AROUND the NBA:

[KillerLeft]

Morey out in Philly.

That's great news, because it's one inch closer to Nick Nurse being out in Philly, and the trifecta of awesome Mavs front office moves could then be completed.

[DanSchwartzgan]

That's great news, because it's one inch closer to Nick Nurse being out in Philly, and the trifecta of awesome Mavs front office moves could then be completed.

Straight up swap...Kidd to the Philly FO and Nurse to the Dallas bench?

[Chicagojk]

Straight up swap...Kidd to the Philly FO and Nurse to the Dallas bench?

Didn't the Masai and Nurse relationship did not go well at the end?

[HoosierDaddyKid]

At 29, Ivica Zubac should be in his prime. The Pacers likely needed to pay a premium for his deal, which will pay him just $42.1 million over the next two seasons. Additionally, the rest of the lottery is likely to be dotted with point guards. With Haliburton, the Pacers are set there, so protecting a pick further into the lottery had diminishing value for Indiana. Despite the risk of losing this year’s pick, Pritchard said the trade framework allowed the Pacers to keep most of their future draft flexibility intact. He suggested they expect to be active and will look for moves this summer. “Everybody says, well, why didn’t you protect it a lot deeper?” Pritchard said. “Unfortunately, we weren’t able to. That was the vig for us to get Zu.”

[Smitty]

@TheSteinLine
In an anonymous survey of 411 players conducted by and released today by @TheNBPA, NBA referees have been placed in three rating tiers:

   

[cow]

@TheSteinLine
In an anonymous survey of 411 players conducted by and released today by @TheNBPA, NBA referees have been placed in three rating tiers:

It would have been really interesting if there were a 4th not so kind tier below "needs improvement".