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Thanksgiving isn’t exactly a basketball holiday. It’s actually the opposite. We eat turkey and watch football with nary an NBA game in sight. The league takes the day off and cedes it to the NFL, giving its teams and players a well-deserved day off for feasting and reflection.
So, with no actual basketball to look forward to on Thursday, we’ll have to find some other way to embrace the holiday spirit. With that in mind, let’s find something for all 30 NBA teams, no matter how good or bad, to be thankful for.
Has Zaccharie Risacher been an especially strong No. 1 pick so far? No. He’s shown promise, but he’s clearly still a long-term project. Remember, though, the Hawks jumped all the way from the Play-In Tournament to No. 1 to get him. For a team with very little to be excited about so far this season, having a possibly foundational young player in place of a late lottery pick means quite a bit. The Hawks have a long way to go, but they can be thankful the bit of luck they got last May.
Let’s take a look at how the Celtics landed their six best players:
The rest of the NBA has no one but themselves to blame. They built the juggernaut they’re struggling so hard to beat. The Celtics can be thankful for their incompetence.
Brooklyn Nets: Their incredible new coach
In the grand scheme of things, this season has gotten off to the wrong sort of start for Brooklyn. The Nets traded a mountain of draft capital for their own 2025 and 2026 first-round picks back. That’s the sort of thing you do when you intend to lose as many games as humanly possible to maximize your return on investment. Jordi Fernandez has been so good that the Nets, now 8-10, might be able to avoid the lottery entirely and reach the postseason. That may not be what Brooklyn envisioned for this season, but landing a coach capable of flirting with a .500 record despite leading a roster designed to lose is a pretty nice silver lining.
LaMelo Ball played only 58 total games over the last two seasons, but he’s been healthy this season, and the results have been spectacular. Ball…
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Author : Sam Quinn
Publish date : 2024-11-27 18:50:00
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