Frustrated with ACC, FSU and Miami are jealous of UCF | Commentary • Orlando high school sports scores and top performers from Tuesday, May 16
 Sentinel Sports Final Wednesday, May 17, 2023 | | |
| | | | | The Magic didn't steal the show at the NBA draft lottery by jumping up into the top 3 for the best can't-miss prospects, but owning two of the top 11 isn't bad, either. Giannis Antetokounmpo was picked 15th (outside the lottery). The big question is this: Do they really need two more young players, or will they trade down for more assets or trade at least one pick for proven vets who can help them win now? it depends on the quality of the players available outside the top 5. Teams deal draft picks if they 're already full of youth they believe in. The Magic appear to be at the next stage. .... Do you remember Scottie Pippen's terrible decision when his contact was up with the Bulls after winning the title? He signed a 7-year, $18 million deal as NBA contracts began to explode. Well, the ACC did far worse by locking its schools into a media rights deal through 2036. Hello, has anyone at the ACC ever heard of an opt-out clause? Today 's pro contracts are full of them. Miami and FSU could've hired John Gibbons (the stuttering attorney, My Cousin Vinny, 1992) to negotiate a better deal. Any long-term deal needs an opt-out aka escape hatch to adjust to changing circumstances. ... NBA owners have become impatient, firing coaches who won them championships less than five years ago (Nick Nurse, Mike Budenholzer). But the Sixers giving former Magic coach Doc Rivers the boot is one of the few that makes sense. Great career record? Fine. Championship coach? That was 2008 so it basically doesn't count. To stay employed long-term in this league, you've not only get results but a coach must not be set in his ways. "We play the way we play. If we do it harder, we'll be OK." Guess who used that logic? Scott Brooks. Repeatedly. What head coaching job does he have right now? You guessed it. None..... Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is 180 degrees from that. His team, the lowest seed alive at No. 8, upset the No. 1 seed Bucks and is in the conference finals. That's what it takes to stay employed as a coach like he has been since 2008. Constant re-invention. Game 1 vs. Boston is tonight. | | | | Orlando acquired the No. 11 pick from the Chicago Bulls, who owed the Magic a first-round pick from the March 2021 trade that sent Nikola Vucevic and Al-Farouq Aminu to Chicago for Wendell Carter Jr., Otto Porter Jr., a 2021 first-round pick (Franz Wagner, at No. 8) and an additional first-rounder. | | | | | Most legal experts will tell you that conference grant-of-rights contracts are about as ironclad as they come. It would reportedly cost a $120 million exit fee for an ACC team to buy out of the grant-of-rights agreement and join another league and, even then, the ACC would still own the defecting school's TV rights until 2036. | | | | | Tuesday's results include baseball, softball and boys volleyball FHSAA region playoff games and top performers. | | | | | The University of Central Florida is requesting almost $200 million from the Orange County Tourist Development Tax Citizen Advisory Task Force to "accelerate" the development of athletic facility upgrades. UCF, however, hasn't received TDT funds in the last 10 years. | | | | | Major League Baseball in Orlando? Orlando Sentinel columnists Mike Bianchi and Scott Maxwell debate the $975 million request | | | | | A rhythm has been hard to come by for Orlando (4-4-3, 15 points) but it built some positive momentum after erasing a two-goal deficit to tie 2-2 in Columbus. The Lions are tied with NYCFC (4-5-3, 15 points) and five other teams in the standings. | | | | | Boston is more talented. The Heat are tougher. Any path to a Heat title starts with Playoff Jimmy leading the way. | | | | | Nikola Jokic recorded his sixth triple-double of these playoffs with 34 points, 21 rebounds and 14 assists, powering Denver which stayed undefeated at home. | | | | | The Rays improved their majors-leading record to 32-11. The Mets, despite a payroll of around $346 million — more than four times greater than Tampa Bay's — dropped to 20-23. | | | | | Hagerty standout Miguel Pantojas chases 800 state championship and Florida high school records set by Andres Arroyo and Rheinhardt Harrison in Saturday's FHSAA 4A state track and field meet. | | | | | The No. 1 team in the FHSAA softball power rankings showed why it earned that spot as Lake Brantley rolled to a 6-0 victory vs. county rival Lake Mary in the Class 7A Region 1 semifinal. It's the fourth time this season the Patriots (23-3) have defeated the Rams (13-14), and second straight shutout as […] | | | | | Doc Rivers, who landed his first head coaching job with the Magic from 1999-2004, led the 76ers to their second straight 50-win season behind NBA MVP Joel Embiid but again failed to lead them to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2001. | | | | | Windermere (25-3-1) lost a heartbreaker, 1-0, at Tampa Plant in the 7A Region 2 final and 4A Bishop Moore and 3A Montverde Academy also ended their seasons with defeats Tuesday. | | | |
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