Archive for March 30, 2021
Tahjere McCall to Orleans, French Pro A
Tahjere McCall (196 cm, G/F) is on the move to France. There he will join Entente Orleans 45 and coach Germaine Castano. Orleans is 7-7 in the French Pro A and sits in 8th spot in the standings. McCall is on a one-month ‘injury replacement contract’ in Orleans since Lamonte Ulmer is injured. Tahjere McCall…
Read MoreBaylor earns first Final Four since 1950
Baylor is in the Final Four for the first time in 71 years. The No. 1 Bears put No. 3 Arkansas away over the final six minutes of their Elite Eight matchup Monday night in an 81-72 victory thanks to a couple of key threes by MaCio Teague and a long shooting drought by Arkansas.…
Read MoreHouston heads to NCAA Final Four
The first ticket to the 2021 NCAA Men’s Final Four has been punched. Second-seeded Houston is in the Final Four for the first time in nearly 40 years. Back in the days of Phi Slama Jama in the early 1980s, Houston made three-straight Final Fours from 1982-84, with back-to-back national championship appearances those final two trips. Since…
Read MoreNBA sets July 29 for its draft
The NBA announced Monday that the draft will be held on July 29, the draft lottery on June 22, and the draft combine June 21-27, as the league adjusts to its temporary schedule because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The NBA typically holds the lottery and combine in mid-May, the draft in late June, and…
Read MoreCSKA coach suspends Mike James again
CSKA Moscow announced that head coach Dimitris Itoudis had suspended guard Mike James for an unspecified number of upcoming games. James is leading the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague in scoring with 19.3 points per game as CSKA heads into the last double-round week of the regular season with games against Russian rivals Zenit St Petersburg on…
Read MoreBasketball Africa League will tip off in May
Today, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced that the league’s historic inaugural season will tip off Sunday, May 16, at the Kigali Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, with 12 teams from across Africa competing in the new professional league. The BAL, a partnership between the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), builds…
Read MoreMilwaukee Bucks to sign veteran guard Jeff Teague, per report
The Milwaukee Bucks have been somewhat of an afterthought in the Eastern Conference playoff race. After all, the Philadelphia 76ers own the best record in the East. Secondly, the Brooklyn Nets have tinkered with their roster as well. This includes the recent additions of Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldridge. In spite of these trends, the…
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