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LeBron James posts 41 points vs. Celtics in pursuit of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA scoring record
LeBron James keeps moving forward.
James entered Saturday night’s game against the Boston Celtics needing just 158 points to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time scoring leader. He finished the night with 41 points on 15-of-30 shooting (6-of-12 from deep) with nine rebounds and eight assists,
James is now only 117 points away from Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time mark.
That performance was just one part of a wild game against the Eastern Conference-best Boston Celtics, who were saved by a questionable no-call on a would-be James game-winner and pulled out a 125-121 win in overtime.
LeBron James breaking scoring record is just a matter of time
James is rapidly closing in on the scoring record, and he’s still playing incredible basketball while doing it. After Saturday’s game, he is averaging 30.2 points through 40 games this season, which would be the third-best scoring output over his two-decade run in the league.
James averaged 20.9 points per game as a rookie and hasn’t dipped below that pace since. He’s on pace to break Abdul-Jabbar’s record in 100-plus fewer games played than his fellow Lakers great. Abdul-Jabbar reached his tally of 38,387 points in 1,560 games; the Lakers’ game against the Spurs was the 1,405th of James’ career.
The season pace has James on track to pass Abdul-Jabbar on Feb. 4 against the New Orleans Pelicans. Here’s the upcoming slate of Lakers games as James pursues one of the last great milestones of his basketball career.
Monday: at Brooklyn Nets, 7:30 p.m. ET (NBA TV)
Tuesday: at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Feb. 2: at Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m. ET
Feb. 4: at New Orleans Pelicans, 8 p.m. ET
Feb. 7: vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, 10:30 p.m. ET
Feb. 9: vs. Milwaukee Bucks, 10 p.m. ET (TNT)
Feb. 11: at Golden State Warriors, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
Feb. 13: at Portland Trail Blazers, 10 p.m. ET
Feb. 15: vs. New Orleans Pelicans, 10 p.m. ET (ESPN)
What Nathaniel Hackett’s hiring means for Jets’ offense, Aaron Rodgers pursuit
Robert Saleh scoured the earth for the right offensive coordinator, interviewing “well over” 15 candidates, he said. Ultimately, though, he settled on one of the first names he put on his list when the Jets coach began looking for Mike LaFleur’s replacement.
Thursday, Saleh hired Nathaniel Hackett as his offensive coordinator, the biggest name on his list. Hackett was fired 15 games into a disastrous debut season as Broncos head coach, and the belief around the league — and even by some within the Jets organization — was that Hackett would take time off before returning to coaching.
Instead, Saleh convinced him to take control of an offense still looking for its quarterback, and in need of a reset after a problematic end to the 2022 season — with no touchdowns scored in the final three games — that ultimately led to LaFleur’s departure.
“Nathaniel checked every box,” Saleh said. “We’re just really fortunate, how much he believes in us as an organization. He could’ve sat on the couch for four years but his excitement to be here is reciprocated. He’s really excited. It’s a really, really good hire.”
Here are seven thoughts on this hire — plus the new Jets offensive line coach — and what it means for the offense, what the Jets will do at quarterback and for Zach Wilson.
Let’s get this out of the way first since it’s on everyone’s minds: Saleh insists the topic of who the Jets might pursue at quarterback this offseason was not part of the discussions with Hackett.
It’s no secret that Hackett has a close relationship with Aaron Rodgers, who — if he doesn’t retire — might be available via trade. Hackett was Rodgers’ offensive coordinator in Green Bay for his two most recent MVP award-winning seasons (2020, 2021). After Hackett was fired by the Broncos, Rodgers told Pat McAfee that “obviously it wasn’t a great fit in Denver” and that “he’s got a great friend in me still.”
Saleh said Hackett will come to the Jets’ facility next week and research all the quarterbacks, though it’s obviously hard to ignore his connection to Rodgers. Saleh admitted what the Jets do at quarterback was the “No. 1 concern” for the coaches he interviewed for the OC job, a further indication that they are prepared to move on from Wilson as their starter.
“The quarterback position was the No. 1 concern and rightfully so,” Saleh said. “It’s simple, we’re committed to finding a veteran, but we (Saleh and Hackett) didn’t get into names. I doubt he’s even studied those guys yet. He’s going to start next week. … We do plan on bringing in a veteran quarterback if we can. We do want to continue working with Zach and developing him.”
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2. How the search went
Saleh did “cast a wide net” in the offensive coordinator search, as he promised. The candidates he interviewed ranged from experienced play-callers (from varied schemes) to young coaches who haven’t called plays to college coaches. Not everyone was interested — both Darrell Bevell (Dolphins) and Joe Brady (Bills) opted to remain where they are rather than interview — but Saleh ultimately settled on a coach he describes as a “home-run” hire, especially paired with new offensive line coach Keith Carter.
