The NBA’s 115-game preseason schedule for 2008 tips off on Oct. 5 and features 33 games in non-NBA cities and is highlighted by NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS?; NBA China Games 2008; the Euroleague American Tour, featuring three Euroleague teams participating in NBA preseason games; and a game played on an outdoor court.
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On ESPN.COM, Graham Hays writes “can Taj McWilliams-Franklin replace Cheryl Ford in Detroit? Folks in Connecticut, Indiana and New York had to have been wondering what they had done to deserve the latest twist in the Eastern Conference race. Just when it appeared Cheryl Ford’s season-ending knee injury had left the Shock vulnerable in the frontcourt — an area where Detroit has regularly outmuscled opponents during the postseason — along comes the league’s ninth-best rebounder this season and one of its most seasoned postseason post players. From the success he has had with Ford and Plenette Pierson to up-and-down results from Kara Braxton and former posts Ruth Riley and Katie Feenstra, Laimbeer (and assistant Rick Mahorn) have more or less relied on young post players. Now they have a veteran in McWilliams-Franklin who ought to remind them a lot of the veterans who knew every trick of the trade for the Pistons en route to NBA titles in 1988-89 and 1989-90.?
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On ESPN.COM, Andy Katz reports “Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski isn’t done with USA Basketball after coaching the Americans to the gold medal with a thrilling win over Spain in Beijing last Sunday. He’s just getting started. Krzyzewski said Wednesday by phone from Durham, N.C., that he will continue to be involved in helping USA Basketball with the model that national team managing director Jerry Colangelo organized three years ago. A three-year commitment from players and coaches is being praised for creating a winning atmosphere around the national team. Currently, the lower levels of USA Basketball, notably the junior national teams in tournaments at the under-20 and under-18 levels, have yearly turnover of players and coaches.”
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ABC News reports “Australian point guard Patrick Mills says he is yet to be approached by NBA clubs despite an impressive performances at the Beijing Olympics. Mills was the Boomers’ highest pointscorer in Beijing, and finished in the top 10 in the tournament for the most steals. His skills attracted praise from American commentators who said he had the talent to play in the world’s premier basketball competition, the NBA. But the 20-year-old starlet says playing college basketball in the United States limits his opportunities for now.”
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The Oklahoma City NBA franchise signed free agent guard Kyle Weaver to a multi-year contract, it was announced Wednesday by the team’s General Manager Sam Presti.
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Oklahoma City’s new NBA team will announce its name and unveil its look on September 3.
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The Portland Trail Blazers signed forward Luke Jackson, rookie center Steven Hill and rookie guard Jamaal Tatum, General Manager Kevin Pritchard announced today. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed.
Jackson (6-7, 215), a four-year NBA veteran, has appeared in 73 career games, averaging 3.5 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 9.9 minutes.
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The Los Angeles Lakers have signed guard Joe Crawford, it was announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.
Selected by the Lakers with the 58th pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, Crawford, a 22 year-old native of Detroit, Michigan, played four seasons at the University of Kentucky, averaging 11.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 127 games (76 starts).
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Golden State Warriors guard Monta Ellis, who suffered a Grade 3 high ankle sprain, a torn deltoid ligament and a syndesmosis disruption of his left ankle last Thursday, underwent successful surgery today to repair the ligament and will be sidelined a minimum of three-plus months, it was announced today. Ellis informed the team that he suffered the injury while working out in his hometown of Jackson, Mississippi.
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