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Decision Looms For Four-star Running Back Target While Local Linebacker Reveals Top 6

... Chaaaaad (@jaelengill 21) February 24, 2017. The 6-foot-1, 182-pound Gill is considered the third-best all-purpose running back in the country and No. 30 prospect overall in the Class of 2018. He holds more than 30 offers from programs such as LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, USC and Virginia Tech. Simply put, it would be a huge surprise if Gill — who missed all of his junior season with a fractured fibula — picked anyone other than the Buckeyes. He is once again healthy and likely making his decision early so he can focus on baseball and his senior year without distraction. READ BETWEEN THE HEDGES. Though Ohio State is absolutely stacked at the quarterback position for the foreseeable future, five-star Emory Jones doesn't appear to be wavering in his commitment to the Buckeyes. “My mom and dad love Ohio State,” Jones told UGASports. “They love the way they make me feel at home. I just feel like ...

Warriors Reportedly Pushing For Shaquille O'neal To Tone Down The Javale Mcgee Hate

... from Durant, the Warriors organization is doing its part to stop O’Neal from picking on Mc Gee. According to ESPN , the Warriors have contacted Turner Sports to get O’Neal to stop making fun of Mc Gee on his popular “Shaqtin’ A Fool” segment on “Inside the NBA ”. Sources told ESPN that the Warriors contacted Turner officials to express concern about TNT’s yearslong Mc Gee coverage on the “Shaqtin’ a Fool” segment on the popular “Inside The NBA” show, with the team contending that the ongoing negative portrayal of the veteran center is doing unnecessary damage to Mc Gee’s reputation. A Turner source confirmed the discussions with the Warriors and told ESPN that “the matter has been discussed internally” after a Twitter feud erupted Thursday night between O’Neal and Mc Gee. This news might sound like it should be appearing in a grade school letter to the parents but believe it or not this is something that is happening in the NBA. The Warriors contacted O’Neal’s bosses to complain about his treatment of Mc ...

Golden State Warriors' Zaza Pachulia, David West Expected To Return Thursday Against Los Angeles Clippers

... in the shoulder in Los Angeles when the team traveled to Memphis and offered a shoutout to the Warriors' training staff for canceling any All-Star break plans to stay with him and help in his rehab. "We spent a lot of time here, so I'm thankful to them and that's why I'm kind of ready to go now," said Pachulia, now pain-free after he was still sore before the All-Star game. "It's about being smart right now. One of the advantages being part of this team, coaching staff and front office, they understand. Coach Kerr has played in this game, so he knows perfectly now what a player needs. He told me to take off the remaining games. and the All-Star break together and make sure I'm ready for the second half of the season.". West suffered a non-displaced fracture in his left thumb Jan. 18 against Oklahoma City and was scheduled for one more X-ray on Wednesday afternoon before being fully cleared for game action, Kerr said. "We hated to see Zaza and David West get injured but it's a blessing, right, sometimes you get guys that can step up," guard Shaun Livingston ...

Cavs, Warriors Are The Best Here, Too

... Brook. “It’s been a total rebuild.”. A big part of the rebuild has been the play of the Ring brothers, from the Sudan. Deng Ring starred at PWC, and is now a member of the Memorial Sea-Hawks. Younger brother Emanuel Ring is currently the best high school player in the province. “When he wants to turn it up,” Greeley says, “no one can stop him. “He’s a good kid, who’s working hard.”. Emanuel Ring is graduating this year, one of seven players on the 12-man roster to close out their high school careers. Two of the five returnees — James Wiseman and Mitchell Hand — are starters, however. Still, it appears the Cavs are in for a rebuild again. “That’s a challenge we look forward to again,” Greeley said. As for the Warriors, the Geoff Moore-coached Waterford Valley squad is 24-0 with wins at the Gonzaga and O’Donel Invitationals, Keith Keating ...

Revamped Rockets Are All-in, And They're Coming For The Warriors

... ending this season,” Ryan Anderson said. “The next 23 games, we want to play our best basketball coming into the playoffs so we can really build momentum. Our goal is to win a championship. We’re confident we can beat anybody, and we’ve proven we can beat anybody, and when we’ve played consistently and get our defensive numbers better and more consistent on both ends of the court, we’re going to be great.”. Scoring isn’t an issue. Thursday night, four bench players scored in double figures, James Harden had 14 assists through three quarters and Anderson popped 17 points. It’s very difficult to defend a team that can shoot like the Rockets, but there’s another team in the West that shoots like them: the Warriors. Golden State and Houston are No. 1 and No. 2 in points per game and offensive rating. And if you need evidence that the Rockets are focused on ...