Saleh interviewed all of the candidates first via Zoom, and then some — including Hackett — traveled to the Jets’ facility in Florham Park for an in-person conversation.
“When it came back to a certain checklist I was trying to go through of what I was looking for, I just kept circling back to him,” Saleh said. “He checks every box.”
Saleh said it was “important” to hire someone with experience. Hackett has been an offensive coordinator for three teams (Bills, Jaguars, Packers) and called plays to start his lone season as Broncos head coach.
“When you look at Nathaniel and this team, we knew we were going to have a revamped offensive line, we’ve been talking about getting a veteran quarterback if we can, we have a young group of skill guys,” Saleh said, “so it was important for us to have guys who have done it before.”
The Jets will build out Hackett’s offensive scheme without knowing who the quarterback will be, but expect a heavy emphasis on the running game. As an organization, the Jets believe they can win with a top-level defense and productive rushing attack — it’s how they started 6-3 in 2022 before falling off and missing the playoffs — and adding a quality quarterback would only make that formula work even better.
Nathaniel Hackett (left) and Robert Saleh used to work together on the Jaguars. (Dustin Bradford / Getty Images)
3. What the offense will look like under Hackett
Hackett has a background with West Coast offenses, so don’t expect the offense to look entirely different than it did with LaFleur, who brought over his coaching philosophies from Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers.
“There’s going to be some continuity there,” Saleh said. “He’s got a proven history of being able to develop a heck of a run game in every stop he’s ever been in. He’s got a proven track record of tremendous relationships with all the quarterbacks he’s ever worked with. He’s had success with all the QBs he’s worked with. There’s a lot of strengths with him. His commitment to complementary football, the experience, he’s an innovative teacher.”
I asked Nick Kosmider, The Athletic’s Broncos writer, what Hackett’s offensive approach looks like. Here’s what he said: “He is steeped in the outside-zone principles where you want to disguise the formation so that run and pass look the same. So he’ll want to use, say, big receivers in the slot, things like that. His optimal version of the offense was never really able to get off the ground here once they lost running back Javonte Williams. He should be able to get his system to work better with who the Jets have at running back.”
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4. What to make of Hackett’s disastrous Broncos season
Saleh attempted to divert attention away from what went wrong in Denver by calling it “recency bias” and emphasizing that Hackett got the Broncos job in the first place because of his success as an offensive coordinator. But it would be impossible to ignore what happened in Denver.
Hackett appeared to have lost control of the locker room, with teammates getting into scuffles on the sideline, when he was fired after coaching just 15 games. Quarterback Russell Wilson had the worst season of his career — 60.5 percent completion rate, 3,524 yards, 16 touchdowns, 11 interceptions and two lost fumbles. The Broncos were also the worst-scoring offense (16.9 points per game) in the NFL.
On the positive end, the Broncos were the 14th most-efficient red-zone offense (the Jets were 31st) and 17th in rushing yards per carry (the Jets were 24th), despite losing Williams.
“You’ve gotta own it. It’s part of the resume,” Saleh said. “You’ve gotta have the discipline to look past recency bias. You’ve gotta be able to look past whatever you want to call Denver. … I get it. I get the sentiment, but you’ve gotta be able to understand it was a celebrated hire when he got hired by Denver and it just didn’t work out. Sometimes things happen that way.”
5. The rest of the offensive staff
Saleh seemed even more amped up about adding Carter as offensive line coach and run game coordinator, replacing the fired John Benton. Carter spent the last five seasons as the Titans’ offensive line coach before they parted ways this offseason due to “philosophical differences,” Saleh said, who called him a “hard-nosed, hard-charging football coach that we’re really excited to get.”
Carter has a difficult job ahead in helping to rebuild an offensive line that was in shambles at the end of last season. Only two offensive linemen who started in 2022 — guard Laken Tomlinson and Alijah Vera-Tucker, who can play guard or tackle — are viewed as locks to start in 2023. Left tackle Duane Brown might return, but he could also retire or be cut for cap savings. Right tackle George Fant, right guard Nate Herbig and center Connor McGovern are all free agents. Tackle Mekhi Becton has missed all but one game the last two seasons with injuries, and tackle Max Mitchell was put on the non-football injury list in December.
Carter does have a proven track record, though. Over five seasons in Tennessee, this is where the Titans ranked in pressure rate allowed and successful play rate on rushing attempts, per TruMedia:
2018: 11th, 21st
2019: 9th, 11th
2020: 15th, 6th
2021: 18th, 25th
2022: 30th, 28th
The Jets also still have to fill a hole at wide receivers coach after Miles Austin was fired. Expect some continuity on staff, though it wouldn’t be surprising if Hackett brought in many of his own people at certain spots. Saleh also said he still intends to add a senior offensive assistant to the staff.
