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The Suns, Timberwolves and Bulls are all interested in dealing for the 22-year-old guard, according to a report from the Indianapolis Star, which cites unidentified league sources. Indiana, however, says it isn’t shopping Holiday and stopped taking calls about him following the trade deadline, the report says. The Pacers selected Holiday out of UCLA with the 23rd pick in the 2018 draft. He averaged 5.9 points and 1.7 assists in 50 games as a rookie....

In case you didn’t know… Up until last season, Griffin had spent his entire career with the LA Clippers. The 29-year-old had even signed a five-year, $173 million contract extension with the team in 2017, however, Griffin was traded to the Pistons in a surprise deal just six months later. Many viewed the deal to offload Griffin’s contract as a major win for the Los Angeles team, however, Griffin has since managed to overcome his injury issues, and so far this season, the 5-time All-Star is averaging an impressive 26....

Devin Vassell is a player currently speculated to go in the late first-round to early-second round. He is definitely a good prospect but will need time to develop before he could blossom further. Nevertheless, we believe that it could be a wise decision for the franchise to take him. On that note, let us have a look at a few key reasons why we think the Golden State Warriors should trade down and draft Devin Vassel....

Dion Waiters has yet to suit up for the Heat through seven games. He was suspended for the season opener because of a “number of unacceptable incidents,” but he has remained inactive following the punishment. It’s possible this relationship has reached the point of no return, so is it time for Miami to execute a trade? NBA MOCK DRAFT 2020: Knicks pick star guard at No. 1 One problem here — there is no interest in Waiters....

Other teams have been linked to Harden in the past 24 hours, but it is doubtful that there is any traction to some of these reports. NBA Trade Rumors: Teams are hesitant to make trade offers for James Harden Unfortunately for James Harden, teams are not too keen on making trade offers for him at the moment, according to a recent report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. In other words, a trade for Harden will not be easy without a commitment from the 8-time All-Star to stay with their team beyond his contractual obligations....

Not that the Clippers have ever been a destination for any big-name talent, but this is the plan, anyway. In two summers, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler will be unrestricted free agents, but don’t forget about a guy in the tier just below those stars — Klay Thompson. According to Klay’s father, Mychal, he doesn’t see his son leaving the Warriors for the Clippers or any other team — not even if the team recruiting Stephen Curry’s backcourt mate comes after him with the promise of turning over their franchise to him, and not even with one of Thompson’s biggest backers, Jerry West, working as an advisor for Clippers owner Steve Ballmer....

NBA Trade Rumors: Aaron Gordon could help solve Minnesota Timberwolves’ problems on defense Aaron Gordon has already been linked with multiple trade rumors in the past. Orlando Magic tried to move Gordon during the 2019-20 season but didn’t get a good deal in return. An Eastern Conference executive recently said: Though Gordon’s performances dipped a bit this year, there’s no denying the fact that he’s one of the most talented players in the league....

What’s the most important factor at play for voters deciding if a woman is a viable candidate? Everyone wants to back the candidate (man or woman) who can win—which is why “electability” is such an important metric…and why the way gender factors into how it’s assessed is so important. Understanding the biases at play, and how they’ve manifested in recent election cycles for female candidates, is the work of this book so that we can disrupt those trends in real time going forward, leveling the playing field for candidates of both genders....

A sample of the Wolfpack’s good fortune in the first half. -Jacoby Brissett hit a wide-open Bo Hines for a 55-yard touchdown on the second play from scrimmage. MORE: Top 25 updates | Even in loss, Vols prove SEC East worth — Shadrach Thornton scored on a three-yard touchdown run out of the Wildcat. — A strip sack on Jameis Winston sack that resulted in three points. — Brissett eluded two Florida State defenders and avoided a sack before hitting Johnathan Alston for an 8-yard TD....

The organization announced on Wednesday it has approved a proposal to move the 3-point line back from 20 feet, 9 inches to the international distance of 22 feet, 1 3/4 inches. The rule will take effect beginning this season in Division I and in the 2020-21 season for Divisions II and III. The men’s basketball rules committee had proposed the change last month, citing three primary reasons for extending the 3-point line: “After gathering information over the last two seasons, we feel it’s time to make the change,” said Colorado coach Tad Boyle, chairman of the rules committee....

