<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Raptors-news-Chris-Bosh-and-Andrea-Bargnani-would-kick-ass-in-today_s-NBA-David-West-claims-Thumbnail.jpg"></figure><h1>Raptors duo of Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani would kick ass in today’s NBA, David West claims</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-10-15T07:52:15-07:00">October 15th, 7:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-10-15T07:52:15-07:00">October 15th, 7:52am</time><address><a>Michael Corvo</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani led the Toronto Raptors to the NBA playoffs twice (2007, 2008) during their four overlapping seasons north of the border.</p><p>Toronto had drafted Bargnani no. 1 overall in 2006 (three years after selecting Bosh at no. 4), with the intention of building an unstoppable and versatile front-court duo. That vision never quite came to fruition, peaking with two first-round losses.</p><p>Bargnani averaged 13.7 points per game on 37.6 percent three-point shooting playing alongside Bosh. Bosh put up 22.9 points and 10.1 rebounds per game in his four seasons next to Bargnani, though was unable to lead his team to playoff success. Overall, Chris Bosh and Bargnani played 271 games together and finished with a 130-141 record. They won three of 11 playoff games.</p><p>Two-time NBA champion David West believes those Toronto squads — especially Bargnani — were mired by a more physical era of basketball.</p><blockquote>“When Bargnani and Bosh were in Toronto, the reason why that s— didn’t work is ’cause the NBA let us beat them up,” West told <a href="https://www.pscp.tv/w/1nAKEALdYZAKL">BasketballNews.com</a>. “We beat up Bargnani, they let us body Bosh.”</blockquote><p>West said Bosh and Bargnani — both of whom could put it on the floor and shoot from the outside — were simply ahead of their time.</p><blockquote>“Like, Bosh and Bargnani right now, they would blow this NBA out of the water,” he opined. “They were damn near impossible to guard. I’m serious. … The only reason Bargnani didn’t have a (successful) career was ’cause the referees let people like me beat him up!”</blockquote><p>West argued that the way referees tend to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-former-coach-paul-westphal-criticizes-modern-playing-styles-for-being-cookie-cutter/">favor</a> three-point shooters today would particularly benefit Bargnani, who is now considered amongst the biggest busts in NBA history.</p><blockquote>“In today’s game, (Bargnani) would be killin’ because he would be protected,” West continued. “He would try that sweep at the three-point line; they wasn’t giving him that rip-through. We could grab both arms. … They were tough, man. But it was a different NBA then.”</blockquote><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raptors duo of Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani would kick ass in today’s NBA, David West claims

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Curry-1-1.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>David West thinks Golden State can ‘bum-rush’ NBA nexts season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-28T08:36:54-07:00">July 28th, 8:36am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-28T08:37:11-07:00">July 28th, 8:37am</time><address><a>Matthew Schmidt</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2019-20 NBA campaign was not kind to the Golden State Warriors.</p><p>Due to a rash of injuries up and down the roster, the Warriors went just 15-50 in 65 games ahead of the coronavirus shutdown and were not invited to the 22-team NBA restart in Orlando.</p><p>Given that Golden State made five straight finals appearances and won three championships between 2015 and 2019, seeing the Dubs wallowing at the bottom of the standings is not something to which we are accustomed.</p><p>However, former Warriors big man David West thinks the club will be back with a vengeance next season:</p><blockquote>“I think they’re going to be ready to roll, honestly,” said West, <a href="https://theathletic.com/1957313/2020/07/28/david-west-on-nba-activism-diversity-that-warriors-meningitis-scare-and-more/?source=twittered">according to Sam Amick of The Athletic</a>. … “You know, I think that they’re going to be in a mode where they’re crazy enough to feel like they’ve got something to prove. So I wouldn’t be surprised if they literally come back and…just bum-rush the league (with) the kind of thrust that they hit the league with (that’s) similar to what they did when they first sort of started.”</blockquote><p>One thing is for sure: barring unforeseen circumstances, Golden State will certainly be a heck of a lot better than it was this year.</p><p>Prior to the hiatus, the Warriors were playing without Klay Thompson, who was sidelined for the entire season while recovering from a torn ACL he suffered during the NBA Finals last June. Stephen Curry also missed extensive time with a broken hand, and Draymond Green was in and out of the lineup with nicks and bruises.</p><p>It definitely would not be surprising to see the Dubs reassume their position among title <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/redskins-news-ron-rivera-reveals-plans-for-qb-alex-smith-this-season/" rel="noopener noreferrer">contenders next year.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