Nathaniel Hackett spent three seasons as Aaron Rodgers’ offensive coordinator in Green Bay. (Larry Radloff / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
6. Hackett’s history as an OC
Hackett has an up-and-down history as an offensive coordinator. He’s only been the primary play-caller with the Jaguars and in his short tenure with the Broncos. The Jaguars had one great season with Hackett as OC, in 2017 (sixth in yardage, fifth in scoring), and two others that weren’t as good. In 2016, they ranked 23rd in yardage and 25th in scoring. In 2018: 27th in yardage and 31st in scoring.
Hackett was the Bills’ offensive coordinator in 2013 and 2014. In those years, Buffalo ranked 19th and 26th in yardage, and 22nd and 18th in scoring. It should be noted that Hackett’s starting quarterbacks were Blake Bortles, E.J. Manuel, Cody Kessler, Thaddeus Lewis, Kyle Orton and Jeff Tuel.
Hackett also played an important role in Rodgers’ two MVP seasons. Packers coach Matt LaFleur called the plays, but Hackett oversaw red-zone planning and was heavily involved in the game plan, too. In Hackett’s three years as Packers offensive coordinator (2019-21), Green Bay ranked 15th, first and 10th in scoring, and 18th, fifth and 10th in yardage.
7. What it means for Zach Wilson
The Jets have been open about their desire to upgrade at quarterback, in so many words admitting that Wilson will not be their starter in 2023. Whether that means adding Rodgers, Derek Carr, Jimmy Garoppolo, Ryan Tannehill or someone else, Wilson is viewed more as a developmental project than a starting quarterback right now.
“Zach, we still have a lot of faith in him,” Saleh said. “He does things with the football in his arm that you can’t teach and he’s still young. He’s only 23 years old and he’s already got two years under his belt in this league. We just want to make sure we give him every opportunity to grow and develop. … We’re confident in Nathaniel and his ability to do that.”
(Top photo: AAron Ontiveroz / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post via Getty Images)
A tricky Aaron Rodgers pursuit by Jets could take awhile
The Jets are in the market for a quarterback … again. This is the first in a three-part series exploring their options this offseason. The first part is a look at trading for Packers star Aaron Rodgers.
Jets fans are suddenly searching for clues on “The Pat McAfee Show,” researching ayahuasca and watching a lot of “Jeopardy!” hoping for signs that Aaron Rodgers will be their next quarterback.
Those fans may need to R-E-L-A-X.
It could be a while before Rodgers’ future becomes clear and whether that involves a trade to Gang Green. Rodgers and the Jets made sense in many ways, but there remain some big questions: Would Rodgers want to play for the Jets, and would team owner Woody Johnson be willing to pick up the $59.465 million tab for Rodgers to play in 2023?
Johnson said after the season that he “absolutely” would be willing to spend on a veteran quarterback this offseason if that is what general manager Joe Douglas and head coach Robert Saleh tell him they want to do. Johnson, however, may not have had a price tag of close to $60 million in mind.
As the Jets ponder their quarterback options this offseason, the Rodgers question hovers over it. The possibility of adding a future Hall of Famer may be too good to pass up.
At the moment, that is all just speculation. The Packers have not indicated they are willing to trade Rodgers. And Rodgers has not said whether he intends to play in 2023, and if he does play, whether he wants to be traded. He has provided very few clues about what he plans to do. It is the third straight season of trying to read the tea leaves with Rodgers.
“All the other ideas about [a] trade and whatnot, that’s all conjecture until I decide what I want to do moving forward for myself,” Rodgers said on “The Pat McAfee Show” this week.
The conjecture got a boost last weekend when ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported it is a “real possibility” both the Packers and Rodgers are thinking about a trade this offseason.
The Jets have been connected to the Rodgers sweepstakes through logic. After their disaster this past season with Zach Wilson, Saleh and Douglas need a “win now” quarterback in 2023. Rodgers fits the bill. Johnson has shown he likes to acquire shiny toys. Notably, he traded for Brett Favre, Rodgers’ predecessor at Green Bay, in 2008.
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The first domino to fall will be whether Rodgers is willing to come to the Jets. Rodgers does not have a no-trade clause, but no team would trade for him without assurances that he wants to play for them. Some believe he would not be comfortable under the New York spotlight. The Jets certainly are in a better place than they have been to attract a player of Rodgers’ pedigree. They have a top-five defense. They have young weapons such as Garrett Wilson, Breece Hall and Elijah Moore. And they are expected to revamp the offensive line this offseason.
The Jets are in the process of hiring an offensive coordinator, and Nathaniel Hackett, who worked with Rodgers in Green Bay and whom the quarterback has spoken highly of, is one of the candidates. Hackett’s presence, however, does not guarantee anything. Just ask the Broncos. When they hired Hackett as their head coach last season, some believed Rodgers would follow him to Denver.
