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Embedded with the Pacers: A day with an NBA coaching staff

HoopsHype’s Senior NBA Insider Michael Scotto was granted exclusive access behind the scenes of life as an NBA coach with the Indiana Pacers and learned how the NBA grind affects the sleep habits of coaches and their family life, what happens on team plane rides and bus trips, how coaches prepare for games, what happens during in-game chats, and how the job has changed over the past decade.

What’s it like being an NBA coach behind the scenes each day?

HoopsHype was granted exclusive access to Indiana’s coaching staff during their trip to New York on October 24-25 to find out.

This venture included sitting in on a coaches meeting at the hotel the day before facing the Knicks, riding the team bus to Madison Square Garden for shootaround and the game, listening to what Pacers coaches told their players before taking the court, halftime adjustments, and after the game.

During the fellowship and talking with the coaches during their meeting, HoopsHype learned how the NBA grind affects the sleep habits of coaches and their family life, what happens on team plane rides and bus trips, how coaches prepare for games, what happens during in-game chats, and how the job has changed over the past decade.

NBA stars who had a winning record against Michael Jordan

There aren’t many stars who can boast about besting Michael Jordan, widely regarded as the greatest of all time by most basketball fans. Though MJ gave everybody the business, a bunch of NBA luminaries managed to beat him more often than not during …

There aren’t many stars who can boast about besting Michael Jordan, widely regarded as the greatest of all time by most basketball fans. Though MJ gave everybody the business, a bunch of NBA luminaries managed to beat him more often than not during his early days with the weak Chicago Bulls roster in the mid-80s or when he donned the Washington Wizards jersey.

Few accomplished that when MJ and his team were at the peak of their powers – most notably a towering center from the Western Conference.

Here’s a list of stars who retired with a winning record against the GOAT:

Research: Which players retired (or were retired) from the NBA each year?

Every year, NBA royalty disappears from the league for good. More often than not, that happens quietly. But that was not the case in 2016, when Kobe Bryant went out with a Hollywood ending by scoring 60 points in a widely expected final game against …

Every year, NBA royalty disappears from the league for good. More often than not, that happens quietly. But that was not the case in 2016, when Kobe Bryant went out with a Hollywood ending by scoring 60 points in a widely expected final game against the Utah Jazz.

Kobe was not the only big-time NBA legend to finish their career that season, as Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett left the game that year too. All in all, the players who retired from the NBA that season combined for 71 All-Star appearances, which makes it easily the most decorated retirement class in league history.

How do other retirement classes compare to 2016? You can see for yourself below. (We start with 2022 because we’re not sure some of the 2023 guys like John Wall or Victor Oladipo are 100 percent done with the league).

Ranking: Which city’s natives have won the most NBA championships?

Throughout NBA history, New York City natives have won a combined 62 championships, far surpassing any other city worldwide, according to HoopsHype’s research. However, 58 of these titles were secured in the 20th century, with only four in the 21st …

Throughout NBA history, New York City natives have won a combined 62 championships, far surpassing any other city worldwide, according to HoopsHype’s research. However, 58 of these titles were secured in the 20th century, with only four in the 21st – courtesy of Brendan Haywood, Lamar Odom and Metta World Peace. That tells you all you need to know about New York’s decline as the actual basketball mecca.

Led by Kobe Bryant‘s five championships, Philadelphia comes second, though many of its titles came way back in the day too.

The first international city in the ranking is Melbourne (Australia) at No. 20 with seven titles.

For the full ranking, as always, scroll down below.

These are the NBA players with descending contracts

The hope for every worker is to have a better salary each year of their career. For NBA players, this is usually a given, starting with fixed rookie-scale contracts that increase annually. However, we find the opposite in some cases: players with …

The hope for every worker is to have a better salary each year of their career. For NBA players, this is usually a given, starting with fixed rookie-scale contracts that increase annually. However, we find the opposite in some cases: players with decreasing contracts year over year. For NBA organizations, this is a valuable tool to maintain future flexibility, even if it means making sacrifices in the immediate present.

Here are the players whose salaries will decrease until their current contracts expire.