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New Orleans (Pelicans) has also been making calls on former Houston Rockets and New York Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy, league sources said. New Orleans has an interest in former Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks too, sources said. via Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports
Five years since the Grindfather (Memphis Grizzlies Tony Allen) moved to the Grindhouse. Five years since Memphians met the man who would help rebrand not just their team but their town. So he says he’s going to come back, better than ever. Says he’s looking forward to the next Grindhouse campaign. “I can’t envision myself […]
The Wine and Gold scrimmage on Wednesday night in theory was still practice. Guys are still trying to pick up David Blatt’s system on offense and defense. Extra passes were made and it became contagious. Offense isn’t going to be the problem. It’s the defensive end that continues to need work. (Said LeBron James:) “I’ve […]
Carmelo Anthony will return to Chicago on Thursday for the first time since choosing the Knicks over the Bulls in free agency last summer. “What’s done is done, I kind of don’t think about it anymore,” Anthony said Wednesday at practice. “That’s in the past for me. It’s a situation that I had to deal […]
Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins has been suspended one game without pay for “initiating and making head to head contact” with Pelicans guard Tyreke Evans, the league announced Saturday. The play happened with 4:17 remaining in the first quarter as Perkins lunged into Evans. Perkins will sit Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers. […]
Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis hurt his right shoulder on a hard fall in which he struggled to brace himself after an alley-oop dunk late in the first half of Saturday night’s 107-72 loss to the Chicago Bulls, and he did not return. Davis was diagnosed with a right shoulder contusion. X-rays were negative. Davis’ arm was tucked in […]
The Boston Celtics have emerged as an increasingly intriguing destination for Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Kevin Love, and the Celtics’ draft position coming out of Tuesday night’s lottery could be telltale in determining the feasibility of a trade, league sources told Yahoo Sports. If the lottery percentages hold to form, Boston would draft in the […]
Minnesota has agreed to trade Corey Brewer and Rony Turiaf to Houston with Houston sending Troy Daniels and possibly two second round picks, including a 2015 second-round pick via Kings to the Timberwolves. Rockets held an $8.374m Traded Player Exception from the Jeremy Lin trade and were able to absorb Brewer’s $4.702m contract along with Turiaf’s […]
Forget Manny Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather; the Eastern Conference semifinals series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls figures to become Joakim Noah-LeBron James IV. Despite James downing Noah’s Bulls the three previous times their teams met in the playoffs, the outspoken Chicago big man clamored for a rematch, saying it was “something that I really […]
The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a multiyear extension with general manager Mitch Kupchak. The Lakers, in response to an ESPN.com report earlier Tuesday night, confirmed the new deal for Kupchak to reporters late in the fourth quarter of a 145-130 loss to the Houston Rockets. Details of Kupchak’s current contract have never been […]