Saleh and Rodgers have some familiarity because of Saleh’s close relationship with Packers head coach Matt LaFleur. Rodgers said he congratulated Saleh when the Jets hired him while he was FaceTiming with LaFleur. Saleh has faced Rodgers as a coordinator and head coach and got to watch him practice in the summer of 2021, when the Jets and Packers practiced together in Green Bay.
“Watching him in a practice setting, I thought it was, for me, one of the cooler experiences,” Saleh said at the time. “You hear about Hall of Famers and you hear about how their practice habits are and I just thought the way he communicated with his teammates, the way he talked to his coaches, the respect and the regard that his teammates have for not only him but it’s reciprocated from him to his teammates, just a class act. And everything people think of him is exactly right, he’s A-1.”
The Contract
From a Jets perspective, the biggest hurdle is money. A potential trade for Rodgers would not be a salary cap issue. The three-year, $150 million contract extension he signed in March is structured in a way that keeps the cap hits low for the next two years.
There is a good breakdown of Rodgers’ contract at overthecap.com. Basically, whatever team Rodgers plays for in 2023 would have the option to break Rodgers’ compensation up into a $1.165 million base salary and a $58.3 million bonus. The bonus can be prorated over four years to lower the cap charge. His 2024 salary has a similar option. His cap charges would be a combined $48 million over the next two seasons.
So, the Jets could make the cap work. The question is whether Johnson can make the cash work. Even though the bonus would be prorated for cap purposes, Rodgers would be due the $20.3 million within 10 days of the team exercising the option and the other $38 million before Sept. 30.
While Johnson is a billionaire, the Jets do operate under a budget and part of the allure of drafting Zach Wilson in 2021 was having a quarterback playing on a rookie contract and being able to allocate money elsewhere. The Jets surely did not have $60 million in the budget for a quarterback when planning for the 2023 season.
The Packers may be hesitant to trade Rodgers because they will incur a $40 million dead-money charge if they do. If they do move on from Rodgers, it will be because they will have decided they’ve had enough and want to start Jordan Love. It won’t make much financial sense for them.
The Other Issues
Beyond the financial compensation, the Jets would also have to give up draft capital to acquire Rodgers. Just how much depends on who you ask. There was media speculation that the Packers would want two first-round picks for Rodgers. Those around the league feel that is unrealistic. At 39 years old, Rodgers is older than other quarterbacks who have been traded in recent years. The acquiring team would be absorbing his contract, and if it gets to the point of trade talks, would be taking a potential headache off of Green Bay’s hands.
Any trade package probably would be based on how Rodgers performs this coming season. A team could send a mid- and late-round pick in the 2023 draft to Green Bay and also deal a pick or picks in 2024 that are conditional based on things like how many games Rodgers plays, whether he wins MVP, and whether the team make the playoffs, the Super Bowl and wins the Super Bowl. A fourth-round pick could become a first-rounder based on Rodgers hitting certain marks in 2023.
A big question for the Jets is whether they believe Rodgers is declining. He had one of his worst seasons in 2022 after winning the MVP award in 2020 and 2021. Rodgers threw 12 interceptions, his most in a decade, and did not have a single 300-yard passing game last season. The Packers went 8-9 and missed the playoffs.
Then, there is the question of how many years Rodgers wants to play. Is it worth doing all of that for one season? He could be a short-term fix, but the team acquiring him would be searching for another quarterback in 2024. Rodgers has flirted with walking away for several years now.
Rodgers may drag this out and the Jets may not be able to wait. Other quarterbacks, such as Derek Carr and Jimmy Garoppolo, are going to find homes by mid-March. The Jets can’t be left without a partner at the end of the game of QB musical chairs.
“I’ve got to figure out what I want to do,” Rodgers told McAfee, “and then we’ll see where all the parties are at and what kind of transpires after that.”
Things could get interesting.
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Lakers’ LeBron James talks pursuit of scoring record, staying great at 38
LOS ANGELES — With the Lakers heading to Sacramento this weekend and LeBron James needing fewer than 500 points to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time mark of 38,397 points, James reflected on the time he scored his first NBA points in the home of the Kings.
“I knew that I was ready for the moment,” James told ESPN in an exclusive interview Friday. “I knew that I belonged in the greatest league in the world. But I didn’t know what to expect. And I was just super nervous. I didn’t know how my first bucket was going to come.”
Three minutes and four seconds into his first NBA game on Oct. 29, 2003, James hit his first NBA shot — a one-dribble pull-up jump shot, 16 feet from the basket along the baseline.
“Actually, kind of a difficult shot, too,” James said. “But I was just so, so nervous with excitement. Nervous with, I don’t want to fail. I don’t want to let people down.”
