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#central-florida

In this third installment of the 2023 NBA Draft according to YODA (short for Ye Olde Draft Analyzer), I turn to the forwards.Previously, I wrote about first round guards and wings.To my way of thinking, there are four meaningful NBA positions:


Guards - traditional point guards and shooting guards who don't have the size to play traditional small forward (think Bradley Beal, Monte Morris, Jordan Goodwin)
Wings - traditional SGs and SFs who don't have the skills/aptitude of a PG but aren't big enough to tussle with the big boys (think Corey Kispert, Will Barton)
Forwards - traditional PFs or SFs but aren't full-time centers (think Kyle Kuzma, Deni Avdija, Rui Hachimura)
Centers - the big guys who patrol the paint and protect the rim but generally not quick enough to defend the perimeter or keep up with wings and guards (think Daniel Gafford, Kristaps Porzingis)


For the uninitiated, YODA is my self-made stat-driven system using publicly available information.

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Wednesday defended his state's sending three dozen Latin American migrants to Sacramento on recent charter flights from the border, saying California had incentivized illegal immigration and ought to pay the costs.These sanctuary jurisdictions are part of the reason we have this problem, because they have endorsed and agitated for these types of open-border policies, Mr. DeSantis said during his first visit to the southern border since starting his presidential campaign.

A federal judge who was presiding over the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts case against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday disqualified himself from further participation in the case, citing a third-degree relative with stocks in the company, according to the order on disqualification.Chief Judge Mark E. Walker, who was appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama, has ruled against a handful of DeSantis priorities and his initial assignment to the case was widely viewed as an early victory for Disney.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an Iowa GOP reception on May 13, in Cedar Rapids.Stephen Maturen/Getty Images A new Twitter account is tracking the state government jet used by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and providing updates after the plane lands.Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old who created the popular Twitter page tracking billionaire Elon Musk's private jet, recently debuted the new account following the Florida governor.

The board overseeing Disney's special taxing district which was appointed by and is aligned with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis voted on Monday to sue the company days after the entertainment giant filed its own lawsuit against the board.Since Disney sued us yes, we didn't sue Disney, Disney sued us we have no choice now but to respond, said Martin Garcia, chairman of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board of supervisors.

A six-week abortion ban proposed by Florida Republicans earlier this month threatens to reverberate across the American south.Following the supreme court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn the federal right to abortion, Florida became a strategic refuge for women seeking to access reproductive healthcare from states that banned abortion places as varied as Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas.

(CNN)Florida lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to a proposal to give Gov. Ron DeSantis more control over the future of Disney's Orlando-area theme parks, the latest escalation in the Republican leader's feud with the entertainment giant.The GOP-led state Senate voted 26-9 Friday on a bill to let the state take over the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the government body that has given Disney unique powers in Central Florida for more than half a century.

Brightline's rollout to Orlando took another step forward early Wednesday as the South Florida-based higher-speed rail line started to sell tickets for travel as early as September along a 170-mile extension between West Palm Beach and Central Florida.Customers, however, will not immediately know when the trains will start operating on the new route that runs north along the Florida East Coast Railway to Cocoa, then hooks west on a newly constructed rail bed to a station at Orlando International Airport.

The American Athletic Conference championship finds Central Florida trying to earn its third-straight invitation to a New Year's Day bowl game.On the Tulane side, the Green Wave hasn't been to a major bowl since 1940 when it played in the Sugar Bowl.Although the Knights won the regular-season meeting, Tulane's Tyjae Spears was named AAC offensive player of the year and Willie Fritz received honors as coach of the year.

Back in January, the lead investor for the privately funded $8 billion Brightline West high-speed rail proposal that would connect Las Vegas to Southern California declared the project " at the one yard line."Late last month, Brightline released its draft federal environmental document needed before construction and announced approval of the sale of land in Ranch Cucamonga for the construction of the station at the California terminus.

A severe storm system that spawned tornadoes tore through an area near Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on Saturday, damaging homes and flipping cars, according to officials and witness accounts.James Ippolito, the deputy fire chief in Palm Beach Gardens, which is about a dozen miles north of West Palm Beach, said the area had been hit by a storm that left a man trapped between a boat and a concrete piling.

