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The Atlanta Hawks today announced the team has signed Johnny Hamilton, A.J. Lawson, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot and Jahlil Okafor. Per team policy, terms of the agreements were not disclosed. Hamilton, a 7’0 center, played in 13 games last season with Fenerbahce in Turkey before being loaned to Mornar Bar (Montenegro) for the remainder of the season. He finished his college career at UT-Arlington in 2017-18 after two seasons at Jacksonville College and two at Virginia Tech. As a graduate student at UTA... Читать дальше...

Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers wants to change Ben Simmons’ mind. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the star guard has told the team that he will not report to training camp next week and does not plan to play for the franchise again. “Well, I hope we can change that thought,” Rivers said on ESPN’s Keyshawn, JWill, and Max on Wednesday morning. “That’s part of our job.”
Source: ESPN

Adrian Wojnarowski: Free agent G Theo Pinson will go to training camp with the Boston Celtics, sources tell ESPN. Pinson spent parts of his first three NBA seasons with the Nets and Knicks.
Source: Twitter @wojespn

Former NBA point guard Brandon Jennings discussed his decision to go pro out of high school and the future for prospects now that they can benefit from their likeness with host Michael Scotto on the latest edition of the HoopsHype podcast. Jennings also discussed what he thought of his career, what his career could’ve been if he didn’t hurt his Achilles, his latest NFT drop with Ballislife, and much more.

Last season was another disappointing one for the New Orleans Pelicans under executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin, one that led to Griffin firing his pick to replace Alvin Gentry as head coach, Stan Van Gundy, after just one season, replacing him with former Phoenix Suns assistant coach Willie Green, who will be tasked with running a team for the first time.

The Sixers are expecting at least some sort of absence to open the preseason, sources say, though most are convinced he will eventually show up, citing a lack of precedent for extended holdouts in the NBA. There has been some public debate over whether the Sixers would fine him for such a move in the midst of trying to work through all this, though it seems pretty black-and-white on Philly’s end.
Source: Philly Voice

Paul, who also manages Anthony Davis, LeBron James and Trae Young, has built a $2.7 billion empire and knows how to get what he wants. “I talked to Rich Paul,” former NBA player Jay Williams told ‘Bart & Hahn’. “He was the one that told me: ‘We want out and we’ll go to what ever degree we have to’”.
Source: Andrew Jackson @ FOXSports.com