James has only piled up accomplishments — and points — since. He is on a tear as he approaches Abdul-Jabbar’s record, averaging 33.7 points on 57.8% shooting in his past 12 games, including 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting in Friday night’s 130-114 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
Not bad for a guy who has long made the argument that he’s not a scorer.
“I mean, I know how to put the ball in the hole,” James said. “When I say I’m not a scorer, I say it in a sense of, it’s never been the part of my game that defines me. … But there’s an argument to it. When you look at how long this record has stood and the great Kareem, being able to accomplish something like that.
“But it won’t be for me to discuss because I’ve never felt that way.”
Abdul-Jabbar has held the torch as the league’s top scorer since April 5, 1984 — nearly nine months to the day before James, who turned 38 last month, was born.
Unlike Abdul-Jabbar, whose signature skyhook is frozen in time in bronze as a statue outside Crypto.com Arena, James said picking one move from his offensive repertoire isn’t as obvious a choice.
“It’s not like I have a signature one-leg Dirk [Nowitzki] fadeaway or a patented Michael Jordan fadeaway or a Kareem skyhook or a [Hakeem Olajuwon] Dream Shake,” James said. “I think the only signature thing that people always talk about is my signature tomahawk dunk in transition.”
James is still playing above the rim as his career marches on, but his team is no longer playing near the top of the standings. L.A. has missed the playoffs in two of James’ four seasons with the Lakers and have a 18-21 record, 12th in the Western Conference.
“I want to win. [The losing is] not sitting well with me,” James said. “I don’t like having accomplishments, and it don’t feel right, when it comes in a losing effort. … So as we sit here right now as a franchise and as a team that’s below .500 — we’ve been playing some good basketball as of late, but we want to and I want to win at the highest level. Breaking records or setting records or passing greats in a losing effort has never been a DNA of mine.”
To illustrate his point, James explained how he decided to sit out the past five games of last season to rehabilitate an ankle injury after L.A. was already eliminated from postseason contention, rather than come back and play two more games just to have played enough of the season to be eligible to win the scoring title. James averaged 30 points per game in his 19th season.
“Me being out on the floor, trying to get the scoring Lakers’ LeBron James talks pursuit of scoring record, staying great at 38 in games that don’t matter, it felt so corny to me. So, I was like, I’m not even going [to play],” he said. “So that has never mattered to me unless it was about winning.”
While it has been 10 years since he won the last of his four regular-season MVPs in 2013, James still takes pride in opposing defenses preparing to stop him as one of the best players in the league.
“To be able to go out and still be a focal point of my opponent’s scouting reports lets me know I’m still playing at a high level,” he said. “I want to continue to play at a championship level and still be respected every time I touch the floor as a threat throughout whatever minutes I’m playing.”
James has two more years remaining on his contract with the Lakers. While he has repeatedly expressed his hope that the Lakers can find a way to field a more competitive team around him for the twilight of his career, there’s another goal he prioritizes above all else.
“I need to be on the floor with my boy, I got to be on the floor with Bronny,” James said of his eldest son, currently a senior in high school, who would not be eligible to play in the NBA until the 2024-25 season under the rules of the current collective bargaining agreement.
James has expressed this desire before, saying how he hoped to be teammates with his son in the league. However, he adjusted that stance slightly on Friday.
“Either in the same uniform or a matchup against him. I don’t mean like [guarding one another all game] — because he’s a point guard and I’m a, at this point now I’m playing center or whatever the team needs from me,” James said. “But I would love to do the whole Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. thing. That would be ideal for sure.”
James said he and Bronny do not actively discuss that future possibility, but he knows it’s something that interests his son, too.
“I ask him what are his aspirations, and he says he wants to play in the NBA,” James said. “So, if he wants do to it, he’s got to put in the work. I’m here already, so, I’m just waiting on him.”
And then there will be another first NBA bucket for the James family to get nervous about together.
James, referring to his career points total, said with a laugh, “He’s got a long way to get to me.”
Riverside County Deputy Isaiah Cordero mourned by community, colleagues after he was slain by suspected killer William Shae McKay
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) — Community members and fellow law enforcement colleagues are mourning the loss of Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Isaiah Cordero, who was killed in the line of duty.
Loved ones brought flowers and candles in Cordero’s memory to a growing memorial for the beloved deputy at the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station on Friday – many giving each other hugs as they shed tears.
Area resident Alicia Caloca remembered Cordero as a joyful person, who always smiled and looked happy.
The beloved deputy, 32, was shot and killed Thursday in the line of duty during a traffic stop. He had pulled over a pickup truck just before 2 p.m. in Jurupa Valley. As he approached the vehicle, the driver pulled a gun and shot him, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said at a Thursday evening news conference.
A witness called 911 and residents tried to help Cordero until paramedics arrived but he was pronounced dead at a hospital.
