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....

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....

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....

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 ... His scoring average has increased from 12.8 points per game in 2013-14, to 16.5 last season, to 21.2 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....

‘Steph Curry Heroin’ For Sale In Philadelphia

Edit Inquisitr 30 Apr 2016
First the face of the NBA suffered a knee sprain that will keep him out of the playoffs for at least two weeks ... While obviously not lending his likeness to illegal street drugs, Stephen Curry — who led his team to a record-breaking 73 regular season wins in the 2015-2016 NBA campaign — has endorsed various legitimate products, SportsRageous observed....

Optimism high as Celtics enter a likely active offseason

Edit Boston Herald 30 Apr 2016
BOSTON — The emergence of an All-Star and lots of victories made the Celtics one of the biggest surprises in the NBA this season ... Under Stevens' defensive-minded approach Boston blossomed into one of the NBA's stingiest teams ... Meanwhile the contacts of Amir Johnson and Jonas Jerebko aren't fully guaranteed for next season if they are waived by July 3....

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....

NHL Awards: Karlsson, Doughty and Burns finalists for Norris Trophy

Edit CBS Sports 30 Apr 2016
He finished the 2015-16 season with 82 points, the fifth most in the NHL among all players ... Among defensemen that logged at least 750 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time this season Doughty had the best Corsi percentage in the league (58.9 percent), while the Kings allowed only 43.3 total shot attempts (second best in the league) and 1.59 goals (sixth best in the league) per 60 minutes....

Football: Leicester have Britain's bookmakers on run

Edit The Times of India 30 Apr 2016
Leicester City, 5,000/1 no-hopers before the season started, will be responsible for an "unprecedented" £15 million ($22 million, 19 million euros) pay-out by Britain's bookmakers if they win the Premier League title, according to an industry insider ... "In a 'normal' season, we might expect to break even on bets on the Premier League title," he added ... "We had 25 punters take the 5,000/1 at a combined stake of £58," he said....

Kenya building collapse traps people under rubble

Edit Belfast Telegraph 30 Apr 2016
Share Go To ... Kenya is in the middle of its April-May rainy season ... The report from the audit by the National Construction Authority found that 58% of buildings in the capital were unfit to live in ... ....

Heat vs. Hornets Game 6 live stream online info, TV time & 2016 NBA Playoff odds

Edit The Examiner 30 Apr 2016
Hornets live stream online and televised coverage of Game 6 will feature Charlotte trying to advance past the first round of the 2016 NBA Playoffs ... Will "Buzz City" be hyped up enough to help inspire their team to the second round, or will Wade, Hassan Whiteside and company even it up? The 2016 NBA live streaming and televised playoffs coverage will arrive for fans to watch through ESPN networks Friday night....

Jaguars Open Last Regular-Season Series At Home With Georgia College (Georgia Regents University)

Edit Public Technologies 30 Apr 2016
- The Jaguars (29-17, 17-11 PBC) began their final regular-season series of the season against Georgia College (29-16, 17-11 PBC) on Friday afternoon at Jaguar Field and fell 12-5 in Peach Belt Conference play ... Junior Clint Hardy hit his seventh home run of the year in the bottom of the ninth inning as he went 3-5 with three RBI and a run and senior Nick Rau launched a long ball in the fourth for his third on the season....
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