A Florida healthcare group has settled a class-action lawsuit after thieves stole more than 447,000 patients' names, Social Security numbers, and sensitive medical information, from its servers.Under the settlement [ PDF], Orlando Family Physicians, which operates 10 clinics in central Florida, will reimburse affected patients who submit a claim by July 1, and provide them with two years of free credit monitoring.

Pascal Siakam and the Toronto Raptors had a taller task than usual on their hands against the Orlando Magic.Not only was the dynamic duo of Gary Trent Jr. and OG Anunoby both sidelined due to injuries, but the Magic were coming into this game on a hot streak.Fresh off being named an All-Star for the second time in his career as a Kevin Durant replacement, Siakam would need to step up and make sure that a young bunch starting to find their stride in central Florida was not going to waltz right into Canada and take home a win.

As a Washington Nationals' fan, you've been to your fair share of baseball games.If you live in the Washington, D.C. area, you've probably experienced the excitement of watching a game in person at Nationals Park in the heart of the city.In fact, you've likely experienced most of what the city has to offer when it comes to your favorite sport.

Seth Romero was a first-round draft pick in 2017.(Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) The Washington Nationals on Monday released Seth Romero, according to a team spokeswoman, after the left-hander was arrested for driving while intoxicated and possession of a controlled substance Sunday in Sweeny, Tex.

First Baseman5´10´´203 poundsAge: 262020 SSHP Top Prospect Ranking 662021 SSS Top Prospect Ranking 472022 SSS Top Prospect Ranking892022 High Level Birmingham (AA)Age relative to high level +0.9 yearsSSS rank among all first basemen in the system 42022 stats 103 games ⚾️ 12 HR ⚾️ 56 RBI ⚾️ .296/.381/.450

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has been grabbing national headlines with his relentless attacks on so-called woke.In addition to his Stop-Woke (Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees) Act, which prohibits educational institutions and businesses from teaching students and employees anything that would cause anyone to feel guilt, anguish or any form of psychological distress due to their race, color, sex or national origin, he has barred University of Florida professors from giving evidence against the state's voting law, claimed that professors at public colleges have no right to freedom of speech, and organizing a hostile takeover of the New College of Florida, one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country.

As a Michigan teen pleaded guilty on Oct. 24, 2022, to killing four students in a December 2021 attack, America was learning of yet another school shooting.This time, it was a performance arts high school in St. Louis, where a former student opened fire, killing two and injuring at least seven others before dying in a shootout with police.

Last month, Gannett initiated a round of , laying off 200 journalists and placing hundreds more on furloughs over the holidays.Among those affected were entire teams, early-career journalists, veteran editors - and college students.The FSView & Florida Flambeau, a student newspaper for Florida State University owned by Gannett, lost at least three paid positions and had its weekly print pages cut from 12 to eight.

Twitter suspended an account run by a college student that tracked the whereabouts of Elon Musk's private jet, despite the chief executive of the social media platform previously saying he wouldn't suspend the account.The saga took another turn Wednesday afternoon when the company also suspended the personal Twitter account of the student, according to the user's profile.

With its run of men's basketball dominance under John Wooden, a five-peat in women's water polo and three-peats in sports like softball and men's volleyball, U.C.L.A. has long given credence to the Pac-12's claim as the conference of champions.With the Bruins set to leave for the Big Ten Conference, pending an intervention from the University of California Board of Regents, they made sure they would add at least one more title before they go.

No bowl bid could ease the pain for USC of missing the College Football Playoff.But after falling just short of the final four, a consolation trip to the Cotton Bowl will have to do.USC will face Tulane, the Group of Five champion, in the Cotton Bowl Classic on Jan. 2 in Dallas, seeking a 12th win for the first time since 2008, when Pete Carroll still roamed the sidelines.

When she started her UCLA tenure, Margueritte Aozasa couldn't help but notice the challenge waiting on her calendar.The schedule she inherited from the previous coaching staff featured No. 2 Duke and No. 1 North Carolina in consecutive road games over Labor Day weekend.They were UCLA's fifth and sixth games of the season.

The Dallas Cowboys may not have made any trades ahead of Tuesday's NFL Trade Deadline, but they did make another move.The Cowboys decided to release defensive tackle Trysten Hill less than an hour after the trade deadline passed.The 24-year-old was a second-round pick out of Central Florida in the 2019 NFL Draft.