A massive manhunt then began for the shooter, who spotted in San Bernardino County, sparking a chase on freeways through both counties. A spike strip disabled two rear wheels but the truck kept going, the sheriff said.
News video showed dozens of California Highway Patrol and Sheriff’s Department vehicles, including an armored SWAT vehicle, chasing the truck.
On the 15 Freeway in Norco, the truck finally became disabled, losing an axle, and crashed, Bianco said.
“At the conclusion of the pursuit, the suspect fired rounds at deputies” with a handgun and they shot back, killing him, Bianco said.
The suspect, William Shae McKay, 44, of San Bernardino County, had a long and violent criminal history stretching back to before 2000 that included kidnapping, robbery and multiple arrests for assault with a deadly weapon, including a 2021 police chase in which a California Highway Patrol dog was stabbed, allegedly by an accomplice of McKay, the sheriff said.
William Shae McKay, 44, of San Bernardino County, is seen in a previous booking photo released by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
According to Bianco, McKay had been convicted of a “third strike” offense last year that should have put him in state prison for 25 years to life, but a San Bernardino County judge lowered his bail, allowing his release, and later released him following an arrest for failing to appear at his sentencing.
“He should have been immediately sentenced to 25 years to life,” Bianco said. “We would not be here today if the judge had done her job.” Bianco said.
Caloca, who brought flowers Friday morning to the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station to honor Cordero, believes the deputy’s death did not have to happen.
“This could have been prevented. It just kind of makes you more angry and a little bit more upset about how the system can be,” she said.
El Monte police officers delivered breakfast to the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station. They understand this community’s pain.
“I felt like my heart dropped,” said Ruben Quintana with El Monte Police.
Back in June, El Monte Police Sgt. Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana were gunned down at a motel while a investigating a crime.
“My heart goes out to them. If I had a magic wand, I would wave it and rewind time. But unfortunately life doesn’t work that way. All I can do is offer my support in any way that I can,” Quintana said. “We grieve and mourn with them.”
Cordero was a motorcycle officer assigned to Jurupa Valley, a city that contracts with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for policing services.
Cordero joined the 4,000-member strong department as a corrections deputy, worked in local jails, became a sworn deputy in 2018 and completed motor school to become a motorcycle deputy in September, Bianco said.
Cordero “learned from his mother the value of serving and helping others” and his goal at the department was always to become a motor deputy, Bianco said.
“He was naturally drawn to law enforcement and certainly embodied our motto of service above self,” Bianco said. “He was a jokester around the station and all of our deputies considered him their little brother.”
Several hours after the shooting, dozens of motorcycle officers and patrol cars escorted a hearse transporting the deputy’s flag-draped casket from the hospital to the county coroner’s office.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Twins paused their Carlos Correa pursuit after deal with Giants evaporated
After his deal with San Francisco evaporated, Carlos Correa once again was in play for the Twins on Tuesday. But only ever so briefly.
Before agreeing to a stunning 12-year deal worth $315 million with the New York Mets early Wednesday morning, Correa once again became available to all suitors, including the Twins.
Following the San Francisco Giants’ postponement of Correa’s introductory news conference on Tuesday morning, agent Scott Boras contacted the Twins to see if they maintained an interest in the shortstop. Prior to Correa delivering them a “kick in the gut” when he chose the Giants on Dec. 13, the Twins had offered him a 10-year, $285 million deal.
When he called again on Tuesday, Boras informed the Twins they’d need to improve upon their original offer. Team sources said the Twins wouldn’t increase their bid, nor would they hold further discussions until they had a better understanding of the medical concerns that reportedly caused Correa’s deal with the Giants to fall apart.
Carlos Correa. (Brace Hemmelgarn / Minnesota Twins / Getty Images)
With New York Mets owner Steve Cohen already showing interest, Boras quickly moved on from the Twins. Later that night, Correa agreed to his contract with the Mets.
Given how crestfallen the Twins were in the aftermath of Correa’s departure seven days earlier, their decision to not seriously engage Boras earlier this week represents quite the turn.
The Twins have been enamored with Correa since they signed him last March to a three-year deal worth $105.3 million, which the shortstop opted out of in November. From the outset, Correa impressed the Twins on the field and in the clubhouse. Not only did his physical skill set make them a better club by giving them a dynamic player at a key position, Correa made the Twins a more intelligent team, too.
As the rest of the team fell apart in August and September, Correa did his best to keep the Twins afloat. From Aug. 1 on, Correa produced a .900 OPS over 256 plate appearances. It was a strong finish to a campaign in which Correa batted .291/.366/.467 with 22 home runs and 64 RBIs. Overall, Correa was valued at 4.9 WAR.
While their best offer wound up $65 million short of San Francisco’s original winning bid, it was the highest ever made by the Twins, and one team officials think demonstrated their desire to retain Correa.
