Hoops Rumors

The Pacers and Spurs have agreed to swap places in the second round of the draft, with Indiana moving up one spot to No. 35 and San Antonio moving down to No. 36, per Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter links). The Pacers used the No. 35 pick to select Kansas wing Johnny Furphy, while the Spurs picked Spanish point guard Juan Nunez at No. 36. The Spurs are receiving cash … [Read more...] about Spurs Trading No. 35 Pick Furphy To Pacers For No. 36, Cash

While their regular season success was overlooked to some extent due to more significant jumps in the standings in 2023/24 by Oklahoma City, Minnesota, and Orlando, you could make a case that no NBA team exceeded preseason expectations from start to finish by a greater margin than the Pacers. After winning 25 games in 2021/22 and 35 in ’22/23, Indiana was projected to take … [Read more...] about 2024 NBA Offseason Preview: Indiana Pacers

While there was skepticism both inside and outside the Lakers‘ organization about how genuine the team’s pursuit of Dan Hurley earlier this month was, team owner Jeanie Buss was “highly motivated” to land the UConn head coach and was “genuinely disappointed” when it didn’t work out, sources tell Shams Charania, Sam Amick, and Jovan Buha of The Athletic. After missing out on … [Read more...] about Pacific Notes: Lakers, Kings, Siakam, Gordon, Suns

The Spurs, who are widely expected to draft at least one guard next Wednesday, recently worked out both Stephon Castle of UConn and Devin Carter of Providence, according to Kelly Iko of The Athletic. As we relayed on Wednesday, recent mock drafts from ESPN and Bleacher Report both have San Antonio drafting Castle at No. 4, and the team is said to be high on Carter as well. Iko … [Read more...] about Draft Workouts: Spurs, Suns, Pacers, Blazers, Lakers, Wolves, Thomas

Canada Basketball has formally announced its preliminary roster for the upcoming 2024 Olympics in Paris. The 20-man group will have to be trimmed to 12 players for Paris. Here are the 20 players vying for spots on Team Canada’s Olympic roster, which will be coached by new Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez: Kyle Alexander (Hapoel Tel Aviv) Nickeil Alexander-Walker … [Read more...] about Gilgeous-Alexander, Murray Headline Canada’s Preliminary Olympic Roster