Category: Wirenews
A point guard at Oklahoma State, NBA teams view Marcus Smart as a combo guard who could slide to shooting guard. He’s listed there by The Sports Xchange, along with top-15 rated sophomore shooters Gary Harris (Michigan State) and Nik Stauskas (Michigan). The top shooting guard for the 2014 NBA Draft: 1. (No. 6 overall) […]
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony intends to opt out of his contract and become a free agent next month, despite team president Phil Jackson’s efforts to keep him, according to ESPN.com. Jackson is trying to convince Anthony to exercise his $23.3 million player option and delay unrestricted free agency until after next season. Anthony […]
Attorneys for former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling are hiring private investigators to dig up dirt on NBA commissioner Adam Silver, former commissioner David Stern and the league’s owners, the Associated Press reported Friday. According to the report, investigators were given a six-figure budget over the next 30 days to look into the NBA’s […]
The Minnesota Timberwolves named Sidney Lowe as an assistant coach on Friday. Lowe will work under head coach Flip Saunders for a fourth stint. Previously, Lowe served as an assistant under Saunders in Minnesota from 1999-2000 and 2003-05, and in Detroit with the Pistons from 2005-06. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are […]
MIAMI — Maybe it was forward Boris Diaw’s behind-the-back pass that led to a dunk by center Tiago Splitter. Or maybe it was guard Manu Ginobili’s surprising blocked shot on Miami Heat forward LeBron James. Or perhaps it was forward Kawhi Leonard’s two-handed, all-in-one-motion rebound/dunk. Actually, they were all good examples of another surreal first […]
Rod Higgins resigned as the Charlotte Hornets’ president of basketball operations, the team announced in a press release Thursday night. General manager Rich Cho is the new head of basketball operations, reporting to team chairman Michael Jordan and vice chairman Curtis Polk. “I would like to thank Rod for his seven years of dedication to […]
Mark Jackson and David Blatt are expected to interview with the Cleveland Cavaliers, who shifted their focus away from college coaches after swing-and-miss runs at Florida’s Billy Donovan and Kentucky’s John Calipari. Mike Brown was fired by the team for a second time and general manager David Griffin was reportedly focused on Chicago Bulls assistant […]
MIAMI — The hot-shooting San Antonio Spurs moved within one win of their fifth NBA title since 1999, defeating the Miami Heat 107-86 Thursday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. The Spurs shot 57.1 percent from the floor en route to a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven NBA Finals. None of the 31 previous teams to fall […]
Miami forward Chris Bosh addressed reports regarding the possible addition of Carmelo Anthony to the Heat next season with a simple statement. “It’s very, very unlikely,” Bosh said Thursday before Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami against the San Antonio Spurs. On Wednesday, ESPN reported that the Heat were looking into creating a […]
Miami forward Chris Bosh addressed reports regarding the possible addition of Carmelo Anthony to the Heat next season with a simple statement. “It’s very, very unlikely,” Bosh said Thursday before Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami against the San Antonio Spurs. On Wednesday, ESPN reported that the Heat were looking into creating a […]
