Mar 16, 2021
Once the Minnesota Timberwolves changed coaches from Ryan Saunders to Toronto Raptors assistant Chris Finch Jaylen Nowell s NBA career went in a different direction, too.
All good.
Nowell easily made the transition once the Timberwolves replacement leadership was installed, watching his minutes immediately climb from 13.2 per game for the old guy to 23.8 under Finch.
At midweek, the former University of Washington guard and the 2019 Pac-12 Player of the Year broke loose for a pro basketball-best 28 points against the New Orleans Pelicans, converting 11 of 13 field-goal attempts, including 6 of 7 from 3-point range, in a 135-105 victory.
Asked why this period of transition has gone so well for him, Nowell had a ready answer.
It was Cold-blooded! Thomas Pac-10 Game-winner Came 10 Years Ago
Memory of UW guard s heroics helps dull the pain of terrible season.
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Mar 12, 2021
One of the lowest moments in University of Washington basketball history gleefully has been overshadowed this week by one of the most magnificent.
Two days after the Mike Hopkins team finished as the second-worst in program annals at 5-21, it was time to salute the 10-year anniversary of Isaiah Thomas amazing Pac-10 tournament buzzer-beater.
Even Thomas weighed in from afar, noting on social media, When I was a kid, I used to dream about hitting a buzzer-beater on the biggest stage. Then this happened.