Category: Wirenews
Kobe Bryant is ready for the regular season. That is the opinion of Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott, who shut down the shooting guard for the last two games of the preseason to rest him for the games that count. Bryant sat out Wednesday as the Lakers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 94-86 in […]
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Joakim Noah is accustomed to rejections, the type the Chicago Bulls center dealt Wednesday when asked about the condition of his left knee. Noah stared before offering a terse response to a question about whether the surgically repaired knee was feeling different than last season. “Yeah … I had […]
The Philadelphia 76ers and point guard Michael Carter-Williams established Nov. 13 as the target date for Carter-Williams’ return, ESPN.com reported Thursday. Carter-Williams, last season’s Rookie of the Year, had shoulder surgery in May. He averaged 16.7 points, 6.3 assists and 6.2 rebounds for the 76ers last season. Even if Carter-Williams is ready to play Nov. […]
Oft-injured point guard Steve Nash will miss the 2014-15 season because of recurring back issues involving nerver damage, the Los Angeles Lakers announced Thursday night. The Lakers said the decision was made in consultation with the team’s medical staff and the 40-year-old Nash, who will focus on rest and rehabilitation. “Being on the court this […]
Picking the preseason No. 1 in Pac-12 basketball is easy. Predicting which teams come next is mostly a roll of the dice. Arizona was the runaway winner of the media poll at Pac-12 Media Day in San Francisco on Thursday, picking up 31 of the 32 first-place votes. The other first-place nod went to UCLA, […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Florida and Kentucky are both coming off Final Four seasons. The two heavyweights are expected to contend for a Southeastern Conference title again this season. The question remains: Can the rest of the league close the gap in talent and performance? “I believe that you will see five or six teams from […]
NEW YORK – The first time Marquette guard Matt Carlino saw Steve Wojciechowski was on television – not playing, but conducting a halftime interview as a coach. “I was a little young to see him play, but he always did the halftime interview for Coach K (Mike Krzyzewski) at Duke,” said Carlino at BIG EAST […]
The Golden State Warriors signed free agent guard Sean Kilpatrick to a contract, the team announced Monday. The team did not release details of the deal, but the Cincinnati Enquirer reported it was a partially guaranteed contract. Kilpatrick, 24, was a first-team Associated Press All-American as a senior at the University of Cincinnati in 2013-14, […]
Kevin Durant will not rush back from surgery to repair a Jones Fracture in his right foot. “I’m not going to rush,” Durant said. Durant could miss two months with the Oklahoma City Thunder, projecting his return close to Christmas from what the reigning MVP said is his first real injury. Surgeons placed a screw […]
Center Nikola Vucevic and the Orlando Magic agreed to a four-year contract extension, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday. The Orlando Sentinel and ESPN.com reported the extension is worth $53 million. Yahoo Sports reported the deal will pay Vucevic $54 million. USA Today Sports listed the contract value at $48 million with incentives that could hike […]
