he’ll likely never trust someone trying a magic trick on him ever again, let alone something involving a box of cards.
Oh ah Silfverberg, say oh ah Silfverberg. After 12 seasons in the NHL, Jakob Silfverberg announced his retirement from the NHL and returned to his native Sweden this past season, where he had quite the year. In his return to his boyhood club, the former Anaheim Duck led Brynäs in both goals scored (23) and points (47). He was also fourth in the SHL in both goals and points.
Brynäs finished top of the league in their return to the SHL after being promoted from the HockeyAllsvenskan, their first time outside of the top flight in over 50 years. After taking down Malmö in the quarter-final and making quick work of Skellefteå in the semi-final, they came within two games of winning the SHL Championship in their first year back.
With the series tied at two apiece, Luleå overwhelmed Brynäs with the duo of Pontus Andreasson and Brian O'Neill up front and Frédéric Allard on the backend. Silfverberg had 13 points in 17 playoff games, including two goals in the finals, but it wasn't enough.
Despite the loss in the finals, Silfverberg's performance in his return to the SHL was recognized, as he won the SHL regular season MVP, Swedish Gentleman of the Year (Rinkens Riddare) and Årets schysstaste spelare, the SHL's version of the Lady Byng Trophy, which is voted for by players in the SHL. Silfverberg finished the regular season with zero penalty minutes, an impressive feat.
"I am extremely grateful that I get to coach such a humble and nice player as Jakob Silfverberg," Brynäs head coach Niklas Gällstedt said in a team statement (translated from Swedish).
His first season back in the SHL is almost everything Silfverberg could have asked for. He probably would say he wished that they could have won the league title to top it all off, but it was as perfect a return as it could have been otherwise. Silfverberg was presented with his SHL MVP and schysstaste spelare award by his parents, Christina and Jan-Erik, and was able to celebrate with his wife, Clara, and their two kids.
Silfverberg will play for Brynäs again in 2025-26 after originally signing a two-year deal following the 2023-24 season. He will play alongside Ducks prospect Lucas Petterson, who joins from MoDo. Former Brynäs star Nicklas Bäckström is also rumored to be returning to the team where he began his pro career, much like Silfverberg. Bäckström's contract with the Washington Capitals expires this summer, and while he hasn't played in a game in almost two years, a return home would be an appropriate way to conclude his playing career.
"I think (Petterson is) in a good spot (in Brynäs)," Ducks assistant general manager and director of amateur scouting Martin Madden said. "He's going to be well surrounded by Silfverberg for sure."
“I’ve even said it from day one when we moved over,” Silfverberg said in April 2024. “We had a really special year my last year (with Brynäs). We ended up winning the championship with a fairly young team, a lot of guys that I played against in the NHL here and stayed in close touch with. I even said 12 years ago that before I get too old and too slow, I’d like to come back and make a strong push and do this again.”
Featured image caption: Apr 18, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Anaheim Ducks right wing Jakob Silfverberg (33) celebrates with team mates after the Ducks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images
“With his enormous
experience from almost 1000 NHL games and his game intelligence, he
is an important reinforcement for
us at center,” said Zug GM Reto Kläy.
“In recent years, Tomáš has regularly played on the wing. With
us, he will be used as a center.”
Tatar was a
second-round pick, 60th overall, by the Detroit
Red Wings in 2009. He immediately went overseas to play in the
AHL and has played
in North America ever since.
Internationally,
Tatar has represented Slovakia at seven IIHF World Championships and
at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He didn’t play for Slovakia at the
Worlds this year, but he has stated
his desire to play at the 2026 Olympics.
Always one of
Switzerland’s big-spending clubs, Zug won back-to-back titles in
2021 and 2022 but results have been disappointing since. And Kläy
clearly wants to change that.
In
addition to Tatar and Kubalík,
Zug has under contract for 2025-26
World Championship MVP goalie Leonardo Genoni, defensemen Raphael
Díaz
and Gabriel Carlsson and forwards
Grégory Hofmann and
Fabrice Herzog.
The Arkansas basketball team finally saw some movement on Monday as forward Karter Knox announced his decision to return to Arkansas for his sophomore season. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward had entered his name in the NBA Draft while he maintained his college eligibility and went through the NBA Draft Combine, but opted to run it back with the Razorbacks. Knox's decision is the first bit of Arkansas basketball news regarding its 2025-26 roster that's gone out since Calipari announced the return of Billy Richmond III, D.J. Wagner and Trevon Brazile, which came out minutes after Knox announced his draft intentions.
Bruce Arena and Dave Sarachan will be back at Dignity Health Sports Park for the first time Wednesday when the San José Earthquakes take on the Galaxy.
Alexander Nikishin is going to be a special player.
Three games into his NHL career and that already feels like a bygone conclusion.
Sure, he was one of the most hyped up prospects in a long time, but there's a huge difference between playing in the KHL and the NHL.
But honestly, based on what we've seen so far, we should perhaps just throw away the 'going to be' part, because this hasn't just been 'playing in the NHL.'
