According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie is leaving Roc Nation and “seriously considering representing himself.” Dinwiddie’s departure comes barely a year after joining the agency in September 2019, shortly after his former agent , Raymond Brothers was hired by the firm.
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From Stefan Djordjevic of EuroHoops.net : With the new format in place and new rules regarding game postponements due to COVID-19, the opening week of action in the Basketball Champions League featured four games while as many were postponed to a later date. Already established four BCL teams in Iberostar Tenerife, JDA Dijon, Casademont Zaragoza and Dinamo Sassari went against four newcomers (or returnees) to the competition in Bakken Bears, Keravnos, Pszczolka Start Lublin and Galatasarayrespectively.blob:https://sneakershoptalk.com/76025e7c-52bf-46be-87ca-1c49e2e68f78 Although they were all favorites, it’s a bit surprising that all ‘oldies’ got out unscathed…
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From Jeff Borzello of ESPN Penn State head men’s basketball coach Pat Chambers resigned Wednesday following an investigation into inappropriate conduct that stemmed from a former player saying Chambers made a reference to a noose around the player’s neck. The school announced it accepted his resignation following an “internal investigation of new allegations of inappropriate conduct by Chambers.” In July, Iowa State guard Rasir Bolton — who transferred from Penn State in the summer of 2019 — said he made the decision to leave the Nittany Lions because Chambers made a reference to a noose…
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From Stefan Djordjevic of euro hoops.net: In a game that went down to the wire, Casademont Zaragoza snatched an 86-85 road win over the newcomer Pszczolka Start Lublin in Group D of the Basketball Champions League. It was 68-66 for the home side early on in the fourth quarter when they put on a 9-0 run to go up by 11 points (77-66), however, Zaragoza got back into the game and tied it at 79 after Jonathan Barreiro’s triple.blob:https://sneakershoptalk.com/225ae9f1-7b84-4f0f-a7d5-2a8c74f15996 Martins Laksa banked his third shot from deep which, followed by Lester Medford’s…
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From nba.com: The New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to terms with veteran NBA coach Stan Van Gundy to become their next coach, per multiple reports. Van Gundy had been serving as an NBA analyst for Turner Sports before reportedly agreeing to his deal. Prior to that, Van Gundy spent 12 seasons as an NBA coach from 2003-18, serving in that role with the Miami Heat (2003-06), Orlando Magic (2007-12) and Detroit Pistons (2014-18). Van Gundy has coached 907 games in his career, amassing a 523-384 record and led the Magic…
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from nba.com: The Indiana Pacers have hired Nate Bjorkgren to be their next head coach, per multiple reports. Bjorkgren was an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors.
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From ESPN: Alabama coach Nick Saban has been cleared to coach in Saturday’s game against No. 3 Georgiafollowing a third negative COVID-19 test Saturday, the school announced. Alabama team physician Dr. Jimmy Robinson said in a statement that Saban, who turns 69 later this month, had negative tests Thursday, Friday and Saturday following an initial positive test Wednesday. The school added that two additional tests, from Thursday and Friday, were found to be negative at a separate lab. “Due to the fact that Coach Saban has remained completely symptom-free and had five…
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From nbl.com.au: NBL Next Star RJ Hampton says playing with the New Zealand Breakers last season gives him an edge over some college players in next month’s NBA Draft. Hampton bypassed multiple high-profile division one colleges to play in the NBL last season, a decision he believes helps his prospects in the NBA Draft. “I think the overseas experience helped me a lot,” Hampton said in a draft combine media session. “Playing against grown men, being on a professional team, I think that’s enough in itself. “I feel like with my…
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From Sam Quinn of cbssports.com : In a rising salary cap environment, productive players with options in their contracts are heavily incentivized to test free agency. It’s common sense. Consider Kyrie Irving. When he signed his rookie extension in the summer of 2014, the salary cap was $63 million. Last offseason, when he had to decide whether to pick up the option on the final season of that contract, the cap was over $109 million. Over the past half-decade, the cap has grown so rapidly that, short of injuries or rapid…
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As a professional athlete the offseason after winning a championship can be a time to cash in. The incumbent champ will want to keep the player and other clubs will want the “championship pedigree” these players have and are willing to pay for it. Such could be the case for Rajon Rondo and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. The Lakers guards, fresh off winning an NBA title on Sunday are expected to both opt out of their current deals and enter free agency. However The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania reports the Lakers…
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