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ON APRIL 18, instead of concocting a game plan to possibly defend Giannis Antetokounmpo on the opening day of the NBA playoffs, Garrett Temple was locked in on antithesis passages in his online LSAT prep course.

With the 2019-20 NBA season on hold since March 11 due to the coronavirus, the Brooklyn Nets wing has been putting in the hours studying, listening to law podcasts and talking to professors as part of his weekly preparation for the Law School Admission Test.

While some players have tried to fill the basketball void with video games or training routines, others have taken on new challenges to stay sharp. From mastering a second language to becoming handy around the house to diving into a Lego world, players are finding ways to stay engaged.

And one might even be law school-bound, with sights on a perfect 180 LSAT score.

“I can’t let — what’s-her-name on ‘Legally Blonde’ got a 179 — Elle Woods [beat me],” Temple said. “I really want to do it and get a great score.”

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Garrett Temple has been spending his time away from basketball with LSAT prep. “It’s providing structure. I’m really enjoying it,” he said. Courtesy of Garrett Temple

BEFORE THE SUSPENSION, Temple had long been contemplating life after basketball. The 10-year journeyman graduated from LSU in 2009 with an undergraduate business degree and considered getting his MBA. His father, Collis Temple, told him that a law degree would be more beneficial.

Collis is an entrepreneur in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was the first black varsity basketball player at LSU after Temple’s grandfather, Collis Temple Sr., was not allowed to attend graduate school at LSU because of his skin color.

Temple’s interest in pursuing a law degree was further piqued after watching a TED talk by Adam Foss, a former assistant district attorney in Boston and advocate for criminal justice reform. The final push came when Temple met Bryan Stevenson, the nationally acclaimed public interest lawyer and social justice activist depicted in the 2019 film “Just Mercy.”

“I think you can create a lot of change in your own community,” Temple said. “Help change the prison industrial complex and school-to-prison pipeline in my community, the black community.”

Temple has immersed himself in science podcasts and magazines with help from his fiancée, Kára McCullough, a scientist with a concentration in radiochemistry.

She has also often forced Temple to take breaks from hours of studying. The veteran guard just can’t help himself.

“It’s providing structure. I’m really enjoying it,” Temple said.

“I mean, we ain’t got nothing else to do. So I’m studying, man. Just trying to better myself.”

CODY ZELLER KNEW next to nothing about carpentry before the season went on hiatus. But a month and a half in, the Charlotte Hornets center can now build a closet befitting a 7-footer. (It’s a skill that has been quicker to learn than playing the guitar, which others such as Antetokounmpo and Patty Mills have also picked up.)

Zeller’s brother Tyler, a free agent who most recently played with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2019, purchased a home in Indiana, and Cody has been helping with do-it-yourself home improvement projects.

“I took responsibility for [Tyler’s] master closet,” Zeller said. “I had no woodworking ability before. I’ve learned how to use a miter saw, a table saw. We put it together.”

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Lack of experience? That was nothing a few YouTube tutorials couldn’t solve — almost.

“I will say, full disclosure, I had to [build] it twice,” Zeller said, “because the first time I messed up.”

Zeller cut, sanded and painted all the wood and built a seven-tier shelf rack. But when he went to fasten the frame to the wall, he had forgotten one tiny yet crucial detail.

“I realized I hadn’t accounted for the space between the closet rod and the shelf above it, so there was no room for the hangers to hang on the closet,” Zeller said. “So it was back to the drawing board.

“That was like three days’ worth of work down the drain. Anyway, long story short, it looks great now.”

THIS EXTRA DOWNTIME has given John Collins the chance to master a second language and get more in touch with his family heritage. Collins, whose mother is part Puerto Rican, has been taking Spanish lessons via Rosetta Stone and the Duolingo app.

The Atlanta Hawks big man took Spanish classes in high school in West Palm Beach, Florida, before continuing courses during his two years at Wake Forest.

“I never had a chance to finish — obviously I left school early,” Collins said. “But it’s always been something that I’ve wanted to finish just ’cause I have been around it so much, and I want to learn.”

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Although he could grasp what his grandfather and other relatives were saying during conversations, Collins found writing in Spanish to be difficult. After the first few weeks of quarantine, Collins wasn’t sure how much his Spanish was improving.

“I’m better than where I was,” Collins said. “To get real growth, I got to go over to a Spanish-speaking country.

“Hopefully one day I will get the opportunity.”

USED TO MAINTAINING a strict in-season schedule, Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang found the extra free time jarring.

The team dropped off a stationary bike and weights so he could keep up with daily exercises, but video games have grown boring, Netflix has provided only so many hours of entertainment, and sleeping in has lost its appeal.

