John Calipari: Big Blue Nation's Player's Coach - The Sports Quotient Karl-Anthony Towns, the 2015 NBA No. 1 overall draft pick, had no trouble converting a year’s worth of NCAA college basketball to a successful rookie season. The 19-year-old post player averaged 18.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks for the Minnesota Timberwolves en route to Rookie of the Year Honors. Rewind the … [Read more...]

Top NBA Rookies Pick Their GOAT, Favorite '2K' Teams - Bleacher Report Gary Dineen/Getty Images Entering the NBA as a top rookie prospect is a cyclonic process. Everything changes. The paycheck is good, but you're put under an oft-unforgiving microscope. The expectations are greater. The margin for error is smaller. The questions you're asked get tougher. On Sunday, with most of … [Read more...]

Rockets Blasts from the Past: Why Royce White is beautiful and matters - The Dream Shake Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images The Blasts from the Past series continues with the more recently misunderstood Royce White Royce White is such an obscure Rocket. HOW OBSCURE IS HE??? Royce White is such an obscure Rocket that he never even played in a regular season game for the Rockets. He was drafted by … [Read more...]

Oklahoma City Thunder film room: Scouting Domantas Sabonis - Welcome to Loud City An in-depth analytical breakdown of Thunder rookie Domantas Sabonis' strengths and weaknesses ahead of his debut NBA season. Domantas Sabonis, the 11th pick of the 2016 draft, is an intriguing young prospect for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Born in Portland, though of Lithuanian nationality, Sabonis comes from great … [Read more...]

Monday's Sports in Brief - Virginian-Pilot AUTO RACING INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bryan Clauson, considered the top dirt-track racer in the country, has died from injuries suffered in an accident at the Belleville (Kansas) Midget Nationals USAC midget race. He was 27. His death was announced at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A statement from his family was read that said Clauson died Sunday evening … [Read more...]

How Often do Reaches in the Draft Work Out? - Clips Nation Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports In every draft, teams take players well ahead of where most fans expect them to be picked. These selections are usually accompanied with anger or disappointment from the fans. But are these feelings deserved? This is a companion article to my piece about draft steals, found here. However, instead of … [Read more...]

With some teams suffering injuries during the offseason and training camp, does this open the doors for the Chiefs ... - Arrowhead Pride (blog) From the FanPosts -Joel Lately, I've been seeing a few teams have to deal with injuries at some positions where they may not have a lot of depth to work with. This reminds me of the fact the Chiefs this year have some excellent depth on the roster, and … [Read more...]

2018 guard Cormac Ryan picks up Michigan scholarship offer during weekend visit - MLive.com ANN ARBOR -- After being trailed by Michigan coaches all summer, Cormac Ryan made the trip to Ann Arbor this weekend. Coming from Milton, Mass., the talented shooting guard visited for U-M's College Practice Camp, playing alongside a number of other 2018 prospects seeking a Michigan scholarship offer. On … [Read more...]

Lebron's son wins basketball championship - THV11.com ASHLAND – There's a pretty good chance at least 23.9 million people have noticed that Grayson Steury is a national champion basketball player. LeBron James posted a picture of 11-year-old Grayson and his teammates — including LeBron Jr. — on Instagram for his millions of followers after the fifth-grade North Coast Blue Chips won a … [Read more...]

Which non-U.S. Olympic basketball teams have the most NBA talent? - SB Nation There will be a lot of familiar names taking the hardwood when Olympic basketball tips off on Saturday. Here are the international teams that are most stacked with talent that has played in the NBA. There will be plenty of NBA talent on display at the 2016 Olympics, and the majority of it is coming from non-United States … [Read more...]