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Ufez Jones has posted 370 links and 3,123 comments to SportsFilter and 27 links and 725 comments to the Locker Room and 1 column.
The Denver Nuggets have fired head coach Michael Malone with three games left in the regular season: Malone had served as Denver's head coach since 2015 and was the fourth-longest tenured NBA coach, trailing Pop, Kerr, and Spoelstra. The Nuggets are a on a four-game skid and caught up in a Royal Rumble for seeding in the West as the playoffs near.
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 04:38 PM on April 08, 2025 - 1 comment
Coming to Broadway this season: KAT!: The Minnesota Timberwolves are trading Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and a first-round draft pick.
posted by Ufez Jones to basketball at 03:01 PM on September 28, 2024 - 0 comments
Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton elected to Cooperstown.: Beltre and Mauer are first-balloters; Helton makes it in on his sixth try. They will be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyland.
posted by Ufez Jones to baseball at 07:29 PM on January 23, 2024 - 4 comments
Shohei Ohtani signs record deal with the Los Angeles...Dodgers: In the biggest MLB contract so far, the Dodgers and Ohtani have agreed to a 10-year, $700 million deal.
posted by Ufez Jones to baseball at 09:17 PM on December 09, 2023 - 6 comments
Sports Illustrated accused of publishing articles written by non-existent, AI-generated authors.: Noting that several "authors" headshots and bios were available for sale from a third-party AI website under descriptions like "neutral white young-adult male with short brown hair and blue eyes" or "joyful asian young-adult female with long brown hair and brown eyes", Maggie Harrison at Futurism investigates suspicious pieces that have been published under the banner of the once-heralded magazine. The Arena Group, who runs SI's current publishing line, says the pieces were published by a third-party contractor named AdVon, who has assured SI that "all of the articles in question were written and edited by humans" and therefore this is all big misunderstanding. SI has admitted no wrongdoing, but has terminated their contract with AdVon.
posted by Ufez Jones to media at 09:41 AM on November 28, 2023 - 4 comments
Revised picks:
Knicks by 11 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 8 (slam dunk)
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:05 PM on April 11, 2025
Revised picks:
Kings by 6
posted by Ufez Jones at 06:59 PM on April 09, 2025
My picks:
Celtics by 8 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 12 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 7 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 11 (slam dunk)
posted by Ufez Jones at 07:58 PM on April 07, 2025
Revised picks:
Celtics by 19 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 6
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:18 PM on March 29, 2025
My picks:
Pacers by 10
Celtics by 12 (slam dunk)
Mavericks by 6
Celtics by 19 (slam dunk)
posted by Ufez Jones at 06:03 PM on March 26, 2025
My picks:
Pistons by 14 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 9 (slam dunk)
Pacers by 11 (slam dunk)
Kings by 18 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 10 (slam dunk)
Clippers by 8
Nice week, rcade. I don't know what your magic number to clinch is, but another one or two of those and you can call Laura Miller and start planning the parade route.
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:58 PM on March 18, 2025
For a 24-point win, it didn't really feel sealed until maybe 5:00 or fewer minutes left. Denver kept going on little rallies that kept it just close enough to stay spicy.
It was a great time though. Felt more like a playoff game than your typical 12:00 (Spring Forward) Sunday match-up. The game atmosphere in OKC is pretty great right now (duh), and it was fun to see that they still have a lot of love for Russ.
Jokic is something else to see live though. I haven't been as impressed with someone's size/athletic ability combination since I saw just-past-his-prime Shaq.
It was also really nice to forget my basketball woes for a couple of hours. Worked great until my friend and I walked into a nearby burger spot that was showing the Mavs-Suns game and we arrived just in time to see Dwight Powell and Walker Kessler bang coconuts.
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:34 PM on March 11, 2025
My picks:
Pacers by 4
Thunder by 5
Nuggets by 7
Bucks by 9 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 10 (slam dunk)
Warriors by 7
Cavaliers by 13 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 4
Thunder by 7
Knicks by 9 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 2
posted by Ufez Jones at 05:23 PM on March 11, 2025
My picks:
Knicks by 5
Clippers by 11 (slam dunk)
Cavaliers by 13 (slam dunk)
Thunder by 7
Celtics by 11 (slam dunk)
Knicks by 3
Grizzlies by 14 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 8 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 8
Thunder by 9
Suns by 5
Cavaliers by 8
If all goes according to plan I'll be in the stands at the Thunder vs. Nuggets game on Sunday. Should be a really fun match-up with the bonus of Russ Westbrook playing good, competitive basketball again.
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:37 PM on March 04, 2025
My personal favorite historical Pacer is Haywoode Workman, who flipped his basketball journey as a career bench player into a reffing gig. He also showed up at a Summer basketball camp I attended in like 1991 or 92. Nice dude.
The Pacers are technically the closest team to STL, just beating out Memphis. Unfortunately, that means they get blacked out on League Pass so I don't get to see them play very often. I'd would like to get out there for a game sometime though.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:12 AM on February 28, 2025
I haven't felt like this since I went to Steve Nash's first game back in Dallas after Cuban let him walk off to Phoenix. I didn't like it in 2004 and I don't like it now.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:52 PM on February 25, 2025
My picks:
Cavaliers by 16 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 7
Knicks by 13 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 11 (slam dunk)
Nuggets by 9 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 6
Clippers by 4
Warriors by 14 (slam dunk)
Celtics by 5
Thunder by 12 (slam dunk)
Timberwolves by 9
posted by Ufez Jones at 06:30 PM on February 25, 2025
Enter the SportsFilter NBA Playoff Pickem
My picks:
Bucks in 6
Clippers in 6
Pistons in 6
Lakers in 7
Thunder in 5
Celtics in 4
Cavaliers in 5
Rockets in 7
Top point scorer: Donovan Mitchell
Top rebounder: Ivica Zubac
Most points per game: Cavaliers
Least opponent points per game: Celtics
I'm especially looking forward to the Clips/Nuggets and Warriors/Rockets series, but officially: Go Pistons!