So he started the “Drive & Dish” podcast and video series with help from the Jazz.

“Everybody and their mother is gonna have a podcast when we are done with this quarantine,” he said.

After an unsuccessful foray into Instagram Live — “It was horrible content,” Niang said — “Drive & Dish” debuted on March 31 and has delved into quarantine life with Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell, the Olympics postponement with two-time soccer gold medalist Amy Rodriguez and the Michael Jordan Game 6 winner with former Jazz player Bryon Russell.

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The podcast’s name is inspired by his team nickname. In the Jazz locker room, Niang is known as “the minivan” because he likens his teammates to Ferraris while thinking of himself as a less luxurious vehicle.

“I need a couple laps around the block before I get warmed up,” Niang said. “Hop in the minivan and drive and dish.”

KENT BAZEMORE HAS been teeing it up at some of the best golf courses in the country. Virtually, that is.

The Sacramento Kings swingman has been regularly retreating to the basement of his Atlanta home, honing his skills on a golf simulator that would rival Tiger Woods’ personal setup. Video cameras and sensors track Bazemore’s every hook, slice, chip and putt.

“It is about as in-depth as I can get without being a professional golfer,” said Bazemore, who earlier this month took down former teammate Stephen Curry in a virtual match at Pebble Beach.

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Now the lefty has a chance to get serious about his golf game. On Tuesdays and Saturdays, Bazemore takes virtual golf lessons with his instructor, Jon Tattersall, the 2014 Georgia PGA Teacher of the Year.

And Bazemore still drives to a real golf course once a week — Georgia is one of a handful of states allowing courses to stay open.

“I am on a quest to become a scratch golfer,” Bazemore said. “My handicap right now is at 8 and I need it to be down to 0.”

To get over the next hump, Bazemore said he plans on working with a sports psychologist.

“There’s a lot of things that go into becoming [a scratch golfer],” Bazemore said. “I’m on the fringe. This is the closest I’ve ever been.”

THOUSANDS HAVE FLOCKED to social media over the past month to listen to DJs such as D-Nice spin sets on Instagram Live.

Now Andre Drummond has joined the wave.

On April 20, the Cleveland Cavaliers center kicked off “Drummond Quarantine Radio,” which features Drummond with DJ Drewski from the center’s Miami home.

Last week, Drummond hosted a “ladies night” set, when viewers could make song requests. And he put on “Talent Show Thursday,” which featured an appearance by actor and comedian Michael Rapaport, among other special guests.

Andre Drummond, also known as DRUMMXND, has been busy on Instagram Live during the NBA’s suspension. David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images

Drummond’s no novice. He goes by the rap name “DRUMMXND” and is planning on releasing his second album, “FYI 2,” soon.

He won’t be the only NBA player releasing new music during quarantine. Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon dropped his Dwyane Wade- and dunk contest loss-inspired diss track “9 out of 10” on Monday.

On Tuesday, Gordon made a guest appearance on the seventh episode of “Drummond Quarantine Radio.” Drummond pointed out that for as long as they’ve known each other, he never knew of Gordon’s desire to put out rap songs.

“I mean, we got a lot of time on our hands right now, ya hear me?” said Gordon, who started making music before this season and is working with Grammy Award winner Austin Owens, also known as Ayo The Producer.

“I get to tap into my creative side,” Gordon added. “Get in touch with emotions and express myself.”

Gordon then gave DRUMMXND his next quarantine endeavor — to deliver some new rap hooks.

“We putting together a project, [with] athletes, with Ayo,” Gordon said. “We need you on the project.

“We need a couple of verses for the project. Please.”

LOCAL GYMS SHUT down after Dallas County issued a shelter-in-place order on March 23, but Myles Turner had to find a way to get in weight training while staying in the guest house of the Texas home he built for his parents.

So the Indiana Pacers center jumped online to find the nearest squat rack — more than 100 miles away in Waco.

“In Texas, that’s nothing,” said Turner, who embarked on the four-hour round trip along Interstate 35. “That’s just an easy drive, right down the street.”

Turner then built the multipurpose squat rack and bench press in under two hours with help from friends. It’s now the centerpiece of a once near-empty garage he’s converted into his personal gym, complete with medicine balls, adjustable dumbbells and a padded floor.

“I gotta improvise,” said Turner, who last week shared his passion for yoga via a live class on the NBA’s Instagram page. “I’ve always kind of been into just putting stuff together.”

And when he didn’t have a screwdriver or wrench in his hand, Turner was still busy building. He assembled one Lego set, and his latest creation — a 2,000-piece Star Wars jigsaw puzzle — was completed in about a week.

