Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/Twitter The Los Angeles Lakers are signing big man Jaxson Hayes to a two-year contract, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter links). The second year will be a player option, Woj adds. Hayes averaged 7.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in 241 regular season games with the New Orleans Pelicans over the past
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Photo: March Madness/YouTube screenshot Mike Krzyzewski, the all-time wins leader in NCAA Division I men’s basketball and a six-time gold medalist as head coach of the USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team, has been appointed Special Adviser to Basketball Operations by the NBA. Krzyzewski will provide counsel to the league office, NBA team executives and
Photo by TJ Dragotta on Unsplash The Sacramento Kings waived KZ Okpala and signed P.J. Dozier for the rest of the season on Friday night. Dozier was with the Kings on consecutive 10-day contracts.
Photo: Brooklyn Nets/Twitter The Brooklyn Nets and head coach Jacque Vaughn have agreed to a multiyear contract extension, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). The team has issued a press release officially confirming the news. “Jacque has made an immediate and immeasurable impact on our entire organization since assuming the role of head coach
Photo: FIBA Basketball The Slovenian national team’s roster for the 2022 EuroBasket was unveiled, just before the squad’s departure for Cologne, Germany where the Group B games will be hosted, via Eurohoops. The full roster is as follows: Goran Dragic Ziga Samar Luka Rupnik Aleksej Nikolic Klemen Prepelic Edo Muric Mike Tobey Jaka Blazic Ziga
Photo: championsleague.basketball Baskonia announced the team has signed shooting guard Darius Thompson for the next two seasons. The American player spent last season in Russia playing for Lokomotiv Kuban.
Photo: Jason Miller/Getty Images The Memphis Grizzlies have reached an agreement to sign free agent shooting guard Dakota Mathias to an Exhibit 10 contract, sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). Mathias, who went undrafted out of Purdue in 2018, had two 10-day contracts with the Grizzlies last season and was previously a two-way
Photo: Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports The Denver Nuggets have signed big man DeAndre Jordan to a contract, General Manager Calvin Booth announced yesterday. Jordan, 6-11, 265, appeared in 48 games (20 starts) for the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers last season, averaging 4.3 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 64.3% from the field
Photo: cnn.com On Thursday, WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges and now faces up to 10 years in a Russian prison. “I’d like to plead guilty, your honor. But there was no intent. I didn’t want to break the law,” Griner said. The National anthem boycotter was arrested in February after she
Photo: slamonline.com “That’s my dog right there. Where your shoes at? We can go play 1-on-1, me and you right now,” – the Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan challenges the Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson to a game of 1-on-1 at NBA 75 Celebration: