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Nowadays, opponents see Canada much differently and that makes sense, considering only the powerhouse United States has more NBA players. This Canadian squad has eight NBAers (nine if Brampton’s Melvin Ejim makes the Orlando Magic’s roster in a couple of months). They aren’t quite the Ugly Americans, the bullies of basketball who have always stood head […]
Q: Center Al Jefferson was very open in saying he needed to lose weight. Have you checked in on him lately, and where does he stand? (Hornets head coach Steve Clifford): I was in Santa Monica (Calif.) with him about 21/2 weeks ago. He had a plan month-by-month with (strength and conditioning coach) Matt Friia. […]
Andrea Bargnani’s ankle injury is not serious, according to sources. The Italian big man left the game against Georgia early in first half and did not return. Bargnani will regularly play at Eurobasket with Italian National Team. Source: Emiliano Carchia of Sportlando
Yahoo Sources: Likelihood is free agent Carlos Boozer waits for NBA season to start, sees where a need and fit develops with playoff team. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 28, 2015 Source: Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports on Twitter
Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has turned down a $60 million-a-year offer for local TV rights and is forging ahead with a plan to start his own over-the-top streaming network, The Post has learned. If he follows through on the plan, Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, would be the first […]
Toure’ Murry, who spent five games with the Wizards last season on a 10-day contract and joined them for the Las Vegas Summer League, will return on a non-guaranteed deal for training camp next month, CSNmidatlantic.com was told by a person with knowledge of the situation. Source: J. Michael of CSN Mid-Atlantic
Point guard Payton Pritchard, the No. 43 player in the ESPN 100 for 2016, has told ESPN that he will attend Oregon. The 6-foot-1 prospect from West Linn, Oregon, initially committed to Oklahoma in November but changed his mind and reopened his commitment July 6. Pritchard chose coach Dana Altman and the Ducks over OU, Michigan […]
The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed free agent forward J.J. O’Brien. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not released. Source: NBA.com/Jazz
After a busy summer that included his wedding, some basketball and, last night, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a Hillsboro Hops game, Meyers Leonard is fired up for another NBA season. And fired up to help Damian Lillard with leadership on this year’s team. “Obviously, Dame and I are the guys who have […]
Former Dayton Flyers guard Jordan Sibert traveled to Florida on Friday and will sign soon with the Orlando Magic, he said. He will compete for a spot on the team during training camp. Sibert played for the Magic’s summer league team in Orlando in July. In three games, he averaged 11.3 points, 3 rebounds […]
