“Something special is brewing,” posted NBA legend Dwyane Wade on Instagram. “Way to lead little bro.”

After a fourth first-round playoff exit in five seasons, the Portland Trail Blazers and coach Terry Stotts mutually agreed to part ways on Friday, the team announced.

James Harden’s exit with a hamstring injury left head coach Steve Nash feeling for his star guard.Brooklyn Nets

Mitchell has drawn Wade comparisons since his breakout rookie season in 2017-18, when he filled the lead playmaking role vacated by All-Star forward Gordon Hayward's free-agent departure. He attacks the basket like a runaway freight train still in control tilting around curves in the mountains, and he is built like one, too.Washington Wizards

The card saw a stunning 269% increase in a 31-day span from December to January. This was the trading card equivalent of Jordan himself back in 1986 going from a load-management restriction following a broken foot that season to dropping 63 points in the playoffs on the eventual world champion Celtics at the Boston Garden that April.Memphis Grizzlies

"Anytime you get an award like this, I'm obviously honored, but it's more a reflection of our group and our organization," Thibodeau said on "Inside The NBA" in accepting the award.

''I didn't do a lot of things right for my team in the first half, and it ate at me,'' Mitchell said.Dallas Mavericks

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