The exclusive media rights negotiating window between the NBA and current partners Disney and Turner is open until April 22, and sources recently told Tom Friend of Sports Business Journal they believe the parties entered those negotiations roughly three-quarters of the way toward an agreement based on their preliminary talks in recent months. According to Friend, those sources … [Read more...] about And-Ones: NBA Media Rights, Bell, 2024 Draft, Sheppard
Central Notes: Mathurin, Gibson, Pistons Guards, Bulls
Losing Pacers reserve shooting guard Bennedict Mathurin for the year will have an intriguing ripple effect on the team’s bench as it prepares for the postseason, writes Dustin Dopirak of The Indianapolis Star. As Dopirak notes, Indiana is now without two of its top-scoring reserves from the start of the season, between Mathurin and Buddy Hield, who was dealt to the Sixers at … [Read more...] about Central Notes: Mathurin, Gibson, Pistons Guards, Bulls
Pacers’ Mathurin To Undergo Season-Ending Shoulder Surgery
Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). According to Wojnarowski, Mathurin is expected to make a full recovery in advance of the 2024/25 season. The Pacers have issued a press release officially confirming the news. The procedure will be performed … [Read more...] about Pacers’ Mathurin To Undergo Season-Ending Shoulder Surgery
Pacers Notes: Mathurin, McDermott, Hield, Smith
Pacers second-year guard Bennedict Mathurin is set to miss at least the next three games, and probably a fourth, as he deals with a sprained right shoulder, according to IndyStar’s Dustin Dopirak. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said Mathurin will be reevaluated after Indiana’s upcoming two-game road trip that concludes March 12 in Oklahoma City. That reevaluation will come before … [Read more...] about Pacers Notes: Mathurin, McDermott, Hield, Smith
Sixers Notes: Hield, Covington, Melton, Payne, Martin
Buddy Hield wasn’t surprised by the deal that sent him from the Pacers to the Sixers at last month’s trade deadline, writes Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports. Philadelphia was in the market for shooters, also pursuing ex-Pistons marksman Bojan Bogdanovic, who wound up in New York, sources tell Fischer. Even though he hasn’t been on the court yet with Joel Embiid, who suffered a … [Read more...] about Sixers Notes: Hield, Covington, Melton, Payne, Martin