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Watch Live: Brooklyn Nets vs. Washington Wizards, 7:30 PM EST on YES Network
The Brooklyn Nets are off to a 2-0 begin to their 7-game homestand. Not unhealthy. On Wednesday night time they’ll look to maintain the momentum going towards the Washington Wizards.
The Wiz are proper there within the playoff hunt within the East at 11-10, simply forward of the Nets. They’ve gotten exceedingly nice performances from Kristaps Porzingis and Kyle Kuzma this season.
They’ve been equally proficient on each side of the ball, sitting at about league common in each offense and protection – but when we’re zooming in a bit, over their final three video games they’ve been the worst defensive group in that span. What’s been a significant plus for them is limiting their turnovers. They’re third within the NBA in AST/TO ratio.
Let’s hope that protection continues to falter, at the least for tonight.
WHO: Brooklyn Nets (11-11) vs. Washington Wizards (11-10)
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. est
WHERE: YES Community (television and app), WFAN-FM (radio)
Sport preview.
Is it going to be that simple this time round? Most likely not, however the stakes are nonetheless pretty excessive. Washington enters with an 11-10 report, Brooklyn at 11-11. This one’s for all of the marbles (play-in place). However whereas Washington is firmly the place they have been projected and Brooklyn has upset, the month of November has seen completely different trendiness for these groups. The Wizards have been fiercely common, by and thru. Good and horizontal. Brooklyn is trending up, with, one way or the other, the Fifth-best internet ranking within the league this month. Who knew? A win received’t be simple, however even with all of the lacking Nets, and the actual fact their report is presently inferior, it is a recreation Brooklyn expects to have.
To take action, they’ll should shut down a near-mirror picture of their very own offense. The Wizards get to the rim nearly as sometimes as Brooklyn (twenty seventh in rim frequency to Brooklyn’s twenty eighth). However that’s what occurs when your principal scorer is Bradley Beal and Kristaps Porzingis instantly fires up a 16-footer when he touches the ball contained in the arc. Washington is considered one of 5 groups that takes extra mid-range pictures than the Combating Kevin Durants, per Cleansing the Glass. Additionally they take far fewer threes.
For extra on the Wizards, try Bullets Endlessly.
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Middle East conflict live updates: Israel carries out airstrike on Iran, Israeli official says
The Israeli military carried out an airstrike inside Iran, an Israeli official said Friday, in retaliation for an Iranian barrage of missiles and drones launched against Israel. It was not clear what damage the strike caused, but the official — who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters — said it was intended to signal to Iran that Israel had the ability to strike inside the country.
Washington
Washington safety re-enters NCAA transfer portal
Washington safety Vincent Holmes has re-entered the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned.
Holmes initially entered the portal when former Huskies head coach Kalen DeBoer left to take the Alabama job. Now, Holmes is once again looking for a new team.
While Holmes was a highly-touted recruit, he didn’t amass any stats in 2023 for the Huskies.
Before college, Holmes played his high school football at San Jacinto (CA), where he was a four-star prospect. He was the No. 290 overall recruit in the 2023 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a proprietary algorithm that compiles ratings and rankings from all four primary recruiting media services.
As a recruit, Holmes held offers from big-name schools including the USC Trojans, Oregon Ducks and UCLA Bruins.
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.
Washington
Pac-12 finances: Washington attempts to restructure stadium debt as Big Ten move looms
Washington’s athletic department broke the $150 million mark in revenue last year for the first time in school history and reported an operating surplus, according to financial documents reviewed by the Hotline.
But the most significant money matter on Montlake wasn’t included in an 81-page report to the NCAA and is months away from unfolding … if it materializes at all.
The school is “evaluating options” for refinancing the debt on the Husky Stadium renovation, a move that potentially could free up valuable cash for operations as the Huskies transition into the Big Ten.
Washington’s $280 million renovation of Husky Stadium in the early 2010s relied heavily on debt provided by the university’s internal lending program (ILP) over a 30-year period.
The athletic department paid $12.3 million in debt service in the 2022 fiscal year, per the financial report submitted to the NCAA.
But that figure dropped by approximately $3 million in 2023 after Washington’s board of regents approved a temporary restructuring plan.
The new approach allows the Huskies to make interest-only payments through the 2025 fiscal year, according to the regents:
“Restructure ILP debt service so that fiscal years 2023 – 2025 are $3.1 million lower per year, leaving (athletics) to pay interest only during these years. The principal amounts will be amortized over the life of the loans.”
The interest-only window ends in the summer of 2025, but the pressure on Washington’s budget will not.
The Huskies begin play in the Big Ten later this year after agreeing to enter the conference, along with Oregon, at a steep discount.
The schools will receive half-shares of the Big Ten’s annual media rights deal with Fox, CBS and NBC.
Over the course of the six-year contract term, that discount will result in the Pacific Northwest powers receiving about $180 million less than their peers in the Big Ten, including USC and UCLA, which were granted full shares when they agreed to join the conference in 2022.
Every dollar UW saves on debt service could help offset the revenue disparity.
As a result, president Ana Mari Cauce’s office and the athletic department have been “evaluating options for debt service in both the near and long term as a part of (the) annual budget development,” per a statement issued to the Hotline by Cauce’s office.
Any restructuring of the debt beyond 2025, when the interest-free window expires, must be approved by the regents. UW plans to make its case at the June meeting “in conjunction with board budget approvals.”
The savings from a restructured payment plan are not publicly known. But if, for example, the new rate lowered UW’s annual debt service by the same amount as the temporary shift to interest-only payments ($3.1 million annually) — and if that process played out for the entirety of the Big Ten’s media rights deal — the Huskies would save about $19 million.
If funneled to operations, that would cover the salary for a top-tier offensive or defensive coordinator over the entire timeframe.
Other news and notes from UW’s financial report to the NCAA, which was submitted earlier this year:
— The Huskies were one of five schools in the Pac-12 that reported an operating surplus in the 2023 fiscal year, along with Oregon, Cal, Arizona and Utah.
UW booked $151.6 million in revenue against $150 million in expenses.
— However, the schools include financial support from campus as revenue, in accordance with NCAA reporting regulations.
Washington’s campus support, which took the form of student fees allocated to athletics and direct transfers from the university, totaled $10.3 million last year — the fourth-lowest amount in the conference.
Oregon received no direct help from campus while UCLA received $2.1 million in support and Washington State received $6.8 million.
The total amount of campus support for the 11 schools was $150.5 million, according to an analysis by the Hotline. (USC’s budget was not available.)
— When campus support was removed from their revenue total, the Huskies showed an $8.7 million operating loss.
Only Oregon, which generated a $3.8 million surplus, fared better.
Arizona State, Cal, Colorado, Stanford and UCLA all produced shortfalls in excess of $30 million when campus support was removed from the revenue total.
— The Huskies declined to provide budget projections for the 2024 fiscal year, citing the changes in athletic directors and head coaches, the Pac-12’s negotiated settlement with the outgoing schools and the university’s new financial accounting system.
The combination has “created uncertainty in FY24 revenue/expenses that we are still actively reconciling.”
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