Category: NBA Headlines
The Chicago Bulls are negotiating a five-year contract with Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg to become their next head coach, multiple league sources told ESPN’s Andy Katz and Nick Friedell. Sources expect the deal to be done by the middle of next week at the latest. Although contract language is still being hammered out, multiple […]
The Memphis Grizzlies have explored center Greg Oden, expressing interest in the recent past with a workout in the spring, and will potentially bring in the former No. 1 overall NBA pick to a free-agent camp in June, league sources told RealGM. Source: Shams Charania of Real GM
While (Karl-Anthony) Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein have garnered the most attention, the Knicks for months have been enamored with Trey Lyles, according to a team source. Lyles is a 6-foot-10 forward out of Indianapolis who Phil Jackson sees as a good fit for the triangle offense. Would the Knicks select Lyles with the fourth overall […]
Despite the widely-held assumption that the Pelicans would consider recently-fired Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, there was no communication between those two parties. Source: Sam Amick of USA TODAY Sports
(Don) Nelson, a pioneer of “smallball,’’ coached (Stephen) Curry just one season, and the tandem with Monta Ellis never worked. “If you’re going to be small, you got to be a point guard and make plays for people,’’ Nelson said. “I tried to get Monta Ellis to do that, but he didn’t want to. He […]
“We are excited to announce that Alvin Gentry is the new head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans. We warmly welcome Alvin and his family to the Pelicans organization,” said (Pelicans’ Senior Vice President/General Manager Dell) Demps.” Demps continued, “Alvin is a well-respected coach that brings many years of experience, a wealth of knowledge, creativity […]
Turkish Federation of Basketball is interested in giving a Turkish passport to an American player to allow him to play next Eurobasket with Turkish NT jersey. The first choice, according to president Harun Erdenay, is Andrew Goudelock. Source: E. Trapini of Sportando
ESPN sources say the New Orleans Pelicans have chosen Alvin Gentry as their new head coach… Gentry will finish out playoffs with Warriors and then take over as coach of Anthony Davis and the Pelicans via Marc Stein of ESPN – Twitter
Yet, when Rockets general manager Daryl Morey puts together his shopping list, (James) Harden had a suggestion. He said he “definitely” would like to see the Rockets add another playmaker to take some of that responsibility out of his hands. “That’s one of the conversations me and Daryl are going to have (and) the coaches,” […]
The initial hit caused Klay Thompson plenty of pain. The final diagnosis delivered another blow to him and the Golden State Warriors as they prepare for the NBA Finals. Two days after he got kneed in the head by Houston’s Trevor Ariza, the Warriors said Friday that Thompson has a concussion and will not return […]
