Category: NBA Headlines
All season, multiple sources say, a growing schism emerged between (DeAndre) Jordan and point guard Chris Paul, and it could contribute to Jordan’s decision to stay or go as a free agent. Sources say Paul’s well-known edginess and drive ground on Jordan’s nerves for much of the year. Contributing to the problem was Paul’s view […]
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
(Memphis Grizzlies Marc) Gasol has given his own coaches and bosses no hints. Unlike Aldridge, who, according to league sources, hasn’t been afraid to share the occasional whisper with a few well-placed folks about the prospect of leaving Portland, Gasol is saying pretty much nothing. vi Marc Stein of ESPN
The working expectation on Beale Street at the minute is that (Memphis Grizzlies Jeff) Green will decide to exercise his $9.2 million player option for next season after falling well short of the dream of being the final piece of the puzzle that Memphis had when it acquired him from Boston in January. via Marc […]
New Orleans Pelicans president Mickey Loomis and general manager Dell Demps are meeting with Golden State Warriors assistant coach Alvin Gentry on Monday night in San Francisco, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Golden State granted permission for Gentry, the associate head coach, to interview for the head-coaching vacancy between playoff series, sources said. via Adrian […]
Shakeup on Dwane Casey’s staff in Toronto has begun, as assistant Bill Bayno was let go Monday, league source tells @CBSSports. via Ken Berger of CBS Sports on Twitter
Warriors center Andrew Bogut says he’s got a case of hay fever but insists he’ll be fine in Game 1 “as long as there’s no pollen in Oracle” via Marc Stein of ESPN on Twitter
While its naming-rights deal in Washington, D.C., won’t expire until 2018, Verizon is not renewing as the title sponsor of the building that it and MCI have held rights to at the home of the Washington Wizards, Capitals, Mystics and the Georgetown men’s basketball team since the building opened in 1997 with a Barry Manilow […]
Doc Rivers on son Austin’s (Rivers) fit as a (Los Angeles) Clipper: “I think he loved it here. I even think he liked the coach at times.” via Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times on Twitter
The New Orleans Pelicans have been granted permission to interview Golden State Warriors assistant coach Alvin Gentry for their coaching vacancy, according to league sources. Sources told ESPN.com that Gentry has emerged as one of the leading candidates for the position alongside Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, who is widely expected to part company with […]
