Category: Wirenews
Tim Duncan exercised his $10.3 million player option for next season and will continue his career for an 18th year with the San Antonio Spurs, the team announced Monday. Duncan, after winning his fifth NBA title this month, had said he was undecided on his future. He had until Tuesday to pick up his option […]
Baylor center Isaiah Austin, who was expected to be selected in the upcoming NBA draft before he was diagnosed with career-ending Marfan syndrome, was invited by the league to attend the draft. According to Yahoo Sports, Austin accepted the offer extended by NBA commissioner Adam Silver. The 7-foot-1 Austin, who is legally blind in his […]
Trade talks between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves involving power forward Kevin Love are dead, according to multiple reports. The Timberwolves wanted the Warriors to give up shooting guard Klay Thompson and small forward Harrison Barnes for Love, according to Yahoo Sports, but the Warriors are divided as an organization about dealing Thompson. […]
Foot issues for potential No. 1 overall pick Joe Embiid and fellow freshman phenom Julius Randle have infused Thursday’s NBA Draft with uncertainty and plenty of drama to unfold. Teams holding Top 10 picks now must weigh potential versus the risk factor in a deep draft class. The top 100 prospects for the 2014 NBA […]
By mid-July, Cleveland could kick woebegone for “Here Come the Cavs.” Reality or dream sequence? The answers to these five questions will ultimately decide. Armed with the No. 1 overall pick for the third time in four years, the ball could bounce the organization’s way with the top pick and the ability to spend this […]
Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the team will not take Kansas center Joel Embiid with the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft. Embiid was projected to go No. 1 before it was revealed last week that he has a foot injury that requires surgery. The Cleveland Cavaliers are […]
New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton is expected to plead guilty to a felony gun possession charge in a deal that will keep him out of jail. Felton was in a Manhattan court on Monday in hopes of resolving the gun case that came about the same time his marriage was breaking up. He […]
As expected, New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony will opt out of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Anthony will file an official notice on Monday, according to multiple reports. Anthony would have been paid $23.5 million for his final year with the Knicks. Instead, he will test the free-agent […]
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has been doing research on the city of Chicago as he approaches the deadline to exercise the opt-out clause in his contract, according to ESPNNewYork.com. Anthony has reportedly spoken to at least one high-profile person who lives in Chicago about what it is like to be famous there. The […]
Joel Embiid had two screws placed in his right foot during surgery Friday to repair a stress fracture that could cause the top prospect to fall in next week’s NBA Draft. Dr. Richard Ferkel said in a statement that the surgery went well and he is confident Embiid will be able to return to the […]