This isn't just some random mid-January game against the Anaheim Ducks, this is the Eastern Conference Final, in do-or-die games, yet Nikishin already like an NHL regular.
The rookie defenseman has played north of 18 minutes in back-to-back games, filling in on the team's top four in the absence of Jalen Chatfield and Sean Walker.
He's looked calm, composed and just unfazed by the whole situation.
You'd never guess that he had just three North American games under his belt with no training camp nor preseason experience.
And just the all around defensive game he showed against the defending Stanley Cup champs has been more than impressive.
"I just like that he's not rattled and that he's just going out there and playing," said Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour. "Sometimes these young kids come over and come in, even rookies, they don't realize the moment and how big it is. They're just playing hockey. Sometimes it takes a couple years to realize, 'Oh this is pretty important,' you know? He looks like he's unfazed. I don't know. I can't really tell you, but he's doing a great job for us."
It wasn't like it was an immediate fit for Nikishin either, who had to wait several weeks for the chance to make his NHL debut.
He was the first guy to jump into the lineup when Chatfield went down with injury, but in that game against the Washington Capitals, he turned the puck over multiple times and was just constantly in the wrong spots.
"His first game wasn't very positive," Brind'Amour said. "It was a little rough. But now he looked like he's played more than one game in North America."
So what gives?
Well, for one, Nikishin has had plenty of time to learn the systems since coming over to North America in April.
"[Assistant coach Tim Gleason] has worked with him daily on how we want to play," Brind'Amour said. "He knows how to play even with the language issues. He's picking it up really quickly and it's been a month now. He's been here and everyday he's going through stuff. That's really encouraging for an organization standpoint and for us trusting him."
But there's also just the fact that he's had the opportunity to get the butterflies out and now he knows that he's being counted on in an important situation.
And at the end of the day, elite players rise to the occasions.
"I was really proud of how from one game to the next, it changed," Brind'Amour said. "We have a good one there for sure."
Hindsight is 20/20, but with the way Nikishin is playing, it really makes you wonder if he could have made a difference in those first two games.
"We went to him and it was a rough first outing, but obviously he's seizing the moment right now," Brind'Amour said.
"It's a tough time of the year to come in as a rookie and play minutes like that, so it's huge," said Jaccob Slavin. "The games that they played tonight were awesome and I'd say a big congrats to Niki on his first point. That's awesome and happy for him."
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Angels broadcasters Wayne Randazzo, left, and Mark Gubicza in their broadcast booth before the Angels' home game against the Miami Marlins on May 24. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The adjective hit me like a line drive.
Wayne Randazzo, the television voice of the Angels, was detailing just how poorly the team’s relievers had performed. He recited the Angels’ earned-run average in the late innings, inning by inning. Over 5.00. Over 6.00. In the ninth inning, at that time, over 7.00.
“The numbers,” Randazzo said, “are gargantuan.”
What a colorful, descriptive and absolutely apt adjective. Not the “struggling” or “scuffling” or “slumping” a broadcaster typically offers, bland adjectives presented with the assurance that better times are ahead. No team can win with that kind of bullpen performance, and no one can guarantee that better times are ahead for a relief corps where only the closer has a successful track record.
For all that has gone wrong on the field for the Angels in modern times, they have struck gold in the broadcast booth. In pairing Randazzo with longtime analyst Mark Gubicza, the Angels just might have their best broadcast team since Dick Enberg and Don Drysdale half a century ago.
Randazzo, in his third season with the Angels, grew up listening to Harry Caray in Chicago. He filled all sorts of roles on the New York Mets’ radio broadcasts — pregame and postgame shows, clubhouse interviews and eventually play-by-play — before the Angels hired him.
That background, he says, informs his honesty with the audience. “Gargantuan” isn’t about trying to tear down the players; it’s about being forthright with the fans.
“I’m from Chicago, I worked in New York, and those markets do the same thing,” Randazzo said. “Carrying that through makes it a more respectable listen for the people that are really listening, which are the fans of the team.
“They know what is really happening.”
Joe Davis, the television voice of the Dodgers, knows Randazzo well. The two broadcasters trained together in the Southern League, calling games for teams in Alabama: Davis for the Montgomery Biscuits, Randazzo for the Mobile BayBears (now the Rocket City Trash Pandas). The two were in each other’s weddings, Davis said.
For the Dodgers, Davis calls a nightly all-star game. Randazzo calls games for a team that has not posted a winning record in a decade.
“I joke with people, but I’m only half-joking,” Davis said recently at Dodger Stadium, “that if this team had lost 100 games a year since I got here rather than won 100 games, I might not still be here.
“People enjoy when you’re delivering good news, and I have no control over that. Similarly, he and guys that cover teams that aren’t winning have no control over that. Maybe his upbringing as a Cubs fan helped.”
Indeed it did. The Cubs might have been in their “lovable losers” era, but Caray was leaning out of the broadcast booth and leading “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” without a care in the world.
“When you’re 5 years old and you’re watching the Cubs play a day game at Wrigley Field, all that matters is that day’s game,” Randazzo said. “I didn’t even know if the game was important, but Harry made it seem like it was the best game ever.”
