The only players who have pulled off that feat are Bill Russell (1961, 1962, 1963), Wilt Chamberlain (1966, 1967, 1968) and Larry Bird (1984, 1985, 1986). The Nuggets aren’t keeping that fact a secret from Jokic. “No, I challenged him, ” said Nuggets coach Michael Malone, who flew to Serbia last summer to surprise Jokic with his second straight award. Jokic is obviously among the favorites. Until this past season, there had never been a stretch of four consecutive international MVPs in the NBA.

Pistons vs. Clippers Prediction and Odds for Thursday, November 17 (Back Clippers With No Hesitation)The Los Angeles Clippers and the Detroit Pistons both look to bounce back from losses tonight in the venue formerly known as Staples Center (crypto. com Arena). The Clippers fell to the Dallas Mavericks, failing to complete the comeback, while Detroit has had a few days to recover from its loss to the Toronto Raptors.

the East — a. 568 winning percentage. AGE GAMEThe youngest player in the league entering this season is Detroit’s Jalen Duren, who was born Nov. 18, 2003. Yes, that means he wasn’t born yet when some current players were already in the league. LeBron James and Udonis Haslem both played their 11th career games on the day Duren was born. That isn’t the only age quirk this season.

If the games are on ESPN, NBA TV, ABC or local networks, fans can watch them for free via trials of DirecTV Stream, Sling TV or fuboTV. If they’re on TNT, fans can watch games via DirecTV Stream or Sling TV, which is offering 50 percent off the first month. Out-of-market fans can watch games via NBA League Pass. Here’s the NBA TV schedule for Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022:Brooklyn Nets vs. Portland Trailblazers, 10 p. m. ETSTREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NBA League PassSan Antonio Spurs vs. Sacramento Kings, 10 p. ET -- ESPN (fuboTV, free trial)STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NBA League PassDetroit Pistons vs. Los Angeles Clippers, 10:30 p.

The 42-year-old Haslem is older than five current head coaches — New Orleans’ Willie Green, Memphis’ Taylor Jenkins, Oklahoma City’s Mark Daigneault, Utah’s Will Hardy and Boston interim coach Joe Mazzulla. Golden State’s Andre Iguodala is older than than the last four names on that list; James is older than the last three. There are 19 players currently on rosters who are older than Hardy (including Jazz players Rudy Gay and Mike Conley) and 23 players older than Mazzulla (including Boston forward Al Horford). ODDS AREOklahoma City has been favored in five games over the last two seasons. That’s the fewest games in a two-year span by any team over the last decade; Philadelphia was favored in a combined six games over the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons. That said, the Thunder were a great bet last season.

In the regular season, the East went 226-224 against the West — bolstered by a 3-0 record on the final day with Chicago topping Minnesota, Boston rolling past Memphis and Atlanta defeating Houston. Throw in Golden State’s 4-2 mark against Boston in the NBA Finals, and the final games-won tally for the full season was West 228, East 228. The only other time since 1998-99 that the East won the regular season series vs. the West was 2008-09, going 231-219. In the other 21 regular seasons over that span, before last year, the West had gone 5, 149-3, 910 vs.

The Spurs’ group of 19-year-olds, incidentally, are five of the NBA’s 17 youngest players who made rosters or got two-way deals to start the season. SPO WATCHMiami’s Erik Spoelstra — whose tenure with the Heat is the second-longest of any current coach in his current job, behind only San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich — should move into the top 20 on the NBA’s all-time wins list this season.

Pistons vs. Clippers Prediction and Odds for Thursday, November 17 (Back Clippers With No Hesitation)The Los Angeles Clippers and the Detroit Pistons both look to bounce back from losses tonight in the venue formerly known as Staples Center (crypto. com Arena). The Clippers fell to the Dallas Mavericks, failing to complete the comeback, while Detroit has had a few days to recover from its loss to the Toronto Raptors. Tonight is a big day for the both teams, as the Pistons look to find some type of success this season. Meanwhile, the Clippers are trying to regain their momentum from earlier in the week.

 Los Angeles has covered the last three times its been at least a 9-point favorite. Over the last five games, the Clippers have gone from the 29th-ranked offense to the 19th-ranked offense. After a tough start, L. A. has gone 6-3 in their last nine games. As for the Pistons, they are 1-5-1 ATS in their last seven games as 9-point underdogs. Detroit also has the worst defensive rating in the league. The Pistons are also 1-5-1 ATS this season as the road team.  There is nothing that tells me to back the Pistons, so we’ll ride with Los Angeles.  You can find Donnavan Smoot’s full betting record here.

Popovich, the NBA’s all-time wins leader, has faced more than half of them — 50. 3%, or 162. Popovich turns 74 on Jan. 28, and he’s the oldest active head coach in the NBA. It’s no secret that Popovich enjoys talking about and, of course, sipping fine wine. But six of the players on San Antonio’s season-opening roster probably won’t have much to say about that topic; Jordan Hall is 20 and the Spurs have five other players — Joshua Primo, Blake Wesley, Dominick Barlow, Malaki Branham and Jeremy Sochan — who are still 19 as this season begins.

Detroit Pistons vs. Los Angeles Clippers prediction, pick, odds

Jokic is fourth in terms of lowest odds, tied with Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant and just ahead of Memphis’ Ja Morant, Boston’s Jayson Tatum and Golden State’s Stephen Curry. POP STUFFSan Antonio’s Gregg Popovich has faced 163 different coaches so far in his legendary career. That list should reach at least 166 this season, with him slated to oppose Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham, interim Boston coach Joe Mazzulla and former Spurs assistant Will Hardy — now the coach in Utah — all for the first time. There have been 322 coaches in NBA history, not including Popovich, who have coached at least 10 games.

Detroit Pistons vs Los Angeles Clippers Prediction, 11/17

Tonight is a big day for the both teams, as the Pistons look to find some type of success this season. Meanwhile, the Clippers are trying to regain their momentum from earlier in the week. Let's look at the odds and see how to bet this giant spread. My initial reaction to seeing this line was to pick the Pistons ATS, as the Clippers’ 29th-ranked offense is a cause for concern. However, this is a good time to put your Clippers worries aside and back them.

ETSTREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NBA League PassHere’s an NBA season preview, courtesy of the AP:Nikola Jokic is about to start his chase toward something that hasn’t been done in nearly 40 years. A player winning back-to-back NBA MVP awards is rare, something that’s happened only 13 times in league history. And having done that last season, Jokic — the cornerstone of the Denver Nuggets — is now trying for something even more unusual: winning it three years in a row.

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