Category: NBA News Wire
Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers has been fined $25,000 for public criticism of the officiating, the NBA announced Thursday. Rivers made his comments in the postgame press conference after the Clippers’ 105-104 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night. The NBA announced Wednesday that the officials did not have clear and conducive […]
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Stan Van Gundy believes that being a basketball lifer qualifies him to be his own boss in Detroit. Van Gundy would not have left the warmth of his Florida home just to coach the downtrodden Pistons. He wanted control of personnel decisions and found an owner who was willing to give […]
CHICAGO — Oklahoma State point guard Marcus Smart was projected to be a lottery pick in the 2013 draft but he surprisingly opted to return to Stillwater. Back in Chicago for the first time since the McDonald’s All-American Game, the 20-year-old junior did not participate in workouts at the 2014 NBA Draft Combine, following the […]
CHICAGO — Dante Exum is new to the NBA, but he is hardly news to the dozens of scouts and executives packed into Quest Multisport, the facility that hosts the two-day NBA Draft Combine. The 18-year-old Australian guard projects as a potential top-five draft pick June 26 in Brooklyn, a still-developing plot that will be […]
CHICAGO — All-American Doug McDermott, preparing to hold a full-time job for the first time in his life, can appreciate leaving one part of college life at Creighton. The 6-foot-7 small forward said Thursday at Quest Multisport facility the one constant of life in Omaha he’ll be glad to leave behind is the persistent question: […]
The New York Knicks must now regroup after focusing their initial search for their next head coach on Steve Kerr, who turned down president Phil Jackson on Wednesday to accept a five-year, $25 million offer with the Golden State Warriors. Jackson, who built a relationship with Kerr while the Chicago Bulls were winning championships, was […]
MIAMI — LeBron James said the Brooklyn Nets’ Joe Johnson “torched” him for a game-high 34 points. In the end, however, James and the Miami Heat extinguished the flickering flame that represented the Nets’ season. Backed by a 12-0 run in the final minutes, the Heat advanced to the Eastern Conference finals with a 96-94 […]
NBA Players’ Association vice president Roger Mason backtracked Wednesday on his statement that Miami Heat forward LeBron James would support a boycott next season if Donald Sterling was not removed by then as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. James also stopped short of backing a boycott, saying before the Heat’s series-ending 96-94 victory over […]
The NBA backed the call made by the officials late in the Oklahoma City Thunder-Los Angeles Clippers playoff game on Tuesday night in Oklahoma City. NBA president of basketball operations Rod Thorn announced Wednesday that the referees did not have clear and conducive evidence after viewing replay to overturn the out-of-bounds ruling that went in […]
MIAMI — Backed by a 12-0 run in the final minutes, the Miami Heat advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a 96-94 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. Reserve guard Ray Allen hit a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left to give Miami its first lead of the fourth quarter […]
