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Reps for Zoran Dragic, I’m told, wanted to secure release from (Boston) Celtics so the younger Dragic could return to Europe and ensure consistent PT Source: Marc Stein of ESPN on Twitter
(Knicks Team President) Phil Jackson: “Certain other things will also have to change next year, namely our defensive game plan. I’d like us to exert more pressure in the backcourt. Press, trap, push sideline. Make opposing guards work to get the ball across the timeline, something that will tire them out late in the game […]
With coach Derek Fisher playing him (Kristaps Porzingis) at center and not his natural power-forward position, the rail-thin Porzingis drew rave reviews in Vegas for not backing down from interior physical play, blocking shots and looking poised. But the 3-point sharpshooter is not getting carried away thinking his Vegas performance means he will master his […]
Free-agent rumble: Hear Lakers bringing in young vet Toure Murry to audition for guard spot in same workout as recent Team USAer Bobby Brown Source: Marc Stein of ESPN on Twitter
Ed Davis said his “first choice” was to re-sign with Lakers, but it didn’t work out. Full interview later this week. Source: Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders on Twitter
SO WHAT IS going on with Joel Embiid and his impending surgery? For some reason, the 76ers aren’t telling. Numerous texts and phone calls to president and general manager Sam Hinkie and others in the organization by the Daily News have gotten no response as the time frame the team set for Embiid’s second surgery […]
Basketball Australia is excited to announce that NBA Championship-winner Patrick Mills has been added to the Australian Boomers’ team to take on New Zealand in the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championships. Mills comes into the line-up following a left ACL tear to Dante Exum in last Wednesday’s game against Slovenia, reducing the Boomers to 11 players.Talking […]
Lakers to workout forward Eric Moreland, according to source. Source: David Pick on Twitter
Tracy McGrady is very popular in China — he was still a relatively high-flying star with the Houston Rockets when Yao Ming was a dominant NBA center. His star has not yet faded over there. He’s so big in China he got his jersey retired — somewhere, we’re not exactly sure where — after his 2015 […]
