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7 days ago
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Have the Sixers reached the end of the road with Embiid, George?
Yahoo Sports contributing NBA writer Tom Haberstroh and NBA writer Dan Devine discuss Philadelphia's strategy with its oft-injured superstars and if it's time for the team to part ways with both. Hear the full conversation on 'The Big Number' and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript I'll just go ahead and say it. I think they need to move on from the Paul George uh timeline and just go with the kids. I think, I think it has come to that point, but the problem is, no matter how much they would like to move on from this and say we need to go full youth movement, it isn't really up to them. It's up to other teams who are really like looking at these contracts with Paul George and Joel Embiid. And determining whether those are plus value assets and what it would take for them to take on Joel Embiid's contract, which will pay him. A ton of money going forward, and as long as Joel Embiid and Paul George are on this team, and with all those question marks around their knees and their health questions and their ability to gel together, we don't even know if they can play well together, in that chemistry. They paid that big three $136 million last season. They played 15 games together, which if you do the math, carry the two. That's $9 million per game that those big three played together. So over the next three seasons, we're looking at a situation in which this coming year, they got $145 million on the books dedicated to those three, 153 in 2026, 2027, and if Paul George picks up that player option, that fourth year of his player option, that will be $163 million that are allocated to those three players. Yeah, like well over 90% of the salary cap for each of the next three years. I mean, this was, this was the bet they made, right? They are stuck, they are stuck in this in-between of we've made our firm commitment to this build. And also, we are backfilling, because again, if you're paying more than 90% of your cap to three guys, you've got to find the other talent somewhere else, and you've got like the kids have to be all right. Close
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Could a familiar face be the Knicks next head coach?
Could a familiar face be the Knicks next head coach? | The Big Number Yahoo Sports contributing NBA writer Tom Haberstroh and NBA writer Dan Devine discuss New York's search for its next leader after the dismissal of Tom Thibodeau and why former associate head coach Johnnie Bryant may be the favorite for the job. Hear the full conversation on 'The Big Number' and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Another team is trying to win it all next year, maybe. Advertisement The New York Knicks were not happy with Tom Thibodeaux's job presumably, uh, obviously, is that the fact that they just let him go on Tuesday, uh, Tom Thibodeau out as the New York Knicks head coach. I've written about it, you've written about it. Um, this is a really interesting story. The fact that it was so soon after the Eastern Conference, uh, Defeat against the Indiana Pacers, it lends me to believe that they have someone in mind, right? It lends me to believe that like, look, we have our guy that we really want to pursue here and we wanna get him before some other team does, but I wonder, Dan. Advertisement Of the candidates that we've thrown out there, whether it's Jay Wright or Michael Malone, or as I, I put in there as kind of a, could you imagine if they hired John Calipari uh out of the college ranks, Carl Anthony Towns is former coach very close with the uh with Leon. Rose and World Wide West. Johnny becomes a very interesting candidate here, Johnny Bryant, uh, Mark Stein also reporting that Jason Kidd and Eme Udoka also said to have interest drawing from the New York Knicks, but the Johnny Bride story, uh, I feel like. Do you fire Tom Thibodeaux and then hire his associate, his assistant coach, worried that maybe the Suns would get him first? Do you make that move to preempt uh Johnny Bryant getting hired by the Phoenix Suns? I don't know, but this is getting very interesting.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Suns hire Jordan Ott - why it's no surprise
Yahoo Sports contributing NBA writer Tom Haberstroh and NBA writer Dan Devine discuss Phoenix's choice to be its new head coach and why governor Mat Ishbia's ties to Michigan State may have played a role in the decision. Hear the full conversation on 'The Big Number' and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Look man, when they did that coaching search, and they had a list of like 25 candidates, and I, I literally said, is there one that went to Michigan State? Advertisement cause that person is getting the job. And sure enough, not to discredit Jordan not, he's been around the league for a long time, but like the way that Matt Isa has run this team, selecting Brian Gregory, a former college coach to be his GM. Michigan State assistant coach to be his GM, it reminds me of the Charlotte Hornets under Michael Jordan when he hired Mitch Kupchak, former Chapel Hill guy, uh, UNC