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Chet Holmgren Looks More Like Abraham Lincoln With Each Passing Day
Chet Holmgren has been outstanding for the Oklahoma City Thunder in his first NBA season on the court and only the existence of a 7-foot-6 basketball mutant in San Antonio will prevent him from taking home Rookie of the Year honors. His play is unimpeachable otherwise. The Gonzaga product is averaging 16.6 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 37 percent from the three-point line. His presence in the paint and ability to stretch the floor has catapulted OKC to contention way ahead of schedule, in tandem with an MVP season from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. SGA is the team's superstar but Holmgren makes everything work on both ends.
Three Replacements For John Calipari at Kentucky
John Calipari's reign at Kentucky has ended after yet another early, disappointing NCAA tournament exit. Which was not necessarily unexpected, even if it is bizarre to imagine anyone other than Calipari on the Wildcats' sideline after 15 years. However, no one really expected the news that broke on Sunday night. ESPN's Pete Thamel reported just before midnight Calipari was leaving of his own volition, and he was doing so in order to take a job with ... Arkansas.
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