Category: Headlines
There is a rumor that–despite what NBA has said (and I’ve relayed)–they MIGHT move up the finals to June 2 if GSW and CLE both sweep. via Tim Kawakami of the Mercury News on Twitter
(Atlanta Hawks DeMarre) Carroll is playing with a badly sprained left knee but has no intentions to pull himself out of the lineup, despite suggestions from friends that he should look out for his future with free agency coming. I’m standing here,” he said when asked about his knee. “I put myself out there to […]
ATL coach Mike Budenholzer says SA coach Gregg Popovich, his old boss, is in Cleveland & has given him words of wisdom he declined to share. via Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports on Twitter
It looks like Flip Saunders will coach the Minnesota Timberwolves again next season. “I think so,” Wolves owner Glen Taylor told the Pioneer Press. “I think he worked so hard last year with all those problems that he wants an opportunity to see if we are healthy, if we really have the team he thought […]
(Forward Jared) Sullinger, who is set to earn a modest $2.3 million next season, is extension-eligible this summer. Both the Celtics and Sullinger’s camp have hinted that contract talks are more likely to occur next summer, when Sullinger would be headed toward restricted free agency. via Chris Forsberg of ESPN
Fenerbahce is trying to convince Nemanja Bjelica to remain in Turkey at least one more season. The Serbian forward is drawing al lot of interest from the Timberwolves who would love to bring him overseas during the summer. But Fenerbahce is trying to keep the MVP of the 2014-2015 Euroleague season and to convince him […]
This is how Michael Jordan operated, going on the road and reminding the home team why it had no shot. Curry only played 35 minutes and took 19 shots. But he also had seven assists, five rebounds, two steals and a block. While Harden disappeared, totaling 17 points on 3 of 16 shooting, Curry […]
HEAT guard Goran Dragic, an impending free agent, feels strongly that the HEAT must play faster and has been assured that’s a key part of the Pat Riley/Erik Spoelstra master plan, according to an an associate. We’re told Dragic very much likes Spoelstra and Riley and nothing to this point has changed regarding the HEAT’s […]
As big man Andrew Bogut said afterward, we would have seen this coming if we had known how much discontent there was inside their locker room. “Look, it sounds arrogant and cocky, but we sure believe that (they can get better),” Bogut said. “We didn’t play that well the first two games. You knew something […]
As a top attorney for the NBA, Dan Spillane took his seat on the dais and faced an unlikely audience — a convention of gambling industry executives. “We have a lot to learn,” he said. It was just last fall Spillane’s boss, Commissioner Adam Silver, surprised the sports world by coming out in support of […]
