SH Blog: Pistons hire Phil Jackson as advisor, Lala Vasquez calls out Jordan Crawford

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Phil JacksonIt may be playoff season for 16 teams right now – well, 13 now that three teams have been eliminated – but it’s the offseason for other teams around the league, as they try to figure out the best course of action for next season.

[Related: NBA players react to wild Game 6 between Warriors and Nuggets]

The biggest news come in the way of hiring and firing of management positions, and we start with the biggest surprise – the hiring of Phil Jackson by the Detroit Pistons, from Vince Ellis of USA Today:

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Mighty Moke’s Free Agency Rankings (Version 7.0)

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Screen Shot 2013-04-15 at 7.41.17 PMIn all walks of life, in tragedy there is opportunity. So today, as we mourn the loss of innocent lives in Boston, we should all take a moment to send thoughts and prayers to those affected by the horrific events that unfolded yesterday.

We can use the tragedy as an opportunity to unite and come together.

On any level, sports is a unifying force that has helped bridge economic, social, geographical and political divisions among citizens of the world, and the NBA has become a melting pot and the epitome of this idea.

All acts of terror are obviously reprehensible, but that this particular attack occurred during an event that featured unification at its finest—and on a day when Boston celebrates the beginning of the American Revolution—was especially unnerving for me, personally.

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Mighty Moke’s Free Agency Rankings (Version 6.0)

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louisvilleNow that Rick Pitino and his Louisville Cardinals have captured the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship, we can get back to focusing on the big boys—many of whom have some big, big problems. Chris Sheridan gave us a rather interesting take on 10 unanswered questions that persist as we head down the stretch run of the season, and Chris Bernucca gave us a nice piece on separating the playoff contenders from pretenders.

I am still have a very difficult time comprehending are how the Los Angeles Lakers are on the outside looking in with only five games remaining in their regular season. The Lakers are to the point where they have to depend on the Utah Jazz to lose at least one more game for them to make the playoffs.

Who’d have thunk it?

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Mighty Moke’s Free Agent Rankings (Version 5.0)

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Josh Smith 1Busted brackets and baseball.

That is what most sports fans are thinking about at the beginning of April.

While the great majority of you guys and gals have been distraught over not correctly picking Wichita State to reach the NCAA’s Final Four, many have overlooked the fact that some of the NBA’s playoff races are getting more and more interesting with each passing week. And a bunch of our pending free agents have something to do with that.

Josh Smith and his Atlanta Hawks have overachieved this season and still have a shot at catching the Brooklyn Nets for the fourth seed in the East. But J-Smoove was not this week’s highest riser. That distinction belongs to a small of very small stature.

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SH Blog: More on Riley vs. Ainge; Cody Zeller’s draft prospects; Tobias Harris rocks

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It’s Easter weekend, and the Jesuits still haven’t stopped partying. (Pope joke). A win today by Marquette might make ‘em party through the night and tell jokes in both Latin and Greek. It’s the second-most most important weekend in college sports, the weekend in which the Final Four is decided.

I’ve got Louisville, Michigan, Marquette, and Ohio State. Two of them were in my original Final Four. On the other hand, I picked three of the eight teams remaining to go out in the first round, so I guess that kind of mitigates the other thing.

We’ve got an interesting look at some past NCAA tournament stars, and Chris Sheridan’s take on Pat Riley blasting Danny Ainge. There’s a little more on that right below, so check that out and all the rest of the latest news from around the NBA. Also worth a read is this news item from guest columnist Rick Warner — there will not be a 20-10 player (points and rebounds) for the first time in NBA history.

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