David West thinks Golden State can ‘bum-rush’ NBA nexts season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/tom-thibodeau-knicks-david-west.jpg"></figure><h1>David West isn’t happy about the Knicks hiring Tom Thibodeau</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-25T17:02:09-07:00">July 25th, 5:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-28T08:07:08-07:00">July 28th, 8:07am</time><address><a>Michael Corvo</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks’ <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-tom-thibodeau-finalizing-five-year-deal-to-be-new-york-coach/" rel="noopener noreferrer">decision</a> to make Tom Thibodeau their next head coach is receiving mostly praise, though former NBA veteran David West isn’t a fan of the hire.</p><p>West unleashed a series of tweets on Saturday in the wake of the news, and he didn’t hold back his feelings on Thibodeau getting another opportunity to run an NBA team from the sideline.</p><blockquote>“Man how many times can u fail up as a black head coach….” he questioned, citing the decision to hire a twice-fired white head coach over a black candidate. The Knicks new front office, led by president Leon Rose, interviewed a <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/06/26/breaking-down-all-11-candidates-for-knicks-head-coaching-job/">slew of candidates</a> during the extensive coaching search, including multiple people of color. “How many opportunities has Mark Jackson gotten”? West <a href="https://twitter.com/D_West30/status/1287090614010601472">tweeted</a>. Jackson was considered for the job.</blockquote><p>West <a href="https://twitter.com/D_West30/status/1287097350209634305?s=20">brought up</a> Knicks legend and current Georgetown head coach Patrick Ewing, who is still awaiting his first NBA head coaching gig, and L.A. Clippers assistant Tyronn Lue’s <a href="https://twitter.com/D_West30/status/1287121033300975616?s=20">lack of head coaching offers</a> after winning the title with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.</p><p>He also <a href="https://twitter.com/D_West30/status/1287094496384233472?s=20">repeatedly called out</a> Thibodeau’s player development track record, which is mixed.</p><blockquote>“Literally destroys guys yet gets chance after chance….” he <a href="https://twitter.com/D_West30/status/1287094496384233472?s=20">wrote.</a> “I feel for the young players who’s development will stagnate but they will be blamed for not working hard….”</blockquote><p>He disagreed with Kendrick Perkins’ complimentary words about the new Knicks coach’s culture.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Young players run for the hills… <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/w1uPWSRBgP">https://t.co/w1uPWSRBgP</a></p><p>— David West (@D_West30) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/D_West30/status/1287090934459621378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>West, it should be noted, never played for Thibodeau, unlike Perkins. Ironically, West was a hard-nosed, old-school, Thibodeau-type of a bruiser.</p><p>West made two All-Star games and averaged 13.6 points and 6.4 rebounds over 15 seasons. He won two championships with the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

David West isn’t happy about the Knicks hiring Tom Thibodeau

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Hard to put into a caption all of the emotions it takes to try and accomplish your dreams. I wasn’t supposed to be here. Anybody that has beat the odds understands the mental and emotional strain it takes to inspire yourself on an uphill war, let alone inspire others. “The injury” gave me a chance to find and prove to myself (and the world) that I wouldn’t be defined by my circumstances. With my time in the League what I will be most proud of is the fact that my character, values and faith were tested, and I persevered.  To my pops that told me to “go get the big ball” I THANK YOU. To my Grandpa that always showed me there was more to life than basketball I THANK YOU. To my Uncles that helped raise me like I was one of their own, THANK YOU. To my wife and kids…the future IS BRIGHTER than our past, and I couldn’t see myself taking on this chapter without you. To all of my teammates, coaches, TRAINERS, staff, my journey is a collection of experiences,  and those of you that helped me along the way, THANK YOU! To all the fans and anybody else that inspired me, supported me, cheered for me, or even said good words about me, THANK YOU. “The greatest gift we can give is service to others”  #Raiseaglass 🍷</a></p><p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/sdot1414/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;"> Shaun Livingston</a> (@sdot1414) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2019-09-13T15:30:13+00:00">Sep 13, 2019 at 8:30am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Livingston’s former teammates immediately gave their tributes to the point guard. West, in particular, called the 34-year-old guard “a legend” who is worth of admiration.</p><blockquote>“Dot’s a legend,” David West said via text, per <a href="https://theathletic.com/1209989/2019/09/13/thompson-robbed-of-stardom-shaun-livingston-created-something-more-profound/">The Athletic’s Marcus Thompson II</a>.  “He came back from an injury that would have sealed the fate of most players,” West said. “He had a determination that should be admired for years to come. Great teammate and even better person. Proud to call him a friend.”</blockquote><p>The 34-year-old Livingston won three championship as a key role player for the Warriors. He started his career with the Los Angeles Clippers and made trips around the league. He made stops in Miami, Oklahoma City, Washington, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Brooklyn before finding a home in Golden State where he spent the past five seasons.</p><p>The Warriors had to waive Livingston this offseason as they revamped the roster following the departure of Kevin Durant. 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David West says ex-Warriors teammate Shaun Livingston ‘should be admired for years to come’

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