Basketball

Darrell Arthur opts to stay with Nuggets

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: Embiid soccer tweet draws ire

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., ...

The curse of the NBA big man always affects drafts

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 ...

Column: Kansas center Black could be taken late in NBA Draft

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 ...

Column: This year could make memories of No. 1 at NBA Draft

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 — ...

NBA teams get a look at Tarik Black before draft

Former Kansas University and University of Memphis power forward Tarik Black’s name isn’t showing up on any of the many mock drafts as the 2014 NBA Draft approaches.It’s a fact, however, that league general managers and scouts are well-aware of the 6-foot-8, 252-pound Black, who, ...

NBA Draft to have Kansas flavor

Joel Embiid won’t be in the NBA Draft Green Room, impeccably dressed in a new $20,000 suit Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The 7-foot former Kansas University center from Cameroon has been ordered by doctors not to fly for 10 days to two weeks following Friday’s ...

Self optimistic about Embiid’s NBA future

News that former Kansas University center Joel Embiid had successful foot surgery Friday morning certainly brightened the rest of Bill Self’s day.“I’m glad the doctors said surgery went well. It’s obviously an injury that he should be able to recover from,” Self, who coached the ...