What a 24 hours it’s been in the National Basketball Association. After a disappointing postseason, this unbelievably whacky offseason is exactly what the league needed to generate some additional interest.
Here’s a recap of all the craziness from Wednesday:
This move seemed inevitable, although nobody imagined it would come so soon, nor that it would leak out around midnight Wednesday morning. The past 12 months were tumultuous for Jackson in New York. Derrick Rose skipped a game and nobody in the organization seemed to know why. Jackson began a very public spat with Carmelo Anthony in an effort to push him out of New York, which also led to a frayed relationship with the team’s young star, Kristaps Porzingis.