The Phoenix Suns are looking to add James Posey to new head coach Mike Budenholzer’s staff to work as an assistant coach, sources informed The Arizona Republic. Posey was an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards the past two seasons, including Suns guard Bradley Beal’s final season with the Wizards in 2022-23.
The Phoenix Suns are looking to add James Posey to new …
September 15, 2024 | 8:28 pm EDT Update
Lakers waive Blake Hinson
Michael Scotto: Los Angeles Lakers are waiving two-way guard Blake Hinson, sources told @hoopshype. Hinson averaged 18.5 points and shot 42.1% from 3-point range at Pittsburgh. The 6-foot-8 guard’s shooting intrigued teams following the draft. He’s now expected to draw interest in free agency.
Evan Fournier: Maybe I missed something but am I the only one that dont see anything wrong here? Dude is getting his ass kicked and tryna motivate his team. I dont think he meant to disrespect European basketball. I might be wrong tho🤷🏽♂️
September 15, 2024 | 6:41 pm EDT Update
Marcus Morris to Knicks
Michael Scotto: The New York Knicks have signed Marcus Morris Sr. to an Exhibit 9 deal, team says.
Ian Begley: Marcus Morris Sr.’s Exhibit 9 deal is obviously non guaranteed but he’s viewed by NYK as a stretch 4/5 at this point in his career, per league sources, and has a real chance to make NYK’s regular season roster.
Steve Kerr on benching Jayson Tatum in the Olympics: Celtics fans are going to be all over me
Steve Kerr knows Boston Celtics fans will try to make his life miserable after Jayson Tatum’s limited playing time with Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics. That will specifically be the case when the Warriors visit TD Garden on Nov. 6, but coach Kerr isn’t going to lose sleep over it. “I think they’re going to be all over me,” Kerr told NBA.com’s Steve Aschburner, laughing. “That’s fine.”
“Those guys were all great,” Kerr told Aschburner. “Jayson handled things so well. Then obviously it became a media subject, but he couldn’t have handled it better. Tyrese, same thing. Every game was different. And we talked about that from the first night – 12 superstars and probably only nine can play consistent minutes. They handled themselves really professionally and pulled for each other. I couldn’t be prouder of them all.”
Mike James: Just because your dream is to play in the NBA doesn’t mean you’re better than players in EuroLeague or ACB. Getting cooked by a non EuroLeague team after talking like that is hilarious
Sam Dekker: Good ole fashioned ass-whooping. Overseas hoops a different animal my guy. There’s a reason G-League is all 18-22 year-olds. It’s not good hoop and it’s all kids.
Scott Agness: Pacers coach Rick Carlisle (green hat) courtside for the finish of this Fever home finale. Clark and Mitchell have six 3s each.
September 15, 2024 | 2:24 pm EDT Update
DeMar DeRozan on retiring as a Raptor: You can’t turn something like that down
Best friend and former Raptors running mate Kyle Lowry has repeatedly made it known he wants to retire a Raptor, even in some ceremonial manner. DeMar DeRozan isn’t thinking about retirement quite yet, but he can see Lowry’s point. “You definitely want to go out in a poetic way, especially where it all started,” he said. “If I had the opportunity to do something like that, you can’t turn something like that down, to put on that jersey for the last time, because it was the first jersey you put on.”
What Toronto also gave DeRozan was the strength to delve into an issue much more important than basketball. Because of his comfort level here, he was able and willing to openly discuss his battle with depression and overall mental health. A late-night tweet in 2018 — “this depression get the best of me” — and his willingness to discuss it thrust DeRozan deeper into the spotlight and was the impetus for the larger book project. He had an important message to deliver. The response was immediate, mixed with personal pride and dread. “In a sense it (was) 50/50,” he said. “I never wanted to inconvenience anyone with my issues; anybody who knows me knows I’m that type of person.”
