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#domantas-sabonis

The Toronto Raptors' head coaching search is moving at a glacial pace.Despite the fact they were eliminated far before the Milwaukee Bucks, the latter team has already interviewed a half-dozen candidates before deciding on former Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin.Of the many names that have been linked to the Raptors' vacancy in the last few months, one coach that seemed to have fallen out of the limelight following an initial wave of support is Jordi Fernandez.

During Masai Ujiri's end of season presser, he said a lot of things.Most of them had to do with the firing of Nick Nurse that had happened that morning, but other questions about the team were asked and answered.One of those answers from Ujiri involved his labeling of Jakob Poeltl as a top-10 center in the NBA.

To open the 2022-23 season, the hopes were about as high as they can be for Toronto Raptors sophomore Scottie Barnes, who flashed truly stellar two-way potential throughout his rookie campaign.With a strong roster of supporting stars in place, all that was left to take the Raptors over the top was a true superstar.

First, I would like to address last week's bet in which we properly targeted the Nets being very bad, but underestimated just how bad they were.Domantas Sabonis was on pace to hit the over on his rebounds prop, but the Kings winning by approximately 60 points throughout the contest meant he basically didn't have to play in the second half.

The Washington Wizards host the Sacramento Kings tomorrow night at 7 p.m.The Kings are 42-27 on the season and 8-2 in their last 10 games, and they clinched their first above-.500record since 2006 last night.The Wizards, meanwhile, sit at 32-37 and are clinging to the final play-in spot by the skin of their teeth, as the Indiana Pacers and Chicago Bulls sit just a half-game back.

BROOKLYN - The Nets led for most of the first half, until they didn't, and Brooklyn was never able to get that lead back in what turned into a 101-96 loss to the red-hot Sacramento Kings.It was a game of runs where Sacramento made the Nets pay and helped keep the pesky Brooklyn squad on Thursday night at Barclays Center
The Nets pulled within mere points of the Kings several times in the second half, but were unable to complete the comeback.

Clippers guard Norman Powell arrived at Golden 1 Center before Friday's tipoff with his left arm still in a sling, a day after injuring his shoulder while reaching to stop a would-be Golden State rebounder.After a fifth consecutive loss, this a 128-127 defeat to the Kings decided in the final seven seconds, his team's grand postseason aspirations are similarly battered.

Celtics There are plenty of options for a Celtics team that is in the market for a back up center.This week it was reported that the Celtics are interested in acquiring Spurs center Jakob Poeltl in a trade.Boston is not the only team in on Poeltl, however, as Toronto is expected to try and reunite with him before this year's trade deadline.

Bradley Beal scored 24 points on 10 of 16 shooting as the Wizards took down the Kings in one of their most complete games of the season Friday.(AP Photo/Randall Benton)SACRAMENTO - More than two hours before the Wizards and Kings tipped off Friday, two men stood on a corner a block away from Golden 1 Center sporting Kyle Kuzma jerseys.

The Toronto Raptors are playing some putrid basketball that is totally unbecoming of a contender of late.Winning two games out of nine, with both victories coming against depleted lottery teams in the Magic and Lakers, was bad enough.Things somehow got worse after this past week.After getting swept in a two-game series in Orlando, the Raptors proceeded to blow two games in three days despite having double-digit second quarter leads at home.

The Lakers picked up a much-needed win over the Nets on Sunday against a Brooklyn side that is one of the few teams that could rival the absurdity of the Lakers' situation.The Nets have had to do with the ongoing Kyrie Irving situation on top of a flawed roster that hasn't even regularly featured Ben Simmons.