But just a week later, with presumably another shot at Correa, the Twins pressed pause.
They wanted to re-evaluate after an Associated Press report Tuesday said Correa’s introduction was postponed when “a medical concern arose” during his physical. The Giants issued a statement on Wednesday saying they’d had a “difference of opinion over the results of Carlos’ physical examination.”
As much as the Twins hoped to retain Correa, a team source said the club hadn’t had an opportunity to thoroughly examine him since his original physical in March. The only extended examination Correa received during the season was when he was thought to have broken his finger on May 5 after getting hit by a pitch in Baltimore.
No examination was made following a Sept. 20 contest in which Correa appeared to be injured following a hard slide into second base, according to a team source. Thrown out stealing, Correa lay on the ground for an extended period before ultimately getting up on his own and limping off the field. Correa remained in the game.
That night, he told reporters he was OK after having a brief scare with his surgically-repaired lower right leg.
“He just hit my plate,” Correa said, referring to the hardware in his leg. “I had surgery and he hit it. Just kind of felt numb. Vibrating. So I was just waiting for it to calm down. It was a little scary, but when I moved I knew I was good.”
Correa appeared in 12 of the team’s next 13 games and continued to hit, batting .319/.373/.468.
While the Twins medically cleared Correa for a three-year deal in March, the team would have needed a new physical to clear the way for a 10-year deal. Perhaps concerns about Correa’s ankle in the aftermath of the Giants’ failed deal gave the Twins a reason to slow down their pursuit.
Not that they had long.
During their negotiating period Tuesday, Cohen increased his original offer of 12 years, $288 million by $27 million.
And just like that, the Twins missed out on Correa a second time.
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Chaim Bloom Discusses Boston’s Pursuit Of Xander Bogaerts
Xander Bogaerts signed with the Padres on the final day of the Winter Meetings, agreeing to a huge 11-year, $280MM deal. Despite speculation that the Red Sox had made a late bid to re-sign the shortstop, “that was definitely not what our impression was throughout the day and even the day before,” Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom told MassLive.com’s Chris Cotillo.
The signing officially ended Bogaerts’ time with the Red Sox, a tenure that began when Bogaerts was an international signing in August 2009 and lasted through 10 Major League seasons, two World Series championship teams, and four All-Star appearances for the shortstop. Bogaerts signed a six-year, $120MM contract extension with the Sox prior to the 2019 season, but chose to exercise his opt-out clause after the first three years of the extension, thus paving the way for his departure from Boston and his new home in San Diego.
Last spring, the Red Sox both signed Trevor Story to a long-term free agent deal and offered Bogaerts only a one-year extension (worth $30MM) on his contract, which were both widely interpreted as signs that the Sox weren’t counting on Bogaerts remaining beyond the date of his opt-out. Bloom publicly said several times that the Red Sox did indeed want to retain Bogaerts, and reiterated that stance even in the aftermath of the shortstop’s deal with the Padres.
“We wouldn’t have said that if we didn’t mean it,” Bloom said. “I think it became clear to us as things went on that this [Bogaerts’ price tag] was going to go to a point that we just weren’t, irrespective of how we prioritize things, it just wasn’t something that we should do. It’s hard because of how much we love him. But it’s just the reality of the situation.”
In fairness to the Red Sox, nobody expected Bogaerts to receive anything near a $280MM contract, and it is understandable why the organization didn’t want to reach that far. That said, reports suggested the Red Sox offered Bogaerts six years and around $160MM, which didn’t match the seven-year, $189MM deal MLBTR projected Bogaerts would land on the open market. In addition, the Sox have obviously had exclusive negotiating rights with Bogaerts for years, and could’ve more aggressively pursued an extension at any point before Bogaerts reached free agency.
Bogaerts joins Mookie Betts and Jon Lester as homegrown Red Sox stars who left the team (Bogaerts in free agency, Betts and Lester in trades) after extension talks didn’t materialize into a longer-term deal. Of course, as Bloom noted, Bogaerts did already ink one extension with the team, putting him “at a different place in his career.” The Sox have signed relatively few extensions in recent years and only three extensions since Bloom took over the front office following the 2019 season. Bloom told Cotillo that the team may change how it approaches extension candidates, perhaps with more of a focus on extending players to contracts before they reach salary arbitration.
“Anytime you have a situation where you have a homegrown player who wants to be here and we want him here and it doesn’t happen, I think those are fair questions to ask and those are questions we certainly need to ask ourselves,” Bloom said. “We haven’t, as an organization, always found a way to come together in those situations. I think it’s something to think about and assess.”
Rafael Devers presents the next big question for the Red Sox in this regard, as the star third baseman is set to reach free agency following the 2023 season. In a separate piece, a source close to Devers told Cotillo that “Bogaerts’ decision would not make it more likely that Devers would want to leave Boston,” as much as Devers would be “disappointed” at no longer playing with his longtime friend.