guy, Mitch Mitch Kupchak to be his GM and Buzz Peterson, Michael Jordan's roommate at college to be the assistant GM. It just feels like that recipe of of. Of hiring your buddies, hiring your college buddies, isn't necessarily a recipe for success, but it is something you can do as an owner. Advertisement Like, you pay $4 billion for this team. You want to take care of your guys, your buddies, you're more than welcome to do that. That is within your right. I just don't think that that is necessarily a recipe for success. And we've already seen. That Kevin Durant is reportedly gonna be shot this summer and might be on the trade block. It's not the first time that like friends have hired friends into the front office. We just saw over there in in in Utah that Danny Ainge, the CEO of the Utah Jazz, are hiring Austin Ainge, his son, to run the basketball ops for the team. So like keeping things all in the family, that's always been true in the NBA previous to the Jordan not higher. Advertisement The Phoenix Suns went with Monty Williams, who brought them to an NBA Finals. They went with Frank Vogel, who won an NBA championship. They went with Mike Budenhouser, who won an NBA championship. None of that worked, so why not get a guy who went to the same school as you? Like, if, if we're, if we're the, the process of going, like, we need somebody with championship experience, if that's not panning out, then try something different. Who knows? I I don't know, 40 year old guy with some good references and who went to the same school as me. Sure, what the hell? Why not? Let's give it a shot. Devin Booker, you like him? Advertisement Great. Sounds tremendous. Uh, you know, who knows? Uh, the, the, the process and the and the, the approach in the last few years in Phoenix has left something to be desired, a different process. Sure, why not? Tough stuff over there in Phoenix, but, uh, congrats to Jordan not on the, on the gig, uh, curious to see how that goes.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
How will Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's MVP run be remembered?
Yahoo Sports NBA contributing writer Tom Haberstroh and senior NBA writer Dan Devine highlight Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's stellar 2024-25 season and talk about his journey to becoming this year's winner. Hear the full conversation on 'The Big Number' and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Shay Gildris Alexander is probably gonna be named the MVP. Advertisement He's the MVP in my book. He is by far the, the scoring leader this season, 32.7 points per game. And then when you look at the plus minus, the steals, the assist to turnover ratio, the lead. shit, I think is a big part of this and people are saying, Dan, like, free throw merchant, our favorite, Doris Burke is talking on the broadcast and bringing up that NBA Twitter believes he's a free throw merchant. I understand why people are frustrated with all the foul calls that he gets, because I think it's unusual the way that he gets these calls. But that's true for every superstar in the NBA. Jokic benefits from the whistle, Dodgeic benefits from the whistle. Advertisement LeBron does every MVP candidate in the NBA will get one or two calls a game that you're like, did he really foul him there? Do you have any thoughts on like how you'll look back? On this MVP race this season, one of the challenges with MVP voting, and I, I do have a ballot, and I did vote for Shay over Jokic in 2nd place. One of the challenges is balancing sort of the sober-minded statistical analysis with, I don't think that narrative is a dirty word. I think this is, I think storytelling is a really important part of our business and also of what our jobs are and what we do. To me, the Thunder were the story. Advertisement of this season. The driver of that literally and figuratively is Sha Gilda Alexander. Like they do not, yes, you can, you know, you can make the argument that he has the better supporting cast around him and Jokic has to do a heavier carry job and so on and so forth. And like everything about how Oklahoma City plays with the way that they structured the team to be a 5 out team with Chet at the big, the drive and kick, the guard guard screening actions, everything that kind of got. The ball rolling for Oklahoma City. All of that flows out from Gilous Alexander. This is not purely unethical hoops. There's more to it than that. Advertisement And then you like zoom out and it's 35 and 5, 50+% shooting with the steals and the blocks. And you're talking about Michael Jordan territory, like the, the in terms of production, not just from the guards, but from anybody, hitting those numbers, it's Jordan and it's SGA.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Dubs Talk: How Butler's injury could impact Warriors' NBA playoff strategy
Can Warriors hang on with Stephen Curry out for at least a week? Yahoo Sports contributing NBA writer Tom Haberstroh and NBA writer Dan Devine look at the impact of Steph Curry's first career hamstring injury on the Western Conference semifinals between the Golden State and Minnesota. Hear the full conversation on 'The Big Number' and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
