Category: Wirenews
The Cleveland Cavaliers reached an agreement with David Blatt to be their new head coach, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Blatt met with team officials for two days this week and was offered the job Thursday night. Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue was the other finalist for the job left vacant when […]
The news of Joel Embiid’s foot surgery scheduled for Friday sent a shockwave through the top portion of the 2014 NBA Draft. With two other premier talents available in Kansas’ Andrew Wiggins and Duke’s Jabari Parker, the Cleveland Cavaliers can’t afford to take such a big gamble on the Kansas big man after swinging and […]
A Los Angeles judge denied an emergency motion by Shelly Sterling to protect herself, her lawyers and two doctors after the doctors and lawyers received threatening messages from her estranged husband, Donald Sterling, on Thursday. Judge Michael Levanas said the voice mails did not rise to a “level of great and irreparable injury.” Donald Sterling’s […]
Potential first overall draft pick Joel Embiid will require surgery to repair a fractured right foot. Agent Arn Tellem said in a statement Thursday that Embiid would undergo an operation and would not attend next week’s draft. According to Tellem,Embiid sustained a stress fracture to the navicular bone in his right foot in recent days. […]
Potential first overall draft pick Joel Embiid is undergoing tests to learn whether he fractured his foot in a recent workout. ESPN first reported the injury, which was confirmed by agent Arn Tellem. “He suffered a foot injury to his right foot sometime over the last few days,” Tellem told ESPN.com. “He’s getting evaluations from […]
Two leg injuries later, Kobe Bryant said he is 100 percent healthy and ready to get back on the court with the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant, who suffered a season-ending left knee fracture back in December, gave a brief TV interview Wednesday in Brazil, where he is taking in the World Cup. “Oh yeah, I’m […]
After missing the majority of the season Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant said he is healed up and ready to go.
Former Minnesota Timberwolves forward Sam Mitchell is returning to Minnesota. The Timberwolves announced on Tuesday that Mitchell will be an assistant coach on Flip Saunders’ staff. “As a player, Sam was always one of our more vocal leaders in the locker room and was a great influence on our team,” Saunders said. “Additionally, his coaching […]
With the San Antonio Spurs returning home to clear more room in their trophy cabinet, all eyes and rumor mill feeders have turned their attention to the rapidly approaching 2014 NBA Draft on June 26. The draft field is now set with the passing of the June 16 deadline for underclassmen and international players to […]
LSU men’s basketball Coach Johnny Jones said on Tuesday that the school has hired ex-NBA head coach Eric Musselman as associate head coach. Musselman has spent the previous two years as associate head coach at Arizona State. “We are excited about the addition of Coach Eric Musselman,” Jones told the New Orleans Times-Picayune. “He brings […]
