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With a veteran offensive line, new QB under center and OC who played running back, the Lions could emphasize the run game in 2021        

Svi Mykhailiuk and Sekou Doumbouya had their best nights of the young season for the Detroit Pistons on Saturday, though they loss again.        

Ex-Lions GM Martin Mayhew, who once said he'd win a Super Bowl if he had '22 Matthew Staffords,' now may have a chance to acquire his old draft pick        

When George Paton watched his Minnesota Vikings complete their season Jan. 3, only one player on the roster — center Brett Jones — was acquired via trade. But don’t think Paton, in his new role as the Broncos’ general manager, will stand idle in rebuilding a team in the midst of a five-year playoff drought. Paton made draft-and-develop his modus operandi (“The best way to build a football team”) during Tuesday’s introductory media session, but 24 years in pro football have taught him to be open-minded about any kind of move. “Will (we) be aggressive and dip into free agency or the trade market?

When it comes to Nikola Jokic, Isiah Thomas doesn’t see height. Heck, no. He sees a ninja. A cobra in a dragon’s body. In his mind, the Joker’s just another member of the club. The point guard club. “I look at Jokic as a 7-foot point guard,” Thomas, the NBA TV/Turner Sports analyst and longtime Detroit Pistons floor general, told The Post.

Boston Stanton plays high school basketball with a relentless energy that often leaves the Denver East senior gasping for air when he finishes a fast break or sprints back in transition. Lately, it’s been difficult to catch his breath. High school players all across Colorado can relate. With high school basketball practices underway, and games starting Monday in a season abbreviated due to COVID-19, teams are grappling with a rule change mandating masks worn by all players during games. Stanton, among the state’s top boys basketball players, is conscious of health concerns that led to the mask requirement.