“I am about to go to Target right now,” he said, “and get a basketball hoop for outside.”

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Your Monday Briefing – The New York Times

China-U.S. feud over coronavirus heats up

China on Sunday temporarily suspended poultry imports from a U.S. slaughterhouse where workers were infected with the coronavirus, a day after President Trump blamed China for recent U.S. economic troubles, saying the country “sent us the plague.”

As China battles an outbreak in Beijing, the United States has seen the number of daily new cases rise in 18 states across the South, West and Midwest. Seven states hit single-day case records on Saturday, and five others hit records earlier in the week. The country has seen more than 2.2 million infections, and more than 119,000 people have died — by far the most in the world on both counts.

Globally, cases are rising rapidly. Reports of daily new cases began surpassing 100,000 a day in May, but spiked past 176,000 over the weekend.

Here are our latest updates and maps on the outbreak.

In other developments:

The British government said Sunday it would seek greater powers to act against foreign takeovers of vaccine firms and other health-related businesses to make sure that they do not threaten Britain’s ability to deal with a public health crisis like the pandemic.

Australia’s second most populous state, Victoria, has reimposed some restrictions and extended its state of emergency to July 19, as it battles a spike in infections.

New York City has hired 3,000 disease detectives and case monitors for its contact-tracing program, but the effort has gotten off to a troubling start.

A study of the wildlife trade in three provinces in southern Vietnam has produced notable confirmation for one underlying objection to the wildlife trade in Asia: The trading offers an ideal opportunity for coronaviruses in one animal to infect another.

The Times is providing free access to much of our coronavirus coverage, and our Coronavirus Briefing newsletter — like all of our newsletters — is free. Please consider supporting our journalism with a subscription.

China plans new Hong Kong security agency

A blueprint for China’s proposed security law for Hong Kong, which was made public by state media over the weekend, revealed that Beijing plans to set up an agency in the territory to “collect and analyze” intelligence and to handle certain cases.

The draft also gives Hong Kong’s chief official, who must answer to Beijing, the power to decide which judges will hear those security cases. That shift would further erode the autonomy of the city’s independent judiciary.

Opposition leaders warned that the measure would imperil the rule of law in Hong Kong, a global financial center that has greater freedoms than mainland China.

Context: The proposed law is a pillar of President Xi Jinping’s push to subdue protests in Hong Kong, the sole part of China that has loudly defied his authority. Opposition from the United States, Britain and other Western countries appears unlikely to derail that effort.

Related: As Beijing tightens its grip and Hong Kong’s protesters grow more desperate, there is less room for democracy advocates to work within the system. Case in point: Martin Lee, the 82-year-old founder of the territory’s first pro-democracy party, is under fire by both sides.

Apple looks to Asia for its chips

Silicon Valley is bracing for the breakup of Apple and Intel, signaling Apple’s determination to take more control of how its products are built.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the partner Apple uses to build similar components that it designs for iPhones and iPads, is expected to take Intel’s place, making Mac chips in factories in Asia. Apple could announce its plans as soon as Monday, with computers based on the new chips arriving next year.

Analysis: The move is a blow to Intel at a time when U.S. officials are concerned over the weakening of American leadership in chip manufacturing, which they regard as crucial to the country’s ability to retain an edge over China.

Big tech trend: The biggest tech companies are expanding their abilities and reducing their dependence on partners even as smaller competitors and the global economy struggle in the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook is investing billions of dollars into the fastest-growing app in Indonesia, a telecom giant in India and an undersea fiber-optic cable around Africa. Amazon has built out its own fleet of cargo planes and delivery trucks. Google and Apple continue to buy upstarts.

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Why Japanese jobs look safe

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed Japan into an economic downturn, but its unemployment rate remains low, at just 2.6 percent. The world’s third-largest economy has not seen the mass layoffs that the U.S. has.

Our reporters look at the mix of social, demographic and epidemiological factors behind Japan’s low jobless rate.

Here’s what else is happening

U.K. stabbing attack: Three people were killed at a park in southern England on Saturday in what the police are investigating as a “terrorist incident.” A 25-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remained in custody on Sunday.

Trump firing: The president is facing increased criticism that he is purging his administration of officials whose independence could be a threat to his re-election after he removed a federal prosecutor, Geoffrey Berman, who had put the president’s former personal lawyer in prison and was investigating his current one.

Snapshot: Above, a Spanish bullfighter in an empty bullring in Málaga, Spain. Bull breeders and matadors accuse the Spanish government of wanting to use the pandemic to end bullfighting, in line with the wishes of animal rights activists.

