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By Marc Lawrence
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Tuesday, April 21 |
GIANNIS WANTS OUT
The Los Angeles Lakers were never in serious Giannis Antetokounmpo trade talks, but they were quietly positioning themselves for a run at him this summer.
There were rumors that the team was holding onto its 2026 first-round pick, specifically with Giannis in mind. One comment may have just closed that door.
In a clip shared on X, sourced from former Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic's YouTube channel Gogi's Garage, Antetokounmpo made his feelings about Los Angeles very clear.
When Dragic asked him to pick between L.A. and Miami for vacation, Giannis didn't hesitate.
Giannis says he prefers Miami over LA. Dragic: “Vacation, LA or Miami?”
Giannis: “Miami. Miami, Miami. I think LA superficial. I don’t like LA.”
Not a trade demand. Not directed at any front office. But when a player calls your city superficial and says he doesn't like it, the fit conversation pretty much ends there. |
ON TODAY'S SCORECARD
You Da Man
The NBA revealed the three finalists for each of its seven end-of-season awards on Sunday night.
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MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder), Nikola Jokić (Nuggets), Victor Wembanyama (Spurs)
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DPOY: Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren (Thunder), Ausar Thompson (Pistons)
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COY: Joe Mazzulla (Celtics), J.B. Bickerstaff (Pistons), Mitch Johnson (Spurs)
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ROY: Cooper Flagg (Mavericks), Kon Knueppel (Hornets), V.J. Edgecombe (76ers)
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MIP: Deni Avdija (Trail Blazers), Jalen Duren (Pistons), Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Hawks)
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Sixth Man: Keldon Johnson (Spurs), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Heat), Tim Hardaway Jr. (Nuggets)
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Clutch Player: Gilgeous-Alexander, Jamal Murray (Nuggets), Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves)
Who you got? There are some incredibly tight races this season, especially for MVP and Rookie of the Year. |
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GRINDING OUT THE PROFITS
Go Dawgs
Moving forward, the ‘Grinding Out the Profits’ section in the Coffee Club will share exclusive insight into the 2026 College Football season directly from the 2026 Playbook Football Preview Guide magazine. Check out today’s insight:
‘STAT YOU WILL LIKE’:
The team that won the stats in
Georgia’s games
last season also
won every game outright.
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BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW
Wrongo Bongo |
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Dillon Brooks and the Suns were feeling good after they eliminated Steph Curry and the Warriors in the play-in tournament. After the game, Brooks boldly predicted that Phoenix was going to go into Oklahoma City and steal Game 1. That, uh, didn’t happen.
The Thunder waxed the Suns 119–84, making easy work of the No. 8 seed to open the series. That’s not necessarily a surprise, but Brooks is enough of a pest that he can get under any team’s skin. On one hand, what else was he supposed to say? That he didn’t believe his team had any shot against the defending champs? That’s not realistic, but it’s still fun to look back on with the actual events of Game 1 in mind.
"We're going to go out there and steal Game 1."
Don’t think so. |
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TRENDING TODAY
By the Numbers |
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Flyers rookie Porter Martone found the back of the net late in Philly's Game 1 win over the Penguins, becoming the youngest player in franchise history to score in his playoff debut (19 years, 174 days) and the only teenager this century to score a game-winning goal in his playoff debut.
75,824
That's how many were on hand to watch Inter Miami's 3-2 victory over Colorado on Saturday in Denver, making it the second-largest crowd in MLS history. Three of the five biggest crowds in MLS history, and four of the top 10, have been for games featuring Lionel Messi. As is usually the case, Saturday's fans got what they paid for as Messi scored twice, including the game-winning strike in the 79th minute.
51
Shohei Ohtani extended his on-base streak to 51 straight games on Sunday, breaking a tie with "Wee" Willie Keeler (1900-01) for the third-longest in Dodgers history. He now trails only Duke Snider (58 straight in 1954) and Shawn Green (53 straight in 2000). |
QUOTE OF THE DAY |
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"Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself:
what
fault of mine most nearly resembles
the one
I am about to criticize?"
- Marcus Aurelius |
STAT OF THE DAY
33 |
The number of years since a team from Canada last won the Stanley Cup.
The Edmonton Oilers have lost back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals.
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PERCOLATING
It’s in the Stars
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Despite reaching the conference finals the past three seasons, the Dallas Stars have a poor record in Game One of a series.
The effort in their Saturday, April 18 playoff opener was poorer than usual.
The Stars were routed 6-1 at home by the Minnesota Wild and find themselves trailing after the first game of the series for the ninth time in their last 11 openers.
Goaltender Jake Oettinger gave up five goals on Saturday. Head coach Glen Gulutzan never considered pulling Oettinger, saying he didn't think goaltending was an issue in the loss.
"I'm going to be a lot better next game," Oettinger said. |
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