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With the second round of the NBA Playoffs underway, here my five quick thoughts from the NBA and NCAA. 1. Vinny Del Negro and Larry Drew (Clippers & Hawks): We saw this earlier this month with P.J. Carlesimo and Jim Boylan, who were both interim coaches. Sometimes even if you get your team to the playoffs, your job is still in jeopardy. Now both Del Negro and Drew await news about whether theyll be retained. I think both of these guys did a good job under their specific circumstances particularly with injuries popping up. The Clippers job, if it opens, will be the job, assuming they can retain Chris Paul, that many available coaches will be all over. Atlanta? A lot will depend on what GM Danny Ferry is able to do with free agency. The club has a lot of cap space and the club needs to retain Josh Smith. This job is a bit of a leap of faith for a coach, as he will have to likely accept the job before the July 1 recruiting Period and hope like crazy for the best. 2. George Karl (Nuggets): Congratulations on winning NBA Coach of the Year. Its well-earned and well-deserved. Its great to see a man like this battle cancer and bounce back big-time. Karl is one of the most innovative and creative coaches in the past 25 years in the league. He has a nice team in Denver and when the group is healthy, the Nuggets are a legit top four team in the West for the near future. Take into account the wonderful home court advantage they have, theyre always in the discussion as a good/very good team. Karls teams are fun to watch and he gets a lot out of them. While the Nuggest got upset by the Warriors and that stings, Im sure when the coach reflects on where he has come from and where hes got that thing headed, hell see theyre in good shape and thankfully so is he. 3. Ryan McDonough (Suns): The 33-year-old is the general manager of the Suns after a nice stint as Assistant GM in Boston for Danny Ainge. Hes young but hes paid his dues and been around and contributed to the success of a very good organization. Im all for new/young guys getting their shot. We need some new blood and fresh ideas instead of the constant NBA retread mentality. McDonough will have his hands full in Phoenix. The talent level is way down yet its an attractive market to lure good players to. A Great opportunity. Good for him. 4. Anthony Bennett (UNLV): Hell be the top Canadian drafted this year in the NBA Draft before Kelly Olynk. Hell likely be a top five-to-ten selection. Bennett announced that hes going to have surgery on a torn rotator cuff. Will it hurt his draft stock at all? Likely not. All the scouts Ive spoken to have their book on him and are all quite comfortable with him and his game. I dont think its a big concern. Hes going to be a good pro. 5. Andrew Wiggins: This Canadian could end up being the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft if he has a good year as a freshman in the NCAA. The recruiting battle is down to four Schools: (Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas and Florida State). Obviously, if any of you have seen this young man, hes got a chance to be a program changer type guy in college and IF, there will a lot of hype and distractions which will serve as a good test of his dedication and focus, he works his tail off at his game and body hes got a chance to be a special player at the pro level. Potential vs. productivity, its what separates the great from the good. Ive got my fingers crossed that he listens to the right voices and stays true to what being a great player is all about. The potential is there, we all know that, now the true test will start to truly happen in near future. This will be a fascinating story. Matt Albers Jersey . LOUIS -- Heading into the final stretch of the season, the issues for the Chicago Bears banged-up defence only seem to be getting worse. Yasmani Grandal Jersey . 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Adam Dunn and Conor Gillaspie homered while Gordon Beckham had three hits, John Danks pitched into the eighth inning and the White Sox snapped the Baltimore Orioles four-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory Tuesday night. Gillaspies homer snapped a 1-1 tie in the sixth, and Dunns 22nd, a two-run homer in the seventh, gave Chicago a 5-1 lead. Addison Reed pitched a scoreless ninth for his 22nd save in 26 attempts. Chicago ended a five-game losing streak and avoided falling a season-high 16 games below .500. And the White Sox managed to win by playing the kind of clean game they havent for most of the season. The White Sox made no errors, their bullpen was solid, the pitching was strong, and the offence produced. It all added up to a needed victory against one of baseballs hottest teams. "Its nice," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "Weve had some tough nights here the last few." The White Sox have lost 23 of their past 32 and are in last place in the American League Central. Danks (2-5), who earned his first win since beating Oakland on June 8, allowing two runs and six hits and seven innings with four strikeouts, knows what kind of hole the White Sox have dug for themselves. "We know how good we are. We know weve got a hell of a road ahead of us. We did it to ourselves," Danks said. "But at the same time, we know how capable we are of going on a run. We just hope that were able to do it starting now. We know were running out of time." Baltimore took a 1-0 lead with one out in the third when Brian Roberts hit his first home run of the season after coming off the disabled list Sunday. Roberts homer, on Danks first pitch of the at-bat, was his first since April 13, 2011, against the Yankees. That was all the production Baltimore got off the White Sox until a run in the eighth. "(Danks) didnt present many opportunities. He had a good tempo and we knew what he was going to try to do and he did it," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Thats a tribute to him and the good stuff he took out there tonight. He had a good change-up." Chicagos offence gave Danks more than he needed. Chicago tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on Beckhams one-out single to left. The White Sox took a 2-1 lead on Gillaspies onee-out homer in the sixth.dddddddddddd On a 1-0 pitch, Gillaspie hit his sixth homer of the season, a line drive that landed in the right-field corner. Chicago scored three times in the seventh, capped by Dunns 427-foot, two-run homer. The homer was Dunns 428th of his career, passing Mike Piazza for 45th all time, and gave Chicago a 5-1 lead on the second of two homers off Jason Hammel (7-5), the 17th and 18th hes allowed this year. "I dont really know how to answer that. Its just balls that are up in the zone that get hit out this year that werent last year," said Hammel, who pitched seven innings and gave up five runs and nine hits. "Its kind of just the way Im going right now. The mistakes are being amplified." Tuesdays game capped a busy day for the Orioles, who acquired starting pitcher Scott Feldman and catcher Steve Clevenger from the Cubs for starter Jake Arrieta, reliever Pedro Strop, and two international signing bonus slots. Feldman, who signed a one-year deal with the Cubs last off-season and is 7-6 with a 3.46 ERA, is expected to start Wednesday for the Orioles. Beckham hopes Tuesday is the start of a run for the White Sox, one they need to get back into the race. "Show up tomorrow and try to win tomorrow and see what happens," Beckham said. "Ten game winning streaks have happened before, so well continue to show up and do the work and hopefully get on a roll here." NOTES: Paul Konerko was the White Soxs designated hitter and went 0 for 4 after missing six games with lower back tightness. ... The White Sox signed 16-year-old Dominican outfielder Micker Adolfo Zapata to a contract that included a $1.6 million signing bonus, the largest in team history for an international signing. ... The White Sox appointed former slugger Jim Thome to a position as special assistant to general manager Rick Hahn. Thome, who last played for Baltimore in 2012, will work with players at all levels throughout the organization. ... With Feldman pitching Wednesday against Chicagos Hector Santiago (3-5, 3.59), the Orioles will start Zach Britton on Thursday and push Miguel Gonzalez to Friday in New York against the Yankees. ... Baltimores Wei-Yin Chen will make a rehab start Thursday for Double-A Bowie and the team hopes he will get to 90 pitches. Chen has been on the disabled list since May 14 with a strained right oblique. ' ' '