Warriors Fall In 3a West Semis At Northside

... left wing that bounced halfway out but returned through the rim like a yo-yo on a string and a 52-48 lead. “It looked like it was coming out and it went back in,” Russell said. “It felt great running back down the court.”. Western’s Chris Mc Gahren missed a 3-pointer on the other end, setting up a sequence that basically decided the game. Northside’s Julien Wooden drove the lane, and Warriors guard Ryan Ingram was whistled for a blocking foul. Western Albemarle coach Darren Maynard was hit with a technical foul for protesting the call. Wooden made all four ensuing free throws for a 56-48 lead with 2:11 to play. After three more missed shots by Western, the Warriors were hit with a second technical when a coach on the bench slammed a clipboard to the floor. Nick Price made four free throws, sealing the outcome. “The first one was on me,” Maynard said. “The second one was ...

Warriors Take On Table-topping Vics

... teammate Marcus Harris in his opening over and went on to claim 5-24 for the session. Victoria wicket-keeper batsman Seb Gotch was not out on six at lunch and James Pattinson was yet to score. The Bushrangers won the toss and elected to bat first but with the life Behrendorff has found in the pitch, it is a decision Cameron White could live to regret. Behrendorff trapped Harris in front on the first ball he faced in the opening over. Marcus Stoinis was next to go for 13 caught behind by Josh Inglis. Behrendorff then bowled Travis Dean for one, had White caught behind for five and on the stroke of lunch, had Dan Christian adjudged lbw for 39. David Moody was the other WA bowler to claim a wicket when he had Aaron Finch caught at first slip by Adam Voges for 34. The Bushrangers at one stage were 5-58 and it was Christian who looked the pick of the batsmen in a 44-run stand with Gotch, but he couldn't survive to lunch. MATCH PREVIEW. Left-arm speedster Jason Behrendorff makes his ...

Scott Ostler’s Unsolicited Advice To Warriors On 2nd Half

... session. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle. Kevin Durant (35) and Stephen Curry (30) high five in the second half as the Golden State Warriors played the Denver Nuggets at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, January 2, 2017. Kevin Durant (35) and Stephen Curry (30) high five in the second. In truth, going into the second half of the season, the Warriors survey the NBA from atop Mount Olympus. They are the golden boys, not only the team with the best record, but by far the most talented, entertaining and unselfish squad in the world. From a distance, it might appear that all the Warriors need to do is jog in place for two months, then flip the “Playoffs” switch and begin their scorched-earth playoffs march. In reality, there is work to be done. Such as. Seriously. I asked Kerr on Wednesday for his “to-do” list for the second half and he mentioned rest. Last season, the players steamrollered Kerr on the issue of rest. This ...

Andrew Bogut Could Re-sign With The Warriors Thanks To A Cba Loophole

... traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Philadelphia 76 ers at the deadline, who attempted but failed to swap him again. The 76 ers will waive Bogut and he will reach free agency if no one claims him in the 48-hour period. (It’s likely no one will.). The reacquisition rule is one that closes a loophole in the NBA. The exact terms are as follows: after a team trades any player, they cannot reacquire that player for one calendar year if he is waived. However, the rule only applies to the most recent team to trade him, not every team, per Wojnarowski. Since Dallas is the most recent team to deal Bogut now, rather than the Warriors, Golden State would be eligible. At least on NBA Twitter, many people had the impression that the Warriors would not be eligible to re-sign him. In fact, they are — what isn’t clear is whether they’re interested. NBA's reacquisition rule doesn't ...

Dominance Of Warriors, Cavaliers Makes For Underwhelming Trade Deadline

... any defender being allowed to step into the paint and of course the rather controversial five-second shot clock. It looks rather apparent that the strategy the rest of the West is going to employ against the four H. O. R. S. E.men of the apocalypse is to try and provoke Draymond Green, who surely was created in a lab using Rasheed Wallace’s DNA and a Rockette dancer’s fertilized egg, into being his most tempestuous self while also hoping that two of their trio of death-bringers from outside have an off night. Houston’s solution was to bring in Lou Williams, you know, in case you were worried they didn’t shoot enough threes and placed too much of an emphasis as an organization on being defensive-minded. San Antonio slept right through the trade deadline, as always, too culturally and financially invested in their graybeards to ever flip them for younger blood. Warriors-Cavaliers III is inevitable, barring nuclear war. Not enough bombs dropped during the trade deadline, so the superpowers remain super ...