Category: Headlines
(Mavs’ coach Rick) Carlisle says Dwight Powell (elbow) hasn’t been cleared for contact after his injury with the Canadian national team, but may be this week. Source: Earl K. Sneed of Mav.com
X-rays on Hornets forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist were negative but revealed a dislocation of his right shoulder after Kidd-Gilchrist left Saturday night’s 106-100 exhibition win over the Orlando Magic, the team announced. Kidd-Gilchrist was curling off a screen late in the second quarter when he tumbled to the ground after absorbing a foul by a Magic […]
LeBron James posed for a photograph with Tristan Thompson at a wedding Saturday night in Miami. The fact that James spent time with Thompson, who is currently in a holdout situation with the Cleveland Cavaliers after missing the first four days of training camp while trying to negotiate a new contract, wasn’t particularly noteworthy. They […]
Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott said earlier this week that he wasn’t sure if Kobe Bryant would play in the team’s preseason opener Sunday against the Utah Jazz. But speaking after practice here Saturday, the 37-year-old Bryant left no doubt about his status. “I’m definitely playing,” Bryant said at the University of Hawaii at […]
Carmelo Anthony is entering his 13th season in the NBA and coming off major knee surgery. But he believes he has plenty of good basketball left. In fact, the 31-year-old Knicks star is confident that he can play at a high level for the next “four or five years.” “Without a doubt. Without a doubt,” […]
Miles Bridges, who is ranked No. 8 in the ESPN 100, announced his commitment to the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday. Bridges, a 6-foot-7 forward from Flint, Michigan, who plays at Huntington Prep (West Virginia), chose the Spartans over Kentucky and Indiana. He announced his decision during a news conference at a community college in […]
It looks like Luc Richard Mbah a Moute and Chuck Hayes will battle for the final spot on the Clippers roster. — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) October 3, 2015 Source: Arash Markazi of ESPN on Twitter
(Sasha) Vujacic, 31, who signed a one-year deal in August for the veteran’s minimum of $1.4 million, was a low-cost, low-risk addition to the Knicks. Grateful to be back in the N.B.A., he said he would do whatever Fisher, the team’s coach, asked of him. Vujacic has another clear advocate in Jackson, who, as team […]
Clippers announce that, after one exhibition game, they've waived former lottery pick Nikoloz Tskitishvili — Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 3, 2015 Source: Marc Stein of ESPN on Twitter
An MRI confirmed Portland Trail Blazers forward Cliff Alexander has a bone bruise on his left knee, said head coach Terry Stotts after Saturday’s practice. “We’re going to shut him down for a couple of weeks and then work him back in,” Stotts said. “He’s going to be out for a little bit.” Alexander–a former […]
