Monthly Archives: June 2024

Tennessee basketball recruit Shane Cherry will transfer from Austin-East for senior season

Austin-East basketball star guard Shane Cherry is transferring to the Academy of Central Florida in Orlando for his senior year, he confirmed to the Knoxville News Sentinel in a text message. Cherry, a 5-foot-10, 155-pound guard with a Tennessee basketball offer, is a three-star prospect and the No. 2 player in Tennessee, according to the 247Sports rankings for the Class …

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Has Paul George played his last game with the Clippers? | No Cap Room

Yahoo Sports Senior NBA writer Dan Devine and The Ringer’s Michael Pina discuss the future of Paul George and whether he’ll be with the Clippers long-term or on another team as soon as this season. Hear the full conversation on “No Cap Room” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever …

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Rutgers basketball guard Tyson Acuff out with a broken foot

Another injury has hit the Rutgers basketball backcourt. Postgrad guard Tyson Acuff suffered a broken foot in practice and will miss three months, the team announced Friday. Assuming his recovery goes as planned, the 6-foot-4 transfer from Eastern Michigan, who averaged 21.7 points per game last season, should be back in action for the 2024-25 season opener in early November. …

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First look at Xavier’s 2024-25 non-conference men’s basketball schedule

Xavier University announced its non-conference men’s basketball schedule for the 2024-25 season on Friday. Xavier opens its season at home against Texas Southern Nov. 4. Xavier’s non-conference schedule includes seven games at Cintas Center, including the Skip Prosser Classic against Wake Forest Nov. 16. In the final Big East-Big 12 battle, Xavier will play TCU at Ed & Rae Schollmaier …

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Warriors Trade Pitch Would Move Haul for Bucks’ Lopez & More

The Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks find themselves in a tough position. Both winning championships in recent seasons and having a clear superstar good enough to win another championship, the rest of their rosters could use some work. In a proposed trade from Allen Stiles of Bleacher Report, the Bucks and Warriors would help each other out. The deal …

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Celtics’ 2024 NBA Summer League schedule includes game vs. Bronny James

Celtics’ 2024 NBA Summer League schedule includes game vs. Bronny James originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The historic rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers will extend to the 2024 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas next month. The Lakers, who made headlines Thursday by drafting Bronny James — son of superstar forward LeBron James — with …

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Kansas State agrees with women’s hoops coach Jeff Mittie on new 5-year deal through 2028-29 season

Jeff Mittie MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State and women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie have agreed to a new five-year contract through the 2028-29 season. Wildcats athletic director Gene Taylor announced the deal. The financial terms were not immediately available. Mittie’s previous contract, which was signed in 2022, would have lasted through the 2025-26 season. Mittie has spent the past 10 …

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Celtics assistant GM gives NBA player comp for Baylor Scheierman

Celtics assistant GM gives NBA player comp for Baylor Scheierman originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics kept their first-round pick (No. 30 overall) in the 2024 NBA Draft and used it to select Creighton wing Baylor Scheierman. Scheierman is a well-rounded player who averaged 18.5 points, nine rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, while shooting 38.1 percent …

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Way-too-early 2025 NBA Mock Draft: Duke’s Cooper Flagg bucks trend, goes No. 1 ahead of Rutgers’ Ace Bailey

Getty Images A player from France has been selected No. 1 in each of the past two NBA Drafts — first Victor Wembanyama in 2023, then Zaccharie Risacher in 2024. That streak should end next year because, barring a surprise, the first player selected in the 2025 NBA Draft should be Cooper Flagg, the projected one-and-done star at Duke. He’s …

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Brandon Ingram on the trade block? | No Cap Room

Yahoo Sports Senior NBA writer Dan Devine and The Ringer’s Michael Pina look at the value Brandon Ingram brings after reports the Pelicans forward could be available via trade. Hear the full conversation on “No Cap Room” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript …

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Warriors apply logical draft strategy with championship clock ticking

Warriors apply logical draft strategy with championship clock ticking originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SAN FRANCISCO – There are hundreds of examples, in every major professional sport, of draft-day misjudgment, of flowery self-flattery that in a matter of months turns to regret and, often, an executive losing his job. So, the Warriors on Thursday utilized their limited options …

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Rick Pitino says he has donated to Kentucky football’s NIL, would do the same for Mark Pope and basketball

For close to two decades, Rick Pitino was a villain to Kentucky basketball fans, a man whose life and career had an almost Shakespearean arc. After leading the Wildcats from the depths of scandal to championship glory, and after an ill-fated three-year run with the Boston Celtics, Pitino stunned many nationally and angered hundreds of thousands across the commonwealth by …

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New Team Emerges In Brook Lopez Trade Talks

The Milwaukee Bucks have made it known that they are going to be making some pretty significant changes to their roster. When they were eliminated from the NBA Playoffs following their first-round loss to the Indiana Pacers, the immediate discourse and rumors were that they might trade All-Star point guard Damian Lillard. Of course, the usual Giannis Antetokounmpo rumors started …

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Why Kerr knows every way Steph ‘fits perfectly’ into Team USA

Why Kerr knows every way Steph ‘fits perfectly’ into Team USA originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steve Kerr still remembers sitting in his new Oakland office a few months after being named the Warriors’ head coach in 2014, watching his backcourt of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson take home gold for Team USA at the FIBA Basketball World …

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Kentucky’s Justin Edwards is first top-3 recruit to go undrafted; can he find NBA redemption on two-way deal?

Justin Edwards went undrafted in the 2024 NBA Draft. The former Kentucky wing is the first top-3 recruit to go undrafted in the history of internet-era recruiting rankings (no top-3 prospect, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, had ever fallen out of the first round before Edwards).  Reed Sheppard’s catapult up draft boards to being the No. 3 pick by Houston …

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