Category: NBA News Wire
The San Antonio Spurs are the 2013-14 NBA champions after taking down the Miami HEAT in five games.
The Chicago Bulls and Houston Rockets are the early frontrunners to land New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, who plans to opt out of his contract, according to Yahoo Sports. Anthony has until June 23 to either opt in or out of the final year of his deal with the Knicks. Team president Phil Jackson […]
Signs point to power forward Tim Duncan and coach Gregg Popovich returning to the San Antonio Spurs next season. Speculation during the playoffs has centered around whether the two would be back should they win a fifth NBA title. ESPN reported that the 38-year-old Duncan has a June 24 deadline to opt in to his […]
Signs point to power forward Tim Duncan and coach Gregg Popovich returning to the San Antonio Spurs next season. Speculation during the playoffs has centered around whether the two would be back should they win a fifth NBA title. ESPN reported that the 38-year-old Duncan has a June 24 deadline to opt in to his […]
A point guard at Oklahoma State, NBA teams view Marcus Smart as a combo guard who could slide to shooting guard. He’s listed there by The Sports Xchange, along with top-15 rated sophomore shooters Gary Harris (Michigan State) and Nik Stauskas (Michigan). The top shooting guard for the 2014 NBA Draft: 1. (No. 6 overall) […]
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony intends to opt out of his contract and become a free agent next month, despite team president Phil Jackson’s efforts to keep him, according to ESPN.com. Jackson is trying to convince Anthony to exercise his $23.3 million player option and delay unrestricted free agency until after next season. Anthony […]
Attorneys for former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling are hiring private investigators to dig up dirt on NBA commissioner Adam Silver, former commissioner David Stern and the league’s owners, the Associated Press reported Friday. According to the report, investigators were given a six-figure budget over the next 30 days to look into the NBA’s […]
The Minnesota Timberwolves named Sidney Lowe as an assistant coach on Friday. Lowe will work under head coach Flip Saunders for a fourth stint. Previously, Lowe served as an assistant under Saunders in Minnesota from 1999-2000 and 2003-05, and in Detroit with the Pistons from 2005-06. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are […]
MIAMI — Maybe it was forward Boris Diaw’s behind-the-back pass that led to a dunk by center Tiago Splitter. Or maybe it was guard Manu Ginobili’s surprising blocked shot on Miami Heat forward LeBron James. Or perhaps it was forward Kawhi Leonard’s two-handed, all-in-one-motion rebound/dunk. Actually, they were all good examples of another surreal first […]
Rod Higgins resigned as the Charlotte Hornets’ president of basketball operations, the team announced in a press release Thursday night. General manager Rich Cho is the new head of basketball operations, reporting to team chairman Michael Jordan and vice chairman Curtis Polk. “I would like to thank Rod for his seven years of dedication to […]
