Joe Crawford, the Los Angeles Lakers only selection in the NBA draft last June.
NBA basketball newsJoe Crawford, the Los Angeles Lakers only selection in the NBA draft last June. Signed a contract with the Western Conference champions on Wednesday. Crawford, the 58th overall pick, averaged 11.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in four years at Kentucky, where he played in 127 games, 76 of them starts. The 22-year-old 6-foot-5 [...]
Guard Kyle Weaver, a second-round draft pick, signed a multiyear contract Wednesday with Oklahoma City.
NBA basketball newsGuard Kyle Weaver, a second-round draft pick, signed a multiyear contract Wednesday with Oklahoma City. Weaver was selected 38th in June by Charlotte but didn’t sign with the Bobcats before being traded to Oklahoma City earlier this month for a second-round choice in next year’s draft. Weaver averaged 12.2 points last season as a senior [...]
Oklahoma City new NBA franchise has finally set a date to announce its name and team colors.
NBA basketball newsOklahoma City new NBA franchise has finally set a date to announce its name and team colors. The team said Wednesday that it would unveil the name and colors simultaneously on its Web site and at a downtown event Sept. 3. Clay Bennett’s ownership group has applied for trademarks for six names: Thunder, Energy, Wind, [...]
Despite the acquisition of Jerryd Bayless.
NBA basketball newsDespite the acquisition of Jerryd Bayless. Blake has been endorsed as the starting point guard by coach Nate McMillan, the Oregonian reports. The Blazers main goal is to win a championship and they believe that Blake will play an integral role in the process. Blake averaged career highs of 8.5 points and 5.1 assists last [...]
Jerry Colangelo dropped into the most grueling summer of Dwyane Wade life to inspect the body.
NBA basketball newsJerry Colangelo dropped into the most grueling summer of Dwyane Wade life to inspect the body. Mind of a discombobulated superstar. He hadnt come to be a soothing voice of encouragement in the clutches of a career reconstruction. There was no time. Team USAs managing director had a purpose far more practical: To prod the [...]
The veteran NBA coach with the trademark white hair always turned a few heads on a bench full of Chinese players.
NBA basketball newsThe veteran NBA coach with the trademark white hair always turned a few heads on a bench full of Chinese players. Harris was brought in to jumpstart China’s national basketball program before the Athens Games, but even then he knew what his real duty was. “My job was to try to get the younger guys [...]
Clay Bennett ownership group has reached a final settlement with the city of Seattle.
NBA basketball newsClay Bennett ownership group has reached a final settlement with the city of Seattle. Allowing the former SuperSonics franchise to move to Oklahoma City. Attorneys filed a document Tuesday in Seattle federal court noting that the parties had agreed to pay their own court costs after reaching the settlement. Bennett announced last month that a [...]
They’ve toured the Great Wall, and they’ve had their way against the two weakest in their group.
NBA basketball newsThey’ve the Great Wall, and they’ve had their way against the two weakest in their group. Now, with Tuesday’s 97-76 victory against Angola in their rear-view mirror, stuff are something like to get difficult for the Americans. And when we say exacting, we’re chat Charles Oakley stern. Bill Laimbeer gristly. Maurice Lucas-Jim Loscutoff-Al Attles taxing. [...]
Los Angeles Clippers protection Dan Dickau the player who held a job in the NBA last war.
NBA basketball newsLos Angeles Clippers picket Dan Dickau became the ninth player who held a job in the NBA last crusade. To imperfection to a extraterritorial club this offseason when he agreed to join the Euroleague team Avellino on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dickau, who averaged 5.3 and 2.6 in 67 cup last [...]
Anything is possible in worldwide , and what seemed like an downright impossibility came very, very close to stylish.
NBA basketball newsAnything is possible in international basketball, and what seemed like an sheer impossibility came very, very close to fashionable. China not quite off what would have been one of the upsets ever, controlling the key -plus housing against the defending world champions from Spain before a 13-end fourth-quarter lead and behind 85-75 in overtime Tuesday. [...]