Rain forced the postponement of multiple games and affected the regionals in Baton Rouge, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, College Station, Texas, Nashville, Springfield, Mo., and Champaign, Ill. All of the games in the Dallas and Champaign regionals were pushed to Sunday. NCAA TOURNAMENT 2015: Top plays from Day 2 | 64 things to know UC-Santa Barbara, which was hosting the regional in Lake Elsinore, Calif., was the first No. 1 seed to be eliminated following a blowout loss to USC....

If that same circumstance were to develop in college basketball because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the selection committee would face a far more daunting predicament than deciding between two terrific teams for that final No. 1 seed. BENDER: Big Ten made right call with conference-only season NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt told Sporting News that scenario would present “pretty significant” challenges for the committee, including the possibility of “compromising the integrity” of the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET), the primary metric used to sort the teams and gauge accomplishment....

So how exactly did the second-best team get to be second-best? MORE: Selection Sunday’s best reactions | Mega-list of First and Second-Round previews | Committee’s snubs and flubs Well, the Villanova Wildcats were asked to beat a lot of good teams, and they beat most of them to finish the regular season 32-2. They didn’t beat the best teams out there, at least in part because they did not play the best....

The title, also called Fearless And United Guards, was announced in early September by the Bollywood superstar, and the first teaser was dropped on 25th October. The players were divided over the teasers, which did not reveal much about the gameplay, but it did feature glimpses of Galwan Valley. The pre-registrations for FAU-G are also underway and saw the incredible feat of over one million pre-registrations in just 24 hours....

Many of these popular titles have been developed by one of NCSoft’s many subsidiaries including Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet and, formerly, Carbine Studios, Paragon Studios, and Robert and Richard Garriott’s Destination Games. Now, the company has begun to reveal some details about one of its upcoming titles, Project LLL, though it’s not clear which developer is at the helm. RELATED: Horizon MMORPG Reportedly in Development NCSoft has released a nine-minute gameplay trailer, a dev talk video, and an interview with project lead Seeder Jaehyun Bae, who provided additional details about the game....

The report also found that Cyprus’ government unlawfully issued 3,500 passports to the relatives of wealthy investors in an attempt to generate billions of euros for the east Mediterranean island nation, which belongs to the European Union. The program, which is now defunct, was first set up in Cyprus in 2007 but was ramped up in 2013 following a national financial crisis, The Associated Press reported. The investment scheme was initially appealing to foreign investors because a passport from Cyprus allowed for free travel within the EU’s 27 member nations....

Major GOP donors, conservative political action committees (PACs) and even some Democrats have given the 10 House Republicans an influx of campaign cash since the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot. Despite an angry Trump vowing to “get rid of them all” at February’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), seven of the 10 set personal first-quarter fundraising records, a Bloomberg analysis revealed Friday. The 10 House incumbents include some of the former president’s most vocal GOP critics, including Illinois’ Adam Kinzinger and Wyoming’s Liz Cheney, who Trump has personally singled out as “hacks” and “warmongers....

The Pew Research Center study revealed the country’s widening partisan divide has bled into Americans’ dating habits, with 45 percent of Democrats or left-leaning voters outright declaring they “definitely would not” pursue a relationship with a Trump voter. That share is more than double the 19 percent of Republicans or right-leaning respondents who said they “definitely would not” date someone who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. And based purely on party lines, 43 percent of Democrats said they would not likely date anyone who is a Republican, compared to just 24 percent of Republicans who said the same of their liberal counterparts....

Fifth-year coach Scott Frost, appearing at his weekly Thursday radio show, estimated his offensive linemen are vomiting 15 to 20 times per practice under new position coach Donovan Raiola. “It’s not because they’re not in shape — he’s just working them hard,” Frost said on the Huskers Radio Network. “I think they love it. He’s kind of freed them up to go be aggressive and I love the way they’re coming off the ball....

Alfonso Sosa, the coach that has his team way deeper than anyone projected, has shown a good sense of how to game plan for individual matches, with his bunker against Pachuca in the second leg of the quarterfinal a surprisingly effective tactic against the team that had been the best at scoring in the regular season. But while the series will be decided Sunday, there may be some concern for Sosa....