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Kenneth Walker is turning heads at the highest level, and his own head coach is taking notice. Mike Macdonald came out and said flat out that Walker is playing the best running back football in the entire league right now, and the tape backs that up. Seattle's backfield is a problem for every defense on the schedule.
Shifting to the NBA, and this one stings in Cleveland. Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson is opening up about the moment LeBron James chose Philadelphia over a return to Northeast Ohio, admitting the decision left him genuinely depressed. After years of speculation that the four-time champion might come home to finish his career, watching him sign with the Seventy-Sixers hit different for the man tasked with rebuilding that franchise without him.
And across the Atlantic, the fixture congestion debate is getting louder. Hoffenheim manager Christian Ilzer went on record calling UEFA's scheduling insane after his side beat Lyon three-nothing in the Europa League. With PSG and Bayern both dealing with mounting injury lists, Ilzer's frustration with the Nations League format is echoing through the entire coaching community in Europe right now.
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