Hey, is that Cole Aldrich not wearing a New York Knicks uniform? Why, yes. Yes it is. The basketball gods smiled upon the former Kansas center this summer — or maybe it was just that Aldrich became a free agent and made a wise decision. Either way, the 6-foot-11 center now can ...
During the past few days, players for the NBA’s 30 franchises posed for photos, answered questions and took in media day festivities with varying degrees of seriousness. That means it’s time to get the old ’Hawks in the NBA blog up and firing again. At this moment 19 former Kansas ...
Passed on 60 times during the 2015 NBA Draft, one-and-done Kansas big man Cliff Alexander had to make the most of his opportunity in the NBA’s summer leagues to keep his professional dream alive. Though the 6-foot-9 power forward didn’t dominate as a temporary member of the Brooklyn ...
With 17 NBA seasons, 1,250 regular-season games and 158 playoff contests in his rear-view mirror, veteran Paul Pierce only had one thing in mind when he hit free agency this summer: getting back to the NBA Finals. Pierce, Boston’s 2008 Finals MVP, reunited with former Celtics coach Doc ...
The Minnesota Timberwolves haven’t finished with a winning record in any of the previous 10 seasons, nor reached the NBA Playoffs since 2004. This summer, however, only optimism — well, that and probably a lot of patience — surrounds a franchise that won just 19.5% of its games in ...
For an NBA rookie such as Kelly Oubre Jr., the Las Vegas Summer League can serve as a platform to show you belong one night, then humble you the next. It’s a setting full of early lessons about the pro level, and the 19-year-old from Kansas should only benefit from experiencing those ...
Just a few weeks ago, before NBA free agency began, [former Kansas standout Cole Aldrich really had no idea which team he might play for][1] in the 2015-16 season. At the time, re-signing with New York, which finished with the worst record in the Eastern Conference (17-65), seemed like a ...
Joel Embiid’s injury-riddled, still-young basketball career just suffered another blow. [The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Keith Pompey][1] reported Saturday the 7-footer from Kansas, who just sat out what would have been his rookie season with the 76ers, will have a second surgery on his ...
