Новости за 03.08.2023

Michael Scotto: The Brooklyn Nets and Trendon Watford have agreed to a deal, league sources told @hoopshype.
Source: Twitter @MikeAScotto

Drew Hill: Desmond Bane said he’s doing pretty much everything now besides 5-on-5 after offseason toe surgery. He expects he’ll be ready for the start of training camp.
Source: Twitter @DrewHill_DM

Clutch Points: Kyrie Irving showing some love to Russell Westbrook on his IG story 🫶🔥 pic.twitter.com/5P3Kzqi8hG
Source: Twitter @ClutchPointsApp

With free agency mostly over, most of the transactions left to be done are trades and extensions. There are still a handful of players on rookie-scale contracts who are eligible to extend before the start of the regular season. We’ve already seen several of the top players from the 2020 draft class with new deals like Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton, and LaMelo Ball.

Ibaka, 33, said he signed with Milwaukee knowing he wasn’t going to play as much as he wanted to and that he had talked about the situation with former coach Mike Budenholzer before signing. “(Budenholzer) told me to my face: Listen, you’re coming here, I promise you nothing — but you never know, it’s a long season, guys can have injuries, you have to stay ready,” Ibaka said. But then, Ibaka said, things became more “confusing” when his name wasn’t called when other players got hurt, and he was... Читать дальше...

Rod Boone: #Hornets announce Michael Jordan’s sale of his majority stake in the #Hornets to the group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall has been finalized.
Source: Twitter @rodboone

The biggest story of the summer finally got its conclusion, as Nikola Mirotic decided to join Olimpia Milano. Italian champions teased the public with a post that obviously points that Mirotic will join them, and the official announcement is imminent.
Source: EuroHoops.net

Damian Lillard: “Winning the ring is like the ultimate level of success. And I always think about it like how you said, like, you wrestle with that, like, I always think about it like, man, but like, I really do want to win. And I don’t think I would go crazy if I didn’t, but like I really want to win a ring. And the thing that I always come back to is, I feel like I’ve checked the box on everything that makes me feel like if I was done today, I’ve had a successful career because I’d be fulfilled because I haven’t taken any shortcuts. Читать дальше...

NBACentral: John Wall is in talks with Italian club Armani Milan, per @BasketNews_com. John Wall: Where Do Y’all Get Ur Info from? False News
Source: Twitter @JohnWall

Josh Lewenberg: I asked Jamal Murray if he expects to play in the WC. Like Rowan Barrett yesterday, he was non-committal. “It’s a process… My body & my pace is a little different than everyone else’s so I’m just trying to keep cool & stick to my jump shot right now. I can rely on that always”
Source: Twitter @JLew1050

A sold-out crowd at Stozice Arena in Ljubljana was in for a treat from the moment the game started between Slovenia and Greece. Luka Doncic mesmerized the audience, but in a thriller finish Greece managed to get the win playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo in a preparation game for the Word Cup 98-91. Doncic tabbed a triple-double with 20 points, 14 assists, and 10 rebounds. But in the end, he did not manage to get a win for his team, but non the less the Slovenian crowd did enjoy some Luka magic. Читать дальше...