Knicks lose Randle until next year, Hornets' coaching search & Jrue Holiday's stellar season | No Cap Room

Jake Fischer and Dan Devine talk about Steve Clifford stepping down as head coach of the Hornets, Chauncey Billups and Vince Carter making the Hall of Fame, Julius Randle’s season-ending surgery and a lot more.

00:00 - Hello Friends!

02:45 - Steve Clifford steps down as Hornets coach

12:40 - Chauncey Billups & Vince Carter to HOF

21:55 - Orlando Magic

27:25 - BREAKING: Julius Randle undergoes shoulder surgery

43:10 - Jrue Holiday sacrifices for the Celtics

On this episode of No Cap Room, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Jake Fischer and Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Dan Devine get together to talk about everything that’s going on in the NBA.

They start with the news of Steve Clifford, who announced yesterday that he would be stepping down as the head coach of the Charlotte Hornets and taking a role in the front office. Jake explains why this move happened now while both guys talk about what a great coach Clifford has been.

It was also leaked yesterday that Chauncey Billups and Vince Carter are among those that will be entering into the Basketball Hall of Fame this year. After discussing why the Hall of Fame even exists, the guys make the case for why Billups and Carter deserve to be in there.

The Orlando Magic knocked the New Orleans Pelicans out of the playoffs and into the play-in yesterday, leading to a discussion about how good the Magic are now and how much damage that could deliver in the playoffs.

During the podcast, news broke that New York Knicks forward Julius Randle would undergo shoulder surgery and would be re-evaluated in 5 months. This is obviously a big hit to the Knicks’ playoff chances, and a bummer for Randle, who has been fighting against narratives his entire NBA career.

Finally, Jake tells a story about watching the end of LSU-Iowa with the Boston Celtics before both he and Dan discuss Jrue Holiday, who has made big sacrifices to his offensive game and taken on a larger defensive role in an effort to win yet another NBA title.

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