SPURS SPINOFFS

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
In the NBA, other franchises frequently have raided the San Antonio Spurs for executives and coaches to transplant the Spurs' culture, in the same way that TV raided Norman Lear's classic “All in the Family” to establish new comedies ... Cleveland reached the 2007 NBA Finals but didn't win a championship, and Ferry and the Cavs parted ways in June 2010, two months before LeBron's decision to leave for the Heat....

OKC Thunder: Spurs spinoffs

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
In the NBA, other franchises frequently have raided the San Antonio Spurs for executives and coaches to transplant the Spurs' culture, in the same way that TV raided Norman Lear's classic “All in the Family” to establish new comedies ... Cleveland reached the 2007 NBA Finals but didn't win a championship, and Ferry and the Cavs parted ways in June 2010, two months before LeBron's decision to leave for the Heat....

Season in Review 2015-16: Norris Cole (New Orleans Pelicans)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Apr 2016
Pelicans.com continues its look back at the 2015-16 season with player-by-player analysis of the team. ... 1 season debut. Health again interrupted Cole's season in March, causing him to miss each of the final 20 games due to a lower back injury ... Games played (out of a possible 312) by Cole over the first four seasons of his NBA career, or 96.8 percent ... http.//www.nba.com/pelicans/season-review-2015-16-norris-cole....

THE MATCHUPS: Thunder beat writers Erik Horne and Anthony Slater break down the Western Conference semifinal series

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
Westbrook has the size, athleticism and playmaking (NBA best 11.2 apg in playoffs) to cancel out Parker, 33, who could face another mismatch in Dion Waiters ... Billy Donovan has acclimated himself well in his first NBA season, gaining the trust of his stars, juicing up the Thunder's offense, grabbing a third seed in the West and disposing of the Mavericks in five games ... Popovich outnumbers Donovan 20-1 in NBA seasons....

Rockets must find coach in wake of first-round ouster

Edit Austin American Statesman 30 Apr 2016
The Houston Rockets' season got off to a disappointing start ... The Rockets narrowly avoided missing the playoffs and barely put up a fight before their first-round elimination by Golden State in Game 5 wrapped up a tough season ... Their prize for eking into the playoffs was a date with Golden State, which won an NBA-record 73 games in the regular season led by reigning MVP Stephen Curry....

Durant-Leonard matchup highlights Thunder vs. Spurs

Edit Boston Herald 30 Apr 2016
Durant is a four-time scoring champion who averaged 28.2 points and a career-high 8.2 rebounds per game this season. Leonard is the two-time reigning defensive player of the year who was a first-time All-Star this season and led the Spurs in scoring ... Russell Westbrook had 18 triple-doubles in the regular season, then averaged 26.0 points, 11.2 assists and 7.2 rebounds per game in the first round of the playoffs against Dallas....

Daryl Morey blames other teams for 'negative light' around Rockets

Edit CBS Sports 30 Apr 2016
NBA conspiracy theorists, get ready for this one. According to Rockets GM Daryl Morey, other unnamed NBA teams are partly to blame for all of the negativity surrounding Houston this season ... But I think any free agent that looks at us, they're going to see the history of winning, third best winning percentage in the league over the last ten years, almost no losing seasons ... A lackadaisical finish to a vastly disappointing season....

LeBron, Cavaliers refocus with Hawks waiting in playoffs

Edit Boston Herald 30 Apr 2016
Smith and Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert busting out dance moves, the Cavs refocused for the second round of the NBA playoffs ... During last year's Eastern finals, he averaged 30.3 points, 11 rebounds and 9.3 assists against the conference's top seed, becoming the first player in NBA history to average at least 30 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists in a series....

No. 13 ESU Baseball Drops Doubleheader at West Chester (5-4, 9-4), Hosts Golden Rams Saturday (East Stroudsburg University Athletics)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Apr 2016
ESU redshirt senior pitcher took his first loss of the season in the opener, falling to 10-1 in 11 starts ... After Saturday's regular season finale, the Warriors will travel to Butler for the PSAC Tournament on May 8-11. ESU, the 2013 PSAC Tournament champion and 2015 runner-up, will make its fifth tournament appearance in the last seven seasons (since 2010) ... * ESU season strikeout leaders ... 238 - Jeremy Gigliotti (2007-11) ... 201 - (2010-13)....

News from Deadline TV

Edit IMDb 30 Apr 2016
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How David West improved as an NBA player and a person

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
That's not some sort of metaphor. The NBA veteran is a voracious reader, almost always carrying his latest book on a team plane or his electronic tablet into the locker room ... He could still be a Pacer; he had a player option to stay in Indianapolis and make $12 million this season ... Exactly 10 years ago, West finished second (incidentally to current teammate Boris Diaw) in the NBA's most-improved voting....

Charlotte Knights have busy Friday with flurry of roster moves

Edit The Examiner 30 Apr 2016
Lemon is an 11-year minor league veteran having played for the Rangers, Braves, Tigers and now White Sox organizations ... He spent the entire 2015 season with the Barons hitting .268 in 95 games ... The 27-year old is the son of three-time American League All-Star Chet Lemon who spent seven of his 16 big league seasons in a White Sox uniform. Garcia, 25, was hitting .275 with a homer and six RBI and five stolen bases in 16 games this season....

Thunder journal: Tampering? Drake name-drops Kevin Durant, Thunder on new album 'Views'

Edit The Oklahoman 30 Apr 2016
Will the NBA have anything to say about it? Drake acts as a global ambassador for the Toronto Raptors and has been seated courtside throughout the season, including their first-round playoff series against Indiana ... Earlier this season, Durant stood behind the comment, but praised the growth of Leonard ... Oklahoma City Blue center Dakari Johnson was named to the NBA D-League All-Rookie Team, as announced by the league on Friday....
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