Rumors

The Hornets have a nice young core and were primed for to take a step further this year. But that plan has been derailed (on paper, anyway) as Michael Kidd-Gilchrist needs to undergo shoulder surgery. This procedure will sideline the youngster for about six months, and possibly the whole season. Charlotte Hornets forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist [...]

Training camp is underway and most coach, I’m sure, would appreciate it if their guys came into came in shape. That way, camp can be used to go over actual basketball stuff, rather than using that time to tackle conditioning. The former is apparently the case with Kings rookie Willie Cauley-Stein who is apparently out [...]

Last season, Lakers rookie Julius Randle broke his leg in his very first professional regular season game and missed the rest of the year. This year, their new highly touted rookie, D’Angelo Russell, has apparently sustained an injury as well. Russell injured his foot in Lakers training camp, but the good news is we’re still [...]

Both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Tristan Thompson neglected to call the current contractual stalemate a “holdout.” That’s primarily because Thompson had until Thursday (yesterday) to sign the one-year qualifying offer, since they were not able to come to terms on a longterm deal. But that deadline has come and gone, so is it a holdout [...]

Fresh off a championship run as a rookie head coach, Steve Kerr’s sophomore campaign will not begin as smoothly. Just as training camp opens up, the Warriors announce that Kerr will be taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team to deal with back issues. He’s had two back surgeries this summer and needs [...]

Mike Miller’s reunion with LeBron James was very short-lived. The former Cav had been a free agent this summer, looking for an NBA home. That has come by way of the Denver Nuggets showing him some love. The 35-year-old will provide a veteran presence off the bench on a team that has gotten noticeably younger [...]

Following his second DUI charge this calendar year, a few months ago, Ty Lawson was ordered by a judge to enter a rehab program for drinking. While all of this was going on, the Nuggets traded Lawson to Houston. Now that he’s in a new situation, he has the time to reflect on his off-the-court [...]

Derrick Rose is not going let a little ol’ orbital bone fracture shake his confidence. He may be ready to start the season (assuming he wants to) and he knows he’ll return to form. Per his college coach John Calipari, Rose feels he’ll return to playing at a high level. High enough to capture another [...]

The Chicago Bulls held their first practice of the new season on Tuesday and the result was less than desirable. It didn’t take long for Derrick Rose to get hurt. However, the good news was that he injured his face rather than his knees. Rose broke an orbital bone and will have surgery on Wednesday. [...]

Larry Brown hasn’t been at SMU very long, but the Mustangs have enjoyed some success under his watch. But perhaps that was illegal success. The NCAA has come down on Brown and NCAA for reported violations regarding the eligibility of one of their players. A former assistant men’s basketball coach encouraged a student-athlete to enroll [...]