Category: NBA News Wire
Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the team will not take Kansas center Joel Embiid with the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft. Embiid was projected to go No. 1 before it was revealed last week that he has a foot injury that requires surgery. The Cleveland Cavaliers are […]
New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton is expected to plead guilty to a felony gun possession charge in a deal that will keep him out of jail. Felton was in a Manhattan court on Monday in hopes of resolving the gun case that came about the same time his marriage was breaking up. He […]
As expected, New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony will opt out of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Anthony will file an official notice on Monday, according to multiple reports. Anthony would have been paid $23.5 million for his final year with the Knicks. Instead, he will test the free-agent […]
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has been doing research on the city of Chicago as he approaches the deadline to exercise the opt-out clause in his contract, according to ESPNNewYork.com. Anthony has reportedly spoken to at least one high-profile person who lives in Chicago about what it is like to be famous there. The […]
Joel Embiid had two screws placed in his right foot during surgery Friday to repair a stress fracture that could cause the top prospect to fall in next week’s NBA Draft. Dr. Richard Ferkel said in a statement that the surgery went well and he is confident Embiid will be able to return to the […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers reached an agreement with David Blatt to be their new head coach, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Blatt met with team officials for two days this week and was offered the job Thursday night. Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue was the other finalist for the job left vacant when […]
The news of Joel Embiid’s foot surgery scheduled for Friday sent a shockwave through the top portion of the 2014 NBA Draft. With two other premier talents available in Kansas’ Andrew Wiggins and Duke’s Jabari Parker, the Cleveland Cavaliers can’t afford to take such a big gamble on the Kansas big man after swinging and […]
A Los Angeles judge denied an emergency motion by Shelly Sterling to protect herself, her lawyers and two doctors after the doctors and lawyers received threatening messages from her estranged husband, Donald Sterling, on Thursday. Judge Michael Levanas said the voice mails did not rise to a “level of great and irreparable injury.” Donald Sterling’s […]
Potential first overall draft pick Joel Embiid will require surgery to repair a fractured right foot. Agent Arn Tellem said in a statement Thursday that Embiid would undergo an operation and would not attend next week’s draft. According to Tellem,Embiid sustained a stress fracture to the navicular bone in his right foot in recent days. […]
Potential first overall draft pick Joel Embiid is undergoing tests to learn whether he fractured his foot in a recent workout. ESPN first reported the injury, which was confirmed by agent Arn Tellem. “He suffered a foot injury to his right foot sometime over the last few days,” Tellem told ESPN.com. “He’s getting evaluations from […]
