NBA
HoopsRumors (Alex Kirschenbaum) —
Kings assistant coach Jordi Fernandez is set to become the Nets‘ pick for their head coach ahead of the 2024/25 NBA season, sources inform Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). Woj notes that Fernandez became Brooklyn’s preferred candidate following an exhaustively thorough search over the last month. More to come…
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
Ulrich Chomche, an 18-year-old Cameroon center at the NBA Africa Academy, is entering the 2024 NBA draft, his agents at Klutch Sports tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). While Chomche is ranked 39th overall on ESPN’s list of this year’s top 100 prospects, that’s not necessarily the consensus. Sam Vecenie of The Athletic (Twitter […]
HoopsRumors (Alex Kirschenbaum) —
Third-year Nets shooting guard Cam Thomas is hoping to show the league at large that he is capable of being a two-way force in the NBA, reports C.J. Holmes of The New York Daily News. “My numbers are up there with some of the best of them, honestly,” Thomas told Holmes. “Mine are just overlooked […]
HoopsRumors (Alex Kirschenbaum) —
The Team USA men’s basketball program has announced 11 of its 12 roster spots for this year’s Paris Olympics, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). Woj suggests that the final roster opening could remain open for a while. Here are those 11 players: LeBron James, Lakers forward Anthony Davis, Lakers center Stephen Curry, Warriors […]
HoopsRumors (Alex Kirschenbaum) —
The Rockets’ 2023/24 season, their first under new head coach Ime Udoka, is now in the books. Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle breaks down how the team’s 41-41 finish packed plenty of promise, albeit clouded a bit by the fact that Houston fell short of making the postseason. The Rockets finished as the No. […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
Although the Grizzlies dealt with a ton of injuries this season, particularly down the stretch, there aren’t many long-term concerns among that group of injured players, according to head of basketball operations Zach Kleiman, who told reporters today that Ja Morant (right shoulder surgery) is the only one expected to have more than a month […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
Speaking today to reporters, Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin confirmed that the team is committed to Chauncey Billups as its head coach and indicated that the plan is to have Billups return for the 2024/25 season (Twitter links via Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report and Bill Oram of The Oregonian). Cronin referred to […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
The Pistons have decided they will hire a president of basketball operations, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic, who reports (via Twitter) that the search process will begin this week. Local reporters, including James L. Edwards III of The Athletic and Omari Sankofa II of The Detroit Free Press, had been suggesting this would […]
HoopsRumors (Luke Adams) —
Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been named the Western Conference’s final Player of the Week for the 2023/24 season, while Knicks guard Jalen Brunson has won the award for the Eastern Conference, the NBA announced today (via Twitter). It’s Jokic’s second Player of the Week win of ’23/24 — the first came all the way […]