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>He (Zach LaVine) didn’t watch the lottery results live, but it didn’t take long for him to learn that his Wolves got lucky for the first time in their history. “I was happy,” he said from Seattle, where he spending much of the summer. “We’re building for the future and it’s another up-and-coming player for us. […]
In a letter obtained by The Post, (Nets GM Billy) King and (CEO Brett) Yormark wrote they visited owner Mikhail Prokhorov two weeks ago in Moscow to “discuss the state of the team.” King and Yormark stated the Nets have plans to re-sign Brook Lopez and Thaddeus Young “to keep our core leadership together.” They […]
Ex-Nuggets coach Brian Shaw would be interested in replacing new Pels coach Alvin Gentry as an assoc. head coach with Warriors, source said. Source: Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports on Twitter
Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson is expected to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, according to coach Steve Kerr. “He’s doing well,” Kerr said after practice Saturday at the team’s facility.”I’m anticipating he’s going to be there.” Source: Ethan Sherwood Strauss of ESPN
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 […]
