New York ? The Cleveland Cavaliers may have ruled out former Kansas University center Joel Embiid for the No. 1 pick in tonight’s NBA draft, but that didn’t keep Embiid’s name from popping up Wednesday in Times Square.Former KU teammate Andrew Wiggins, during a 30-minute media session at ...
New York ? Andrew Wiggins remembers a time, during ninth or 10th grade in Canada, when he was not the highly touted basketball phenom we know today.Not quite, anyway.He has to squint a little to recall the details of days gone by, but the memories have served him well since he left Kansas ...
Not all of the intrigue surrounding members of the most recent Kansas University basketball team during Thursday night’s NBA Draft will take place toward the front of the lottery, where teams will make decisions on Joel Embiid and Andrew Wiggins.My guess is most KU fans will stay tuned in ...
Denver ? Nuggets forward Darrell Arthur has exercised his contract option for the upcoming season.Denver general manager Tim Connelly announced the news Monday.Arthur, a former Kansas University standout, averaged nearly six points a game for Denver last season and knocked down a career-high 24 ...
Basketball notebook. ...Former Kansas University center Joel Embiid stirred up United States soccer fans Sunday by tweeting congratulations to Portugal soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo for setting up the tying goal in Portugal’s draw with the United States on Sunday. The draw prevented the U.S., ...
Trace the origin of most mock drafts to lies and misdirection plays. NBA general managers and their underlings for clubs holding lottery picks do their best to float the word, almost always off-the-record, as to their draft-day intentions. They do so to try to influence their competitors away ...
Miami ? Greg Oden has had years to think about the plight of his knees, and still has no good answers.The No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA draft is a poster child for big man bad luck, an epidemic that's been sweeping the league for years. The latest victim seems to be Joel Embiid, a 7-footer ...
New York ? This week marks the fifth year in a row that I’ve made the summertime trek to the Big Apple to cover the NBA Draft, an obvious sign that the Kansas University basketball team has had some pretty good players during recent years.I’ve covered lottery picks — six in four years — ...
