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BasketballInsiders.com’s Cody Toppert tells CineSport’s Brian Clark how Dayton and Robert Morris rallied for impressive NCAA Tournament wins and looks towards Thursday’s best games.
When Thomas Robinson was waived by the Denver Nuggets last month, the Sixers jumped on the opportunity to claim the former top-five pick and try to help him realize his massive potential. On Thursday, 2014 second-round selection Glenn Robinson III was waived by the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team again acted quickly. On Saturday, the 21-year-old […]
Richard Hamilton: “I want to give a major shout out to everyone who supported me through my NBA journey. To my coaches, teammates, and fans in Washington, Detroit, and Chicago: thank you for treating me with the utmost class and respect during my career. I couldn’t have been the player I am without you! Every […]
His visit to the Pepsi Center ended sooner than Murray State point guard Cameron Payne would have liked, and for the worst reason — an injury. Payne’s predraft workout with the Nuggets on Monday morning was cut short near the end when he suffered a bruised right hand. Payne left the arena to get X-rays. […]
Belief is powerful this late in the season, and the disheveled, depleted Heat’s confidence is higher than it has been in a long time. The last two games have been the Heat’s most stunning performances of the season, toppling a pair of championship contenders. “We’ve proven it to ourselves, so the challenge now is to […]
All in all, (Memphis Grizzlies Zach) Randolph remembered, they intended for this player to one day assume the mantle as the next dominant Trail Blazers power forward, a role Randolph then occupied, that had been handed down from (Rasheed) Wallace before him. LaMarcus Aldridge would extend a proud lineage. He was “up next.” “Um, I’m […]
Sophomore Louisville guard Terry Rozier has decided to leave school early and declare for the NBA draft, his mother confirmed to The Courier-Journal on Monday. Junior forward Montrezl Harrell, who participated in “senior day” activities in U of L’s final home game of the season, also plans to enter the draft as expected, Pitino said. […]
Those who know (Karl-Anthony) Towns say he is very aware that NBA executives are flocking to the University of Kentucky to scout John Calipari’s undefeated team of future lottery picks. According to several sources close to the Kentucky program, the Knicks’ top scout, Mark Warkentien, has attended nearly a dozen Wildcats practices as the club […]
Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland was released from a New York hospital two days after a Wednesday morning stabbing incident, a source told ESPN’s Josina Anderson. Copeland suffered knife wounds to his left elbow and abdomen, and a source told Anderson the knife blade touched his diaphragm and fractured a rib. In addition, a source […]
Steve Novak on Enes Kanter: “He looks like a different player right now.” via Royce Young of ESPN on Twitter