Gubicza grew up in Philadelphia, listening to Harry Kalas and Richie Ashburn.
“At that point, the Phillies were really bad,” Gubicza said. “But every game was fun because they made it enjoyable and entertaining. They had some laughs together.”
Angels broadcasters Mark Gubicza, left, and Wayne Randazzo prepare for a game against the Miami Marlins on May 24. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Randazzo and Gubicza do too, which frankly is a stroke of luck on the Angels’ part, since the two men said the team did not have them do a trial run together before hiring Randazzo.
On one recent broadcast, after a foul ball was lined back into the booth, the audience saw Randazzo triumphantly hold up the ball, which would have been the end of the scene on many broadcasts.
“I knew you had it,” Gubicza said on the air.
But then came the replay: Randazzo had ducked and covered as if he were doing an earthquake drill, before safely retrieving the ball after it had landed.
“Where’d you go, Wayne?” Gubicza laughed.
“It’s 100 mph off the bat,” he shot back on air. “What am I, crazy?”
Said Randazzo: “I think not taking yourself seriously is a huge part of this.”
There is a time to be serious, of course. Randazzo went viral last year when he used a retroactive change to a scoring decision as the impetus for a rant in which he trashed the league for choosing to take action on that issue amid “scandal after scandal” — the “fiasco” of the A’s move from Oakland, the “ridiculous-looking jerseys” with the tiny letters produced by Nike, the “constant pitcher injuries” and the “global superstar … embroiled in a betting scandal.”
Davis might never go that far, but he fully endorses Randazzo and his approach.
“He has a really classic, big-time baseball sound,” Davis said. “He’s as good as anybody there is these days at recalling an appropriate thing from baseball history in the moment.
“He has this huge bank of information and stories that a guy his age typically doesn’t have, and he has the confidence to tap into it. I’m a huge fan of his.”
On the air during one of the recent Dodgers-Angels games, Randazzo shouted out Davis and broadcast partner Orel Hershiser, then pointed out how staggeringly high the decibel level is at Dodger Stadium: “There’s no shortage of noise in this place. Ninety percent of it comes out of the sound system.”
The Angels’ broadcast could use a touch more silence, fewer mentions of exit velocities, and more barbs like Randazzo mocking Sacramento fans for doing the wave while an A’s player batted with the tying run in scoring position.
“Nobody is ever like, ‘Hey, you gave a great statistic in the third inning,’ ” Randazzo acknowledged. “They’re like, ‘You made us laugh; you told a great story; you had a great interview.’ ”
Randazzo, 41, could earn his halo from fans if he sticks around long enough to see the Angels win again. He says he plans on doing just that, however long it takes.
Angels broadcasters Wayne Randazzo, left and Mark Gubicza in their broadcast booth before a game against the Miami Marlins on May 24. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
When we talked earlier this month in San Diego, Enberg’s picture was on the wall of the visiting broadcast booth at Petco Park. Enberg was dressed in an NBC Sports blazer. He left the Angels in 1978 and finished his distinguished career with the Padres in 2016, with national network stints in between.
The Dodgers accommodate Davis so he can fulfill his commitments to Fox in baseball and football. Davis and Hershiser are a terrific pair on the Dodgers’ television broadcasts, but they did just 51 games together in 2023 and 60 last year, according to Eric Stephen of True Blue LA.
Davis said he and Hershiser will be in that range again this year. The SportsNet LA broadcasts have featured five different announcer pairings this season, down from nine last season, Stephen said.
Randazzo said he and Gubicza will do about 125 games together this year. He also calls Friday night baseball games for Apple TV.
“I love baseball,” Randazzo said. “I don’t ever want to not be associated with a team.
“I wouldn’t want to be gone doing a football game on a Saturday or Sunday in September when the team is in a pennant race. I would be beside myself if I was in Morgantown for a big college football game. It’s just not for me, because I love this game and this sport so much. For my career, that would be a success.”
For the Angels, a September that matters would be a success. Randazzo already is.
If you thought the 2025 NBA trade deadline was wild, just wait and see what could happen this summer.
With just over one month remaining until the NBA’s June 30 free agency tampering window opens, teams like the Warriors and Kings are watching the remainder of the playoffs from home as they gear up for a busy offseason.
ESPN’s Shams Charania appeared on Tuesday’s episode of “The Pat McAfee Show,” where he was asked if he anticipates an active free agency this summer.
“Pat, this is the most, I think, anticipation team executives have had over an offseason,” Charania said. “I think this is going to be the craziest offseason of all — I don’t want to say ‘all time’ — we just came off a trade deadline that was the craziest of all time.
“I think this offseason might be the most craziest ever because I think what you have right now is the parity of the league, is so thin right now, as far as the thin line of you can win a championship, or you might be falling into the lottery. I think the ability to go out there and improve your team and get there to a championship level, I think that’s on the minds of everyone around the league. So, how can you elevate your team?”
The Warriors were bounced from the playoffs after losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games during the Western Conference semifinals, while the Kings failed to make the playoffs after losing to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Play-In Tournament.
