Category: Wirenews
Before the New York Knicks settle on finalists for their head coach position, team president Phil Jackson wants to call his own play: Derek Fisher. Jackson is planning to hold the hiring process until the Knicks can get an audience with Fisher, who is a reserve guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder, with Game 1 […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Striking first was vital for the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals against the two-time defending champion Miami Heat. That is why forward Paul George and the Pacers wanted the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference so badly. Memories of a Game 7 loss to the Heat on Miami’s home court […]
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love intends to become an unrestricted free agent after next season and is not interested in a contract extension, according to ESPN.com. Though Love has not asked to be traded, his contract stance may force the Timberwolves to deal the All-Star before next season or by the February 2015 trade deadline. […]
Don Meyer, one of the winningest men’s coaches in history, died Sunday in South Dakota of cancer. He was 69. Meyer passed Bob Knight in 2009, just four months after recovering from a near-fatal auto accident. Meyer went 923-324 in his 38-year coaching career, guiding his teams into the postseason 19 times. Most of his […]
An undisclosed NBA team is pursuing University of Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie, who wants a deal larger than the one Steve Kerr got to coach the Golden State Warriors, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. Ollie, a former NBA point guard who guided UConn to the NCAA championship this year, reportedly wants more than five […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder will enter the Western Conference finals next week against the San Antonio Spurs a man down. Forward Serge Ibaka is expected to sit out the remainder of the NBA playoffs after suffering a calf injury during the third quarter of the Thunder’s series-clinching win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday […]
CHICAGO — With every release, Melvin Ijim’s confidence grew. Catch, release, splash. The Iowa State power forward is viewed by most teams as a wing player at 6 feet 6, but he made good on his determined intent to show at the 2014 NBA Draft Combine that he could shoot with the best of them. […]
CHICAGO — Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Joel Embiid skipped the entire two-day event. Julius Randle, Dante Exum and 15 more top prospects took part only in the testing and measurement portion at the NBA Draft Combine Thursday and Friday at Quest Multisport. In what the league views as a disturbing trend that began last […]
New York Knicks president Phil Jackson is open to hiring a coach not familiar with his triangle offense, according to the New York Post. Since the Knicks lost out on Steve Kerr, who took the Golden State Warriors’ coaching job, former Warriors coach Mark Jackson is on the Knicks’ radar. Mark Jackson does not specialize […]
LOS ANGELES — The weight of the Oklahoma City Thunder, a Game 5 meltdown and the Donald Sterling controversy apparently were too much for the Los Angeles Clippers to bear. Thunder forward Kevin Durant scored 25 of his 39 points in the second half, and Oklahoma City eliminated the Clippers with a 104-98 victory in […]