Bloom reiterated his team’s interest in keeping Devers, saying that “Raffy, for sure, is somebody we want to build around.”
“I’ve said it, and I know we haven’t demonstrated this to the degree that we’ve hoped to, but we believe in building around homegrown talent. You want to do it in the right way,” Bloom said. “It’s certainly something we want to do as often as we can….[Devers] has been somebody that we love and want right at the center of everything we hope to accomplish, obviously in 2023 but more importantly, in the years beyond, because those are the years he’s not under our control. We’re hoping to change that.”
RJ Barrett finalizing extension with New York Knicks, complicating pursuit of Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell
New York Knicks guard RJ Barrett is finalizing a four-year rookie extension that could be worth up to $120 million, his agent Bill Duffy of BDA Sports and WME Sports told ESPN on Monday, complicating the franchise’s offseason trade pursuit of Utah Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell.
Barrett’s deal — which makes him the youngest $100 million player in Knicks history at 22 years old — ends several weeks of trade discussions for Mitchell between New York and Utah, and forces the two organizations, if they choose, to start over talks with significantly different considerations because of the “poison pill” provision now in Barrett’s deal.
New York president of basketball operations Leon Rose set a Monday night deadline with Utah to reach an agreement on a trade for Mitchell or the Knicks would commit to the Barrett extension, sources said.
While the Jazz-Knicks trade talks intensified and the gap on deal points that included Barrett in the package tightened over the weekend and into Monday, there remained a gulf on reaching a trade for Mitchell, sources said. Once the Knicks and Jazz exhausted discussions Monday night, Rose and Duffy finalized the extension eligible to players out of the 2019 NBA draft class.
Barrett’s deal ends a remarkable 23-year drought for the Knicks: He’s the franchise’s first draft pick to agree to a multiyear contract extension after his rookie deal since Charlie Ward in 1999, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
Barrett averaged 20 points, 5.8 rebounds and three assists for the Knicks a season ago. He was the No. 3 overall pick in the 2019 draft out of Duke, behind New Orleans’ Zion Williamson and Memphis’ Ja Morant.
Barrett is one of only five players in NBA history to amass 3,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 200 3-pointers before his 22nd birthday, joining Kobe Bryant, Luka Doncic, Kevin Durant and LeBron James.
The Knicks did include Barrett in trade proposals for Mitchell, sources said, which is why the process to complete the extension lasted several additional weeks. Barrett was a staple of several different trade variations discussed, but hurdles remained Monday about the total of unprotected first-round picks in the deal and the inclusion of Knicks guard Quentin Grimes, sources said.
Nevertheless, the Jazz greatly valued Barrett as part of any Mitchell deal with New York, and a deal without him would require the Knicks to relinquish far more draft assets than they’ve shown a willingness to do, sources said.
Once the Knicks committed to Barrett’s extension, management became resigned to the fact that there’s a much more difficult path to an offseason deal to acquire Mitchell. Nevertheless, neither Utah or New York is ruling out restarting the talks before the start of training camps in late September, sources said.
The sides have been discussing a trade on and off since early July. Out of the 179 players in NBA history who’ve had the poison pill provision, only one — Devin Harris in 2008 — was moved.
For trade purposes, the poison pill is computed with a formula that would put the Knicks’ outgoing salary for a Barrett trade at $10.9 million but require the incoming salary for a team acquiring him to be $26.2 million. The restriction will be lifted on July 1.
For Barrett to be included in a trade to the Jazz, the Knicks would need to find a third team with salary-cap space to redirect Evan Fournier’s $37 million contract.
The Jazz aren’t seriously engaged elsewhere on a Mitchell deal now, sources said, which makes real the possibility that he could still be on the roster for the start of training camp.
The Jazz are committed to starting a rebuild after trading All-Star center Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves for five first-round picks in July. Mitchell, 25, is a three-time All-Star and greater New York native who would instantly become the franchise’s best player.
ESPN Front-Office Insider Bobby Marks contributed to this report.
Motorcycle Driver in Custody After Pursuit Through Orange County – NBC Los Angeles
One person is in custody after leading Garden Grove police officers on a motorcycle pursuit through Orange County.
The pursuit began at around 8:40 p.m. and lasted almost an hour.
Police believed the motorcycle may have been stolen after finding that the license plates did not match the motorcycle.
The driver led officers through Garden Grove and reached as far as Santa Fe Springs and Whittier before returning to Orange County.
The driver was on surface streets when he got onto the eastbound 22 freeway. He exited on Euclid Street and continued the pursuit.
Several patrol vehicles were chasing the motorcycle when the driver came to a stop and was taken into custody.
No further details were immediately available.