What we’re reading: This article in Outside Magazine. “The best part of my day over the past few months has often been a long (socially distanced, responsible) walk,” writes Anna Holland, an editor based in London. “I loved this beautifully written ode to walking.”

Now, a break from the news

At Home has our full collection of ideas on what to read, cook, watch and do while staying safe at home.

And now for the Back Story on …

5,000 miles for a final goodbye

“It is every foreign correspondent’s nightmare: a family emergency when you are half a world away.”

For our Tokyo bureau chief, Motoko Rich, the call came last month. It was her 76-year-old father, who was dying from congestive heart failure. During the coronavirus pandemic, many people have been unable to make it to the bedside of their dying relatives. She was one of the lucky ones. Here’s an excerpt from her story.

I was in Tokyo. He and my mother were in California. Suddenly, I was facing questions unique to the pandemic — whether it would be wise to travel, or whether I could forgive myself if I didn’t. If I did go, I wasn’t sure I could return to Japan because of an entry ban on many foreign nationals, including Americans.

In the end, I resolved to go. I applied for, and was granted, a humanitarian exemption from Japan’s entry ban.

The next day, I stepped into the nearly empty airport in Tokyo, where I felt like an alien arriving on Earth to find an entombed ruin of a dead planet.

My father had been officially sick with congestive heart failure for five years, but in truth he had needed a lot of care for at least a quarter of a century, after he had undergone open-heart surgery at age 50. For years, my mother made well-balanced meals catered to his diabetes and heart condition. His doctors told her they believed he had lived as long as he had in part because she had taken such good care of him.

On the night my father died, I was only a week into my self-isolation and had not received results from my coronavirus test, so my mother and I stayed masked on either side of the king-size bed. She crossed her arms over her chest in a sign of the hug we were afraid to exchange. I considered just taking the risk, but then thought: What if I test positive and I’ve just sobbed and snotted all over her?

Perhaps the guilt of an adult child with an aging parent is universal: We can never do enough. But it is doubly so when we live more than 5,000 miles away, and even more so during a pandemic that makes travel difficult.

That’s it for this briefing. See you next time.

— Carole

Thank you To Theodore Kim and Jahaan Singh for the rest of the break from the news. You can reach the team at [email protected].

P.S. • We’re listening to “The Daily.” Our latest episode is on the meaning of Juneteenth, a celebration of the emancipation of enslaved Americans. • Here’s our Mini Crossword, and a clue: Green bit in fried rice (three letters). You can find all our puzzles here. • Tara Parker-Pope, the founding editor of Well, talks to the creator of the 7-Minute Workout about exercise for every age and fitness level, at 1 p.m. Eastern on Monday (3 a.m. Tuesday in Sydney). R.S.V.P. here, or catch up with the event afterward.

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Gary Cohn to Resign as Trump Adviser After Dispute Over Tariffs

Gary Cohn is resigning as President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, leaving his post as the administration prepares to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum that Cohn has opposed.

Cohn didn’t mention the dispute in a statement distributed by the White House, saying only that “it has been an honor to serve my country and enact pro-growth economic policies to benefit the American people, in particular the passage of historic tax reform.”

But the economic adviser quit just hours after a confrontation with the president in the Oval Office, according to two people familiar with the episode. Trump asked for an assurance Cohn would publicly stand behind the tariff plan. Cohn didn’t answer, the people said.

The dollar slid, stocks tumbled and Treasuries climbed on the resignation news. The greenback fell 0.5 percent against the yen -- often a haven in turmoil -- to 105.63 as of 9:01 a.m. in Tokyo trading. S&P 500 Index futures dropped 1.1 percent, and equities retreated from Tokyo to Sydney. Ten-year Treasury yields fell more than 4 basis points, to 2.84 percent.

The president’s announcement on Thursday that he would press forward with a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum left markets reeling and served as a public rebuke of Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, who had furiously lobbied against the penalties.

One person with knowledge of the chaotic West Wing decision-making process said Cohn and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who had recommended the tariffs to the president, privately argued over the issue just hours before it was announced.

The tariffs appeared to mark a tipping point for Cohn, 57, a registered Democrat who made clear that he saw his job in the administration to be an advocate for business-friendly economic principles. He helped Trump steer tax cuts into law last year but proved unpersuasive on trade, where Cohn was a stark counterpoint to nationalists and economic populists in the administration.

His departure may cause further turbulence in financial markets, where investors saw him as a steady hand in an otherwise unpredictable administration. His resignation also leaves uncertainty about the president’s economic agenda.

Trump expressed gratitude for Cohn’s service in a statement.

“Gary has been my chief economic adviser and did a superb job in driving our agenda, helping to deliver historic tax cuts and reforms and unleashing the American economy once again,” Trump said. “He is a rare talent, and I thank him for his dedicated service to the American people.”

White House officials said Cohn’s departure date hasn’t been set but will be in a few weeks. One senior White House official said Cohn offered to assist the transition to a successor.

Shortly before Cohn’s resignation was announced, Trump said at a news conference he wouldn’t have trouble replacing any of his top advisers if they departed.

“I could take any position in the White House and I’ll have a choice of the 10 top people having to do with that position,” Trump said. “Everybody wants to be there. And they love this White House because we have energy like rarely before.”

On Twitter later, the president said he would decide soon on a replacement for Cohn, adding "many people wanting the job -- will choose wisely!"

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster was solidly aligned with Cohn in fighting the tariff, and some inside the White House believe McMaster endangered his standing with Trump by being too strident, said a person familiar with deliberations. .

Trump met Tuesday in the Oval Office with former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton, a potential successor to McMaster, though it wasn’t clear what the two discussed, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Cohn mounted a last-ditch effort to persuade Trump to halt or blunt the tariffs. He had planned to bring in executives from U.S. companies that depend on the metals to meet this week with Trump to make the case that the tariffs will cost more jobs than they save and damage the U.S. economy, according to two people familiar with the plan. The meeting was canceled Tuesday, according to another person.

Trump pulled out of the meeting with the executives but offered them a session instead with Vice President Mike Pence, said a person familiar with the executives’ communications. The executives declined the offer. After Cohn resigned, the executives changed their mind and accepted the meeting with Pence, the person said.

Trump reiterated his determination to proceed with the tariffs at the Tuesday press conference, brushing aside threats of retaliation from the European Union.

“When we’re behind every single country, trade wars aren’t so bad,” Trump said Tuesday in a press conference at the White House with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. “The trade war hurts them, not us.”

Charlottesville Factor

Cohn appeared on the verge of leaving the White House as early as last August, in the aftermath of violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and counter-protesters. Trump’s contention that there were “very fine people on both sides” of the conflict, in which one counter-protester was killed, drew widespread condemnation -- including from Cohn, who is Jewish.

“I believe this administration can and must do better in consistently and unequivocally condemning these groups and do everything we can to heal the deep divisions that exist in our communities,” Cohn told the Financial Times.

At the time, Cohn said he was reluctant to leave his position “because I feel a duty to fulfill my commitment to work on behalf of the American people.” He said later that he decided to stay in the administration in part to help win passage of the tax law Trump signed in December.

“The amount of impact that we can have on the U.S. economy and U.S. citizens and changing the forward outlook of the United States -- this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I would never miss this,” he said.

Cohn grew up in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, grandson of a Polish immigrant, son of an electrician who became a real estate developer. On a day off from an early job selling window frames and aluminum siding, Cohn shared a ride to the airport with a trader, according to a commencement address he gave in 2009 at his alma mater, American University in Washington. The man said he needed someone to help trade options, and Cohn talked his way into the job.

At Blankfein’s Side

He became an independent silver trader on Comex in 1983, and seven years later was hired by the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. commodities unit J. Aron. Not long after, Lloyd Blankfein took over the division; Cohn became Blankfein’s deputy in 1996. They spent two decades at each other’s side.

When Blankfein was promoted to chairman and chief executive officer in 2006, Cohn went with him as president and chief operating officer. They were the only two executives on the Goldman Sachs board.

Throughout those years, Cohn was regarded both inside the firm and outside as a man who pushed hard.

“If there is one thing out of this on how to stand out, it’s take risks,” Cohn said in the commencement address. “Everything I’ve done in my career, and everything that most of you have done to this point, is to take risks.”

Cohn’s aggressiveness helped keep Goldman Sachs on top of the Wall Street pecking order, where it became the most profitable securities firm in history. For his work in 2007, he was rewarded with a $67.5 million pay package. The next year, the U.S. economy nearly collapsed, and Congress fixed part of the blame on Goldman Sachs.

Cohn was seen by some as too abrasive to lead Goldman Sachs despite his efforts to soften his style. When Blankfein announced in September 2015 that he had cancer, Cohn took over some of the CEO’s client and traveling duties. But it was clear by the summer of 2016 that Blankfein wasn’t going to step down, and by the end of the year it was Cohn who was out.

Trump treated Goldman Sachs as a punching bag on the campaign trail, but he relied on people with connections to the bank after he won the White House. During the transition, Cohn visited Trump Tower, stepping into the role of what some have described as Trump’s personal investment banker. He helped vet potential financial regulator picks, including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Christopher Giancarlo and Fed Vice Chairman Randal Quarles.

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